Micro Mart - 10 March 2016_

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APP OF THE WEEK

Wepicksomeofour favourite

gaming badguys...

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Videogame

Villains

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Bowser

For several decades, everyone’s favourite double-named

Italian plumber, Mario Mario, has been antagonised by

Bowser. This giant turtle-like creature has a penchant

for capturing princesses and generally being a pain in the

backside, and it’s up to Mario and his brother, Luigi, to thwart

his plans. But in spite of beingrepeatedly defeated, Bowser

manages to come back again and again. In fact, considering

how much time the Mario brothers spend fighting him, you

have to wonder how much plumbing they actually manage to

get done.

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Wario

Constantly using Bowser as Mario’s nemesis could

be considered a little unimaginative. Clearly, though,

Nintendo wouldn’t stand for such criticism, which is no

doubt why it came up with a new villain:Wario. Okay, maybe

not the most original name, but what about his appearance?

Er... nope, nothing original there either: he looks almost

exactly the same. Surely that’s because he’s an evil twin, right?

Apparently not. According to Nintendo itself,Wario is in fact

Mario’s childhood friend (goo.gl/hSvFu9). Whatever the case,

at least he’s more imaginative than... ahem...Waluigi.

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DrRobotnik

Also going by the name Dr Eggman, Robotnik is

clearly an intelligent, talented man, judging by the

amazing machines and vehicles he creates in theSonic

games. And what does he use his abilities for? Capturing fluffy

bunnies and little birdies. And who is his arch enemy? A bright

blue, 5ft tall, bipedal hedgehog – notreally something you can

plan for. No wonder he always loses.

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ShangTsung

Reach the end ofMortal Kombat, and you’re faced

with the ultimate threat: an elderly Chinese man

sporting a long beard and a dress. Sounds easy

enough, until yourecall that he could transform into every

other character in the game, gaining all their special moves

and so on.

In later games, he was a much younger man, but the

morphing abilityremained.Without doubt, one of the most

original bosses in a videogame.

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Goro

Before you ever got to fight ShangTs ung, however,

you had to get past an enormous four-armed half-

man/half-dragon called Goro. As well as beinga

musclebound killing machine, Goro also enjoys walking

around in nothing but his pants.Tobe fair to him, though, it’s

probably hard to find shirts that fit him properly.

But that doesn’t excuse him for having hair like a netball

player. Not that we’d ever tell him that, of course.

iGoro was eager to show off his Dale Winton tan...