There are clones of video games, and then there are clones of video games so shameless that you wonder how the hell Nintendo approved them.Read more...
I've done a lot of things in Zelda games—sailing, time travel, saving Hyrule...you name it. Much of it—the bulk of what you do in Zelda games—could be considered old hat, depending on who you ask. That's kind of always the vague fear when there's a new Zelda game, isn't it? That it'll be more of the same?Read more...
If there's ever been any doubt, this should settle it. Over the past decade, Nintendo hasn't been doing well in Japan – It's been dominating.Read more...
Japanese players have had the latest Professor Layton game for more than half a year now. Folks in Europe are getting it next month, specifically on November 8. But the poor SOBs in North America need to hold on until some unannounced date next year. Someone needs to answer for this. Read more...
If I could go back in time and tell 1990s Jason that one day, he'll be able to play Sonic the Hedgehog on a portable 3D system, he would probably say something like "Whoa, is the Game Gear gonna have 3D?"Read more...
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are the friendliest Pokémon games ever, both to new players and to jaded old-guard types like myself. The series has never been easier, and at the same there are more options than ever before. But there's one tiny change in the new Pokémon games that has the hardcore competitive community of players dancing for joy—and it's something average players may never know or care about.Read more...
Oh SHIT. How many Club Nintendo Coins do I have?! (rummages through couch.) Not enough! Shit!!!! (Completes survey for Game & Wario.) Oh thank God, I have 500. Now I can get a 3DS XL charging cradle when they start offering them on Oct. 31.Read more...
We don't want to ruin any of the surprises in the new Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate games today—not if you don't want to be spoiled. But if you do want to know about the very exciting future of the franchise that both games are teasing, keep reading. That was a spoiler warning. Got it? Ready?Read more...
Batman's latest adventure, Arkham Origins, releases in just a few hours, which means that your time to take advantage of the various pre-order discounts available for the game is winding down quickly.Read more...
OBJECTION! Here's the official launch trailer for Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies, out today on the 3DS eShop. Whether you're a series veteran or a newcomer, this game is well worth your time. (Read my full review.)Read more...
A shout. “Hold it!” The camera cuts between stunned faces as everyone waits, sweating, wondering what sort of interjection will shake things up next.Read more...
It was your home, once. You built it up, and made a lot of friends there. Then you set off on another adventure; on a quest to become the very best, like no one ever was. You left one home for another.Read more...
Forget legendaries. The rarest Pokemon, aside from certain event Pokemon, are shiny Pokemon—as in, Pokemon with a different color scheme from that of its bretheren. Read more...
As much as I enjoyed Pokemon X & Y, even I will admit that the games are kind of on the easy side. If a lack of challenge is a thing that bothers you, good news, chief. There are things you can do to keep things interesting in Pokemon X & Y.Read more...
You might know peppy Nintendo game designer Eiji Aonuma as the man in charge of all things Zelda. You might also know that he came up underneath the tutelage of Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who created Mario. But did you know that Aonuma isn’t that good at games featuring the company’s most iconic character?Read more...
You may have missed it this year amid all the arguing about whether Nintendo should bail out of making gaming hardware and just stick to making games.Read more...
There are two new games called Sonic: Lost World coming this month. I'd like to refer them as "the good one" and "the bad one," if you don't mind.Read more...
Congratulations, Nintendo—you just got my $219.99. A leak of GameStop's Black Friday deals confirms that the super-slick Zelda: Link Between Worlds 3DS XL, announced earlier this week for Europe, is indeed coming to North America.Read more...
If the fantasy in Pokemon is that we get to travel the world with our trusty monsters by our side, it only makes sense that we'd get to play and pet them too, right? Now, with Pokemon Amie—a new feature in X & Y—we finally do exactly that...and the good people of the internet have been having a blast with the feature.Read more...
Poor Magikarp. Over the past decade and a half, the flopping fish has been verbally walloped not just by Pokémon players, but by the creators who made him so pathetic in the first place.Read more...
Mega Evolutions let Pokemon trainers take it to the next level...but not all Mega Evolutions are made equal. Some are better than others! Let's discuss, shall we?Read more...
Kirby! No! What did you eat this time? Fortunately this is not a screenshot of Kirby in the new Smash Bros. game, but a nightmarish painting, made by Lal0-90 on deviantART. Kirby is unleashed, with 100% more teeth and power.Read more...
Do you know Mario? Do you really know Mario? The long and storied history of the plumber (ahem, not janitor) has been a crazy ride through all sorts of changes, new settings and new features. And it's those changes that make up the core of the games he stars in.Read more...
We all remember the diasastrous Super Mario Bros. movie. It’s pretty much the entire reason that Nintendo generally doesn’t put its properties in other media. But, Eiji Aonuma—the guy in charge of all things Zelda—says that if there ever were a film based on the Hero of Hyrule, it couldn’t be just another passive, sit-down-and-watch-it movie. It would have to be something more. It’d have to be playable. Read more...
If a developer announces that a loved franchise is suddenly turning into an MMO/multiplayer/MOBA title, the initial public response can look like disappointment. Those aren't the types of genre shifts that people typically clamor for...unless the game in question is Pokemon.Read more...
