Nintendo mascot mario finally gets back to the business of saving princesses in full 3-D (instead of the 2.5-D of Super Paper Mario) on the Wii. It has been five years since Super mario Sunshine on GameCube, a game which, while competently executed, didn't exactly win over fans of the classic series. Whatever Nintendo missed in Sunshine gets put right in Galaxy, an innovative platformer that pays homage to the mario of old while throwing in just enough new tricks tha... Read More

We were half expecting this to be like a Mario-ised version of the baseball game from Wii Sports, but we’d have to say we were half wrong. Or is that fully wrong? Anyway, the point is that it’s nothing at all like Wii Sports, so the potential for a full-on baseball game with mario characters and some proper motion-sensing for the batting and pitching has not yet been realised. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Much as we enjo... Read More

Baby Luigi:
1. Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghosts
2. Win 100 WFC Ghost Races
3. Race 3,150 times

Baby Daisy:
1. Score One Star or higher in all 50cc Wii Cups
2. Race 1,950 times

Toadette:
1. Complete all courses in Time Trial
2. Win 1,000 WFC races
3. Race 2,250 times

Dry Bones:
1. Finish 100cc Leaf Cup in 1st Place
2. Race 1,050 times

Daisy:
1. Finish 150cc Special Cup in 1st Pla... Read More

Baby Daisy: Get a "One Star" rank or better in all 50cc Wii cups.

Baby Luigi: Unlock eight Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials mode.

Birdo: Play 16 different courses in Time Trials mode. Alternately, get 250 Wi-Fi wins.

Bowser Jr.: Get a "One Star" rank or better in all 100cc Retro Cups.

Daisy: Win the 150cc Special Cup.

Diddy Kong: Successfully complete all 50cc Retro Cups.

Dry Bones: Win the... Read More

Mario and his friends first took to the mound in mario Superstar Baseball, a rather late GameCube release that flew under the radar. With mario Super Sluggers, Nintendo (and developer Namco Bandai) are giving baseball another try. But after playing the recently released Japanese version (out in America in late August), we don't really feel that Mario's ready for another inning.

Given that the game's on Wii, you'd expect Sluggers to emphasize "realistic" motion-controlled swinging like... Read More