Month: June 2012

Majora’s Maks is arugably one of the darkest games in the Zelda series. With bullying, impending death by moon, love triangles, the quest to find missing loved ones, child abduction and Gibdo fathers, it’s something that sounds like it’s straight from a greek tragedy. So much so that some dedicated fans have got together to…

Nintendo haven’t forgotten gamers who want to play games with a purpose though, they’ve kept their word and they’ve also confirmed Fire Emblem: Awakening to the European masses today as well. Whilst many people only know Fire Emblem from the back of Super Smash Bros Melee in the UK, it’s a huge franchise that’s getting…

For fans of games that don’t even give you missions, but allow for complete free flow control, with no end goal in sight but your own, Animal Crossing is a blessing. Whilst it’s cute, fluffy and outrageously mind numbing, it’s popular. Super popular. Nintendo know this and that’s why they today apologised.

With Nintendo pushing to become a more modern, ever more relevant gaming company they have finally broken their own mould in the 21st century and confirmed that a game will have downloadable content. Naturally this means that games will now be released broken, like Skyrim, but it does mean that your New Super Mario Bros…

The ongoing series that is Inazuma Eleven, football RPG is also being released in the UK this year on the Nintendo Wii. Why and how a football RPG can exist is still a mystery to this non-football fan; however, it’s great news for those who love the series.

Nintendo Direct, Nintendo’s own conference that’s got more information than E3 this year, has today confirmed that Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask will be released on the Nintendo 3DS in just a few short months. Whilst this news will not capture all, many people citing Layton as part of the casual gamer trend, it’s…

As with all consoles these days, what gets released on opening night never seems to be enough. This has been ongoing for a long time, with the Gameboy, then Gameboy Micro and who knows what else over the years. Rarely has it been such as short wait for a new and “improved” system and for…

Kirby, the little pink mischief maker, managed to pull out all of the stops and get a collection released in the USA, which was announced today, for the Nintendo Wii. Whilst many people might not know who Kirby is, or was, until Super Smash Bros came out on the N64 all those years ago, he’s…

Although Pikmin has been around for forever, Nintendo have only just started to push the franchise that was seemingly lost on the Gamecube generation. Whilst Pikmin has been on the Wii for a while now, Nintendo USA are now pushing the multiplayer element on Pikmin 2 on the Wii, using the Wii Remote. Today they’ve…

Nintendo have announced that their next European direct conference will take place on the Nintendo Europe website on Friday 22nd June. That is tomorrow. HOWEVER! You will have to set your alarm or stay up all night as the conference starts at 5am sharp. That’s not a typo – I did say 5 in the…