Category: Nintendo
Square Enix Celebrates One Year of their Online Store with a Huge Sale!
SALE! That’s the buzz word that everyone likes to hear. And for those of us who miss the launch of a game for one reason or another, that magic word can be the difference between missing out on a game or taking the plunge late. Better late than never! Square Enix is celebrating one year […]
Cube Life: Island Survival for Wii U Update Coming in March
Cypronia announced Friday that the second update to its hit Wii U Nintendo eShop game, Cube Life: Island Survival, will be released worldwide in March 2016. The game was originally released for the Wii U last June. The new update (v1.2) will let you share custom maps (like Super Mario Maker). With the update there […]
Nintendo Canada hosts Pre-Launch event in Advance of Fire Emblem Fates Release Next Week
Nintendo of Canada held a special pre-release event in Toronto on Friday evening, allowing the general public to get their hands on the game for the first time. The event was split between Birthright and Conquest, with the separate sides draped and lit in the colours of the respective themes. The game was playable for […]
Gotta Catch ’em All at the Next Global Splatoon Spatfest
Nintendo has announced the theme for the next Splatoon Splatfest, and it’s being kept close to home. The next Splatfest theme is none other than Pokémon! Head to the Inkopolis Plaza and select which game is your favorite: Pokémon Red or Pokémon Blue! This Splatfest will begin on February 19 at 10:00 PM PT and […]
Intense Japanese Action-RPG Sadame Set to Conquer America on Nintendo 3DS
Rising Star Japan announced today that it will bring the intense action-RPG Sadame to the U.S. and Europe on February 25th, exclusively on Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS. Translating simply as ‘fate’, four warriors are called to battle with a whirl of swords, spells and mysterious arcane abilities in this fast-paced hack-‘n-slash adventure. Cut a […]
February 11th Nintendo Download
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty – Explore ancient ruins, dodge carnivorous beasts and avoid trigger-happy hunting parties as Abe, the original Oddworld hero in this lovingly recrafted take on the classic Abe’s Oddysee. Once a happy floor waxer in Oddworld’s biggest meat processing plant, Abe stumbles across his boss’s secret plan to turn the factory’s slave labour […]
Final Fantasy Explorers | Review
Any game is invariably going to be compared to its predecessors, or in lack thereof at least to other games in same genre. The same way that a sports title will never be judged purely on it’s own without comparison to previous iterations of the series, it’s hard not to compare Final Fantasy Explorers to […]
SEGA 3D Classics Collection to come with Decals
SEGA announced today that pre-orders and a limited number of launch copies of SEGA 3D Classics Collection will come with the SEGA Classics Decal Sheet bonus item. The sheet will be available in every physical launch edition of the collection, and features nine SEGA logos and console stickers. The decals are a silver hue to […]
Big Brain Academy and Polarium Added to Virtual Console Tomorrow
Two new games will join the Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow when Nintendo’s North American download hits. The first title is Polarium Advance, the Game Boy Advance sequel to the Nintendo DS puzzle game Polarium. That game came to to the GBA in North America back in 2006. In the game you have to clear […]
New Trailer for Witch & Hero 2; Launches in Japan next week
Flyhigh Works, the publisher of Witch & Hero 2 in Japan, released a new trailer for the upcoming game. The game hits 3DS eShops in Japan on February 17th. The game will be localized and released in North America by Circle Entertainment, with the release set for mid-March. Check out the trailer for Witch & […]
Splatoon Concert Looks like a Fun-filled event
I don’t read and can’t speak or understand Japanese either, which leaves me with just a jealous curiosity about this event. It looks like Japan was treated to a “live” Splatoon concert featuring Callie and Marie from Nintendo’s hit Wii U game. This ia the sort of silly, yet amazing, things that make fans in […]
Could there be a Dementium III on the way?
We missed this during the week, but Jools Watsham from Renegade Kid put the question on Twitter with the question: Would you back a Dementium 3 Kickstarter? The ask comes as Watsham and the team are looking to gauge interest in pursuing a third game in the series. While Kickstarter is a great way to […]
Nintendo eShop Sales for February 4th, 2016
I’ve decided to split this off from the regular weekly Nintendo Download to give a little more of a deep dive into each newly added item to the eShop sales list. So what’s been on sale previously will have the same list you remember, but new entries will also have more detail at the top […]
Return to PopoloCrois Releasing on March 1
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale launches on March 1 in North America. The game developed by XSEED is a crossover between the Harvest Moon series (Which is known as “A Story of Seasons” in Japan) and manga series PopoloCrois. The manga has already spawned several spin-off games that were localized for the West, the […]
Nintendo Canada Hosting Fire Emblem Fates Launch Event
Live in the Toronto area? Nintendo is hosting an event next Friday to celebrate the launch of Fire Emblem Fates on the Nintendo 3DS! Grab your friends and come out to play these two highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS games on February 12th. Both will be launching for the Nintendo 3DS the following Friday, February 19th. […]