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If This Was An Official Nintendo Commercial, Maybe People Would Know What The Hell A Wii U Is
A lot of people don’t seem to realize what the Wii U is. Is this cryptic Nintendo commercial just another Wii? I don’t get it, some people said. Even Michelle Obama didn’t make the distinction But maybe this commercial would help clear up that this is a new console. Or, hell, maybe it’d make things…
By Tina Amini Published December 5, 2012 -
While we wait for the doors to Zynga’s CoasterVille to open, here’s the launch trailer, complete with horking.
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2012 -
Watch This Guy Shoot $20,000 Worth of Real-Life Far Cry 3 Weaponry
FPS Russia is one of my favorite YouTubers, because I get to live vicariously through him shooting weapons that I doubt I could get my hands on. Yesterday the esteemed shooter uploaded a video to show off some of Far Cry 3‘s weapons, which Kirk is a big fan of Watch FPS Russia shoot Far…
By Tina Amini Published December 5, 2012 -
It’s a Mobile Resident Evil Ripoff, But It’s Not Half Bad
From Yingpei Games, the developer formerly known as Epic Games China, comes Mercenary Ops, an Unreal Engine-powered on-rail zombie shooter that’s one of the best Resident Evil games on iTunes, despite not being a Resident Evil game. One look at the game’s iTunes description makes its inspiration abundantly clear: “In Mercenary Ops, you are Leo,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2012 -
Wow, This Cancelled Streets of Rage Remake Looks Great
Streets of Rage has to be one of the all-time classic side-scrolling beat-em-ups, right? It had a sense of an atmosphere of menace that other games lacked. After a fan-made game was scuttled by Sega, the only activity on the old-school series has been mobile releases of the original games. So it’s a real shame…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 5, 2012 -
SongPop Tops Facebook’s 25 Highest-Rated Social Games of 2012
Grabbing social gamers by their dangling music nostalgia glands, SongPop tops Facebook’s list of the top 25 web-based and mobile social games of 2012. It also makes for a lousy top image, so I went with number 14, NaturalMotion’s CSR Racing, instead. Pretty car. Using a mystical combination of App Center star ratings, negative and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2012 -
Watch the Latest Nintendo Direct Here
Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed tons of new, great footage of titles coming to the Wii U. In case you missed it, the whole video can be found above. To make looking up the new footage a bit easier, here’s a list with the times to skip to to look at the most interesting games and…
András Neltz Published December 5, 2012 -
How Nintendo’s Newest Game Is Like Inception
Inception features dreams that are in dreams. Nintendo’s newest Wario title, Game & Wario, is kind of like that, too. Game & Wario is a collection of 16 mini games, but not a Wario Ware micro game collection that features an onslaught of bit-sized games that last seconds. Fans of the series are well aware…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Zynga Launches CoasterVille, Its Most Expressive Social Game Yet
From the Zynga studio that brought you the company’s most unique game to date, Empires & Allies, comes a theme park management game that offers players unparalleled freedom to create their happiest place on Earth. Build your own farm. Build your own city. Build your own castle. Zynga’s large stable of social games have promised…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Panorama View app will be out next spring in Japan. According to Nintendo, the app is free.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Nintendo Is Bringing Google Street View to the Wii U
Tonight, Nintendo showed off how Google Street View will work on the Wii U. It seems like it will work pretty well, with the GamePad able to display Street View as well as maps. Between next January and March in Japan, Nintendo is offering Google Street View as a free download on the eShop. After…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Pikmin 3 on the Wii U Looks Glorious. It’ll Be Out Next Spring in Japan.
Pikmin is coming to the Wii U, and from the footage Nintendo showed today, the game is coming along very well. The HD graphics are expected to bring Pikmin to life like never before. Please be aware that while the game is HD, these internet screengrabs are not! Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
How You Can Play Game & Wario Just By Staring at the TV
Nintendo unveiled its latest party game, Game & Wario. Like other Game & Wario games, it only needs one controller. Five players can play, but four of them don’t need controllers. At all. Just good eyes. The mini-game is called “Fruits”. In it, the player with the GamePad is a thief, and picks up the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Game & Wario Is Nintendo’s Newest Party Game
Coming in early 2013, Game & Wario is the latest entry in Nintendo’s series of Wario party games. Outfitted with 16 games, Game & Wario can support up to five players and needs only one GamePad. Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Elegant Princess Leia Cosplay for a More Civilized Age
It doesn’t matter if you saw the original Star Wars movies when they first hit theaters or caught them much later. Star Wars has been capturing the minds of folks for generations, thanks in big part to memorable characters like Princess Leia. Tough, no nonsense Leia is iconic. And so are the outfits she’s donned,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
The Toughest Transformers to Actually Transform
Every day, I look at the Transformers on my toy shelf, and I think two things. First, I’m glad to be in possession of so many amazing toys. Secondly, I’m glad many of them are just sitting there, and don’t actually have to be transformed. Because transforming some of these things can be murder This…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2012 -
Cat Cosplay is the New Human Cosplay
I don’t know how they got this cat to sit still long enough to get the costume on, let alone how many scratches and hisses they took as a result, but it doesn’t matter. For their heroics, we get to see a cat dressed as…a catbus My Cat is a Bus [sweet ipomoea, via neatorama]
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2012