It’s edging close to the end of day two here at PAX, and boy, has it been nuts. Let me start by saying that this year is the 10th anniversary of PAX, so that’s cool, and the fourth PAX East, which is also really cool. With this being only the fourth PAX East, the attendance is obscene for a convention that young. This year, the number of attendees is inches…
For those who don’t know, I am going to PAX East for GearPop this weekend, and my schedule is super full. My Friday is fully booked, and Saturday and Sunday, are about to fill up, once I respond to some emails. I’m super excited for this weekend, and wanted to remind you all that I’ll be there. I’m planning on making a montage video of the entire event, so if…
Nintendo recently broadcast a new Nintendo Direct presentation, where all the latest announcements were made. A new Super Smash Bros trailer was shown, introducing Little Mac as a new character. Nintendo maintain a 2014 release for the game. Mario Golf World Tour introduced a new single player mode called Castle Club. It is scheduled to release on 2nd May 2014. A number of collectibles were announced for Kirby Triple Deluxe,…
This will be a rather short article, but the recently popular app, “Flappy Bird”, will be gone tomorrow (February 9th, 2014). The indie game developer Dong Nguyen who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam stated that 22 hours from now, he will take the game down. He went on to state that, “it’s not for legal reasons”, and, “I just can’t keep it anymore.” Multiple people have tried to get in touch with…
Today Nintendo held a meeting for shareholders and investors to discuss how the company will address the current shortcomings of the Wii U, and what their future aims are. Below is a summary of the short-term goals that will help to overcome the current issues. Despite current reports, Nintendo do not hold a pessimistic view of the future of dedicated video game platforms. Therefore the integration of hardware and software…
Since Nintendo fell well short of their financial targets recently, there has been a lot of debate as to whether Nintendo should consider moving out of the hardware business, and become a third party developer for the current generation of games consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Webush analyst Michael Patcher recently said on Twitter: “Nintendo software is still great, will continue to be. However, if software remains proprietary,…
The Wii U’s announcement at E3 2012 was undeniably a bit underwhelming. In fact, some people still don’t realize it’s not an add-on for the original Wii. This and a number of other reasons has caused Nintendo’s Wii U to not sell the way they wanted it to. With most people identifying the Wii U as a failure, it’s no surprise Nintendo would want to move on, and with new…
A post on Reddit has revealed a Zelda reference within Call Of Duty: Ghosts – a trophy in the shape of a rupee, the currency used in all Zelda titles. The inscription on the trophy reads “Awarded For Most Bushes Cut and Pots Smashed”. This has allegedly been found on the Wii U version of the game, and is currently unclear if other console versions of the game feature this…
With the one year anniversary since the Wii U launch coming up in a few weeks, it’s time that Nintendo starts pushing out titles that will entice gamers into going the Nintendo route for this generation. One of these new titles include Super Mario 3D World. Announced during the Nintendo Direct @ E3 2013 Presentation, Super Mario 3D World is the newest installment in the 3D Mario series. You may be…
The latest instalment of the ever popular Sonic The Hedgehog franchise made it’s debut in Europe on Friday 18th October 2013. Sonic Lost World sees the blur in blue explore the mysterious Lost Hex and also sees him face six new deadly enemies aptly named the ‘Deadly Six’. Having now played through the game quite religiously for the past few days, I’m now in a position where I can make…
