Hasta La Gadget!

Yes we CAN! Most stores stack their food in the same old boring way, but there are some stores or should I say some people, that rise above the status quo and go above and beyond the call of duty – like the guys who set up Canstruction at the SouthCentre Mall in Calgary, Canada.

Obviously guys working on this exhibit really love a good game of Mario. Is it wrong that I want to see a Koopa shell knock this awesome sculpture down? Or see Toad’s Kart barrel into it? I hope someone topples this thing at the end of the exhibit. Is that mean? it’s not like the cans aren’t going to go to a good cause when they fall over – with all the canned goods going to the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank.

Anyway, it’s pretty awesome what some geeks can do with a few cans and a dream.

[via Geekologie via Obvious Winner]

Fans of golf games are either hardcore players that only play titles that offer realism like the Tiger Woods series or completely off-the-wall like the Hot Shots series. Nintendo’s Mario Golf series could be considered a golf game similar to the latter and its latest version will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS this summer.

Mario Golf: World Tour will be developed by famed series developer Camelot and will deliver a mix of traditional golf courses as well as courses inspired by the Mario series, which means we can expect there to be Bullet Bills, lava pits and probably a penguin or two in some of the courses.

The golf roster for Mario Golf: World Tour will include Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Bowser and Donkey Kong. It’s a shame no females from the Mario series have made it into the game at this point as we’re sure many female Mario Golf fans enjoy playing as Princess Peach or Daisy every so often.

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Nintendo has a lot to announce this morning, including an app for its Miiverse platform, as well as some fan-favorite game titles that will be available on the Wii U platform in the coming months. By the time E3 rolls around, in mid-June, the Wii U will support two new Zelda games, as well as new Super Mario and Mario Kart titles.

Nintendo announced the Wii U back in June, offering a new level of gameplay with multiple screens (one on the TV and one on the controller) and a brand new GamePad controller complete with NFC and a gyrometer/accelerometer.

The new console elevates Wii gameplay past silly family fun and takes it to a new level, one that gaming enthusiasts can appreciate. The console launched with titles like Mass Effect 3 and Batman Arkham City, and left classic games like Super Mario Bros. U to simmer and bubble in the minds of anticipating customers.

But today the company is ensuring that its die-hard Wii fans, the ones who grew up racing on Mario Kart or capturing coins in Super Mario Bros., have a reason to upgrade to the Wii U without losing all their favorite games.

It’s unclear what exactly these games will look like, but Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has opened up a bit about the forthcoming Zelda titles.

“Our mission in developing this new Zelda game for Wii U is quite plainly to rethink the conventions of Zelda. I’m referring to things like the expectation that the player is supposed to complete dungeons in a certain order, or that you’re supposed to play by yourself. The things that we’ve come to take for granted recently.”

“We want to set aside these ‘conventions’, get back to basics and create a newborn Zelda game so that the players today can best enjoy the real essence of the franchise.”

Along with a new 3D Mario title and Mario Kart, Nintendo will also be introducing the following titles to the platform:

• Yarn Yoshi
• Wii Fit U Communities (with new features like the creation of Miiverse communities)
• Pikmin 3 Photos (which lets you use the GamePad as a camera)
• Wii Party
• RPG Mashup: a collaboration project that features Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei franchises
• A new game from Monolith Soft, the creators of Xenoblade

While I’m still waiting for that killer app before I run out an purchase a Wii U for myself, you still have to hand it to Nintendo for the innovative thinking with their dual-screen gaming console and controller combo. If you’ve already got a Wii U or expect one under the tree this year, then here’s a fun way to adorn your controller.

I spotted these cool New Super Mario Bros. U skins over on Japanese game import site NCSX, and they look great. They really add life and color to the otherwise bland white or black Wii U GamePad. They’re made by Hori, and come in a set that includes both the Wii U controller decal and a decal for your regular Wii remote. They also come with a protective overlay for the LCD screen on the Wii U controller. I especially like the red/yellow/green/blue design – it reminds me of that old electronic game Simon.

You can pre-order these decals over at NCSX for $13.90 a set, and they expect to start shipping them around December 8th.