Charles Martinet Retires as the Voice of Mario

Charles Martinet Retires as the Voice of Mario

Nintendo has announced that Charles Martinet has retired as the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and others in video games, but he will remain with Nintendo as a Mario Ambassador. The new voice actor(s) has/have not yet been announced. To quote Nintendo of America about him retiring as the voice of Mario & friends: …

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Top 100 Console & Handheld Video Games of All-Time from Japan

Top 100 Japanese Console and Handheld Video Games of All-Time

Happy New Year! 😀 To close out the old year, Japanese television network TV Asahi ran a special TV broadcast where 50,000 players from around Japan voted in a poll for their favorite console and handheld video games. So you’ll notice these are all from Japanese developers. The following “Top 100” list adds up all the votes. …

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PlayStation Plus Games for January 2020 Announced

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the January 2020 lineup of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Check Out the PlayStation Plus ‘Free Games Lineup January 2020’ Trailer: PS Blog: Travel the globe in pursuit of unimaginable treasures and *checks notes* cause untold amounts of property damage as a goat? Didn’t see that one coming! More …

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Mario Marathon 2017 LIVE All Weekend!

Mario Marathon 2017

Mario Marathon is back again this year for the 9th time. A non-stop live marathon of Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, The Lost Levels, Super Mario Land 1 & 2, Super Mario World 1 & 2, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii & …

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RPG Maker Fes Coming West This Summer

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NIS America is bringing RPG Maker Fes for 3DS to North America and Europe this summer both physically and digital, the company announced at its 2017 press event. It will support English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish text. Watch the RPG Maker Fes Trailer: A limited edition is available for pre-order via the NIS America …

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Renegade Kid Closes as Co-Founders Launch Separate Studios

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Renegade Kid has announced that its co-founders, Jools Watsham and Gregg Hargrove, have made the difficult decision to bring their 10-year partnership of developing games together as Renegade Kid LLC to an end. With their friendship and respect for each other still very much intact, Watsham and Hargrove will continue developing videogames under the names …

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Summer Games Done Quick 2016 LIVE All Week!

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Summer Games Done Quick 2016 is back this year with an international speed gaming event to support Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency medical response around the globe to save lives fast in crisis areas. You can tune into the week-long gaming marathon from today July 3 to Saturday July 9 at GamesDoneQuick.com (Twitch …

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Top 10 Best Selling Video Games Worldwide in Week 52, 2015

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! 😀 What are the top 10 best selling video games in America, Japan and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North …

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Top 10 Best Selling Video Games Worldwide in Week 51, 2015

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What were the top 10 best selling video games in America, Japan and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games: …

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Top 10 Best Selling Video Games Worldwide in Week 50, 2015

Black Ops 3 animated logo

What were the top 10 best selling video games in America, Japan and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games: …

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Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 49, 2015

Black Ops 3 animated logo

What were the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games: …

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Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 48, 2015

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What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this Black Friday sales week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top …

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Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 47, 2015

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What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide right now. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games: 1. …

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VGB 10th Anniversary!

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10 YEARS OF VGB? WOW! Time to blow out those birthday candles and eat that delicious cake already, haha! Although I started working on VGB back in October 2005, today is the official launch day when we started posting gaming news; purposefully a day before the Xbox 360 console launch. Making this the 10th anniversary! …

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Top 10 Bestselling Video Games Worldwide in Week 46, 2015

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What are the top 10 bestselling video games in America, Japan and Europe the past week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the video games that are the hottest worldwide. What follows is a listing of the Top 10 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 10 Games: 1. Fallout …

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