Recent content by Monk Tanaka

I pretty much agree with all your points on the Bowser's Inside Story remake. It was a completely unnecessary remake that spelled doom for AlphaDream as a company and sullied an otherwise legendary game. Particularly the point you made about the framerate being abysmal; I could feel it right...

For me it's Morton. His name and design is just so vastly different compared to the others, and he's a lovable brute in Color Splash and Bowser Jr's Journey.

I've been listening to the entirety of the Wonder OST as of late while I work, and I've found a few more songs that I've taken a liking to, all from the overworld maps, which I wasn't expecting since I usually focus on the level themes first and foremost. I think the composers did a great job...

Would it surprise you at all to learn that the reason the Mario vs. Donkey Kong IP swerved drastically in a genre-shift to Lemmings-lite gameplay is due in part because of Kensuke Tanabe? He was the one that made the Mini Marios become a focal point for the series for a whopping 6 entries in a...

I have quite a doozy of an unpopular Mario opinion. ... I am... Not terribly fond of Super Mario World. I find it to be vastly overrated. It pains me to say this, because it's part of the classic 2D Mario pantheon, and it's NOT a terrible game by any means. It is perfectly fine for the...

I love all Mario characters to some degree, but the ones I do have a slight affinity for above all else is Wario, Waluigi and Princess Daisy. I can't choose one specifically, because that'd be too difficult for me. They make each spin-off they appear in that much more enjoyable for me, and I...

I'd love an official plushie of Fawful's design from Bowser's Inside Story. Prince Florian as well is another one I'd like. Maybe even with detachable "badges" that use magnets!

I don't know why, but this song makes me chuckle now.

I always look forward to a new WarioWare game whenever they come out, and this one returning to form as a low-key successor to Smooth Moves is also something right up my alley. That being said, I do worry about how it will possibly be only optimally played on TV only. It's pretty much using the...

For those of you folks who have it and beat it already over the weekend, which level was your favorite? I think mines has to be Flight of the Bloomps. It was very reminiscent of a Yoshi's Island level with how it was structured (Specifically, it reminds me of World 4-3's "Don't Look Back!"...

I'm looking forward to playing this game again as a remake. The new graphics look pretty snazzy and don't compromise the old designs, seems very faithful. I like that they're segmented models now instead of just sprites, it reminds me of the Paper Mario render on Paper Mario: Sticker Star's box...

Greetings my fellow Mario fans, I go by the name Monk Tanaka. I am a huge hardcore fan of Mario since 1994. I grew up playing the original Super Mario Bros. on NES and Super Mario 64 on Nintendo 64 side-by-side, and I have a specific love of Mario from the '90s and 2000s in particular, but I...