Happy Valentine’s Day gamers! You won’t find any chocolates in this edition of the News Wrap, but you will find the latest on yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the debut trailer for parody-platformer BroForce, the official word on Borderlands 2 on the PS Vita and some of the latest videos for Lords…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. It’s well-documented now that long-time Japanese developer, Neverland, went bankrupt late last year. This was despite finding unprecedented sales success with its swan song, Rune Factory 4, which managed to become the fastest-selling title in the series and one of the fastest for the company overall.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Publisher, Ripstone, seems pretty happy with the Wii U. After releasing Knytt Underground onto the console, it’s got Pure Chess on the way soon, and it has just announced that its oddball adventure game, Stick it to the Man, is also on the way. We reviewed…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Retro City Rampage and its amusing take on open-world action games has been around on a few platforms now, but this remastered version of the 8-bit throwback experience for the Nintendo 3DS is the best version to date. Chris was a huge fan of the Vita…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A couple of days ago Nintendo finally rolled out its hotly-anticipated Pokemon Bank to European and Australian Poke-nuts, and the service has just launched in the US. Promising the ability to store thousands of virtual critters on nice, safe servers back at Nintendo HQ, this Cloud…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Good news Pokemon fans! The long-awaited Pokemon Bank is finally available in Australia and New Zealand, and throughout Europe (sorry, not sure about America – perhaps a reader can let us know in the comments?) For those that aren’t yet aware of it, the Pokemon Bank…
Read MoreOpinion by Chris I. This past Thursday, Nintendo held an investor’s meeting to give insight into the company’s response to the market pressures that it is facing. Nintendo’s stock dipped throughout the proceedings. While this a normal response when any company when it announces a major new strategy, Nintendo’s recent offerings…
Read MoreIn today’s news; a new trailer emerges for Telltale’s next Fables installment, a brand new LEGO Star Wars title drops out of lightspeed and onto iOS, Bandai announces Super Mario Bros figures and playsets and Nintendo tries to ease concerns about its financials. Episode 2 trailer for Fables: A Wolf…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. UPDATE: A big bit of news emerged from the Q & A session following the presentation. It looks like Nintendo is bringing Nintendo DS games to the Wii U via the Virtual Console. Nintendo has held investor’s meeting, where it has outlined its strategy going forward,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dr. Luigi is a decent game, but it also represents all the problems that Nintendo is going through with its HD TV console. As with NES Remix before it, Dr. Luigi is the kind of filler material that would be fine… if it was supported by…
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