All Posts by: Micah

By Micah, November 28, 2011 0 3DS, News

There has been much said about the launch of the 3DS, not the least by me, and most of it negative.  I still maintain that the device launched in a 3-part process.  They brought out the console, then brought out… Read More »

By Micah, November 28, 2011 0 3DS, News

Imagine you have a brother-in-law.  You don’t like him very much.  However he’s asked for a 3DS for Christmas, and you as the resident video game expert for the family, has been asked to purchase it.  Now imagine you don’t… Read More »

By Micah, November 28, 2011 0

We’ve got a new collection of screens from the upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS, out in 2012.  These show some classic Disney properties, namely the Hunchback of Notre Dame stage, La Cite des Cloches, and Pinocchio’s stage,… Read More »

By Micah, November 25, 2011 0

I mentioned the upcoming shooter from G.Rev, the guys who worked on Ikaruga, and Famitsu has been nice enough to post some screenshots on their site.  Looking at these I think it’s clear we need to see this in motion… Read More »

By Micah, November 25, 2011 0

I played some Kid Icarus:Uprising at PAX and thoroughly enjoyed it, and this latest gameplay trailer from Nintendo Japan looks like more of the same fun.  I had a couple issues with some graphical weirdness and some controls, but those were,… Read More »

By Micah, November 25, 2011 0

Back at E3 this was one of those titles that really surprised, a downloadable title for the 3DS eShop that gives a fantastic retro vibe. The games publisher calls it ’12-bit’, and frankly I don’t really care what he calls… Read More »

By Micah, November 24, 2011 0 3DS, 3DS eShop, DS, DSiWare, Metroid, News, Wii, WiiWare

Another Thursday, another round of Nintendo downloads!  So, what’s up this week? Well, we learned earlier in the week about the release of Metroid 2: Return of Samus for the original GameBoy on the 3DS, and that really is the standout… Read More »

By Micah, November 23, 2011 0 3DS, News

File this under oh-man-I-hope-we-get-a-release-here, as Japanese developer G. Rev has revealed to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that they are developeing an overhead tank shooter for the 3DS that’s playable by 4 player simultaneously with support for download play. The game’s… Read More »

By Micah, November 23, 2011 0 3DS, Mario, News

Famitsu had a chat with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto about the Japanese release of MarioKart 7 this week (December 4th here) and he had a couple of interesting things to say.  The first being something that we all knew, that Mario… Read More »

By Micah, November 23, 2011 0

Nintendo released a TV commercial for the impending December 4th release of MarioKart 7 for the 3DS and it was too cute to not share.  Enjoy!