Tag: Nintendo

  • Kirby Epic Yarn E3 Trailer

    Those are some crazy yarn graphics. I think it’s pretty cool how they incorporate the theme into the game play by allowing the player to pull the environment together in parts.

  • Nintendo Officially Announces 3DS

    Nintendo officially announced their next handheld, the Nintendo 3DS. The game will display games in glasses-free 3D. Other interesting items of note: Features improved graphics over the DS Two cameras on the outside of the device for 3D picture taking The 3DS launch game will be Kid Icarus: Uprising 3D depth slider on the side…

  • Monster Hunter Tri Detailed For North American Release

    Nintendo and Capcom released a ton of new details for their upcoming release Monster Hunter Tri at the Nintendo Summit today. Highlights include free online play, voice support (Wii-Speak), a bundle with classic controller for only $59.99, and a pre-order Monster Hunter Tri Points Card worth 500 Points ($5.00) available through Gamestop. The card can…

  • Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid Other M, More Announced At Nintendo Summit

    Nintendo announced a number of new release dates for upcoming releases, as well as pricing and release date for the DSi XL today at the Nintendo Summit in San Francisco. The WiiWare remake of Cave Story will be released next month, March 22. Metroid: Other M (Wii) will be released June 27. Super Mario Galaxy…

  • Nintendo 2010 Line-Up

    Nintendo 2010 Line-Up

    Nintendo’s 2010 line-up features some pretty exciting titles. I think I’m most looking forward to Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey from Atlus on the DS (March 10). Capcom also has some pretty good games coming: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom on Wii, Phoenix Wright on WiiWare, Ace Attorney Investigations on DS, and Mega Man 10, the sequel…

  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Out In December

    Nintendo of America has announced a December 7th release date for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, just in time for the holiday shopping season. I wonder why they would wait so long to announce the date?

  • Now Playing: 06/28/09

    I haven’t done a “Now Playing” in like a year and a half, so I figured “why not randomly do one today”. Yesterday, I upgraded to a DSi and have been playing a ton of PiCTOBiTS and BOXLIFE, as well as some Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswakers on XBLA. Gamestop had a pretty…

  • Zelda: Spirit Tracks

  • Nintendo’s 2009 Lineup

    There’s Fire Emblem, Punch-Out!!, Mario and Luigi RPG 3, and Sin and Punishment 2. I guess it could be worse, really.

  • Chrono Trigger DS or Napoleon Dynamite?

    This was the description for Chrono Trigger listed on Gamestop’s website. I don’t remember any of this from the SNES version, maybe it’s a new super secret ending.

  • Cave Story Coming to Wii

    Nintendo recently announced their holiday 2008 line-up and, along with a bunch of other stuff, Cave Story was announced as a WiiWare release: Cave Story: This title is an action-adventure game with new, exclusive content and features created only for the WiiWare version. Cave Story (Doukutsu Monotagari) is currently a freeware game for the PC…

  • Virtual Console Update – Mega Man 9, Vectorman, and Super Dodge Ball

    This weeks Virtual Console and WiiWare update is a good one, with three great games coming out. Vectorman, in particular, was one of my favorites on the Genesis. It’s also the main reason I don’t feel bad littering: In 2049, the human population of Earth embarks on a migratory voyage to try and colonize other…