Poisoft must be over the moon. The little Japanese development studio was founded in 2008 and just five years later it’s become a partner for Nintendo. And not just that, it’s managed to do so by developing a mobile phone game – a genre Nintendo constantly criticises. Splash or Crash…
Read MorePurely as a business opportunity, Pokemon Scramble U is nothing short of a masterstroke, and I can’t see this doing anything less than blowing Skylanders and Disney’s upcoming NFC title away like paper at a hurricane. For those who haven’t seen the news as yet, Pokemon Scramble U is a…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreThe attacks are as over-the-top as always, but carry a lot more charm in this version Naruto is a series that generally tries and succeeds to find a balance between serious and silly, depending on the characters and topics. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 was one of my favorite…
Read MoreKonami’s first portable entry in the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series. Mirror of Fate lashes into the Nintendo 3DS soon, but you can sink your fangs into the game a little early thanks to the just posted demo. The demo will give players a feel for controlling Trevor Belmont on…
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 MoreImagination. Its a wonderful thing when utilized to its full extent and people can whisk themselves to the most fascinating of paradises. Imagine, if you will, a world that you could interact with in the most primal way. You want it to be night, and *poof* it is. Feeling peckish?…
Read MoreFor the longest time I’ve been saying that my main issue with Nintendo’s consoles has been how focused they are on games, to the exclusion of other forms of entertainment. Yes it’s good that Nintendo is committed to games with its consoles, but Sony and Microsoft have both shown us…
Read MoreFist of the North Star is as old as I am. 30 years. It’s a little frightening for me to come to realise that, after all, no one likes to be reminded that they’re a couple of years away from a mid-life crisis and buying a Lamborghini (actually, that doesn’t…
Read MoreClark wrote up an excellent review of Fire Emblem Awakening recently, and if you have not yet had a chance to read it, you can find it here. I shared a lot of Clark’s sentiments but still had a few of my own thoughts I wanted to post in this…
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