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Rune Factory, Lufia developer files for bankruptcy, closes up shop

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 29 Nov

Japanese development studio Neverland has closed and will be filing for bankruptcy, the company announced today. The small studio was best known for producing the popular Rune Factory series, as well as the classic Lufia games for the SNES.

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Nintendo Direct 10/01/2013: Highlights and Analysis

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On: 01 Oct

Nintendo held one of their increasingly frequent Nintendo Directs this morning, to focus on some upcoming Wii U and 3DS titles heading into the Holiday season. Most of the event was spent providing updates on soon-to-be-released first-party and third-party titles, but Nintendo managed to include a few surprises as well and even capped the event […]

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Toon Link returns for new Smash Bros.

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On: 26 Sep

Not a fan of the rugged, Twilight Princess-style Link that’s part of the new Super Smash Bros.’ initial roster? Well, you’re in luck — as with Melee and Brawl, the latest SSB will offer multiple versions of The Legend of Zelda’s iconic hero to play as.

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August 2013 NPD: Apparently you’re ready for some football

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 13 Sep

The NPD charts for August are out, and there was actually some good news this month: for the first time in months, the NPD’s list of the top 10 best selling games were actually dominated by new releases, rather than older hold-overs from previous months.

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New Pokemon trailer details Mega Evolutions

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 12 Aug

Kids and man-children everywhere spent the weekend speculating about how Pokemon X and Y’s new “Mega Evolutions” would work, and thanks to a new trailer released by Nintendo, now we know.

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Pokemon X and Y to feature “Mega Evolutions”

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 08 Aug

The latest Pokemon seems intent on shaking up the established Pokemon formula: besides finally moving on from 2D graphics and adding a brand new type, the game will also feature new “Mega Evolutions” for older Pokemon that will make them even more powerful than they were before.

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Two Professor Layton games announced for 2014

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 07 Aug

It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Level-5′s top-hatted, puzzle solving English professor, but he’s coming back in a big way in 2014: during this morning’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced that two Professor Layton games will finally be making their way West next year.

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Animal Crossing Plaza is a free community app for New Leaf

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On:

There’s no Animal Crossing game for Wii U (yet,) but there is an Animal Crossing companion app available for the system that’s designed to improve your Animal Crossing: New Leaf experience. Entitled Animal Crossing Plaza, the new app is a free service that lets you easily connect and share data from the 3DS game with […]

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Luigi returning for new Super Smash Bros.

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On:

The new Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS won’t be out until sometime next year, so it’ll miss out on Nintendo’s so-called “Year of Luigi.” Still, that’s not stopping the other Mario brother from joining the Smash Bros. line-up and making the whole game just a little bit more awkward.

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Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct to focus on already announced titles for Wii U, 3DS

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On: 06 Aug

Nintendo announced today that they’re going to make some more announcements tomorrow: the next Nintendo Direct is scheduled to be broadcast tomorrow morning, and Nintendo says they’ll reveal some new info about upcoming Wii U and 3DS games.

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Sega posts a profit, Capcom and Take-Two post declines

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 01 Aug

It’s the end of the fiscal quarter, so that means a lot of boring financial news will be coming your way this week: while Nintendo and Sony both managed to post a profit this quarter, it looks like the third parties weren’t so lucky, as it seems like almost every third party publisher is reporting […]

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Nintendo profitable again thanks to 3DS, Wii U still struggling

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii, Wii U On: 31 Jul

Following nearly two years of failing to meet their own sales expectations, Nintendo announced today that they’ve managed to get back into the black again by posting a healthy $88 million dollar profit for the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year.

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