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Nintendo’s Helpful Advice On Where to Get Tips For Your Games

Nintendo’s Power Line used to be amazing. In the days before the internet it was personalised gaming assistance. Like Gamefaqs turning up at your door with a hint lying elegantly on a silver platter. You’d punch in a phone number, get help, then your parents would foot the enormous bill, at zero cost to you.…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2011

More 3DS Games Delayed Because Not Enough People Bought a 3DS

There’s a new Harvest Moon game for the Nintendo 3DS. The game’s publisher, Natsume, also has a title called Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove on the way for the platform. Yet despite both of them being finished and ready to go, they’ve been delayed. Why? Because there aren’t enough people buying the 3DS. It’s hoped that the…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2011

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When Pokémon Got a Little Too Nazi Germany

Pokémon. It’s a card (and video) game for kids. You capture monsters, they faint a lot, it’s all good, clean, harmless fun. Right? Well, mostly. Except for a few occasions where the series has been in trouble in the West for allegedly using Nazi imagery. Since the franchise debuted in the 1990s, there have been…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2011

The Coolest Things in Nintendo’s American Headquarters (And One Uncool Thing)

Let’s get the one uncool thing about Nintendo of America’s headquarters out of the way first: They won’t let visitors take pictures of the best parts of the building. You can’t snap photos of the mural that shows the progression of the Mario, Donkey Kong, Link and Samus characters. You can’t photograph the row of…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 25, 2011

First Look at Schoolgirl 3DS Consoles

As mentioned yesterday, Konami is rolling out limited edition New Love Plus 3DS handhelds. Here they are! The game will be out sometime this fall. People will buy it. And after that, they’ll play it. 『NEWラブプラス』オリジナルデザインのニンテンドー3DSが発表に！【KONAMIカンファレンス】 [ファミ通.com] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2011

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The Strange, Sad Case of the North American Super Nintendo

This week is the, believe it or not, 20th anniversary of the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. It’s a cause for celebration, of course, but also makes me wonder why Nintendo decided to bless America with its own “unique” version of the console. When Nintendo released the Famicom in Japan…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2011

I’m on the Right, Predicting Nintendo will Never make an iPhone Game

Watch me, Stephen Totilo, chatting with Times Techland‘s Evan Narcisse about the future fate of Nintendo. This is a half-hour chat done in video splitscreen, so you can watch me do my best to be a talking head. (I was sporting my telemarketer look; Evan was doing the Lobot.) I couldn’t get the embed to…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2011

Schoolgirl 3DS Portables You Can Fall in Love With

Love Plus, Konami’s love simulator, is getting a 3DS version. It’s new and called New Love Plus. New Love Plus means one thing: New 3DS bundles. Actually, it means three new things. Because like Konami did for the DSi XL, the Tokyo game company is releasing three 3DS bundles, one for each of the Love…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011

Kirby Returns to Dreamland in October

Nintendo’s official game page has been updated to reflect an October 24 release for Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, the pink puffball’s threadless new four-player suckfest for the Wii.

By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011

Is Nintendo Working on a Redesigned 3DS?

Nintendo’s already slashed the 3DS’s price tag, but, according to new rumors, that’s not the only thing the Kyoto-based game maker is planning on slashing. According to French website 01Net, insiders said that Nintendo is prepping an entirely new 3DS model that “radically tones down” the handheld’s 3D, and it could even be an entirely…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011

Report: Nintendo Holding Pre-Tokyo Game Show Event

Nintendo is holding a 3DS related event in Japan on September 13, days before TGS begins. Nintendo does not traditionally show at TGS, and Kotaku is following up with Nintendo for clarification. According to the Wall Street Journal, the event is called the Nintendo Conference and will be open to members of the industry, press,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011

This Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

This week’s Retro Game Master challenge’s full title is actually Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi. (That’s Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō in English.) But we’re just calling it 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō! For such a fancy name—one that’s referencing a famous set of ukiyo-e wood prints, no less—it’s actually quite…

By Joel Johnson Published August 22, 2011

Never Count Nintendo Out

If there are any universal rules or golden constants by which the game industry is governed, one of them is surely this: Never count Nintendo out. It is not an exaggeration to call the Kyoto firm the world leader in video game production. They have sold more video game hardware than anybody else (Nintendo dominates…

Chris Pruett | Robot Invader Published August 22, 2011

How to Play Your Xenoblade Import on a North American Wii

Xenoblade Chronicles is out in English right now, but Nintendo of America doesn’t seem keen to let North American’s play it, so they can’t. Not unless they import a copy from Europe and follow Joystiq’s guide for soft modding Nintendo’s Wii to play imports. Joystiq’s step-by-step guide takes Wii owners through installing the Wii Homebrew…

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011

So Much Time, So Many Crappy-Sounding 3DS Games.

The Nintendo 3DS gets flack for not having a killer line up. And so far, it doesn’t. That flack is largely deserved, but it’s flack that will, over time, disappear. But until that happens, dig in Japanese 3DS owners. As 2ch pointed out, here are known release dates for titles between August and November: •…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2011

You Got Mario in My Jenga!

Jenga and endless Jenga clones are popular enough in Japan for Mario to get into the mix. Called Super Mario Balance Block, the game is a spin on Jenga and has players use a Mario pointer to push the blocks out—there are also question blocks and mushrooms. But, like with standard Jenga, knock over the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 22, 2011

How to Check Your 3DS Ambassadorship Status

I’ve never been named an ambassador. I was once, like the Philadelphia Eagles’ Hugh Douglas, a badassador, but that is altogether a different thing. Anyway, this free-games 3DS Ambassador program, rewarding suckers early adopters like yours truly, required North American customers to log into the Nintendo eShop before Aug. 11. I was curious whether in…

By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011

Star Fox 64 3D Aren’t in 3D, But They Are Foxy

Like that new Star Fox 64 3D footage? How about some new Star Fox 64 3D screens! Star Fox 64 was originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Star Fox 64 3D is a 3DS version of the title that was developed by Q-Games. It was released in Japan this past July, and it…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2011

Can You Handle the Boobs? The 3D? The Insanity?

When Half-Minute Hero designer Kenichiro Takaki set out to create a 3DS game, there was one thing he wanted to see. Make that two. Boobs. And that’s pretty much what you get with boobs-and-ninja game Senran Kagura! Here’s the game’s opening animation, and it’s pretty much what one would expect: boobs! Senran Kagura goes on…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2011

Why They Also Call Star Fox Tank Fox and Sub Fox

He’s not just for stars anymore. In Star Fox 64 and its upcoming 3D re-release on the 3DS, Fox McCloud proves himself worthy of the title Tank Fox. Sub Fox is just something Krystal likes to call him when they’re alone. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…

By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011