Originally, Valentina was planned for a different storyline, but no worries — she always had a parrot on her head.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
It’s less what got changed from the original so much as what stayed the same.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
The lowliest member of the Koopa Troop asks you to decide whether he’s a mushroom or a chestnut.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
And when did Nintendo decide that Mario was Italian-American?| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Nintendo standardized Peach’s name in all territories. Why didn’t they do the same with Bowser?| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
The most successful Super Mario Bros. 2 alum is not the Shy Guy.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
In English and Japanese, from Doki Doki Panic to present, Nintendo’s stance on the pink egg-spitter has evolved.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Was Nintendo punking Mario diehards into thinking Bowser’s long missing missus had been revealed?| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Sometimes a woman with a parrot on her head is just that, margarita or no margarita.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Sometimes a turtle is just a turtle, Japanese folklore notwithstanding.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Metroid’s connection to the 1968 sci-fi classic may help answer a question about Mach Rider’s gender.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Clu Clu Land’s Bubbles the Bubblefish is female in English-speaking territories — and she may or may not be a fish?| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
We lost the female counterpart to Pac-Man in 2020, but Namco had been plotting her demise years beforehand.| Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games