Crash and Aku Aku from Crash Bandicoot (Playstation; August, 1996), created by Naughty Dog of Santa Monica, California.

Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember doing a report on the bandicoot, a weird, rat-like mammal from Australia. I got the idea from some rhyming picture book teacher had read earlier. It was about a bunch of animals having a party, and there was some line about “even the bandicoot gave a hoot” and I was curious what that thing was. 

The point is, I was very smug when Crash came out a few years later and I was already well ahead of the bandicoot curve.

Sorry it’s been so long since the last update. I’ll try to get more into this.

Ralph from Wreck-It Ralph (Arcade; 1982) made by Walt Disney Studios of Burbank, California.

I saw this film last night, and quite enjoyed it. I don’t think it’s the best Disney film of all time by any means, but it’s a very sweet and charming film — much moreso, in fact, than I think many might expect, given how heavily the “geek” angle’s been hyped. It’s also not that much of a “video game movie” as such; I was actually surprised how much of the film’s aesthetic theme is actually based around candy, which I think is a lot more fun than just constant gamer in-jokes. We get enough of those as it is.

The bad guy from Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade, 1982).

And thus concludes my attempt to draw 31 Nintendo-brand bad guys for the entire month of October. I got quite ill at one point, and a bit lazy on another, so I didn’t quite make it — but it was still a lot of fun trying.

I’m gonna return Play American back to its American roots now. If you’re still craving more Nintendo monsters, however, be sure to check out my pal Mark’s amazing Nintober blog. He managed to do the full 31, unlike some people.

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Tempura Wizard from Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS; March, 2012)

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Segmented Crawbster from Pikmin 2 (Game Cube; August, 2004).

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Pionpi from Super Mario Land (Game Boy; August, 1989)

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Shadow Link from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES; December, 1988).

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Billy from F-Zero X (N64; September, 1998).

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The Genie from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Game Boy; August, 1993).

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Yardiovich from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES; May, 1996).

I was horribly, violently ill over the weekend so now I am a bit behind in these things (I was behind to begin with, actually). But we’ll see if I can still plow through in the remaining days.