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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies Release Date Announced
Capcom announced Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies launches on October 24. That’s right — the expert attorney shall trump injustice in a digital courtroom near you a week before Halloween. Remember: Dual Destinies launches as a 3DS eShop exclusive priced at $29.99 USD/$24.99 Euros. Capcom chose to release the latest Phoenix Wright digitally to cut time lag bet...
Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi has died at age 85
A sad, yet perpetual state of mourning for Nintendo today, as the company announced that their longtime former president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, has died. He was 85. Yamauchi first became president of Nintendo in 1949, when the company was just a simple card-playing game manufacture. By 1963, Yamauchi had renamed Nintendo Card Playing Co. to just Nintendo. With the boom of video games quickly taking sh...
Wii Fit U Announced for eShop Download
Today, Nintendo announced Wii U will be able to download Wii Fit U free for one month. The only requirements? You only need a Wii Balance Board and broadband Internet connection. The company goes a bit farther with the offer too. See, gamers can download Wii Fit U from eShop between November 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014. You can play the full game for one month. Then all you need to do is buy ...
Developers Unfazed by Separate Online Accounts
If you own a 3DS and Wii U you might have realized by now your online accounts aren’t connected. Fans and, apparently Nintendo employees, have clamored for a unified experience between Wii U and 3DS accounts. Still, unification remains an unfulfilled, oft-requested feature and we have heard little about its possible implementation. However, the discussion left out important party: developer...
Special Pokemon Announcement Inbound
The Pokémon Company tweeted the above message today. The developer will announce more Pokemon-related news on Monday, September 16 at 8am PDT. After the recent onslaught of Pokémon X & Y news, is there anything else to know? So what could it be? I place my bets on more Pokémon X & Y news. Perhaps more Mega Evolutions or new features. After all, the game launches on O...
Nintendo Discontinues Three Original 3DS Models in Japan
Nintendo axed three original 3DS models in Japan. Today we mourn the dearly departed Cosmo Black, Misty Pink and Ice White. It is survived by the remaining original 3DS colors — Gloss Pink, Light Blue and Metallic Red — and a plethora of special edition-themed handhelds available and yet-to-come. I always thought Japan had too many hardware colors/themes anyway. It appears Nintendo fe...
Nintendo Considered Two Other Zelda Titles for HD Remakes
What if I told you there could have been high-definition versions of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? How about Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword? According to Eiji Aonuma, the series’ caretaker, his team tested these Zelda titles plus Wind Waker when deciding which to make HD. In an interview with Polygon, Aonuma explained the thought process behind choosing Wind Waker in lieu of the...
First Impressions: Pokemon Rumble U
Pokemon Rumble U is available to download from the Wii U eShop right now for the price of $17.99. The game’s premise is quite simple: you take control of any toy Pokemon which you’ve collected (you’ll have four to get started with: Pikachu, Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott) and battle in various arenas to befriend more toy Pokemon and progress in the game. In addition to your own Pokem...
Wii U Price Cut Announced
This is the moment that seemingly everyone has been clamoring for since right after the Wii U was launched – a price cut has been announced for the Wii U. Kotaku revealed this information today when they released details from an interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. As its sales have been examined to slap a proclamation of success or failure on the new console, the ...
Meet the Newest Nintendo Handheld – The 2DS
Kotaku published a story earlier today based on an interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. They interviewed him earlier in the week, and he gave them a glimpse into the next iteration of Nintendo’s handheld units: The Nintendo 2DS. The Nintendo 2DS is basically a 3DS, minus the ability to display pictures, videos, or games in 3D. While the 3D display capability is m...
Wind Waker HD North America release set for October 4
Hidden within a press release for The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess tour was a bit of Wind Waker news fans have been clamoring for lately: a North American release date for the HD remake. October 4 is the date where we’ll finally be able to revisit The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in high-definition. Sadly, no word in the press release about the rumored Zelda Wii U bundle, but ...
Dear Nintendo of America: Could you please make us more trailers like this one from the UK?
A trailer showing off already-released and to-be-released games exclusively for Wii U at a rapid-fire pace…these are a few of my favorite things. Nintendo of America could take a few notes from its UK sibling and give us more of this kind of advertising: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwOJyKxPt1s[/youtube] It makes you proud to be a Wii U owner, or jealous of those who are. But what...