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New Super Mario Bros. uses the side-scrolling technology which means that the characters generally move from the left side of the screen. It is a video game conceptualized and developed by Nintendo for Nintendo DS handheld console. Initially released in the United States on May 15, 2006, it was subsequently released in Japan, Australia, and Europe and in South Korea. After the release of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, it became the first authentic side-scrolling console game to star Mario since 1992.

With music given by Takashi Tezuka and directed by Nintendo's creative giant, Shigeru Miyamoto, it soon became one of Nintendo's greatest games as is proven by the fact that it went on to be the second best selling game for the company, coming second only to Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. 3 offers a more advanced gaming-experience in comparison with Super Mario Bros. series. This is seen in the introduction of a map screen, mini-games, more power-ups, enemies, and level types. Bowser made his red-haired debut with this game. Bowser's children, known as the Koopalings, also make their first ever appearance.

The main plot of SMB3 revolves around Mario and Luigi going on a mission to rescue the "seven kings of the seven worlds" that border the Mushroom Kingdom. The Koopa Kids have stolen the magical wands of every one of the kings, and turned him into animals. Now it's the job of Mario and Luigi to retrieve the wands from Bowser's kids.

Interestingly, Mario and Luigi find out only towards the end of world 7 that these attacks were only distractions created by Bowser to kidnap Princess Toadstool. Now the responsibility falls on Mario and Luigi once more to save the Princess.

SMB3 has eight different worlds each further divided into 8-10 stages not to forget the bonus stages. The levels are themed but not arranged in any strict order so the player has greater freedom to choose which order to play them in.

Fortresses and mini-fortresses are an added feature of SMB3. For every world there is one fortress. It's here that Mario initially meets the airship for that particular world. A mini-fortress is also featured for each of the worlds.

After a level is finished, a box carrying a power-up item appears which must be hit by Mario in order to finish a level. The item contained in the box must be collected by the player, so after collecting three, Mario gets an extra life. One of the most potent bonus items is the Tanooki suit. This turns Mario into a statue which protects him from receiving any harm from his enemies and also giving him the ability to kill them with special moves.

Mario plays a tune on the whistle which is similar to a melody in The Legend of Zelda. The similarity doesn't end here. In each game it calls up a storm that flounces up the hero and unloads him in a different place. The theme song "King of the Koopas" featured in the album "Super Mario Compact Disco".

Free Mario Games are available in a lot of platform such as the GameBoy Advance, Famicom Disk System, NES and many others. There are also flash game versions of Super Mario available for download. Checkout Luigi Mario for free online games to play.

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Video games have come a long way since the days of Pac-man and Donkey Kong. And it doesn't take a hard-core gamer to know playing against or with another human is relatively more fun and exhilarating than going about it on your own. Celebrating a victory after brutally exterminating foes is much more fun when you're gloating and trash-talking with (or at) someone.

Enter Norweigan game-designer Funcom's version of the MMORPG (massively multiple on-line role role-playing game). Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a perfect example of what multi-player videogaming is today. The game comes as the 76^th anniversary release of the Conan franchise started by Robert E. Howard in the 1930's with his novel "The Dragon's Hour" and gained a cult-following when California's Governator played the protagonist's role on the big screen.

Set in an ancient, barbaric world chock-full of quests- from simple tasks to epic adventures, you can foray through the kingdoms of Hyboria as a rogue, priest, soldier or mage. These profiles even have sub-categories, so you can more or less let your imagination run free in this game.

True to the tradition of MMO games, Age Of Conan doesn't come free of course. One has to part with $13-$15 U.S. to be able to roam around spreading death and mayhem in the Hyborian Kingdoms. If current fuel prices have somehow found a way to restrict your entertainment budget, then knowing how to level-up quick might be a necessary asset. With the multitudes of combat variables in this massive rpg (that's where the first M comes from), having a leveling guide on hand can save you the guesswork of where and how to go about slaying antagonists for quicker level increase. You can still play the game and enjoy it without one of course. Having a good AOC leveling guide just lets you go up to level 80 ahead of your mates and earn bragging rights (and ultimately save you cash).

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