Author: Jason Nason

Nintendo Wii U Basic Sale This Weekend

Wal-Mart in Canada is putting the Nintendo Wii U Basic Bundle on sale this weekend. From August 2nd – August 9th (while quantities last) the console will be on sale for $100 off! The system regularly retails for $299.00 in Canada at Wal-Mart but beginning tomorrow you can score the Wii U for $199. I […]

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Square Enix Confirms Next Gen Tomb Raider

Square Enix confirmed that the company is working on a sequel to the recently released Tomb Raider reboot with the game slated to hit next-gen consoles. Phil Rogers, CEO of Square Enix for the Americas and Europe, made the confirmation in a blog post earlier today. In addition to the development of already confirmed next […]

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Wii U Sales Soft While 3DS Sales Strong

Nintendo released their global sales yesterday. The good news is that net and ordinary income is in the green at ¥8.62 billion ($88.1 million). Also 3DS sales were strong last quarter. The bad news is that Wii U sales were on the opposite end if the sales spectrum. The 3DS was the best selling hardware […]

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Nintendo Purchases Through PC Coming This Year

Nintendo is planning to let users have more access to their Nintendo Network accounts … from somewhere other than their Nintendo device. By the end of this year, Nintendo will be adding a new system that allows players to manage their Nintendo Network accounts through smartphones and PC. They’ll also be able to make their […]

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending July 20)

Nintendo released their sales numbers for last quarter for the Wii U and 3DS which showed that Nintendo’s latest home console is struggling while their latest handheld continues to soar. Shin Megami Tensei IV was released during this week and quickly took the number two spot on in the USA sales rankings. Animal Crossing: New […]

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August 1st Nintendo Download

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 hits the 3DS Virtual Console this week as well as three new eShop games. My Farm 3D, Family Kart 3D and Bike Rider DX are all new releases. On the Wii U front Pikmin 3 will be released in retail and digital download versions on Sunday as does Disney’s Planes, which […]

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Nintendo Unveils Black 3DS XL

Nintendo announced today the latest colour for the Nintendo 3DS XL will hit stores next week and the newest colour will be basic black. On August 11th, Nintendo is releasing a black version of the Nintendo 3DS XL hand-held system, joining the currently available range of colors: blue, red and pink. The system will launch […]

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Flipnote Studio 3D Delayed in Europe

Nintendo of Europe announced earlier today that Flipnote Studio 3D for the 3DS, follow up to the original DSiWare title, has been delayed. Here is the release from Nintendo: Nintendo of Europe regrets to announce that Flipnote Studio 3D, originally due for a European launch on Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS on 1st August, will […]

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CHARTED: Nintendo (week ending Jul 13)

No matter how many weeks have passed since the release, Mario titles have holding power with several releases from the last year still holding well in the top 30 releases. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is still holding strong in its fifth week of release in North America and has sold nearly 500,000 copies in the […]

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Get a $10 Nintendo eShop Credit – Club Nintendo Promotion

Nintendo has an eShop promotion running right now but you’d better act fast as it’s only running for the weekend and ends on Sunday. Beginning now through July 28th, add qualifying funds to your Wii U Nintendo eShop account and Nintendo will throw in up to $10 in eShop credit. Here’s how it works:

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July 25th Nintendo Download

Another virtual console release has come the way of the North American Wii U with the release of Kid Icarus. The classic Nintendo title, which spawned a 3DS sequel a few years back, was made popular once again when the titular character was made as a playable character in the Super Smash Bros series. Also […]

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July 18th Nintendo Download

The wait is finally over for North American Nintendo fans as Earthbound has finally been released. The game, which has never seen a release this side of the Pacific, was released on the Wii U Virtual Console. Other releases include Game Boy Colour title Shantae, which spawned a DSiWare sequal a few years ago. Also […]

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2013 Club Nintendo Elite Rewards

It’s that time of year again when Nintendo rewards all their loyal Club Nintendo users with special thank you gifts. Throughout the year every time you purchase and register Nintendo hardware platforms, select games made by Nintendo and titles purchased from the eShops, you are rewarded with coins. Coins are awarded for purchasing and registering […]

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Shin Megami Tensei IV | Review

Shin Megami Tensei IV is a fun and deep RPG experience that blends traditional RPG gameplay with monster hunting tactics which leads to a rewarding gameplay experience.

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Club Nintendo Rewards – July 2013

The month of July has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Star Fox 64. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo Wii, the other is Super Punch Out!! The two games for the Nintendo 3DS this month are Game Boy classicDonkey Kong and DSiWare title […]

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