Here's something you might not have given much thought to. Mario has his first name plastered all over numerous video games. Luigi stars in a few himself. The duo team up from time to time in a series of RPGs. But all you ever see are the first names. What is Mario and Luigi's last name?
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Unlike Abilities and Combat Arts, you can't assign spells on the inventory menu, and unlike weapons, you can't purchase them from the store. So, where do they come from?
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The game simply tells you that the Tactics Primer can be found in the Captain's Quarters. It doesn't tell you where that is. Thankfully, the Captain's Quarters and Tactics Primer aren't too hard to find as long as you know where to look.
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, information is everything. If you can't see what's happening on the battlefield, you're as good as dead. That's why Fire Emblem: Three Houses gives you a number of ways to view the action.
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A motivated student is a happy student, and a happy student learns better. If you want to max out your students' abilities and make sure they meet advanced class requirements, you'll need to train them during the weekly lecture. That requires Motivation.
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses doesn't give you many options for customizing its main character, Byleth. However, if you know where to look, you can give Byleth a change of clothes once you get past the opening stages -- although Fire Emblem: Three Houses doesn't do a very good job of explaining how.
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you're not stuck with the roster that you start with. If there's a student from a rival house who catches your eye, you can try to woo them over to your side. Want Dorothea's healing powers, even if you're not a Black Eagle? No problem.
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Your house has a major effect on your Fire Emblem: Three Houses experience: it determines which characters you start with, how the plot unfolds in the second half of the game, and which ending you get. So it's not a decision to rush into.
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During the day, all of Super Mario Maker 2's levels work like you expect them to. At night, things get weird. At night, 1-Up mushrooms become poisonous, robbing Mario of a life instead of giving him one.
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Super Mario Maker 2 includes the Superball Flower as a hidden power-up. If you've played through Super Mario Maker 2's story mode, you've probably unlocked the Superball Flower naturally. If not, here's what you need to do.
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Super Mario Maker 2 lets you switch your preferred character to Luigi, Toad, or Toadette. For those of us who've been staring at Mario's red and blue duds for almost 40 years, it's a godsend.
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The younger Mario brother largely sat out the first Super Mario Maker, but he's a playable character in the sequel. However, if you're set on making Super Mario Maker 2 an all-Luigi, all-the-time experience, you'll need to pay attention to which mode you're playing.
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Despite its thorough tutorials, Super Mario Maker 2 doesn't always explain the basics. How do you save a level that you're working on, for example? The Course Maker interface is full of unlabeled icons and buttons, and it's a bummer when you lose your hard work because you clicked the wrong picture.
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If you're making your own Super Mario levels with Super Mario Maker 2, then you probably want to include a few secrets of your very own. Thankfully, Nintendo has made that very, very easy.
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In the first Super Mario Maker, you had to unlock items, level themes, and other features by creating and uploading levels. In Super Mario Maker 2, that's not necessary. Everything that you need to create almost any level you can imagine is available in Super Mario Maker 2 from the very beginning.
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The official Pokemon Twitter account unleashed a whole bunch of news this morning about Pokemon Sword and Shield. But one part of the update really stuck out. It was the introduction of a new Pokemon; one called Morpeko.
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THQ Nordic has confirmed the release date for the rumored Switch port of Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition. The remaster includes enhanced game balancing and performance, better loot distribution, and updated visuals. It also features Darksiders 2 hefty lineup of DLC.
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Who are Mario and Luigi's parents? The two brothers didn't just sprout up out of nowhere, but in the countless Super Mario video games and spin-offs, the topic of their parentage doesn't really play a key part. Believe it or not, however, the origins of Mario and Luigi have been covered. Sort of.
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Almost ten years have passed since Activision released Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. Nintendo resurrected the flagging series, releasing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3 - The Black Order for the Nintendo Switch on July 19.
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The Legend of Zelda​ is a long-running Nintendo series that first appeared way back in 1986 on the original NES. Since then, there have been Zelda games released for just about every Nintendo platform, along with a few releases on non-Nintendo systems. How many Zelda games are there, though?
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Apex Legends took off like a rocket when it launched in February 2019, and there are plenty of shooter fans on PC, PS4, and Xbox One who can't get enough of the game's fast-paced, team-focused take on battle royale. Unfortunately, there is no Nintendo Switch version at this time. But could there be?
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Mario has been in the entertainment business for a long time. It's possible he started his career before you were born. But his whole life has been one big lie. His entire name and look, stolen from another person. Here's the story of who Mario is based on.
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Despite its limited hardware, an increasing number of developers have brought their games to the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo has shared the latest title slated to transition: The Outer Worlds from Obsidian Entertainment.
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Super Mario Maker 2 differs from its predecessor in that the game isn't just for building levels and playing courses designed by others. The sequel also has a Story Mode, which means Nintendo just put out a brand new Super Mario Bros. campaign without a lot of people realizing it.
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The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is still a long way off, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun with the game's first trailer. Like Dead Ganon, for instance. What if he was alive? What would he look like if he wasn't a pile of dry bones? Now we know.
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GoldenEye 007 players have managed to beat the game in a number of interesting ways. But one speedrunner set himself an incredibly lofty goal when playing through the Nintendo 64's most famous first-person shooter: record a completion without firing a single bullet.
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Versus Evil has teamed up with Obsidian Entertainment to release Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The Switch release will include the updated base game and both parts of the Pillars of Eternity: The White March expansion pack.
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