Category: Nintendo Wii U

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“The Swapper” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Every now and then a puzzle game comes out that takes what’s really good about the genre and adds an extra something to it. What makes a puzzle game really good in the first place? In the case of a…

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Club Nintendo announces its worst Platinum & Gold prizes yet

author image by Danreb Victorio | Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U | 0 Comments | 16 Jul 2014

Today Nintendo unveiled the rewards that “Platinum” and “Gold” members of its loyalty program are entitled to claim.  To the dismay of many of its members, including yours truly, the prizes are quite underwhelming.

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“Shovel Knight” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 02 Jul 2014

With the advent and popularity of online merchants such as Steam, the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and the Nintendo eShop, it really isn’t all that hard to get your retro gaming on. It especially isn’t too difficult to get your…

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FOR SALE: Capcom

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Articles Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 20 Jun 2014

Cultural significance. You don’t really associate those two words with much of anything we write about in gaming journalism. Even as mainstream as gaming has become, most of what we think of as major events in the gaming industry come…

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E3 2014 Hands-On: “Super Smash Bros.” (Wii U)

author image by Danreb Victorio | E3 2014 Nintendo Wii U Previews | 0 Comments | 14 Jun 2014

It goes without saying.  Super Smash Bros. is definitely on the top of most Wii U owners’ holiday wishlists.  And why wouldn’t it?  It features Nintendo’s beloved gaming mascots and a handful of third party characters fighting to the death….

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E3 2014 Preview: “The Legend of Zelda”

author image by Patrick Mifflin | E3 2014 Nintendo Wii U Previews | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2014

  Last year, The Legend of Zelda franchise caretaker Eiji Aonuma, in the midst of an overwhelming sense at Nintendo that the Wii U needed a huge PR push, revealed that a new Zelda title was in the works. Although…

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E3 2014 Preview: “Splatoon”

author image by Danreb Victorio | Articles E3 2014 Nintendo Wii U Platforms Previews | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2014

Nintendo went a little bit out of the norm on Tuesday as they unveiled Splatoon during their E3 2014 Digital Event, an original game that looks like their vibrant answer to other third person shooters, and it looks quite interesting…

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E3 2014 Preview: “Captain Toad Treasure Tracker”

author image by Danreb Victorio | Articles Console E3 2014 Nintendo Wii U Previews | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2014

One of the games Nintendo briefly featured in their Digital Event on Tuesday was Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.  The Toad race has served the Mushroom Kingdom for about as long as the Super Mario series existed, so to see that the…

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E3 2014: Press Conference Analysis – Nintendo

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Articles Console E3 2014 Features Handheld Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U Previews | 0 Comments | 11 Jun 2014

For the second year in a row, Nintendo has bucked the traditional big auditorium presentation in favor of one of their now-steady Nintendo Direct addresses. Known for packing a lot of information into each one, however, there was a lot…

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E3 2014 Preview: Nintendo

author image by Chris Selogy | E3 2014 Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U Previews | 0 Comments | 04 Jun 2014

Of the big three, Nintendo is the biggest wildcard due to the Wii U’s lack of upcoming software and the 3DS’ full library of Nintendo IPs with no huge holes. They’ll take the virtual stage with a Nintendo Direct livestream…

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“Watch Dogs” Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | Nintendo Wii U PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 03 Jun 2014

AAA titles garner a fair amount of attention, even when they are brand new IPs, but Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs arguably caught quicker than most. Much of that was due to the timeliness of its content and the growing privacy concerns…

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“Mario Kart 8” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Wii U Reviews | 0 Comments | 01 Jun 2014

It’s no secret that Mario Kart is an important franchise to Nintendo.  It’s one of the few games that Nintendo only publishes once during a Nintendo platform’s lifespan, but despite its years of existence it’s really hard to think back…

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