Confirming a rumor that had been whirling around, Dark Horse Comics went ahead and announced that it will indeed be publishing The Legend of Zelda- Hyrule Historia. Yes Zelda fans, it’s exactly what it sounds like. A complete history of one of the oldest and most mysterious universes in all…
Read MoreIt’s hard getting into Sword of Hope 2. There’s retro, and then there’s so retro that it’s alien. With a screen that is 80 per cent made up of menus, and the tiniest, static images representing the entirety of the game’s “graphics,” Sword of Hope 2 is alien. Get past…
Read MoreNintendo has released its eShop offerings for the rest of 2012 today. There are a few neat surprises on the list including a couple that old school Konami fans should be very happy with. I haven’t even heard the names Mystical Ninja or Goemon in a long, long, time so…
Read MoreNintendo’s first attempt at releasing a game both at retail, and for download over its eShop network, has been met with some real controversy. Nintendo has opted to price the download at the same RRP as the physical copy of the game, and as retailers are doing what retailers do…
Read MoreImagine this: You’re a turtle, moving through an empty, white world filled with coloured blocks. If you can wrap your head around that, you’ve arrived at the dullest eShop game to date: SpeedX 3D. Whatever regulatory body that looks over advertising in the games industry should rap developer, Gamelion, over…
Read MoreI’ve been playing around with Apple’s AirPlay feature via iPad and Apple TV, and it really does surprise me that more isn’t made of this feature. Put the two of them together and you get a console-quality experience, which you’re then able to pick up and seamlessly take on the…
Read MoreThe Game Boy, and later Game Boy Color, had a fine heritage in puzzle gaming. From the obvious (Tetris), to the most niche games possible (Catrap), there really was a puzzle game to suit any player on Nintendo’s classic handhelds. Toki Tori is the most recent classic puzzler to hit…
Read MoreThe concept that Ace Mathician is built upon is far more complex and creative than the game itself. Considering how clever that concept is and how fun the game is anyway, that’s just fine. The basic premise of the $2 DSiWare download is this: there’s a koala named Ace, and…
Read MoreNo one should ever, ever be forced to play a game as bad as Decathlon 2012. I consider myself to be a casual fan of the Olympics, so a lack of enthusiasm for the worldwide spectacle which this game was obviously released to take advantage of isn’t to blame. It’s…
Read MoreNintendo is a big corporation that is usually run intelligently. At a time where the world economy (and Japan more than most) is diving better than the Chinese Olympic team can Nintendo has held things together and not suffered too badly. But that’s not to say it’s incapable of making…
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