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The Four Heroes Of Light Set Off On Their Grand Adventure
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the Nintendo DS hits stores today, giving fans of the first FF games a good old-fashioned role-playing experience. Check out the official launch trailer. The 4 Heroes of Light is a lot like the first couple of Final Fantasy games. You’ve got four characters drawn together by…
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The Importance Of Story In Epic Mickey
According to Warren Spector, it isn’t the story of Epic Mickey that’s important; it’s how you relate to the story. It’s true. You can tell the most amazing story ever told in a video game, but it means nothing if the player doesn’t connect with it. As Spector explains, Epic Mickey is the tale of…
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Nintendo’s Former Mommy Helps Create Kiddy Cities
Last week Cammie Dunaway left the gaming industry after three years as Nintendo’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. Where is Cammie going? She’s taken on a role that will generate countless jobs for children 13 and under. Now that she’s left Nintendo, Cammie Dunaway tells GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi that she has become the…
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The Nintendo Download: Revenge Of The Belly Dancer
It’s a banner week for the Nintendo Download, as the sequel to a belly dancing half-genie platformer for the Game Boy Color becomes the priciest DSiWare title yet. In 2002, WayForward Technologies released Shantae for the Game Boy Color. It was a strong platformer, following young half-genie Shantae on a quest to recover a prototype…
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Of Course There’s Going To Be A 3DS Super Monkey Ball
Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator and developer of the Super Monkey Ball franchise, started envisioning how his game would work on the Nintendo 3DS from the moment he saw the handheld’s features. Super Monkey Ball was there for the launch of the Wii. There was a version for the Wii balance board. It was there when the…
By Mike Fahey
