https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/23/mario-clash-review/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/23/mario-clash-review/#comment-63285 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:33:04 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=23419#comment-63285 […] library back in 2020, two games stood out to me as being pretty dang good. Then I replayed Mario Clash earlier this year and I realized it wasn’t anywhere near as good as I originally pegged it to […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2023/01/23/mario-clash-review/#comment-63254 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:15:37 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=23419#comment-63254 […] The only reason Game Freak moved away from making this a light gun game was because TVs were getting bigger and the Super Scope was losing its universal compatibility. Frankly, it’s a miracle Mario & Wario exists at all, as it seems like it came close to being cancelled altogether, instead of just cancelled globally. It’s not clear why this never came out in the United States. It got previews in magazines like Nintendo Power and the SNES Mouse was in more homes than the Super Scope, which got four or five exclusive games. Maybe it was because Mario and Wario barely matter in a game called Mario & Wario. Or maybe because they felt American fans associated Mario with action games, and Mario & Wario is a mild-at-best puzzler. A fun one, but certainly not a great one. Mario & Wario is just alright. Even though it has gameplay merit, really, the curio factor is the main reason anyone would want to play this in 2023. Yet, the formula this created seems like it has potential to live-on. Will the SNES game ever be re-released? Probably not. Will Mario & Wario be remade as a touchscreen game? I wouldn’t bet against it. Verdict: YES! Check out my review of Mario Clash for the Virtual Boy! […]

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