Category: Nintendo
What’s Really Impressive About The Wii U?
Recently, WB Interactive hosted an event in Toronto where I got to check out some Wii U games from them. Those really impressed me and I was fortunate enough to try out Nintendo Land as well. So what is really cool about the Wii U that should make gamers want one right away? Well I’m […]
Genesis RPG, Pier HD, May Head To Dreamcast & Current Gen!
I think a lot of people in the gaming community laughed when a Sega Genesis game, Pier, was released by an independent developer in 2010. This RPG was a love letter to an RPG long past and thanks to Kickstarter the developer hopes to port the game to current gen consoles including the Xbox 360, […]
Etrian Odyssey IV English Trailer Released
Etrian Odyssey has always been a game series I’ve enjoyed. I miss the olden days of dungeon crawls like this and Etrian brings back even more of that magic letting me draw my own maps on my DS touch screen and label them too with items, treasure, monsters, etc. The series is back again with […]
Wii U Demo Unit Displays Hit The Stores
Demo units for the Wii U have been hitting the stores and Ghostwalker from Darkain Arts Gamers checked the one pictured above out at Walmart. I’ve personally seen them at Best Buy so far. The display unit is limited, but hopefully in the near the future you’ll be able to do a lot more with […]
Nintendo Mii’s Enjoy A Day In Toronto
To celebrate the launch of the Wii U, Nintendo has released this video of a bunch of Mii’s enjoying the day in Toronto. It shows them getting ready for the day and heading out to check out Nintendo’s latest console. They even stop by the Wii U truck. Darkain Arts Gamers has an article on the truck […]
Canada Is Thinking Smaller With The Wii Mini On December 7
Nintendo has officially confirmed that Canada will be receiving the Wii Mini: a $99.99 version of the Wii, but with no GameCube compatibility, no Internet connectivity, and less size. The whole package will come with a red Nunchuk, a red Wiimote Plus controller, power adapter, sensor bar, and standard composite cable. Canadians can expect the […]
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Limited Time Free Levels
Free until February 1st 2013, you can pick up a set of classic Mario levels if you own New Super Mario Bros. 2! From the youtube video the levels seem to be chosen from the first Super Mario game and Super Mario Bros 3. There’s even an original Mario Bros moment in there too it […]
Wii U U.S Sells 475 000 Units In First Week
Nintendo’s Wii U has dominated our frontpage over the last few weeks, especially after the system’s launch on the 18th. We finally have our first look at sales figures according to the NPD group and things are looking up for Nintendo’s next big thing. The install base for the Wii U currently sits at 475,000 […]
Fake WiiU Gamepad Auction Sat at 90K Before Being Pulled
File this one under the W.T.F category. Online gaming auctions can sometimes be a little ridiculous but surely this storefront selling cardboard facsimiles of a Wii U Gamepad is a joke. All of the hubub started after sites like destructoid picked up on a now pulled Ebay Auction featuring a crudely drawn Wii U Gamepad penned […]
Ubisoft Were The Big Winners of Amazon’s Black Friday Weekend
With Black Friday sales currently being tallied up at the writing of this article, one fact has been confirmed, Ubisoft have been successful this past weekend on arguably the best online store on the Internet. According to data from Cowen & Company, the French video game company pulled away with massive sales this Black Friday […]
Wii U: Assassin’s Creed III
Being a fan of the franchise of Assassin’s Creed III, it was so hard to wait for the Wii U version. I finally got the time to play the game and beat it within a short time. It’s been a while (see: year) since we have seen what the Assassins were up to since Ezio’s […]
Wii U: The Next Generation is Here! Part One
It’s finally here. Nintendo finally launched its brand new console and I have spent a week drooling and playing on it for the last week now. It’s only been five days, but other than my day job, I have done nothing but use every bit of the console since its release on November 18, 2012. […]
Disney Readying a “Skylanders-Slayer” For Next Year
Disney Interactive looks to cash in on the “gotta collect ’em all” success that Activision is having with their Skylanders franchise. According to Stitch Kingdom, this new game that will tentatively be hitting Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, & 3DS is cleverly titled: Disney Infinity. Yep…very clever indeed. Stitch Kingdom states they have seen […]
How Will U Play This Weekend?
Obviously if you’re a fan of video games, you know this is a huge weekend. The Wii U is taking gaming HD, multi-screen, and adding more fuctionality to the sequel to Nintendo’s hit game console, the Wii. So what does Wii U have in store? Lets take a look.
Satoru Iwata Unboxes the Nintendo Wii U
As a bonus, late last week, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata unboxed the Wii U to the delight of many others. Jokingly, he often compared himself to a shopping channel host. As a person who has unboxed things on camera before, let me say: he’s right…. Anyway, check out the unboxing for yourself here: [youtube id=”ECqpc6Ses4s” width=”600″ […]