Revealed during last week’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the classic GameCube launch title Luigi’s Mansion is being remade for the Nintendo 3DS. It has been 17 years since Mario’s brother strapped on the Poltergust 3000 vacuum cleaner in a bid to clean up the mansion of spirits in order to free Mario. This remake will feature the same levels and gameplay that made the original such an odd but delightful departure from the series formula. It also has...
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Monster Hunter Stories | Review
“When a monster strikes, the fearful hide, but the brave? They ride” So goes what should be the motto of all Hunters, young and old. Long time fans of the beloved Capcom franchise, Monster Hunter, might have been fearful at the idea of the spin-off “Monster Hunter Stories” when first discovered it would be a fairly large departure from the typical Monster Hunter game they have all come to know and love, but what of those who...
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Since the beginning of story telling, tales have been told about brave warriors combating and defeating the forces of evil. From Greek myths to comic book heroes, the concept of heroes banding together has been done in many different ways, inspiring the audience’s imagination and creating fantasies of themselves as one of those brave heroes. As video games grew and matured as a medium, people could now go from simply hearing, seeing or reading stories of brave...
Continue reading...New Pokemon Sun & Moon Leak Show Off New Pokemon Forms & Team Leaders
Nintendo is set to unveil new details for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS Exclusive Pokemon: Sun & Moon this Friday but leakers have other plans for the company’s announcements. Just 24 hours after scans of an early copy of Japanese gaming magazine CoroCoro appeared online spoiling some of the fun, clips & screen grabs from the upcoming Pokemon Sun & Moon trailer appeared online. Here’s what has leaked so far: A new water type Pokemon called Wishiwashi which has both solo &...
Continue reading...May The 4th Be With This New LEGO Star Wars Trailer
Today is May 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day – an officially recognized day of celebration for a certain particular science fiction franchise set in a galaxy far far away. Traveler’s Tales and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have released a brand new trailer for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens that reveals new details about levels and the details of events set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Adventure Mode will allow players...
Continue reading...Natsume Bringing River City: Tokyo Rumble To The Nintendo 3DS
Developer Arc System Works and publisher Natsume will once again transport players to the world of River City with their upcoming release River City: Tokyo Rumble due out later this year. Building off of the classic NES side-scrolling brawler River City Ransom, Tokyo Rumble follows high school student Kunio and his friends as they attempt to defend the city from gang who wish ill will to the citizens of Tokyo. River City: Tokyo Rumble will not only...
Continue reading...New Nintendo Direct Later Today, Covers 3DS & Wii-U
Nintendo will be holding a surprise Nintendo Direct video presentation later today that will focus on titles for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U. They have stated that this presentation will include titles for both platforms that are due out by the end of the summer but will not include any information on the companies’ plans for mobile phones or their upcoming Nintendo NX Console. Things kick off later today at 5PM EST / 3PM MST...
Continue reading...Registration For Nintendo’s New Account System Is Live
Nintendo’s new account system, which is expected to be a unified way to connect the Wii U and 3DS, as well as Nintendo’s upcoming next-generation hardware codenamed NX, has begun accepting registrations via the official Nintendo Account website. Although no official notice has been released by Nintendo indicating the account system is available, we were able to create a Nintendo Account and link existing Nintendo Network IDs without any issue. The Nintendo Account is expected to be...
Continue reading...Upcoming Dragon Ball RPG for 3DS, Dragon Ball: Project Fusion
Some news from 2chan.net , a popular Japanese image board, there seems to be a new Dragon Ball 3DS RPG on the horizon! Namely Dragon Ball:Project Fusion. The images show Broly and Goku at the end pose of a fusion dance, so where this could go is anyone’s guess. As far as I can tell the main focus of the game will of course be on various fusions, likely one’s we’ve yet to see. Honestly, it looks pretty cool....
Continue reading...Nintendo Unveils The Miiverse’s Top 3 Games For Wii U / 3DS
Nintendo has unveiled the most popular games as measured via traffic on their Miiverse social media website / Wii U application. This year didn’t feature the two big marquee releases for Wii U – Star Fox: Zero and The Legend of Zelda Wii U, as both of those games got delayed into 2016. However, it was strong year nonetheless for both platforms with releases including the surprise hit Splatoon, the ever inventive Mario Maker, monsters causing mayhem...
Continue reading...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 reached its funding goal only after 2 days. With gameplay that is reminiscent of Keiji Inafune’s former Capcom creation, long time platform...
Continue reading...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 get cheaper than this for a long time.
Continue reading...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 limited supply to North America for Christmas Nintendo & Yacht Club Games have decided to post-pone the figures release. Once you get...
Continue reading...Atlus-O-Ween 2015 Cosplay Contest Voting Now Open
Atlus USA has opened up the voting period for their Atlus-o-Ween 2015 cosplay contest on their official Facebook page. Now that they’ve finished collecting all of the entries it is time for the fans to cast their votes by liking their favorite pictures in the Atlus-oWeen 2015 Facebook Album. Voting ends on 11/11/2015 at 9 AM PT with winners being announced the following Friday, November 13th. So what’s up for grabs? Here’s a quick look at some...
Continue reading...Japan To Get A Real Life Pokemon Gym Next Month
The Pokemon Company will be bringing the series’ popular gyms into the real world with the establishment of a real life Pokémon Gym in Osaka, Japan starting on November 19th. This education experience aimed at children will allow them to learn Pokémon training tips, collect in-game rewards for participating. Visitors to the Gym can even have a conversation with a Pokémon, although I am not quite sure how that would work! There are some really cool images...
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