Anyone who claims that Japanese RPGs are dead obviously doesn’t have a 3DS, as the genre is alive and well on Nintendo’s latest handheld. Nintendo is even offering a special deal for players who pick up two of this year’s best RPG’s: the company will soon …
Here’s a story just begging to be covered. A recently-formed group on Facebook has emerged with a very singular goal: Encourage Nintendo to give Zelda a more respectable role in that series titled, you know, The Legend of Zelda (emphasis on the Zelda.) Spurred on by …
At E3, Nintendo revealed that Mega Man — Capcom’s beloved but oft-neglected robot mascot — would be joining the cast of the next Super Smash Bros. game, which is being developed for both the Wii U and the 3DS. Mega Man’s return was definitely a pleasant …
Yeah, it’s pointless. But so is every other game you like. When I tell people I’m playing Animal Crossing, they often ask me, “What’s the point of that game?” To be honest, Animal Crossing has no point. Some people can’t seem to wrap their heads around …
Fans of the Earthbound series, of which there are many, today brings exciting news. Though the original Mother never made it stateside in the form of an official release, Joystiq just broke news of an alternative solution. The wonderful folks over at Rose Colored Gaming are …
Last year, an incomplete version of the cancelled Game Boy Color port of the original Resident Evil was released online, and RE fans were surprised to discover that Nintendo’s tiny 8-bit handheld was capable of playing an (admittedly loose) adaptation of Capcom’s revolutionary survival horror classic. …
Region locks have been a standard “feature” of most consoles ever since the days of the NES/Famicom, but it seems like the practice of restricting users’ ability to play games from foreign markets is going the way of the dodo bird: the PS3 and Xbox 360 …
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has an article in the latest issue of Famitsu (translation via Polygon,) where he explains how Mega Man, Animal Crossing’s Villager, and the Wii Fit Trainer ended up in Nintendo’s latest melee.
Animal Crossing players were greeted with an unexpected visitor when they booted up the game today: Nintendo of America president Reggie “My Body Is Ready” Fils-Aime. Reggie has made his New Leaf home available via SpotPass, and the house is as strange as the person who …