![]() ![]() Whereas I have no respect whatsoever for the dog from Duck Hunt, who sucked way more, so blast away. (These accounts came mostly from fourth-graders at Catholic school in suburban Missouri, if that’s relevant.) I am using the official term “Zapper” out of respect even though the gun that came with the Nintendo kind of sucked, or at least it sucked how few games they made for it. The rumor back in the mid-’80s was that if you shot the dog from Duck Hunt-whether accidentally or with a great deal of seething premeditation-your Nintendo Entertainment System Zapper, or your NES itself, or your TV, or your house would blow up. So jump down the pipe and warp to the Mushroom Kingdom with us. The Ringer is also celebrating, looking back at the legacy of the most iconic video game character of all time, both in games and his forays into film and television. ![]() To mark the occasion, Nintendo is releasing new games and holding events in the coming weeks. This weekend marks the 35th anniversary since our favorite overall-wearing, mustachioed plumber ingested his first mushroom in Super Mario Bros.
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