Anthony Pelone, Author at Hey Poor Player

11 Ill-Conceived Nintendo Games

They didn’t exactly think these through. Look back on video games that disappointed you — did that new IP promise you the world only to stumble from bug-ridden landscapes and repetitive, unimaginative game design, or did the latest sequel fail to capture the magic of their predecessors? All relatable…

N64 Dinosaur Planet Build Leaked Onto Internet

A Nintendo 64 Holy Grail! Thought GameCube’s Star Fox Adventures was ill-suited for Nintendo’s sci-fi shmup? You’re not alone — while the 2002 action-adventure game had its fans, many Nintendo fans wish Rare’s original vision in Nintendo 64’s Dinosaur Planet came to fruition instead, be it as an ambitious…

8-Bit Chronicles: Q*bert

@!#?@! Bleeps, bloops, and pixels: the cornerstones of classic gaming. The innate addiction coded within the circuit board-powered arcade cabinets and NES cartridges render them precious artifacts, their primitive graphics and relative brevity revered even today. But why is that the case? Join Anthony on his 8-Bit Chronicles, wherein…

Mother Music Revisited Album Releases Digitally for US/Canada Today

I believe the morning sun~ EarthBound/Mother fans and game music aficionados alike are undoubtedly familiar with EarthBound Beginnings‘s 1989 Mother arrangement album: a 10-song soundtrack featuring vocalized and instrumental remixes from the NES classic. We could review this album’s vast history and importance to the beloved series over the…

New Rabbids Twitter Handle May Imply Mario + Rabbids Sequel

Bwah? Been following the official Rabbids Twitter account lately? Probably not — it hasn’t been updated since this past summer, after all. Yet one Redditor stumbled upon a most interesting change to Ubisoft’s Rabbids account: the handle’s been swapped from “@rabbidsofficial” to “@mariorabbids”! As the eagle-eyed ThemeParkFan2020 points out,…

Bowser’s Fury Lights Up Super Mario 3D World in New Trailer

As you may’ve expected, Bowser’s Fury involves cats. Lots of them. When the latest Wii U-to-Switch port was announced in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury was announced last fall, all eyes were on the new expansion accompanying the 2013 Mario game. With nothing but a brief teaser…