Sorry about yesterday. NSM was down and I was busy most of the day.
Day 8- Yoshi's firework display in
Mario Kart 8's N64 Rainbow Road retro track is based off of his Yoshi Topsy-Turvy artwork
- the Color TV-Game was Nintendo's first console, released in Japan only and selling approximately 4 million units
- A compilation remake of the 5 Game Boy
Mega Man games was to be released for the Game Boy Advance, titled
Mega Man Anniversary Collection and announced as
Mega Man Mania, but it was cancelled with a rumor that said the games' source code was lost
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Castlevania Chronicles is a port of the Sharp X68000 remake to the original
Castlevania- by 1989, a total of 6 different companies had claimed rights to
Tetris to release it to various systems
And now, to celebrate a very special release today,
5 Super Mario Odyssey Facts!- voice actress, singer and jazz pianist Kate Higgins, better known as Kate Davis, is the voice of Pauline, who performed the single "Jump Up, Super Star!"
- this game holds a 97% score on Metacritic, surpassing
Super Mario 64's by 3%
- elements of the Sand Kingdom were inspired by Kenta Motokura's trip to Mexico
- the Skeleton Suit is the most expensive suit in the game, costing 9999 Regional Coins
Very minor spoiler
- Power Stars serve the same function as Power Moons while exploring the Mushroom Kingdom. Collecting one plays the "Course Clear" fanfare from Super Mario 64