Category: Nintendo
Splatoon’s Free Content To Dry Up Next Month
Nintendo’s take on the competitive shooter, Splatoon, has managed to stay fresh for the past seven months thanks to a steady stream of free content – including new maps, outfits and weapons – since it launched this past May. It seems that the developers have finally decided to put an end to delivering new content […]
Pokken Tournament Gets Its Own Controller In North America
Ninndo and Namco’s collaborative Pokemon themed fighting game, Pokken Tournament will be receiving its own official controller manufactured by long peripheral company Hori. The controller is based upon the arcade cabinet’s button layout and was previously announced for release in Japan. If you want to get your hands on the official Pokken Tournament Controller you […]
2016 and Gaming: A Year in Preview
As we’re closing in on the end of one year and getting ready to start the next, a lot of people are reflecting on the year that’s past and others are looking at the year to come. I’m one of those looking to the future and I’ll tell you why: 2016 and the coming years […]
Minecraft Wii U Is Already Among The All Time Top 10 Downloads In Japan
Mojang’s smash hit about your struggle to survive the night all while hissing snake creatures try to blow up your home, Minecraft, has already cracked the top ten all time downloads in the Japanese Wii U E Shop. According to the all time download purchase rankings available on the Nintendo Japan website Microsoft’s latest acquisition […]
GameStop Accidently Ships Pirated Game Just In Time For Christmas
It’s frustrating when someone gifts you a game you’ve waited months for only to find out you’re one of the unlucky few who have a defective product. What would your reaction be if it turns out you were gifted a pirated copy of a game by mistake? The parents of Reddit user Vernm51 bought them […]
Rare Releases Behind The Scenes Video For N64 Classic Perfect Dark
Can you believe that it has been 15 years since Rare LTD and Nintendo released the N64 swansong Perfect Dark? Hell, it has been half a decade since Microsoft and Rare LTD released the HD remake on Xbox Live. To help promote the re-release of the HD Perfect Dark remake as part of the Rare […]
Super Mario Maker Updates Adds Captain Toad & Birdo Costumes For Europe
Just in time for the Christmas holidays Nintendo Europe has unveiled a brand new update for Super Mario Maker that brings three brand new costumes to the level building title. If you boot up Super Mario Maker on Christmas Day you can score yourself a pretty sweet costume featuring everyone’s favorite adventuring fungus, Captain Toad. […]
Comcept Unloads A Barrage of Mighty Number 9 Screenshots
Comcept the developer behind the Kickstarted Mega Man spiritual successor Mighty Number 9 has released a whole set of brand new screenshots for your viewing pleasure. We’ve got an entire gallery containing all of the high-rez colorful screnshots at the bottom of this post. Mighty Number 9 was originally revealed back in September 2013 and […]
Why These Three Star Wars Games Got It Right
I absolutely love the Star Wars franchise – like many children of the late 80s and early 90s I grew up alongside the films, my parents showed them to me on VHS just before the Special Editions came out in theatres. Nowadays the use of puppets looks silly, I mean Yoda can’t even hit things […]
Nintendo 3DS XL Temporarily Being Sold For Only 85 Quid
The Nintendo 3DS handheld is currently being sold for only 85 pounds over on frugalgaming.com. They currently come in two colours. You can find the blue version here, and for those of us with any modicum of taste the pink version can be found here. Grab it while you still can, cause I doubt they’ll […]
Everything Announced In The Final Smash Bros Direct
It’s time to say goodbye to the hype train that is Super Smash Bros directs for the time being. Nintendo aired the final prepared video presentation this afternoon which featured two surprise character announcements – In the form of the witching Bayonetta & the transforming Corrin as well as a ton of additional content. Previously […]
Shovel Knight Amiibo To Be Released January 8th In North America
Yacht Club Game’s Shovel Knight will make his amiibo debut on January 8th in North America and December 11th in Europe the developers have announced via their blog. The reason for the almost month long gap between launches in the two territories stems from an issue with the figure’s production. Rather than only ship a […]
Nintendo Dampening Expectations For This Most Recent Direct Was the Right Move
Nintendo’s decision to post a notice on the Nintendo Direct official website outlining that they had no plans to discuss the NX or Mobile during today’s broadcast was absolutely the right move. Usually dampening your fan bases expectation for such a high profile event like the return of Nintendo Directs would be a bad thing […]
Nintendo Direct to be on November 12
A new Nintendo Direct is going to be held on the 12th at 2 PM PST, only two days from now. The link is already up and can be found here. Nintendo is still very much Nintendo and hasn’t really told us what is going to be included in the conference, but I think it’s […]
New Character “Dark Mewtwo” Revealed for Pokken Tournament
During a Japanese livestream of Pokken last night, the new character “Dark Mewtwo” was revealed for the upcoming pokemon fighting spin-off Pokken Tournament, which is being developed by Namco-Bandai.