There are reports circling that Nintendo’s next console will be debuting at E3, introducing the maker of Mario and Zelda into the high-definition console era. These reports will confirm rumors that have been swirling for months about the decline in its home console. Furthermore, its rumored that the console will be “more powerful” than current-gen [...]
Throughout this console generation, Nintendo has been criticized for its focus on the casual market — something that has distance the console manufacture form its hardcore market. However, at its recent E3 press conference, the console manufacture proved to everyone that it can deliver to both its hardcore and casual markets. That said, in an [...]
Kirby makes a return in Kirby’s Epic Yarn, a two-dimensional platformer in which Kirby manipulates the world with yarn. Epic Yarn features an all-new art style in which the characters, including Kirby, are drawn from yarn and thread, the backgrounds are also created from some-kind of sewn fabric — leaving room for environmental manipulation with [...]
There’s no doubt that the 3DS is a capable piece of hardware. It’s a device jam-packed with many impressive current-gen technologies, including a high-resolution top screen, a motion sensor and a gyroscope. However, Nintendo didn’t stop there: they also included software installs. According to Nikkei, a Japanese business magazine — because of the inclusions of [...]
Nintendo has revealed their highly anticipated Kid Icarus title, Kid Icarus Uprising. However, though it isn’t on Nintendo’s home console, Uprising is a title “designed specifically” for the new Nintendo 3DS; it uses the handheld platform’s features in-dept.
There’s hasn’t been any solid information given about Nintendo’s upcoming handheld device, the 3DS. And, though Nintendo hasn’t revealed anything, according to a group of developers, in order to produce the stereoscopic 3D effects needed for the device, the system must have the graphical “horsepower” of current generation consoles. “Several developers that have experienced 3DS [...]
Nintendo has delivered alot of flagship titles. However, Nintendo hasn’t been able to “captivate” its online portion with these titles — much like its competitors. When speaking on the matter, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto said that he believes that Nintendo isn’t “proactive” enough with its online portion. “It is true, though, that Nintendo hasn’t been very [...]
On being sent Monster Hunter Tri, I was slightly chagrined to discover just how little I knew about the franchise – it is, after all, nothing short of a national sensation in Japan, where Tri has already been declared the country’s highest-selling third-party Wii game to date. Given the title (and the enormous aquatic dragon [...]
A few months back, I got an e-mail from Netflix stating that in the near future they will be offering their wonderful service on the Nintendo Wii. I signed up, thinking “why not. It’s free after all”. Fast-forward to the present, and I received a disc from Netflix in one of their famous red envelopes. [...]
Netflix plans to continue its domination of the video streaming market with its newest partnership, introducing its steaming service onto the Wii. According to Netflix, the program is scheduled to release onto Nintendo’s platform this spring, and it will require consumers to reserve a disc in-order to participate (they also must have an account, of [...]