Good guess, but I checked the April issues from '96 to '99 on Internet Archive and didn't see it in any of them. It doesn't seem to show up in the AVGN episode you mentioned either.
guys, does anyone remember what video game magazine it was that for one april fools announced one of those "violent mario with guns" games and the accompanying image was mario's head on the body of a doom 64 mancubus
did you know when nintendo were making the nes mario trilogy they accidentally skipped from 1 to 3 because of a misunderstanding. it was only when all-stars was being developed that they decided to incorporate two completely new games, each offering a very different take on what mario 2 might...
Jill Valentine would also be a good pick, but I'm not that sure about her chances against Chris or Leon. Then again, she was the first character chosen to represent the series in a vs. Capcom game.
I think Shantae's got good chances of getting a promotion from Mii costume like Isabelle and K. Rool did. Also if Street Fighter gets another rep Chun-Li seems most likely. With Lara, I'm a little worried about a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" kind of situation where it bothers people...
There are videos to this effect but I'm not a video maker or a research it all on my own-er. Off the top of my head:
-Peach and Bowser drink the victory champagne in the Japanese version of Super Mario Kart.
-Wario gets forcefed booze by penguins in the Japanese version (I get the feeling that...
It's a real pain when there's three in one room and you need to beat them all to progress but also bombs are still capped at 8 at this point, also it turns out you don't actually have to do that if you bomb the left wall in the room below, how was I supposed to know
2010 was when that big-for-the-time Youtube series Fred got a movie with John Cena as Fred's dad. I don't even know what side I'm on in this debate but I still felt compelled to point that out.
I really want the DS Castlevania games but that either means paying big buxx for them or continuing to hope they'll be released in a handy collection like the GBA games were.
"what about piracy"
Brain worms just ain't letting me. Nothing against people who do that, if anything I'm jealous of them.