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Sony Says Nintendo Is Always A Competitor
With the announcement that a future software update will allow the Vita to become a controller for the PS3 (similar to the Wii U Gamepad), Sony also admitted that Nintendo will always be a competitor. However, Jim Ryan, Chief Executive of PlayStation, also stated that the DS and Vita are two different devices that can live in harmony, side by side. “I think the gaming offerings of 3DS and Vita ar...
Download or cartridge?
New Super Mario Brothers 2 arrives in one week. In fact, it will be apparently be available at 12:01 AM early Sunday Morning! Here’s a question for those planning on buying: are you going the download or full retail route? Myself, I’m definitely downloading this one straight to my 3DS for 4 reasons: 1) I can’t wait to play it. 2) I like handing over my funds straight to Nintendo ...
Nintendos roadmap for Wii U success
Nintendo has been making a killing, especially in their home country, with the 3DS. Not only has the launch of the 3DS XL (or LL as it is known in Japan) sold like gang busters in its first week, the original 3DS saw a huge surge with the launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2. While there are still a couple of solid titles ahead for the Nintendo Wii, the same sales trend cannot be said for the console...
Update: Did Target, Amazon, and Best Buy just reveal the Wii U box art?
According to retail websites, Target, Amazon, andBest Buy, have updated their catalog with the final Wii U software box art. At this time, the final box art designs have not been confirmed by Nintendo, so it’s quite possible these are just placeholders. The supposed final designs do resemble that of the Gamecube software box art with the curved Wii U logo portion at the top. In addition, the...
Could We See Rareware on the 3DS?
Something that I always found interesting is that Microsoft does not offer a handheld version of the xBox. As the mobile gaming industry is exploding (just look at the 3DS sales), it almost seems that Microsoft has just given up on the handheld game. Something else that I find interesting is that Rareware (wholly owned my Microsoft) has, in the past, released games for the DS. Diddy Kong Racing ...
Glen Updike Sets two New NES World Records
Glen Updike is a man that deserves our applause. The 27 Year old set, not one, but two NES world records! The Boscobel, Wisconsin resident scored an amazing 1,111,100 in Karate Champ on August 1, 2012. If you want to view the three hour long video, click here! Later that same week, he also hit a high score of 10,002,050 in Lifeforce. The feat took him only 16 hours and 46 minutes to reach! H...
An opening cinema worth buying the game for
Kingdom Hearts 3D is a wonderful game *and* a fun monster pet sim. On top of that, it features the most brilliant opening cinema I’ve ever seen. It’s very much like a Disney theme park attraction, in that you can’t get the full effect from promo films or Youtube videos; it can only be fully experienced at the source, and in this case that means the dual screens of the 3DS. SPOILE...
Ngmoco, Y U No liek Nintendo Handheld?
Okay, I realize that the title of this article is painful to read. However, that was my immediate thought when I read that Ngmoco thinks the Nintendo handheld division is about to implode. In my opinion, they are trying to conjure up some publicity for their “free to play” mobile games. Those games just so happen to be downloadable for Android and iOS. Ngmoco Ceo Neil Young thinks t...
New Colors for the DSi
Do you refuse to upgrade to the 3DS? Is the DSi still your favorite handheld? This week, Nintendo is releasing two new colors for the DSi in North America. The new red and blue handhelds have a matte finish. The new colors are arriving after the 3DS has been out for over a year, will you consider purchasing one? On a vaguely similar note, I found this video and had to share it. As annoying as ...
Did You Know?
Did you know that Nintendo owns a Major League Baseball team? Keeping true to their tradition of owning and operating some off the wall businesses, Nintendo of America saw that the Seattle Mariners were hitting a rough financial patch in the 1990’s. With Help of Nintendo of Japan, they purchased 60% of the team for a whopping 100 million dollars.
Video: Metroid Lore in a Minute
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yokV_IY3k2I[/youtube] The fine folks of the YouTube channel Lore in a Minute! have recently compiled a Metroid-specific edition of their humorous video game backstory videos. The video, in rapid-fire succession, details Samus Aran’s origins all the way to the end of the original Metroid, along with some bits you may or may have not known about. In add...
Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Will you be celebrating the Olympics this weekend with Mario or Sonic? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBA_Ws2O75s[/youtube] Or are you going old school? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCz2FwwJFQ[/youtube]