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by Yassine Khiri and Mathias Cena Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Hollywood is having its second bash at sprinkling some movie magic on the “Super Mario Bros” video game franchise, three decades after the last attempt. The pint-sized plumber from Japanese game maker Nintendo has enjoyed 40 years of extraordinary popularity that has transformed the character into a truly global icon. – The saviour – Nintendo owes a lot to its moustachioed hero, created […]
by Yassine KHIRI Agence France Presse Milan, Italy (AFP) — It took 300 staff working in five cities about five years, but the second edition of one of the most ambitious mash-ups in video games is set to arrive on Thursday — “Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope”. The game merges Nintendo’s Mario, the Italian plumber who has given his name to an entire universe of games, with Ubisoft’s Rabbids, a series focused on the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Gamers breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after the end of a network outage that affected Nintendo’s online games, with internet-based systems under increasing pressure from people staying home over coronavirus. “The issue with our network services has now been fixed. Thank you for your patience!” tweeted Nintendo on its European Twitter account, with similar messages posted on its other accounts. The hours-long outage affected its online games but also […]
Expect fair weather as “habagat” weakens due to “Mario” finally leaving the country. However, PAGASA spotted a new low pressure area forming.
The death toll caused by the rampage of “Mario” in the greater part of Luzon has risen to 11. According to the records of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the latest incident is recorded when the body of one JB Suarez Declito was recovered in Kawit, Cavite after drowning. Most of those recorded dead during the storm died because of drowning while the second highest cause are electrical accidents. The number of […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — Tropical Storm “MARIO” has maintained its strength as it continues to move closer to Southern Taiwan, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. Most of the storm warning signals in the country were lowered as of 4 a.m., Sunday morning as “Mario” was located at 155 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes. It is forecast to move north northeast at 17 kilometers per hour. Only the Batanes group of islands is placed under […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — More than 710,000 people were affected by tropical storm “Mario” which is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday afternoon. Floods have also generally subsided in Metro Manila and Luzon, and only pockets of floodwater have remained, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Saturday, Sept. 20. NDRMMC executive director Alexander Pama said that 710,120 persons or 153,976 families were affected in the Ilocos […]
(Update as of 6:30 a.m.) The Department of Education has announced class suspensions in all levels today (Sept. 20) Saturday in the following areas: Cavite Province Laguna Rizal Province Antipolo City Mandaluyong City Taguig Marikina City Pasay City Paranaque City Valenzuela City Navotas City Makati City Quezon City Pasig City Las Pinas Manila Malabon City
TENS of thousands of people fled roof-high floods that killed four people on Friday as tropical storm “Mario” swept across the Philippines, marooning Metro Manila and forcing officials to shut government offices, financial markets and schools in the capital and nearby areas. Officials said two people died in Quezon City, one in Rizal and one in Caloocan City, and all of drowning. Deluge. Above, rescuers evacuate residents of Tumana village after the Marikina River overflowed, […]
Raging flood waters due to continuous downpour washed away a highway detour bridge in Camarines Norte.
Batangas experiences strong winds and heavy rains, with the provincial government monitoring the Calumpang River.
According to PAGASA, tropical storm “Mario” slightly weakened and slowed down while passing the Babuyan islands. Metro Manila and rest of Luzon will continue to experience monsoon rains which is was enhanced by the storm.
