The Legend of Zelda is such an important series in games. It’s one of a few to reinvent how games are played, and it did that more than once. Both the original Legend of Zelda and Ocarina of Time redefined how games could be experienced. Others like Link to the Past, Wind Waker and Link Between Worlds […]
First it was Wii Sports for the Wii and then Nintendo Land on the Wii U. The former was the phenomenon that swept the world. The latter didn’t recapture the same magic yet it was underrated. Now with the Nintendo Switch we have 1-2-Switch filling in that launch minigame collection void. 1-2-Switch takes advantage of the […]
It was five years ago when Nintendo stated if Fire Emblem Awakening didn’t sell well, it’d be the end of the franchise. Fast forward to today, and we recently had a Fire Emblem-themed Nintendo Direct talking about four upcoming Fire Emblem games. It’s so important to Nintendo now, they made a Fire Emblem mobile game […]
Funny story. I was picking up a preorder of Shadow the Hedgehog for the GameCube when I saw that the game store was releasing Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King early. Square-Enix didn’t want the game to get buried launching the same day as the Xbox 360. I ended up picking it up […]
Super Mario Run is a big deal because it means Nintendo is seeing mobile gaming as an appetizer to having them buy Nintendo systems for the main course. At the same time, the game has to be good to incise those users in the first place. Mario has always been better at than than a […]
Since February, The Pokémon Company started the twentieth anniversary celebration of the Pokémon franchise. While I thought it was going to be a few small events during the month, it ended up being a giveaway of all the mythical Pokémon, a Super Bowl commercial, several big releases of the trading card game, the Nintendo 3DS […]
While Nintendo focuses on their next console, the Switch, their big holiday release is a return to the 80s. Fans get a chance to play with power again with the NES Classic Edition. The problem is that Nintendo has done it again not shipping enough units to satisfy the high demand. The tiny NES sold […]
Paper Mario has gone in a crazy direction since its original release back on the N64. The first two games are RPGs with partners that usually would be enemies. Super Paper Mario is a platformer with RPG mechanics. Sticker Star used stickers for your attacks and now Color Splash for Wii U has cards in place of […]
Announced soon after the Wii U launched, Nintendo and Atlus’ Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei just… disappeared. After a few years, it reemerged as a Persona-looking RPG revolving around Japanese idol and pop culture. It was a big eye-opener, with fans thinking we would get more Fire Emblem than Shin Megami Tensei. But it’s […]
Pokémon Go released last week and the reaction hasn’t just been phenomenal, but it’s been nonstop. Facebook walls are plastered with Pokémon Go posts like flyers on a community board. Celebrities like WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, John Mayer, Wiz Khalifa and Chris Hardwick are posting their findings with the game. Thousands of people participated in […]
