The original Bayonetta was met with critical acclaim in 2009 for its sense of style, ludicrous scenarios, and expertly designed gameplay. After some financial uncertainty, the sequel was finally funded by Nintendo as a Wii U exclusive. Maybe it’s just…
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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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by Patrick Mifflin
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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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This fall, Super Smash Bros. makes its debut on a handheld system, and its developers were quick to point out that you shouldn’t a handheld slouch here, as this experience should be everybody as good as the game is on…
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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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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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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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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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by Patrick Mifflin
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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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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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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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It’s awfully surprising that in its three years of existence, a Kirby game exclusively for the 3DS has only just been released–especially considering the fact that the Wii featured three retail titles while the DS had four. Be that as it…
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