It has been a monumental year for gaming and all of us so who take part in that world. So I bring you MY list of the best titles of 2012 and my game of the year, with a couple of runners-up thrown in. This year we’ve seen Assassins built on Vengeance, and the abduction of Little Girls. We’ve seen Galaxies...
A Small Tribute to Radical Entertainment
These past few weeks have brought us a lot of things, one of which I don’t think anyone saw coming. The closure of Radical Entertainment. For years, Radical has been a homestead and headquarters of awesomeness in Vancouver. Since its conception in 1991, this subsidiary of Activision has made some great games that will forever be remembered. The founding members were...
Remember that 3DS Hardware Revision That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen? It’ll be Out in August
Well that didn’t take long, did it? As many of you may recall, Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto stated in an interview with IGN that there wouldn’t be a hardware update for the 3DS. It was a common refrain among potential 3DS buyers that they’d just “wait for the 3DS Lite,” and it seems Miyamoto wanted to put those rumors to...
E3 2012: Nintendo Press Conference Live-Blog
This event is now OVER. Please feel free to read through the news as it broke, and comment on the article.
The People Complained, and Nintendo Heard: “The Last Story” for the Wii coming to North America
Acclaimed as one of the best jrpgs released for the Wii, many in North America were concerned (by which I mean audibly pissed) that The Last Story, developed by Mistwalker Corporation, with creation headed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the man behind a little known series called Final Fantasy. Despite this all-star pedigree, Nintendo had made it clear to the public that...
Nintendo Acknowledges Potentially Fatal Bug in Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Promises Fix Soon
If you’re like me and currently still drowning in the winter deluge of releases, then you may not have had the chance to pick up and play the latest Legend of Zelda adventure, though with a recent potentially-fatal bug revealed in the game you may want to hold off a little while longer. It seems (minor spoilers incoming) there is...
Xenoblade Chronicles is Coming to North America
It seems that, for once, an online petition actually worked. Critically acclaimed JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles for the Nintendo Wii, a game which up until this point Nintendo has made zero expectations of porting over to North American soil, is finally going to see a release in the West. Released in June 2010 in Japan, otherwise known as “an eternity” in the...
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Another Hit
Super Mario 3D Land [Game]
Developer: Nintendo EAD Tokyo Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: 3DS Release Date: November 13, 2011 Rated: E for Everyone “Nintendo knows what their fans want in a Mario game, and they will forever give it to them.” You ever wonder how Mario...
Microsoft “Wins” Black Friday: Almost a Million Consoles Sold in 24 Hours
Black Friday, the day where consumers across North America limber up, armor down, and prepare to stare into the dark heart of capitalism itself. Why? For inexpensive televisions and reduced-price video games, naturally. The festivities this year seemed more than...
Golden Gun: What PETA Should Bitch About.
This is the start of our Golden Gun lists, where we will take a subject and decifer who would take home the Bronze, Silver, and Golden Gun for said topic. Kind of like the slew of lists you find sprinkled...
My Zelda wet dreams have come true, but only in the UK.
Today, Nintendo announced that it will be releasing a 25th Anniversary Zelda 3DS and it looks completely gorgeous. The sleek looking handheld is set-up as a normal 3DS just with a very hot and sexy Zelda wrap and graphic. Embalmed with the ever-beautiful Hyrule...
Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures available for free over DSi and 3DS E-Shop!
While in its current 25th anniversary, the Legend of Zelda series has become busier than ever this year. One of the littler announcements within this buzz was the plan for a DSi and 3DS re-release of Legend of Zelda: Four...
Starfox 64 3D [GB Review]
Developers: Nintendo EAD, Q-games Publishers: Nintendo Platforms: 3DS Release Date: September 9, 2011 Rated: E10+ “Other games have been trying to recreate this same experience for YEARS. Starfox is one of a kind” – GB Opening Statement: I’ve played a...
Nintendo releases an EXPLOSION of 3DS Trailers!!
It’s already been mentioned how much Nintendo’s been rocking TGS, even before it started. There’s been a huge plow of updates and interviews about the obscene current line-up for the Wii and especially the 3DS. However, it’s far better to...
Nintendo announces NA dates for Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and more!
Quite quickly, Nintendo has taken the Tokyo Game Show by storm. Plenty of trailers and screens have come for some of our most awaited titles, but we’ve finally gotten something a little more touchable to enjoy. Following the pre-TGS press...
Let’s have a serious conversation about the new 3DS analog stick
Rumours, no matter how ridiculous they seem, you have to take them with a grain of salt. The rumour of the dual analog started flying around at the worst time though. Immediately after the price drop and the ambassador...
Last Story and Pandora’s Tower announced for European Release in 2012
Operation Rainfall’s still hard at work. Their goal of having Japan’s three major Wii RPGs released worldwide is gaining its first milestone on Friday, with the release of Xenoblade Chronicles in Europe. Their work is far from done, but the...
New Nintendo Selects Include: Mario, Mario, Mario, and Boxing?
Back on May 15th the big “N” whipped out their Nintendo Selects program, a series of $20 re-releases for top Wii games. Before today, that list has only had four games, and one of them being the game that literally...
PSP Vita Not Coming in 2011
An interview with Kaz Hirai (Sony’s executive deputy president) explains that Sony doesn’t seem to think the device will be finished development yet. Instead, they’ve pushed the release back to early 2012 worldwide, with a doubtful possibility of a late...
Modern Warfare 3 also coming to the Wii
After seeing the previous Nintendo versions of nearly all the other Call of Duty games have resulted in, Activision has decided to try hard anyways by announcing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to have a Wii release. The game’s...
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