When the Wii U was shown last year at E3 2011, confusion was the most common feeling among viewers and attendees. Was the Wii U a new system? Was it just a tablet add-on for the current Wii? And why did Nintendo’s next hardware product have a ridiculous name? While…
Read MoreYour favorite limbless cartoon hero slaps the 3DS’ virtual console silly this week as the original Rayman lands on the service- and there’s even something for Wii owners! To many, the first Rayman was the best game to feature the Ubisoft character till the recently released Rayman Origins. There’s just…
Read MoreE3 is typically the most exciting time of year for the games industry. The fact that is manages to create a vacuum where very little interesting stuff (as in, news releases or game launches) happens for a couple of weeks before, and a couple of weeks after the event is…
Read MoreMario Kart fans, your patch has arrived. Non-event? Maybe, but you’ll need it if you like multiplayer. As updates go, this one’s really just a patch when you get down to it. Even though Nintendo is calling it an update, what the download actually contains is a package of fixes…
Read MoreNot a ton of big name stuff this week, but an infamous little pen and paper time waster makes it’s way to the 3DS. Sudoku by Nikoli comes to the portable from the company that gave the popular number puzzle its name. So if anybody could make a decent electronic…
Read MoreMany key Nintendo franchises made their way over to the Nintendo 64, bringing some modernization along the way. Rather than try to live up to the 3D overhauls made by Zelda and Mario, Kirby stayed true to the classic formula. Unfortunately, this also made for a very safe, if not…
Read MoreThere’s an interesting piece over at IGN about one of the more prominent PlayStation Mini developers. Firma Studios has done a great job giving gamers great Minis to play (Zombie Tycoon, A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks), but, dissatisfied with the return on investment, they’re looking to produce full-featured PSN…
Read MoreNormally something that a living, multi-cellular, entity might want to avoid; this amoeba actually looks like it might be a pretty good time. Amoebattle is a microscopic RTS where you lead a squad of amoeba’s into battle against a mysterious infection. I’ve always held that the 3DS/DSi would be a…
Read MoreNormally something that a living, multi-cellular, entity might want to avoid; this amoeba actually looks like it might be a pretty good time. Amoebattle is a microscopic RTS where you lead a squad of amoeba’s into battle against a mysterious infection. I’ve always held that the 3DS/DSi would be a…
Read MoreIt’s happened again: an analyst has come out and questioned why Nintendo is not involving itself in the smartphone space. That comment was in response to Nintendo’s year-end financial loss, which was a first for the company, and predictably the Nintendo community is up in arms over the comment. But…
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