There are some minor and not so minor changes in Kirby Air Riders from the original Kirby Air Ride that I've noticed while playing the game and I'd just like to talk about them. [Misc.] In the original game, if you were on a vehicle that hovers (which is most of them), you would have to press A to pres down on a boost panel to use it, otherwise you just glide ride over it. So grounded vehicles like the bikes would just use the dash panels automatically. This made it feel especially unfair i...

Luigi is always seen as the "lesser" brother, but actually he's bursting with potential that even he himself cannot or has trouble seeing due to his reputation. In a game like Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, while Mario is taking the main path to rescue Peach, Luigi takes the side and secret routes. Getting more mushroom houses and such in 3 and hitting the secret switches and finding Star Road in SMW. This is the result of Luigi being an over achiever to compensate because he al...

Everyone knows Mario is cool as fuck. But who knows what he's thinking? Who knows why he crushes turtles? And why do we think of him as fondly as we think of the mythical (nonexistent?) Dr.Pepper? Perchance. I believe it was Kant who said "Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play." Mario exhibits experience by crushing turts all day, but he exhibits theory by stating "Let's-a go!" Keep it up, baby! When Mario leaves his place of safety to stom...