The End of the Console War: AAAs, Motion Control and Other Tragedies
As much as I loathe the fact that Bioware had to bow down to fan reactions and come up with a new set of endings to appease those who were disappointed by Mass Effect 3′s original climax, one...
View ArticleWii Redesign Imminent? Dubbed “Wii Mini”, Announced for December 2012
Nintendo’s Wii U has been released to some pretty decent fanfare – though the technology itself is being proclaimed as rough around the edges, critical reception is for the most part positive for it’s...
View ArticleVideo Games Can’t Replace Actual Exercise According to New Study
Ruh-roh. It seems that the argument regarding motion-control, exercise games and their ability to provide an avenue of exercise for families is under attack, as a recent study debunks the ability of...
View ArticleWii Mini is exclusive to Canada, priced at $99
What? Exclusive to Canada? Makes no sense right? Well that’s Nintendo for you. The Wii Mini has a kickass design as you can see in the image above and the reason for its creation, other than the...
View ArticleSkylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Wins at British Academy Children’s Awards
The release of Skylanders Giants isn’t the only good news for Activision. It’s predecessor, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, won the Best Video Game award at the British Academy Children’s Awards...
View ArticleNintendo has no plans to release Wii Mini outside of Canada
Any hopes that the recently announced Wii redesign that offers the core experience of the console at an incredibly cheap price would be released anywhere outside of Canada have been squashed....
View ArticleJust Dance 4: Just some new screenshots
Check out these screenshots from Just Dance 4. About Just Dance 4 Game Overview: In Just Dance 4, players can complete 4 different challenges to earn Uplay units. § Play your first song (10 units) §...
View ArticleNintendo took online out of Wii Mini because everyone doesn’t need it
Nintendo says that the Wii Mini doesn’t have online functionality because it doesn’t believe everyone needs online in their games. Considering the Wii doesn’t have a lot of games that are built around...
View ArticleNPD: Wii U Sells 425,000 Units in 7 Days, Nintendo Sells 1.75 Million...
Nintendo’s North America boss Reggie Fils-Aime recently spoke to CNET about selling 1.2 million hardware units in North America last week, 400,000 of those being Wii Us. It turns out the actual...
View ArticleEarthBound headed for a re-release?
We’ve all been begging Nintendo to bring over their RPG series, EarthBound- known as Mother in Japan- to the West in its entirety for years now. Yes, it’s literally been years. So far, we’ve had no...
View ArticleWii and Wii U: Year In Review And A Look Ahead At 2013
Nintendo hasn’t really had a truly, exceptionally strong year in console gaming for over a decade now. One way or another, they always falter- either they don’t get enough games, either they suffer...
View ArticleDFC forecasts that Xbox 360 will have more lifetime sales than Wii in US
DFC Intelligence has forecasted in its report that the Xbox 360′s lifetime sales will ultimately be more than those of the Wii in the U.S., while the PS3 will be lagging behind the two in third place,...
View ArticlePandora’s Tower confirmed for US release
Pandora’s Tower was one of the three Wii RPGs that were released in Japan and were in danger of never seeing Western releases due to Nintendo’s apprehensions that they may not be successful. But the...
View ArticleMensa Academy Review
Originally released on the PC, then later ported to the iOS and Nintendo 3DS, Mensa Academy makes it debut on the Xbox Live Arcade platform. A learning game at its core, “Mensa” is actually Latin for...
View ArticleNintendo Cuts Sales Forecasts, Expected to Sell 4 Million Wii U Consoles by...
Whether you believe it’s doing gangbusters or failing, Nintendo has announced reduced sales forecasts for all of it’s current major consoles. Obviously, the biggest change is the Nintendo Wii U which...
View ArticleDisney Infinity Screenshots Showcases Monsters University World
Disney Infinity is a rather interesting attempt by Disney Interactive to cull all its properties like The Incredible, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story and many more into one big cohesive world...
View ArticleNext gen consoles will not be backwards compatible- EA
EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen feels that the next generation home consoles by Sony and Microsoft will “probably” not be backwards compatible, meaning that they won’t be able to play Xbox...
View ArticleWii U Sinking? 80,000 Units Solid in US in February According to Pachter
Even though the NPG Group, the first word on United States gaming hardware sales, is yet to release it’s estimates, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter did state in a research note to investors...
View ArticleDisney Infinity Release Pushed Back to August
The interactive video game/toy franchise from Disney Interactive has been delayed from its June release to August. It will be releasing first in the US on August 18th before releasing worldwide on the...
View ArticleWe Sing 80s Review
How time flies. In trying to refresh my memory of the critical journey I’ve taken with the many We Sing games available on Wii, I found an old review of mine for We Sing UK Hits. It’s hard to believe a...
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