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By Faith, December 31, 2015 0 Amiibo

As exciting and unique as the Bowser and Donkey Kong Skylanders / amiibos were, they were (and continue to be) serious headaches for collectors of amiibo figures. Namely, these Skylanders Superchargers figures—who could also function as amiibo with a swift… Read More »

By Dave, December 30, 2015 0 News, Wii U

Earlier this year, a game titled The Next Penelope was released on PC, and there were promises in place to see it appear on the Wii U later this year. Well, here we are—only 2 days from the end of… Read More »

By Faith, December 29, 2015 0 Wii U

By the time you read this message—uh, depending on your time zone—the latest stage in Splatoon should have arrived! In fact, if you loaded up the game late last night, you may have noticed it. Piranha Pit arrived at 7pm… Read More »

By Dave, December 28, 2015 0 News

A few days ago on December 25th, a new message appeared from Nintendo’s President Tatsumi Kimishima. It’s not unusual to have something like this on the Nintendo Investor Relations website –in fact, there is always a “Message from the President” up… Read More »

By Dave, December 24, 2015 0 3DS

A few days ago, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes received an update for a system that uses “Hero Points”, a way for players to obtain outfits—those many, many outfits—much easier. According to the Miiverse update from Eiji Aonuma,… Read More »

By Micah, December 23, 2015 0 3DS

It’s no secret that Fire Emblem: Awakening took off in a big way both overseas and here in North America. You can look back at the history of the series and see how the popularity of the series steadily declined… Read More »

By Micah, December 22, 2015 0 3DS

Are you traveling this holiday? If you are, make sure you have that trusty 3DS charged up and ready to go, because not only will you have something to pass the time, but you may also find yourself receiving extra… Read More »

By Faith, December 21, 2015 0 News

Oh, patent cases. Sometimes you just make us scratch our heads in utter confusion. Bafflement, I’d even venture. Look, sometimes they’re legitimate—Nintendo hasn’t won every court case—but some of these smaller claims are just plain odd. The most recent of… Read More »

By Dave, December 18, 2015 0 3DS

We’ve covered quite a bit of news coming out of Jools Watsham’s Renegade Kid game company, and the titles from Watsham over the past number of years have been quite well received by Nintendo players more or less across the… Read More »

By Faith, December 17, 2015 0 Wii U

We’re rife with updates about updates this week! There’s another Splatoon update heading your way today, and we’ll provide you with the full list below. Most notable are: Matchmaking improvements and Rainmaker mode’s addition of prohibited areas. There are also… Read More »