Game news 26 years later, Nintendo finally releases this Super Nintendo Mario video game that has been totally forgotten by the public

Game news 26 years later, Nintendo finally releases this Super Nintendo Mario video game, totally forgotten by the public

If you probably know, even by name, most of the games in the Mario series, it is less likely that you have laid your hands on all of the opuses. If most like Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy appear today as classics from the video game worldthis statement is much less true for a completely forgotten Super Famicom title which arrives today on Nintendo Switch.

Discover this forgotten Mario game on the Nintendo Switch OLED

The return of the carpenter

Wrecking Crew ’98 is a game of end of life of the Super Famicom (the Japanese Super NES), in 1998. This was distributed by a Japanese service called Nintendo Powerallowing various games to be printed on (obviously) reusable cartridges. The title has never crossed Japanese borders, not representing much interest to the West. Nintendo’s global branches were then all ported to the Nintendo 64, with the SNES being considered already dead.

Sequel to the original arcade and NES Wrecking Crew, which had offered his construction helmet and hammer to the mustachioed plumber, Wrecking Crew ’98 converts the formula to competitive puzzle game close to Tetris. In it, you must destroy various panels that cause obstacles to be sent to your opponent’s field. If the game has gone relatively unnoticed in the History of the Plumber, it is nevertheless referenced in the movie Mariovia the appearance of the foreman Spike, the player’s opponent in the game.

Never 1 without 3

Despite its lack of public recognition, the game has only just been announced for the Nintendo Switch’s SNES emulator, and he doesn’t come alone. It is, in fact, accompanied byAmazing Herebeke, one of the rare games that can be played by up to four players on SNES. This fighting game very cute, spin-off of Ufouria: The Saga on NES, allows players to compete until their life bars are empty. If a player dies, they turn into slime and can hinder the remaining characters.

In addition to these two games, we can also find Super R-Type, a space shoot’em up in which the player, at the controls of the experimental ship R-9, must defend the Earth from the invasion of the warlike Bydo and his alien fleet. Originally released in 1992, the title is very popular with aficionados of the genre. You can also consult our dedicated title to learn more about the game. All these titles can already be found on the SNES emulator of the Nintendo Switch.