Mischief Makers is a 1997 side-scrolling platform video game, the first for the Nintendo 64 (pictured), developed by Treasure and published by Enix and Nintendo. The player assumes the role of Marina, a robot who grabs, shakes, and throws objects in her journey to rescue her creator from the planet's emperor. The game is presented in 2.5D, with pre- rendered 3D backgrounds behind 2D gameplay. A 12-person team developed the game over two years as Treasure's first title for a Nintendo console. It was shown at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo before its release. Reviews were mixed, with praise for its inventiveness, personality, and boss fights, but criticism for its brevity, low difficulty, low replay value, sound, and harsh introductory learning curve. Retrospective reviewers disagreed with the originally poor reception, and several highlighted Marina's signature "Shake, shake!" sound bite. In 2009, GamesRadar called it "possibly the most underrated and widely ignored game on the N64".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1892:

Ida B. Wells began to publish her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells

1955:

Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_State_of_Vietnam_referendum

1955:

The first buildings in the sacred Oyasato-yakata complex of the Japanese new religious movement Tenrikyo in Tenri, Nara, were completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyasato-yakata

1977:

Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Maow_Maalin

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

noli me tangere: 1. (Christianity, art) A picture depicting Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene shortly after his resurrection from the dead (see the etymology). 2. A warning to avoid or not to interfere. 3. Someone (such as a disagreeable person) or something (such as a painful experience or taboo topic) to be avoided or not interfered with. 4. Any of various plants with fruits or seed capsules that, when ripe, burst open and discharge their seeds when touched, or with leaves that fold and droop when touched. 5. Some plants of the genus Impatiens; specifically, the touch-me-not balsam or yellow balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere). 6. The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium). 7. (archaic) The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), the leaves of which fold inwards and droop when shaken or touched. 8. (medicine, obsolete) Any of various diseases causing ulcers of the skin and underlying tissues, especially of the face; many of these diseases are now thought to be due to basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/noli_me_tangere

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I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.   --Napoleon Hill https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Napoleon_Hill