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Anyone who has yet to play Cave Story in any form is definitely missing out. I missed out myself on the original PC version of Daisuke Amaya's one-man-made game—which was originally released online in 2004 as Dokutsu Monogatari —but the enhanced WiiWare port more than …Read more »
The prime offering from this week's set of Nintendo downloads actually isn't a throwback classic for once, it's Mighty Switch Force! Run-and-gun action meets brain-bending puzzles in this game from developer WayForward ( Contra 4, A Boy and His Blob ), which also means more …Read more »
While the last couple of weeks have been somewhat dire on the download front, Nintendo's Thursday update this time around has a double dose of oh so sweet treats in store. Chief among them is the appearance of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins …Read more »
It's Thursday, and you know what that (usually) means! It's time for another edition of Virtual Boy, which catalogs the highlights of Nintendo's weekly downloadable titles. The fact that this article is even appearing MUST be a sign of something noteworthy, and that is indeed …Read more »
Nintendo might be the master of mixing excitement with pure, uncut disinterest, and even a dash of "really?" Take this week's downloads, for instance, if you want to see where I'm going with this. On one hand we have Capcom's Game Boy title Gargoyle's Quest …Read more »
Nintendo's downloadable 3D Classics for 3DS take original Nintendo games and pop them out into 3D like a sprite-loaded diorama. Sounds great, right? It could be, unless the game in question happens to be a "classic" no one in their right mind would ask for …Read more »
It's been a little while since Nintendo had much worth tooting about, mostly thanks to a lack of notable Virtual Console releases. That's changing somewhat this week despite it being an otherwise busy one for the Big N. The two primary featured titles are Go! …Read more »
Why yes, that is Final Fantasy III on Nintendo's Virtual Console today. No, not that FFIII , the other one. You know, back before everyone in North America knew it by its original name, Final Fantasy VI ? Playing the numbers game with the Final …Read more »
In immediate retrospect that headline makes almost no sense, and yet it remains. Such is the curse of being so easily entertained, and hey, speaking of being entertained, let's see what Nintendo has in store for us this week. Since the headline spoiled it already, …Read more »
While Sonic the Hedgehog thrashes about in one of the many foster homes he's been carelessly transferred to over the years, the blue blur's original creator, Yuji Naka, has moved on rather gracefully. His latest creation also happens to involve a cartoon critter, but Ivy …Read more »
Oh, weekly update of all things having to do with Nintendo's Virtual Console releases, how I've missed you. I'd love for this little feature to be more regular, but frankly there's just not as much to report on as there used to be. Nintendo has …Read more »
Thanks to Nintendo's latest press conference, we now have a great deal of concrete information about the release date, pricing, and more of their next handheld, 3DS. The stereoscopic 3D, glasses-free system will launch in Japan on February 26, and retail for 25,000 yen (about …Read more »
I, like quite a few unfortunate souls, never got to play the original Cave Story when it debuted as a downloadable title on PC in 2004. Today, after a lengthy wait, Daisuke Amaya's much loved indie game makes its console debut via WiiWare with enhancements …Read more »
Welcome to a very special edition of Virtual Boy, chronicling the weekly releases of Nintendo's downloadable goods on a sporadic basis since 200X! This week is not one to be missed, though, because a shocker has come out of left field (something at which Nintendo …Read more »
In a world where game and entertainment news is constantly being pumped out before our very eyes, it's almost shocking when something slips by unannounced. Such is more or less the case with Blaster Master Overdrive , a revival of Sunsoft's classic NES title via …Read more »
Joseph Luster
