Minecrafters have spent the last couple of years bricking music videos, The Simpsons intros, Game Boy recreations, and video game trailers. These have all been impressive in their own right, but now the new block-it-yourself project to beat is this epic reconstruction of Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina …
Read More »Crush3D preview Hands-on with the multi-dimensional puzzle platformer
At first glance, Crush3D just looks like a platformer with a gimmick, but at its heart it’s a brain twisting puzzler. Collecting 20 marbles to move on to the next level doesn’t necessarily sound like a lot of fun, but using the game’s Crush power to unveil unseen paths through …
Read More »Miyamoto update: Nintendo denies reports of him stepping down, says his job is unchanged
Late yesterday US time, we reported (opens in new tab) on an article posted on Wired.com (opens in new tab) that had some big news pertaining to Shigeru Miyamoto, the man most associated with Mario, Zelda, and almost every other thing Nintendo does. The article quoted the 59 year-old detailing …
Read More »Final version of Wii U hardware to appear at E3 2012
Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report continues to be the news gift that keeps on giving. First we heard Nintendo suffered its first financial loss in 30 years (opens in new tab), then they revealed DLC and demo plans for the eShop (opens in new tab), and now comes news on the …
Read More »Revised Wii model coming to US bundled with New Super Mario Bros and Galaxy soundtrack for $150
It seems like only yesterday (22 hours to be exact) that we Americans were jealously looking at the light blue Wii that’ll soon be on sale in the UK and Europe and thought, “will we ever get a chance to buy a repackaged, redesigned Wii this fall?” This morning Nintendo …
Read More »Metroid II, Mario Land 2, Mega Man and more coming to 3DS eShop this year
As part of the Gamescom news blast,Nintendo Europe has announced (opens in new tab)Game Boy classics Metroid II: Return of Samus and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins will arrive on its 3DS eShop before the end of the year. Also along for the ride are Mega Man: Dr …
Read More »The super-fast weekend gaming news catch-up video: Aug 15, 2011
Hello and a very good Monday to you. Big week this week in gaming as we all get ready for Gamescom, not least Nathan who’s going to be over there in the middle of it all. But besides our tangible excitement (or as much as we can muster on a …
Read More »How the huge 3DS price drop rounds off Nintendos worst-run launch since the Virtual Boy
“They’re f*cking it up. Why are they f*cking it up? How is it not obvious to them that they’re f*cking it up? Please, Nintendo, for the love of God, take a step back, look at yourselves, and stop f*cking it up!” This has been my mantra since the 3DS was …
Read More »King of Kong director keen on mockumentary remake
Director Seth Gordon is considering a mockumentary remake of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, his 2007 video game documentary whichmany already consider (opens in new tab)to be a highly fictionalized account of Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe’s duel for Donkey Kong arcade supremacy. Chatting withThe Playlist (opens …
Read More »So how powerful is the Wii U exactly? Lets look at all the evidence
This is getting silly now. With all the world’s hardcore eyes on it after the miserably low-res Wii years, Nintendo has a lot to prove with the Wii U. Supposedly the Nintendo console for everyone, with enough cool tricks to please the casual player and enough horsepower to provide for …
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