Category: News
While Nintendo is relatively late to the party on the whole RFID toy business, it’s notable that despite there being plenty of Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures to go around, it’s getting increasingly hard to find amiibo toys at all—with… Read More »
Remember Flappy Bird? Yes, that was this year. It was the bizarre, viral game that infuriated those who attempted to play it, despite only needing to tap one thing to flap. It spawned plenty of clones, was downloaded millions of… Read More »
For those looking to get some of their holiday shopping done in the week ahead, there’s a pile of Target discounts coming this week from December 14-20th. This includes 3DS XL systems discounted by $50 to only $149.99, bringing back… Read More »
It’s getting harder and harder to pin down the truth about the availability of some amiibo figures. First, we heard rumors that Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager were discontinued, but then that was followed up by Nintendo of America’s… Read More »
Early this year, it came down the line that Nintendo was finally ordered to pay 3DS royalties to Tomita Technology, as the result of a patent trial regarding the handheld console. Nintendo had been accused to stealing and using patented… Read More »
A few months ago, Jools Watsham and team at Renegade Kid announced their indie-equivalent to Metroid—Xeodrifter—would be heading to the 3DS eShop later this year. The debut trailer was shared on this site, and we’ve been waiting patiently ever since… Read More »
Since its launch earlier this year, we’ve learned that Shovel Knight—the Kickstarter-funded retro style platformer game—has sold 300,000 copies. That’s a great showing for an independent title! Yacht Club Game released this news, and earlier this year they’d shared sales… Read More »
The Wii U Virtual Console saw the arrival of the Game Boy Advance library and subsequent long wish lists from Nintendo fans everywhere. Some certain franchises were at the top of the lists, and with Fire Emblem: Awakening being a… Read More »
Last year at the Los Angeles Zoo, actor Parker Mills took on the job of wearing a Donkey Kong costume to promote the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. As much fun as the job sounds, it turns out… Read More »
The unexpectedly fun Wii U eShop game Zen Pinball 2 will soon be getting its own pair of tables based on the distinctly not-zen TV program South Park, according to Zen Studios. One of the tables coming to the game… Read More »
