The company that gave the world Mario, Link, and Samus is the undisputed champ of the modern console war, with nearly 150 million Switches sold since 2017. But now, speculation is rampant about the company’s next console, rumored to launch in 2025.
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2013 is only 1/12th over. With 11 months left and new console news on the horizon, Weekly Famitsu asked its readers what games they were looking forward to for this year. Here’s a list of the top 30 anticipated upcoming games for 2013 (note: All publishers and release dates are for Japanese release versions): 30…
Dicks, why does it always have to be dicks? Before the Wii U’s user forum, dubbed the Miiverse, launched, I said that it would be a dick drawing inferno. Little did I know that Japanese Xbox users would launch their own Miiverse clone. But, I’ll tell you what, I sure saw the dick drawings coming.…
Wonder no more. Part of an Iwata Asks section over on Nintendo’s website, celebrating the launch of Google’s Wii Street U on the Wii U.
“There’s an elephant in the room.” It’s a phrase people use when there’s some super-obvious thing that everyone’s consciously avoiding talking about, like, you’re at a party where the host just died of a heart attack and was carted off by the coroner, but you’re eating teeny-weenies and talking about the weather, and the elephant…
Namco and Nintendo are teaming up for yet another Mario Kart arcade game. Details here
If you’re interested in the new 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening, you’ve probably heard two things about it: first, that if a character dies in battle, they’re gone for good. Second, that characters can fall in love and marry one another. In other words, the two constants in Fire Emblem: Awakening are marriage and…
Eurogamer takes a deep dive into the Wii U’s graphics processing hardware. Lots of pictures of silicon!
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata recently said the Wii U’s NFC, currently under development, is planned to be tested this year.
Even with the console now out, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding the design and capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) on the new Wii U. Nintendo hasn’t provided any detailed specs on the thing, and to date users haven’t been able to glean much by simply cracking the hardware open and taking a…
Reader Chris is doing the world a great service with his work transforming the Wii U’s big pad into something you can use on a PC. The video above shows how you can re-map the pad to almost everything needed for a game’s input, meaning if you can configure it, you can use it for…
We’ve received several e-mails and comments today from people who couldn’t find Fire Emblem: Awakening in stores. Quite a few retailers have yet to receive the new (excellent) strategy-RPG, which came out today for 3DS. Game Informer says they called a few Best Buys and GameStops and heard that there’s a shipping delay on the…
Mugshots. Artist’s sketches. Physical descriptions. Those are what you see on typical wanted posters in Japan. But this is not your typical wanted poster. It’s not even your typical crime. Instead, this wanted poster features descriptions of programming languages, viruses, and internet use. But like most wanted posters, this one also has a hefty reward.…
When you used to call the Nintendo Power Line as a kid, you’d have been excused for thinking you were talking to some kind of gaming master, a person with such an innate knowledge of the game in question they could tell you anything you needed to know. Sometimes, they might have been, but for…
There are games that I like. And then there are games that I like that I become obsessed with. Fire Emblem: Awakening falls into the second category. What follows, therefore, isn’t just a review. It’s a warning. Play the new Fire Emblem on Nintendo’s 3DS, and all of this could happen to you… Some basics…
Three hundred bucks, at least. That’s hefty for some gamers, who are waiting (and hoping) that Nintendo will slash the Wii U’s price. The console, released last fall in North America, isn’t quite flying off the shelves like the Wii did. A price cut might be just what the doctor ordered. Don’t hold your breath,…
There is perhaps no group of gamers more mistreated than American Mother fans. While Japanese gamers have gotten all three games in the surreal RPG series, all we’ve gotten is Earthbound, a Super Nintendo localization of Mother 2. Americans didn’t get Mother on NES, Mother 3 on Game Boy Advance, or any of the subsequent…
Fire Emblem: Awakening seems like one of those games that’s been on the horizon and out of reach forever. But it’s finally out for the 3DS next week, promising a funny take on fantasy & strategy tropes. Aside from that bit of portable JRPG goodness, this week’s downloadable offerings include fluid physics puzzler Puddle, RPG/platformer…
The Monster Hunter series wasn’t always the “monster” (heh heh) hit it is currently. Originally released for the PS2, the first game, Monster Hunter, and its sequel, Monster Hunter G, sold less than a million copies each. It wasn’t until the game went hand-held to the PSP with Monster Hunter Portable (Monster Hunter Freedom in…
Nintendo’s current president and regular spokesperson for Nintendo’s online press conference, “Nintendo Direct,” Satoru Iwata spoke today at an analyst presentation meeting on Nintendo’s plans for the upcoming business year. During the presentation, Iwata spoke of his “commitment” to a business profit goal of ¥100 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) by the end of the next…
The Famicom was once a magnificent beast, but its time in the sun has long gone. Unless you’re a collector, you probably don’t have much need for one. These guys didn’t. So they turned it into an RC car, which is driven by the console’s control pad. ファミコンラジコン疾走 [友樹 小堀]
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