- From Ryan Divish and Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times, Nintendo is selling its majority stake in the
Seattle Mariners. The valuation
is $1.4 billion, and a follow-up story on how the deal was struck is here.
The initial purchase price? Around $100 million, according to a January 1992 New York Times article by
Lawrence Malkin.
- Kotaku has an excerpt from Alyse Knorr’s book on the
making of Super Mario Bros. 3, and
it’s an awesome read! Check it out here.
- Now out: Sega 3D Classics Collection,
for the Nintendo 3DS. Games include Power
Drift, Puyo Puyo 2, Fantasy Zone II and
II W, Sonic the Hedgehog, Thunder Blade, Galaxy Force II, Altered Beast and Maze Walker.
- Pretty much every site on the ole Internet had a piece
about the
new NES adapter that lets you use some modern controllers.
- Nintendo has a Humble Bundle available
until May. Highlights include Retro
City Rampage and Citizens of Earth.
ON THIS DAY IN VIDEO
GAME HISTORY…
- Historically, nothing prominent has come out on April 28,
so… On April 29, 1998, Tekken 3 came out for the
PlayStation. Released by Namco, it’s considered one of the absolute best games
for the system, and one of the best fighting games of all-time.
- A little game called Grand Theft Auto IV
came out on April 29, 2008. It made a bazillion dollars for Rockstar.
- Similarly: Mario Kart Wii came
out in 2008 as well. It was a pretty good day for games.
Video game history
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