Super Mario 64: Nintendo's Foray into 3D Gaming

    By 1991, Nintendo had ended its brief partnership with Sony in a less-than-professional betrayal, announced on the second day of CES. Following this fallout, Sony began work on their standalone venture, which would ultimately culminate in the creation of the original PlayStation. Meanwhile, it wasn't until roughly 1993 that Nintendo began developing its next-generation video game console, the Nintendo 64 or N64 for short. The N64 was championed as one of the first 64-bit video game consoles, boasting revolutionary 3D graphics that pushed the industry forward. The game that helped usher in this new era of 3D gaming was Super Mario 64. This is the story of how Super Mario 64 not only redefined the platforming genre but reshaped the video game landscape as a whole.

The Nintendo Satellaview: Chasing CD Quality

    We all know that after Nintendo and Sony ended their partnership at CES 1991, Sony took the hardware that they had been working on with Nintendo and created their own console called the Sony PlayStation. Sony was able to do this because of their contract with Nintendo that stated that Sony would have most of the rights to the Super Famicom/SNES Play Station. This contract was the reason why Nintendo decided to part ways with Sony. What is less known is what came after Nintendo ended its partnership with Sony. Nintendo had a very short-lived partnership with Philips that ended in some crappy CD-i Nintendo games. Once that partnership ended, Nintendo went on to create a new add-on for the Super Famicom called the Satellaview. The Satellaview was a satellite modem add-on that was only released in Japan. This is the story of one of Nintendo's most unique and often forgotten add-ons: the Satellaview.