News 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 MoreNews by Matt S. You would think after the success of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that Square Enix would have a new level of confidence in its MMO games in the west. But, no, we still have no announcement of a western localisation for Dragon Quest X, despite…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Going into the wonderful water-coloured world of Cocoro I expected a wonderful and light experience. What I got however was a hardcore, brutally unforgiving experience. Cocoro: Line Defender does a great job of using the two screens of the 3DS. Units are sent from the base…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Monster Hunter is a pretty big deal. We all know this by now, but it has been a while since we’ve had a genuinely new Monster Hunter game released in the west. The good news is that Nintendo has confirmed that Monster Hunter 4 is going…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. AiRace Xeno is a fitting title for this game, considering the game takes the exact same formula as its predecessor, AiRace Speed, but adds an alien-styled theme to it. “AiRace Dubstep Edition” would be an even better fit, because it’s the crazy hard hitting techno beats…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. It seemed like most major Nintendo news had been outed after the Nintendo Digital Event at E3, but a certain fellow by the name of Reginald quickly reminded us of a 90 minute conference for a “surprise” new 3DS game. Naturally most fans threw around the…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Just a couple of weeks before E3, Nintendo announced via Twitter that a peripheral would be coming to Wii U to enable support for Game Cube controllers. The intended use of this adapter, of course, is for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. on Wii U. The…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Between all Sony’s, Microsoft’s, and Nintendo’s own announcements, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is one of those games that may well go forgotten despite coming directly from one of console gaming’s big three companies. If your tastes are anything like mine, though, Kirby’s brief announcement couldn’t…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Today’s trailer for the upcoming Tecmo Koei-developed Hyrule Warriors revealed a number of new details. These included two player multiplayer, roaming bosses, and Zelda as a playable character. That’s right; Zelda herself will actually be playable in a Zelda game for once. Other than as a…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Last year’s Super Mario 3D World was a real hit, shifting over a million units and garnering universal critical acclaim. The imaginative levels weren’t 3D World’s only shining spots though; a bonus mode called The Adventure of Captain Toad had players navigating the lovable Toad through…
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