The New York Times called Super Mario Run sexist because Princess Peach bakes a cake. The debut edition of The Riot Retort breaks down why a Mario game doesn't need to be anything more than a Mario game.
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Mario Kart 8 is a fantastic looking game. It is probably the most crisp, sharpest looking game I've ever seen on any Nintendo console. Each track and their background scenery is all very vivid and almost lifelike, in a cartoonish Mario kind of way. LEGO City and Mario 3D both looked great, but Mario Kart 8 took it up a notch in my opinion. The audio is what it is. It's a game under the Mario franchise, so all you really get are some sound effects and the game play music that varies slightly from…
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New Super Luigi U is basically a rehash of New Super Mario Bros U (it originated as DLC for the Mario game), so I'll be limiting this to a quick look over instead of a full-fledged review. So without further adieu, let's get this mini show on the road. I can't remember off hand if we had a review for Super Mario Bros U, but I don't think we did. Mario had the best graphics I had ever seen in a Nintendo game to that point, and perhaps still does (LEGO City Undercover does make a case), and as…
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