Don’t look now, but 3DS is becoming quite a feature-packed little gizmo. The newest addition, available beginning today for free download, is the Nintendo Video service. What is it? The basic concept involves Nintendo surprising you with an unpredictable, ever-changing selection of 3D short films, music videos and promotional material, sent to your 3DS via spotpass while your machine’s...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsdlAi8ZZI [/youtube] Fresh from the San Diego Comic-Con comes the first English trailer for Tales of the Abyss 3D. The game seems to be fairly unchanged from the PS2 original aside from the new features exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS such as assignable touch screen artes selection and new 3D animations for mystic artes. If you have already experienced...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9tD3vIJoY [/youtube] Nintendo has made a splash at the San Diego Comic-Con with the first publicly playable build of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Not fortunate enough to make it to San Diego this week? No problem, Nintendo has you covered with a new game trailer. There are a few things from the trailer that stood out to me. First, I absolutely...
Although Nintendo has a new portable with fancy stereoscopic 3D, there are still developers who want a chunk of the 147 million DS pie. This September, WayForward Technologies will release a new game based on the Aliens franchise for Nintendo’s aging portable giving the Nintendo DS a breath of fresh air. Aliens: Infestation is a side-scrolling action title being published by Seg...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEsJlZh3VWU[/youtube] There is a new Pokemon title coming exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS this October, but it isn’t of the RPG variety. Pokémon Rumble Blast will be released on October 24th allowing players to collect more than 600 kinds of toy Pokémon. From the sound of things, Pokémon Rumble Blast will be more of an action game, featuring ...
According to Nintendo.com, they are as follows: Just Dance 2 Donkey Kong Country Returns New Super Mario Bros. Wii Michael Jackson The Experience Wii Fit Plus Bundle Disney Epic Mickey Mario Kart Wii Zumba Fitness Super Mario Galaxy 2 Just Dance A lot of body games in the list. Anything else stand out?
Remember that sizzle reel that Nintendo showed off at E3 will all of that 3rd party support? Well the thing about those games is that many of them will have been out on other consoles for almost a year by the time the Wii U hits the market. Not Assassin’s Creed on Wii U, however. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says that the Wii U title will not be Revelations, but instead be a title for “the fu...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0RR_BP-iE[/youtube] Music in games is arguably the most important aspect of any game, as game soundtracks can make or break the game experience. Imagine if world 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. didn’t include that iconic theme song, would it still be a held up as one of the greatest games of all time? Perhaps, but then I wouldn’t have a rockin cell ph...
If you registered a copy of Ocarina 3D quickly enough, you stood a good chance of guaranteeing a free copy of the game soundtrack. The CDs are shipping, and mine arrived this weekend. No complaints or nitpicks here: this is an extraordinarily perfect bonus. This is exactly what a game soundtrack CD should be, and it blows the pants off the disappointing Mario history soundtrack included with the M...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVykc7cmjyU [/youtube] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was most definitely one of the strangest, most beautiful games on display at last month’s E3 in Los Angeles. El Shaddai is a third-person action title developed by character designer Takeyasu Sawaki for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and is scheduled to release in a few weeks. Destructoid recently att...