Today (September 13, 2010) we celebrate Super Mario’s 25th anniversary. The original Super Mario Bros. was released on this day in Japan in 1985. Even though Super Mario Bros. is a sequel to an arcade game from 1983, Super Mario Bros. is seen as the defining game that started one of the biggest videogame franchises ever created.

When rumors started flying around the possibility that an add-on for the Super Nintendo (SNES) console was in the works that would bring disc-based games to the SNES, it grabbed the attention of a lot of people. After all, it probably would’ve meant that Nintendo would have decided to make the jump to disc-based consoles before the Gamecube. So what happened to the Super Nintendo CD system? Read on…

Looking at the TrySixtyFource, it’s easy to tell ShockSlayer put a lot of work into it. It isn’t the most attractive thing in the world either. At first blush its texture appears as if it’s made of clay. It’s as if Macgyver made a portable N64 in his garage. Even though it’s not aesthetically pleasing to look at, and the placement of some buttons aren’t ideal, it’s still a fully functioning unit.

If the words of Hiroshi Takai are any indication, the Xbox 360 has an excellent chance to usurp the Playstation’s crown as the premiere console of the role-playing genre.

Takai, who developed The Last Remnant, recently told interview with ComputerAndVideoGames that programming games for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console has proven “easier” than accomplishing the same task for the Playstation 3.

In the interview he made it clear that he enjoyed flexing his programming chops with the 360 in addition to becoming familiar with Unreal Engine 3. He also mentioned that…

Nintendo doesn’t know what it’s doing with multiplayer online gameplay. It’s just that simple.

The Famicom and the Super Famicom, and the Nintendo 64 had online peripherals which were never a wide enough success to release in the US market. Nintendo tried, and it decided nobody cared… and then the online gaming market exploded. Nintendo was too far ahead of its time. Then, the DS and the Wii came along and Nintendo promised wireless internet connectivity right out of the box. But Nintendo has left us sour in the one aspect that it has always claimed deserves the most attention: The games.

New this week: F-Zero X, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and China Warrior.

This week’s three additions brings the total count to 109 games available for download through Nintendo’s Wii Shop Channel and playable only on the Wii. New Wii virtual Console (aka Virtual Arcade) games go live each Monday at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time).

Click through for descriptions of the newly added games …