Fire Emblem Awakening marks the first “new” game in the series since 2007’s Radiant Dawn on the Wii. As such, it seems reasonable to expect greater ambition from the folks at Intelligent Systems. …but not so much on casual mode If ambition is what you seek, Awakening delivers it in…
Read MoreIt hasn’t been that long ago since Namco Bandai sent us a hefty folder packed full of screenshots of its light-hearted upcoming 3DS exclusive title, Naruto Powerful Shippuden. Well, the game is fighting ever closer to its March, 5th release date and it’s sent us another great batch of screenshots…
Read MoreEtrian Odyssey fans know what to expect from the series, as it has brought the old-school dungeon crawling experience to the Nintendo DS for years, and when I say “old-school” – I mean, use the bottom touchscreen to map out the dungeons by hand old-school. Tough as nails difficulty, character…
Read MoreTrue story: Zen Pinball was the game that got me interested in pinball all over again. Where I could take or leave pinball beforehand, after playing Zen Studio’s flagship game and coming to realise the artistry behind developing a compelling pinball experience I am now a big fan of pinball…
Read MoreI can’t say I’m a huge fan of The Cave. Tim Schafer’s newest work is Tim Schafer through and through, and certainly in terms of presentation it’s a game that’s hard to argue with, but this is one of those rare times with Schafer where the gameplay doesn’t support the…
Read MoreAfter a couple of hours with NBA 2K13 I realised how little I know about basketball. Here in Australia it’s not exactly a sport that people watch on TV. With minimal experience in watching the sport, I haven’t been able to passively pick up the complex strategies and properly understand…
Read MoreNintendo has just hosted its most interesting Nintendo Direct online event in its history, and it’s as interesting for what was not said than what was. Company President, Satoru Iwata, essentially said on numerous occasions that “we’ve got nothing for the Wii U.” Nothing to release in January and February.…
Read MoreThere is one thing I do not like about Japan. Perhaps it’s because I’m from Australia, which is a remarkably big country with a huge amount of space, and so there’s a nice sense of personal space here. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in the country which made it…
Read MoreWith Nintendo’s brand new home console, the Wii U, now sitting on store shelves and taking up many a headline here at Digitally Downloaded, we figured we’d start off this brand new year by paying respects to its motion controlled filled predecessor: Wii. The risk that Nintendo took with the…
Read MoreMCV just posted an incredibly interesting story. The news story itself just reports a merging of console and handheld hardware R&D division at Nintendo in Japan, but what is on the surface a dry organisational restructure news story has some dramatic between-the-lines ramifications. It means that no longer will Nintendo…
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