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 […]
A super Sunday for Vousden who banked a cool $620,000 on May 1.
Every little helps ‘n’ all that. If you cast your minds back to the mid 2000s, you’ll remember that the WarioWare series was just starting to take off, with the launch of WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 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 […]
The game’s “unique writing style” might be the issue. One of the most requested GBA localisations is the 2006 cult-hit RPG Mother 3. We heard in February how much the game’s producer Shinichi Kameoka would “love to see” this particular entry get a worldwide release, but why exactly hasn’t it happened? In the latest episode […]
Former poker pro Justin “Boosted J” Smith will write and produce the film.
“I wanted to get Nintendo’s permission”. The Super Smash Bros. competitive scene has a huge following, but Nintendo’s relationship with this part of the community and fighting game tournaments, in general, hasn’t always been the best. Now adding to this bumpy history is a new story this time from the famous Twitch Streamer and Fortnite […]
More bang for your buck. Since Nintendo introduced its higher-priced Expansion Pack tier to the Switch Online service, it’s continued to bolster it with more DLC offerings and retro content. The latest addition just the other week was the Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion. It’s now updated the official ‘Switch Online + Expansion Pack – Overview […]