List by Clark A. Gift cards have always been popular as Christmas gifts, especially for people who have no idea what to get someone. If someone in the family knows that you have a Nintendo console, then you might find one under the tree yourself. The good news is that…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Nintendo held a live stream on the official Super Smash Bros. website today in which it revealed three playable characters for the upcoming Wii U and 3DS editions of the popular party fighter. The cinematics shown heavily emphasised the Fire Emblem franchise. Two newcomers from that…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Without a doubt the Nintendo DS was a JRPG powerhouse. Developers were able to create meaty, in-depth experiences for a relatively low cost on the console, making it perfect for cash-strapped JRPG houses. Coming up with a list of my favourite ten JRPGs for the little…
Read MoreWith the recent release of Fire Emblem Awakening, a lot of players are really getting their first serious look at this RPG-strategy series. There are around a dozen Fire Emblem games with the series’ first release way back in 1990, though many of those were released only in Japan. My…
Read MoreFire Emblem Awakening marks the first “new” game in the series since 2007’s Radiant Dawn on the Wii. As such, it seems reasonable to expect greater ambition from the folks at Intelligent Systems. …but not so much on casual mode If ambition is what you seek, Awakening delivers it in…
Read MoreNintendo has just hosted its most interesting Nintendo Direct online event in its history, and it’s as interesting for what was not said than what was. Company President, Satoru Iwata, essentially said on numerous occasions that “we’ve got nothing for the Wii U.” Nothing to release in January and February.…
Read MoreTecmo Koei’s Warriors formula is really hitting its stride now. The games are earning new fans thanks to some spectacular gameplay, and the quality of outside franchises such as One Piece and Gundam are encouraging fans of those properties to look into some of the other games in the series.…
Read MoreTecmo Koei’s Warriors formula is really hitting its stride now. The games are earning new fans thanks to some spectacular gameplay, and the quality of outside franchises such as One Piece and Gundam are encouraging fans of those properties to look into some of the other games in the series.…
Read MoreWe have a Fire Emblem game coming to the 3DS next year to continue one of Nintendo’s smaller franchises into the new generation of handheld gaming. It’s a franchise that we’ve only had limited exposure to in the West, and we have Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, the free game…
Read MoreWe have a Fire Emblem game coming to the 3DS next year to continue one of Nintendo’s smaller franchises into the new generation of handheld gaming. It’s a franchise that we’ve only had limited exposure to in the West, and we have Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, the free game…
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