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LOVIN' IT | McDonald's releases video game for 25-year-old Game Boy
To mark the 52nd birthday of mascot, Grimace, McDoanld’s have released a new, free game for the Game Boy Color.
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MAMMA MIA | A short history of how Mario, gaming’s most famous Italian, almost wasn’t Italian
What if Mario had been designed as a generic European guy? What then?
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MORE KIRBY! | Nintendo Switch Online adds Kirby's Dream Land 2, XEVIOUS, and more
Are you feeling devious enough to beat XEVIOUS?
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GREEN WITH NOSTALGIA | Game Boy games are mostly awful, but GBA on Switch Online Expansion Pack is huge
Game Boy Advance was a golden age of handheld gaming, if you could see the screen.
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RETRO MADNESS | Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games coming to Nintendo Switch Online
A selection is out today.
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PRATT FALL | We replaced Chris Pratt with Charles Martinet in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer
Mario's original voice actor has quite the range.
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Console Walls | Have a million bucks to spare? You could buy around 2400 different consoles on eBay right now
The listing in question likely won't be snapped up any time soon.
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OPEN SESAME | With its latest update, the luxury Game Boy replica Analogue Pocket just got a lot more interesting
Analogue Pocket’s new update fixes an annoying issue with this luxury gaming hardware, and launches the opinion-splitting openFPGA scheme to the public.
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be the best | Pokémon only received multiplayer battles as a last-minute addition
A core piece of gameplay only made it into the original games late into development.
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advance and subtract | The Sonic Advance trilogy deserves a rerelease as much as the classics do
Complicated legal issues aside, Sonic Advance deserves a modern rerelease in some form
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Pokemon for Pokemon | Game Freak's co-founder and managing director has left the studio for senior role at The Pokemon Company
They're leaving one Pokemon company for another.
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forcin' around | Best Star Wars games, ranked
May the force be with these 10 outstanding Star Wars games, picked from a crop of many tie-in projects that have launched over the past five decades.
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Elden Boy | Elden Ring Game Boy demake puts the Lands Between right in your pocket
The hit game makes its way to a classic platform.
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RETRO WORDLE | If you still have a Game Boy system lying around you can play Wordle on it
Another reason to never throw your old consoles and handhelds away.
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The Top 25 RPGs of All Time #14: Pokemon Gold and Silver
Pokemon Gold and Silver aren't just the best games in the series, they have an argument for being the best Game Boy games ever.
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PokeNecromancer: How An Artist Is Resurrecting "Lost" Pokemon With Amazing Illustrations
A little paint and imagination can lift a cold Pokemon from the cutting room floor and into fans' hearts.
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Meet Jason Paige: Singer, Cryptocurrency Enthusiast, and the Voice of the Pokemon Theme Song
After 20 years, the voice behind the classic theme is learning to embrace his unique fame.
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Tetris 99's Biggest Fan Is The Father of Tetris Himself, Alexey Pajitnov
Tetris' creator is excited to see his game flourish as a competitive experience.
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What's The Scariest Video Game Setting?
COMMUNITY QUESTION | To continue with Halloween tradition, let's talk about the creepiest environments in games.
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Downhill Jam: The Game Industry Reflects on 20 Years of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater turns 20 in September, so we spoke to people across the industry who remember the series fondly.
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What's the First Game You Ever Finished?
COMMUNITY QUESTION | What is the first video game Mt. Everest you have successfully climbed?
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"The Nightmare Is Far From Over:" How the Artist Behind Garfield Gameboy'd Dreamed up His Four-Color Horror Show
LumpyTouch's mock-playthrough of an unreleased Garfield horror game is a terrifying, pus-filled labor of love.
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The Top 25 Pokemon in Series History: The Best Monsters From Pokemon Red and Blue to Sun and Moon
On the 20th anniversary of Pokemon's release in North America, we rank the 25 best Pokemon to date.
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Pokemon Red and Green Beta Images Show Us a Nightmare Alternative Gyarados
Beta Gyarados, I most certainly do not choose you. What do you mean I "don't have a choice?"
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USG Celebrates Pokemon's 20th Anniversary
It's Pokemon Red and Blue's 20th anniversary and we've been celebrating all week at USG. Check out all of our articles here.
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When Tauros Was the King of Pokemon
A look back at the earliest days of competitive play in Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow.
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A Bathtub Full of Acid: The Story of How Dylan Cuthbert Went From Making 3D Engines for Game Boy to Star Fox
The Super NES's most impressive tech trick would never have happened without a bit of unauthorized Game Boy hacking.
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10 Pokemon That Never Were - A Tribute to the Pokemon That Died Inside the Pokemon Gold Beta
These off-the-wall Pokemon beta children never got their chance to shine, but they deserve to be remembered.
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Metroid Game By Game Reviews: Metroid II: Return of Samus
The constraints of portable design helped Nintendo develop smarter expressions of the Metroid concept.
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All of the Kirby Games, Ranked From Worst to Best
In honor of Kirby's 25th anniversary, we ranked them all. Yes, even Kirby Air Ride.
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A Game Design Near-Miss: Double Dragon for Game Boy
Why the classic brawler's handheld version was almost (but not quite) its best home port.
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Retronauts Catches Up with 20 Years of Pokemon
This week, USgamer's classic gaming podcast examines the portable RPG that became an outright phenomenon.
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Inside the Greatest Game Gadget That Never Was
Alex Bahr's homemade SD Card Drive perfected the iconic Game Boy Camera — but it never evolved beyond the prototype stage.
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The Greatest Game Gadget That Never Was Gets Even Better
How do you improve on a unproduced masterpiece? Make it even more refined... and a reality.
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Daily Classic: The Final Fantasy Legend, Portable Role-Playing's Esoteric Start
25 years ago, the world's first handheld RPG was also Squaresoft's most daring creation.