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“You’re putting in some serious time to get it done”. Back in the late ’90s, all eyes were on Nintendo and the development of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. After numerous delays, the game launched in November 1998 to rapturous applause and plaudits and is now widely considered one of the best video […]
A locked-on epic. City Connection, now a fairly prolific shoot-em-up publisher, have been hit-and-miss with its quality control. While some games land fine, others feature severe lag issues, leaderboards that don’t properly differentiate full clears (or disallow auto-fire registries), and usually come devoid of original bonuses. While Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute floundered with […]
Happy Tuesday everyone, we’ve got dungeon crawlers, action RPGs, sports games, and more to get hyped about coming to Game Pass! Or maybe you’re just hyped about games coming day one, we’ve got that too. Or if you just want to be generally excited about games, totally here for that. Let’s dive in! In Case […]
A lovely story about smoking pipes. Today saw the launch of Disrupting the Game, From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo, written by Reggie Fils-Aimé; we’ve shared our thoughts on it in a review. It gives intriguing detail on Fils-Aimé’s broader career outside of Nintendo, as well as insights on the big N from […]
Version 1.1.20 brings the goods. Playmaji’s retro all-in-one console, Polymega, is due its next big update very soon, and with it, it will bring even more support for SNES and Super Famicom games. While the updated games support for one of Nintendo’s best ever consoles is enough on its own, Playmaji is bringing a slew […]
Open for over 13 years. Upstairs in an EB Games store in Melbourne, Victoria, was a cool little experience that Nintendo fans could go and visit. Aptly named the Nintendo Experience, this upstairs section was the place to go for midnight launches, signings, Nintendo merch, and just try the newest Nintendo releases out. Sadly, last […]
“We do not give away our software”. Nintendo has a history of bundling games with hardware, going back to the NES and Game Boy era. Yet it’s never been a fixed policy, nor one that’s always matched between regions. Take Wii Sports as an example – it became integral bundled in with the Wii offering […]
Every little helps ‘n’ all that. If you cast your minds back to the mid 2000s, you’ll remember that the WarioWare series was just starting to take off, with the launch of WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! in 2003 making a big splash on GBA. The earlier titles in the series didn’t feature much voice acting, […]
Intriguing insights blended with business can-do tropes. Reggie Fils-Aimé is an iconic figurehead of 21st Century Nintendo, arriving in the public eye at a pivotal moment of the company’s history as it underwent a Satoru Iwata-led revolution. After the GameCube’s challenging generation in the face of new competition from Microsoft’s Xbox and the all-conquering Sony […]
“We hope for your continued support”. One of the best fighting experiences you can have on the Nintendo Switch is the third-party title Dragon Ball FighterZ. Although Bandai Namco is seemingly done with the DLC, it still appears to be releasing some updates for the game. In a post via social media, the official Dragon […]