I’ve cooked up a batch of GamerDad reviews I’ve recently written, so please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. And after you read all the reviews in this feast, you should have nice fat bellies! Bon Appetit!
My Stepmom Just Published a Book!
I know I already posted a ‘Bit’ on this, but I just wanted to make sure nobody missed this since I also posted it on GamerDad.
Hello, Luigi!, and Hello, Peach! (Switch)
Earlier this year, Nintendo started a new line in the US called My Mario. It’s a bunch of toys and games geared towards babies and toddlers and their parents. Some of the items include Mario themed wooden toy blocks, which are cool because they also act as amiibo. I wish I could get them, but right now they’re just exclusive to the Nintendo stores in New York and San Fransico, and I won’t be going to those places any time soon. There’s also other toys like Fischer Price Little People playsets (which still look cool), apparel, plush toys, and videos. Another item in the line was a little app called Hello, Mario! It let you play with Mario’s face and stretch it around, kind of like the title screen from Super Mario 64. A few months later they released one for Yoshi, too! And now you can do it with Mario’s brother Luigi and Princess Peach! Make sure to check out my review on the Peach version as I put in a picture of the Fischer Price Little People My Mario Toad figure I got as well!
Joe & Mac Retro Collection (Switch)
Man, I don’t know what it was about the early 90s, but there was a fascination in entertainment media with cavemen for a while. In movies you got stuff like Encino Man and the live action Flintstones movie for instance. It was especially apparent in video games. There were mascot platformers like Bonk, Chuck Rock, and Prehistorik Man. Joe and Mac was another one. They first starred in an arcade game called Caveman Ninjas, but then had several console games afterward. This collection has three of those console outings. They’re all 2D platformers with colorful visuals and expressive animations. It may not seem like much now, but back then those cartoony graphics really set them apart from the rest of the pack.
A city is overrun with criminals and gangs, so you know what that means! It’s time for four heroes to get out there and beat up all the bad guys on the city streets. Fallen City Brawl is a side scrolling beat ‘em up that takes heavy inspiration from titles like Final Fight.
With the popularity of the Suika Game puzzler a few years ago, there have been a few imitators. My favorite being Namco Legendary Mountains of course. But here’s another one with a planetary spin on it.
Shockwave Triggers is a vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter with colorful 16-bit style graphics.
Neatly Organized is a Switch puzzle game where you place things where they belong, whether it be packing for a beach trip, sorting garden tools by their shadows, or tiles in a pattern. Simply use a cursor to move around and drag and drop objects onto other items or where you think they should go. Hold down the button to select an object and let go to drop it. There are 40 stages in all.
A few years ago I reviewed a weird point and click style game called Freaky Trip. Now you can solve sliding block puzzles featuring pictures of the characters.
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading my reviews and posting ‘likes’ and comments on them! I do appreciate it. You should all have fat little bellies now! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! --Cary
My Mario makes me think of Tonies, which are very popular at my library right now.
I've heard about Tomies, but I don't know what they do.
It's really a audio book idea. You put the figures on a TonieBox and they speak the story.
Toys without screens are a big deal right now. And seeing how my nephew handles screen time, I can see why. That's why when I give gifts to my nieces and nephews, I usually just get them books.
It amazes me how much more Mario stuff there is today compared with even ten years ago, when my kids were really little.
I never played any of the Joe & Mac games but I do enjoy a good co-op game. I'll keep an eye on it.
There is more Mario stuff now, but when I was a kid in the 80s during the NES heyday, there was a lot of Mario stuff then, too.
The first and third Joe & Mac games are co-op. They're fun. I enjoyed them when I rented them back in the day, too.
The Mario stuff in the '80s is fun to look back on because his appearance wasn't so set in stone and I don't think Nintendo paid as much attention to merchandise, so there were some interesting things for sure lol
Oh yeah definitely. Just look at the Mario cartoon!