Between 1992 and 2006, Nintendo released exactly zero 2D Mario sidescrollers. In that 14 year span, the only new 2D Mario platformer content was a set of expansion levels for Super Mario Bros. 3, which were only accessible by scanning cards with a barcode reader. Not all the cards were available worldwide.
These new Super Mario Bros. 3 levels, dubbed “World-e” were made available to the world with the Wii U port of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
In the late 90s and early 2000s, the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series was one of the most popular videogame franchises around. But how did that success translate when ported to the Game Boy Advance?
Find out on this week’s THAT WAS A GAME!
Also includes Tony Hawk 2 for Game Boy Color!
Remember that time Superman had a game for the Game Boy Advance? And it was actually a Sudoku game instead of an action game? Welcome to Superman Returns: Fortress of Solitude!
On this episode of THAT WAS A GAME, we look at Fortress, a Tetris/Tower Defense mashup with space aliens, pterodactyls, and pirates!
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