Tag: Nintendo
Nintendo Forecasting a Year-End Loss
Nintendo has sold just over three million Wii U systems worldwide between the system’s launch in November and the end of December. 1.3 million of those systems sold were sold in North America. The sales, while great, are off from initial forcasted expectations where the company had looked to sell 5.5 million consoles worldwide before […]
Fire Emblem Awakening Character Progression Trailer
Nintendo has released another trailer for their upcoming strategy game Fire Emblem Awakening, this time focusing on character classes, their strengths, weaknesses and how they can move in battle. Also explained is the ability to change classes and what that can do for your characters. If you’re planning on picking up the game it’s certainly […]
Ah! Heaven Coming to DSiWare [UPDATED]
Another DSiWare title is set to arrive on North American shores within the next few weeks as the latest venture from Circle Entertainment has popped up on Nintendo.com. The game is a tower style climbing platformer and will arrive on Nintendo DSiWare on February 7th. Ah! Heaven, is a platform game developed with an Eastern […]
China Console Ban Potentially Being Lifted
It’s been a while since the Chinese were able to play on video game consoles; 13 years to be exact. This can change as Chinese authorities are looking to review the 13 year old ban on video game consoles sale, reports a unnamed Culture Ministry source to China Daily.
Scribblenauts Unlimited | Review
Version tested: Wii U Scribblenauts surprised gamers with the ability to write virtually anything that comes to mind in Max’s notebook and have it pop into the game to help solve puzzles. That concept has grown beyond just being confined to one level now and the game worlds introduced in Scribblenauts Unlimited are a welcome […]
January 24th Nintendo Download
The Cave finally lands on the Wii U this week as the highly anticipated game is released. Plus the Wii U Virtual Console Trial Campaign, just announced yesterday, also makes its debut with Balloon Fight. A few more Wii U and 3DS titles, but nothing for the Nintendo Wii or the Nintendo DSi. That’s a […]
Meet the Classes in Fire Emblem Awakening
Nintendo released a new video yesterday which may have been overlooked and overshadowed by the excitement surrounding their Wii U Games edition of Nintendo Direct. The video in question sheds more light on to the more than forty classes of characters in upcoming title Fire Emblem Awakening.
Wii U Direct – Two Zelda Games on the Horizon
Nintendo unveiled plans on Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct for not only a brand new Zelda game for the console but also the HD update and refreshing of GameCube Zelda game The Wind Waker. With the newest Zelda game not coming around for quite some time as it’s still in development, Nintendo released details of the Wind […]
Wii U Direct – Other News and Notes
Nintendo will be releasig two updates to the Wii U which will alow software to launch faster and a quicker return to Wii U menu. The first update will happen in the spring with the second in the summer. VIRTUAL CONSOLE Nintendo is launching their Virtual Console for the Wii U and you’ll be able […]
Wii U Direct – New Yoshi Game Coming
Nintendo revealed that the company is working on a new game staring Yoshi for the Nintendo Wii U. This will be the first game to feature the dino as the main character since Yoshi’s Story for the Nintendo 64. That game was released back in 1998! If you’ve played that game it was pretty fun, […]
LEGO City’s Latest Trailer Gives A Glimpse At The Open World
Many saw LEGO City as an open world family friendly GTA like game when it was first announced. Oddly enough I can’t help but think of similarities as I watch this latest trailer that gives a look at some of the games transportation. LEGO games have come a long way in a short time from […]
Wii U Direct – New Wonderful 101 Trailer
Nintendo showed off a new video for Platinum Games’ upcoming project The Wonderful 101 at the Nintendo Direct on Wednesday. No further details of the game were released and there is still no firm release date, but the new gameplay footage ramps up the excitement for the quirky title. With one hundred unique characters in […]
Wii U Direct – New Xenoblade Game Coming Soon
Monolith Soft is working on a new title for the Nintendo Wii U and it looks like it’s going to be in the Xeno series of games, but what it is and when it will be released is still a mystery. Presumably it will be a direct followup to last year’s Xenoblade Chronicles for the […]
Wii U Direct – Fire Emblem / Shin-Megami Tensei Crossover Planned
Nintendo revealed a teaser trailer for an upcoming collaboration title being developed by Intelligent Systems Co. Ltd, Atlus and Nintendo. The game is a crossover between Atlus’ Shin-Megami Tensi series and Nintendo’s Fire Emblem series, though no other details were revealed. Will this be a strategy game? Perhaps this will be a fighting game in […]
Wii U Getting Virtual Console – 30th Anniversary Specials!
Coming this Spring, Wii U gamers will be able to download content from their own version of the virtual console including Nintendo and Super Nintendo titles. These games will be playable on screen as usual, and seperately on your GamePad controller. The service will have a limited selection to begin with, but will continue to […]