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The name Nintendo has been associated with the lighter side of gaming for as long as most people can remember, and that's not gonna change any time soon. Many will recall the disappointment of owning a "superior" version of Mortal Kombat on Super Nintendo, only …Read more »
Forget Mario and Sonic and all those other prominent mascots out there. They're far too consistent to wow me with their presence anymore, however fun their games may be. (In all seriousness, I'm dying to play Mario Galaxy 2 .) No, I've been spending countless …Read more »
Sit back and behold, because you're about to witness the impossible. Just when you thought Nintendo was pushing even more Wii units than they could ever manage, Square Enix goes and announces Dragon Quest X for the console. Combine that with the wildly popular DS …Read more »
Perhaps this will inspire the inevitable return of the weekly Virtual Boy column that once pounced about the old-school Otaku USA blog. It's certainly not out of the question, but it'll be hard to top a release week like this one in the near future, …Read more »
Star Fox Zero launches on Wii U this week, and Nintendo is getting everyone hyped with a special streaming event on Wednesday, April 20. The livestream will include the premiere of Star Fox: The Battle Begins , a short that has Shigeru Miyamoto teaming up …Read more »
Bandai Namco's Pokémon arcade fighter Pokkén Tournament was recently announced for a worldwide release on Wii U next spring, and now we have another look at the charming yet intimidating Lucha Libre version of Pikachu. Via Tiny Cartridge
There will be plenty of news over the next few days from the currently-running E3 about new, fancy-pants video games, but for this writer, the most exciting news might be about a video game from 1989. Mother , also known as Earthbound Zero , the …Read more »
The second time we've used sad Mario this month... Nintendo will no longer be selling games and consoles in Brazil, citing “unsustainable” business conditions. The main cause seems to be high import taxes, which make sending games to Brazil a costly proposition. A quick look …Read more »
There will be no new Mario game in 2015, says Nintendo of America’s director of product marketing Bill Trinen. That’s according to an interview in the Reno Gazette-Journal, which covered a wide range of topics, including Ultimate NES Remix , a general return to old-school …Read more »
Eschewing calls to put its games on smartphones, Nintendo’s instead looking for three properties to boost its flagging profits this holiday season – Smash Bros. , Pokemon , and a new product category called amiibo. Amiibo, which launched last month, probably need no introduction among …Read more »
Kamen Rider: Battride War II recently hit PlayStation 3 and Wii U in Japan, providing another ample dose of action that blends the worlds of Neo-Heisei-era Riders and the gameplay stylings of the Dynasty Warriors franchise. Needless to say there's an endless well of beating …Read more »
Originally released on Nintendo 3DS in Japan, One Piece Unlimited World: Red is making its way to consoles and PS Vita, and all versions will be coming west this summer. The action game is currently set to hit PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, and …Read more »
Nintendo had a pretty big showing with this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation. While a lot of what president Satoru Iwata mentioned will have us waiting until E3 for actual footage—from the new Super Smash Bros. to new Mario and Zelda games—they did manage to drop …Read more »
After Roger Craig Smith had voiced Sonic the Hedgehog for a decade, he and Sega announced earlier this year that he would no longer have the job. This news wasn’t exactly thrilling to many fans, as they already knew Smith’s voice as Sonic from Team …Read more »
One of the best things about Nintendo Switch is the opportunity it grants to last-gen games that may not have gotten the time to shine they truly deserved. One such game is Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, a 2015 RPG that brought Shin Megami Tensei and …Read more »
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