Capcom’s Katuhiko Ichii has stated that Monster Hunter 4 will hopefully break record sales for both the Monster Hunter series, as well as other game sales records. “In addition to the great response I’ve been feeling from it, it’s a game that the development team are greatly confident in, so I believe you should look forward to it.” “In terms of quality, I’m confident that we’ll be offering ...
Yesterday, Harrison Milfeld showed us Super Metroid reimagined as a cartoon. Today, I found this amazing Kickstarter campaign attempting to create Metroid: Enemies Within, an attempt to coerce Hollywood that a Metroid movie should be made. “There will be no profit made on this film. Metroid: Enemies Within is a labor of love for fans from fans. We think Kickstarter provides the perfect pa...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqnc1Z6SlM[/youtube] Ever wished that Super Metroid was its own animated series? Well, artist Dave Rapoza has done just that with his latest video depicting Nintendo’s SNES classic as a full-fledged animated series. The short clip runs at just under a minute and a half, but shows Samus gunning through familiar locals on the planet Zebes and encounteri...
Facebook communities are nothing new, Infendo has a page, our sister site Nerdzy has a page, I even admin a group of pages dedicated to particular games such as Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon X and Y, Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy. What is new, is the fact that Nintendo is publicly announcing the launch of their new Facebook Mario Kart 7 community today. The community has quite a few benefits to j...
Is there a better way to find the untapped developer potential that to seek out the talent of the many Indie Developers out there? I have been saying for a long time that the Indie Developers are what is needed to even out the playing field in the gaming industry. Some of the big name developers seem to have hints of entitlement, whereas the smaller devs just want to show off their masterpieces ...
On today’s show Scott Pratt, Harrison Milfeld and myself (Lewis Pugh) talk Pikmin, Nintendo’s Q2 fiscal report and finally end with a feature celebrating 100 million Wii’s sold! Also on a side note the browser media player should now be fixed for all. Of course you can enjoy the Enhanced Edition goodness on iTunes and most Podcast Apps, giving you images and chapters. Enjo...
According to a post on NeoGAF, US game retailer GameStop has received a large shipment of copies of the critically-acclaimed Wii title, Xenoblade Chronicles. The catch? GameStop is selling individual copies at a staggering price of $90…pre-owned. The NeoGAF poster also mentioned that it’s possible to take the price down with coupons that are floating around online. That alone may be a ...
For those that might have missed the Wonderful 101 Direct, I have posted the video below. If you pay close attention to the video, you might hear that the release date is September 15th, although it is easy to miss (sarcasm intended). The Direct did what it was meant to do, which is to show us more about the game, like the utilization of Unite modes. Check out the video, and share your thoughts ...
The editors at Online Game Design Degrees and Schools sent over the below infographic, which shows the evolution of gaming consoles. Sure, we have seen this before, but to take it a step further, they have included some information regarding price and sales, as well as some history of a few of the units. One thing that I found interesting, is that for many years a $200.00 price tag was the commo...
For those of you that missed today’s Nintendo Direct, take some time to review the video below! Although it was not full of surprises, it was definitely a pretty good direct! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONco32sHxo[/youtube] Also, don’t forget to set aside some time on Friday at 10AM EST for the Wonderful 101 Direct!
With StreetPass™ Relay Points you can now receive player data from Nintendo Zone locations, even if that player is no longer there. When a 3DS user has Street Pass enabled, the Nintendo Zone location will temporarily store their StreetPass data, sending it out to the next StreetPasser that arrives at the location, assuming they have the same games. According to Nintendo, this will help to make i...
Within the last month, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has revealed online a Super Mario 3D Land stage for the series’ 3DS outing and the return of Captain Olimar from Pikmin. The Smash Bros. website has given Sakurai a chance to tease fans with a screenshot per day of the 3DS and Wii U versions. Now, a new stage from the Pilotwings series has been revealed today by Sakurai. The ...