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Review: NES30 Pro and FC30 Pro Controllers by 8Bitdo
Nintendo Switch Review By Steve Peacock Thinking back to when I preordered my Switch, I remember thinking how cool it was that the Switch was ready for two people to play right out of the box. We don’t generally have people over to play games with us, so I figured I would be okay with just the Joy-Con that come in the box. Boy, was I wrong. When Mario Kart 8 Deluxe came out, I began to look ...
Nintendo’s New Audience: Building a Player Profile
First impressions matter. Nintendo has been the family-friendly choice for gaming since 1983’s NES (the Family Computer or “Famicom” in Japan) and that idea has persisted through the past few console generations – but is there any truth to it? Is Nintendo still the domain of everybody who can hold a controller or is it time for the brand to double down on the millennials? Senior Citizens Mak...
10 Classic Nintendo Games That Haven’t Been Remade, but Should Be
I know what you’re thinking. Doesn’t Nintendo already remake everything? Well, yes, Nintendo is notorious for releasing, re-releasing, and re-re-releasing many of their more popular titles. Take Metroid for example. Excluding its original release on the Famicom Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System, Metroid has been rereleased a grand total of six times (the Classic NES Series ...
Super Metroid Retro Review
It is regarded by many as one of the greatest games of all time on any system. It has inspired countless sequels, spin-offs, and imitators. It helped create and define an entire sub-genre of video games… …and it has sat on my shelf of shame for roughly 20 years. For most Nintendo fans, this game requires no introduction. Released on the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994, it...
The (Once and) Future King: Part 2
Read the first part of this article here. It has been a rocky couple of decades for Nintendo. Going into the mid-’90s, they were at the top of their game. The Super Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System was a huge success, and their key franchises were ubiquitous within the industry — but then they hit a snag. Minor missteps, like the Mortal Kombat controversy, and major ones, like the Virtu...
Infendo Presents: The History of Nintendo – Part 6 Super Nintendo
Welcome to the Infendo Presents: The History of Nintendo! Join us as we chronicle Nintendo from their humble hanafuda beginnings, to the dominance of the Wii and DS and beyond! By the time Nintendo was ready to release there next console in 1990, you would be hard pressed to find a child in America that didn’t know the name Mario. When else can you remember a feature film released that was b...
Infendo Presents: The History of Nintendo – Part 3 Arcade Madness
Welcome to the Infendo Presents: The History of Nintendo! Join us as we chronicle Nintendo from their humble hanafuda beginnings, to the dominance of the Wii and DS and beyond! Make sure to check back in everyday for more content! So if you couldn’t believe that Nintendo started off making cards, it may have been even more surprising that they also made plastic toys. By the end of 1977, when...
Lots of additions coming to Ultimate NES Remix for the 3DS
Ultimate NES Remix will bring the popular retro Nintendo experience to a portable for the first time on November 7th in Europe and December 5th in North America. During today’s Nintendo Direct stream, we learned a thing or two about the 3DS title: According to Bill Trinen, the game “contains the best parts of the first two [NES Remix] games.” I’m a little worried about this...
Evolution Of Gaming Consoles
The editors at Online Game Design Degrees and Schools sent over the below infographic, which shows the evolution of gaming consoles. Sure, we have seen this before, but to take it a step further, they have included some information regarding price and sales, as well as some history of a few of the units. One thing that I found interesting, is that for many years a $200.00 price tag was the commo...
Wii U Virtual Console is now live!
Yesterday for America, today for Europe. The Wii U Virtual console is now available, and multiple virtual consoles games are available to buy or upgrade from your Wii Virtual Console catalogue. As a reminder the benefits of the Wii U Virtual Console games are: Off-tv play Save state (in addition to the suspend feature) Configurable controls Supports all Wii U controls including: GamePad, Pro Contr...
What Nintendo franchise should be resurrected?
Nintendo has quite a few properties that are, to put it bluntly, stagnant. When was the last time there was a Star Tropics game? I can’t be the only one old enough to remember playing Radar Scope, am I? Don’t even get me started on the state of the Mother games here in the states. Of all the game houses in the industry, Nintendo has arguably the best properties in the business. What ga...
This isnt Nintendos first rodeo: Retrospective of Nintendo Online
The Wii U launch is nearing folks, and even though we know a ton about the console, there are still plenty of question marks, namely the way users will connect with each other online. Surprisingly, Nintendo has been taking their consoles online since 1995, far sooner than either Microsoft or Sony had even thought about making a gaming console. Click on through to take a tour of Nintendo’s fo...