Category: Nintendo

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…

According to reports, Nintendo and Temco Koei have come to a publishing agreement for the Project Zero (Fatal Frame) series. This also includes any spin off games such as Spirit Camera game on the 3DS. What this means now is that the series which originally started life on the PlayStation 2 in 2001 will now…

For those who pre-order the up and coming WWE 13 game from THQ will be treated to Iron Mike Tyson being playable in the game. Tyson, who has stints in WWE before as well as cameo roles in the Hangover movies will be a playable character.

Playing as Death in a video game is always an experience from the sarcastic death of the Discworld games who ends up on a beach with a cork hat or to Death – one of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse in Darksiders 2 is looking for his lost brother War.

Kirby has been going strong for 20 years now. Maybe he has been overlooked by the big 3 – Mario, Zelda and Metroid series but for Nintendo he has always been a steady seller. Back in April Nintendo announced a collection for the Wii will be made available. Today the first details are formally announced.

Well according to Amazon UK if you preorder a Black Wii U for £199.99 you will receive the console on or around the 14th July. This does look like a mistake on Amazon’s part, but wouldn’t it be good if this was true?