October 18th...

[the King]

...is the 25th anniversary of the North American release of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Just thought I'd let you so you could work it into your schedule.

[Opa Opa]

Hmm... You think Nintendo has anything planned?

[slowslow325]

I took off work.

[Niode]

Hmm... You think Nintendo has anything planned?

They're releasing a 25th anniversary collection of Super Mario Allstars for the Wii.

[SpaceBooger]

Hmm... You think Nintendo has anything planned?

They're releasing a 25th anniversary collection of Super Mario Allstars for the Wii.

Yeah, that hasn't been confirmed for the US though. Maybe next week it will be...

[StarEntropy]

Tomorrow is my birthday. Hmmm. Maybe my NES and I will make a compromise and we'll celebrate together. We'll both blow out the candles and make a wish.

[the King]

http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/

[xan_racketBOY_fan]

Tomorrow is my birthday. Hmmm. Maybe my NES and I will make a compromise and we'll celebrate together. We'll both blow out the candles and make a wish.

Or you can blow into NES carts of how years old you are.

[sevin0seven]

also, you guys should pick up the special issue of Nintendo Power # 260. It has special section of the 25th anniversary of NES and revisits some of the best classic game it has to offer.

here's the front cover (it actually has a silver shine background, but can't see in the pic):


the free poster:


and the back of the poster:

[SpaceBooger]

I got that poster hanging in my classroom. I took mine in and a student brought his for me. So I laminated both so that both sides could prominently be displayed.

*note: Mario (or video games in general) is a HUGE theme in my classroom. I make sure the kids know that there is a reason Mario has 3 lives in a game - trial and error and learning from mistakes in an experiment.