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Top Ten All-Time Best Nintendo Levels

OMG Nintendo: "There's a lot of talk about story and plot in video games these days, which frankly baffles me. I mean, I like RPGs, but I still can't conceive of playing a video game just for the story. Video games, to me, are primarily about character and setting. Your characters in games are primarily vectors for letting you do things and making you care about the game's action. Setting is always going to be intimately tied to gameplay, as it represents the sum total of what a game makes possible for you to do.

Nintendo, as a developer, has a good grasp on the importance of setting. I can't think of too many Nintendo games that are primarily memorable for their narratives, but there are a lot of levels and areas in Nintendo games that left huge impressions on me. Sometimes an area has a cool gimmick, flashy art design, or manages to pose an exceptional challenge. Here's a list of the ten greatest Nintendo levels (or areas) that I've ever had the pleasure of playing through. Go play them yourself if you haven't, and hopefully you'll find something truly memorable in them, too."

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PoSTedUP5698d ago

so many damn good memories. -_-

ape0075698d ago

you'r damn right

I nearly cried when I saw smw

sumfood4u5698d ago

I was hoping to see River City Ransom, SMB3 Ice World, an Mario Party

TruthbeTold5698d ago

Just the mention of the Good Egg Galaxy brought a smile to my face. SMG was an instant classic.

pwnsause5698d ago

damn so many good old-school Nintendo games. i cant believe that Nintendo now S**ted on themselves by making crappy ones just to cater to casuals.

Rute5698d ago

Donkey Kong Arcade, Duck Hunt, Mario Paint, Dr. Mario, Stack-Up... Nintendo has tried to appeal to as large audience as possible from the very beginning.

Nine of the ten levels listed in the site are made in a timespan of 1986-1998. Gamecube didn't have too many memorable gaming worlds, despite it being the least casual console of Nintendo. Games such as New Super Mario Bros, Metroid Prime 3, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Paper Mario fare quite well against GC's and GBA's first party offerings.

I think the main reason why Nintendo started to lose it's magic in the 2000s is because game production has become more of a tightly controlled, tech-oriented business, limiting creative freedom. The pressure to succeed and high risks say no to imagination. And if great visuals, hectic online and tight controls are enough for today's gamers, why should anyone try anything creative?

JD_Shadow5698d ago

If you actually complete it, then the regular world changes color palettes, and some of the enemies turn into weird versions of what they once were (even though they are not defeated in any different way than they were before).

THAT was worth the effort to do it with I was younger.

TruthbeTold5698d ago

Some of those levels were absolutely murderous though!

SaiyanFury5697d ago

My wife's been trying to beat Tubular for the last 6 months and still has trouble with it. :D

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.