There are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Nintendo has announced the launch date of its Wii U successor (and, we suspect, a home console that also has a portable element and is therefore successor to the 3DS). The NX will release in March 2017, as we were told at an investor’s briefing today.…
Read MoreOne of the neat little features that Nintendo has implemented into both its Wii U and 3DS consoles is a playtime recording app, that tracks which games you’ve been playing, and for how long. Nintendo probably implemented this so parents can make sure their kids aren’t spending too much time…
Read MoreAmiibo Festival is more proof of concept than a major release from Nintendo, so let’s get that out of the way from the outset; come into this expecting some kind of deep, lasting, rich experience and you’ll probably be disappointed. To its benefit it works really quite well, and carries…
Read MoreEver since it was first unveiled, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has been castigated by a vocal crowd and endured the label “placeholder spin-off”. Frankly, the paranoia that led to this reputation is justified. After all, boiling Animal Crossing, a sandbox game with an obscene degree of freedom, down to…
Read MoreNintendo’s latest Nintendo Direct might have taken place on April 1st, but this broadcast turned out to be anything but a joke. Between loads of downloadable goodies, amiibo out the wazoo, and a couple killer announcements, this show did quite a bit more than showcase the likes of upcoming games…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It’s the end of the year, and in looking back through the year that was, I thought to check out the games that I’d played on my 3DS over the year, and see which ones have really stuck with me. This is actually one of the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Disney Magical World is an example of a game that takes inspiration from elsewhere, and then does its own thing with from that basis, and in the process becomes something unique and worthy in its own right. Borrowing heavily from the raw concept of Animal Crossing,…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. While Mario Kart 8 already received downloadable content around its launch in Japan, Nintendo’s official UK store revealed today that the popular kart racing title would be receiving a slew of new content beyond the fabled Mercedes-Benz cars. Much of it is scheduled to be released…
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