Nintendo’s digital services have no shortages of puzzle games. In fact, there’s so many that it takes something special to make a new entry in the genre worthy of gaining attention. UFO Interactive’s Balloon Pop Remix has just recently puffed its way onto the 3DS eShop, bringing a new rendition…
Read MoreI love Super Mario Kart. It was one of my first console games (though I had a Game Boy, my first TV console was the Super Nintendo), and if consoles kept track of time played back in the day I think this game still would be my most played game…
Read MoreCall it a guilty pleasure, or whatever you’d like, but I’m a fan of the light-gun shooters that have come in the recent motion controlled era. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan on the PS3 with Move was a flawed, but fun change of pace from all the modern-day shooters that have come along since…
Read MoreHello there Circle. We’ve missed you for the past couple of weeks while you were busy cooking up your next work of plagiarism… uh, homage to another developer. Or not. It saddens me that developers and publishers get away with this, because Kairosoft, the developers behind the wonderful Game Dev…
Read MoreBack when the Nintendo DS was riding high and the iPhone and iPad were relatively minor blips on the home entertainment radar, Nintendo’s touch screen console saw a fair few releases that were not really games but rather what would later be known as “apps.” Art Academy was one of…
Read MoreBeat the Beat has finally arrived in Australia, and while the Wii might not be getting many new game releases these days, this game continues the fine tradition of quality over quantity in the Wii’s final year. Taking a deceptively simple idea, throwing in some insane minigames and crazy-fun music,…
Read MoreNintendo has officially detailed its Wii U launch details with an online presentation in Japan. Now, bearing in mind that I am still quite keen to see how this all rolls out and I can’t wait to try the console for myself, I have some deep concerns about this launch…
Read MorePicross is a little like Sudoku – you can make it prettier and offer a fresh range of puzzles with each new release, but at the end of the day you’re still selling your customers the same old game. As it is with Picross E – a fine package with gorgeous…
Read MoreThe last great WiiWare release? Back in May we brought you the disheartening news that La-Mulana’s WiiWare release was officially canned. Well, thanks to Spanish publisher EnjoyUp Games, La-Mulana has been revived and will release in Europe, Australia and the U.S. in just a few weeks on Sept. 20th for…
Read MoreMiss out on the Legend of Zelda concert series Symphony of the Goddesses? Well have no fear musical adventurer, because Nintendo has just announced a brand new set of dates. Kicking things off on September 14th (next Friday) is a very cool gathering at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller…
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