Because it’s a Nintendo 1st-party title; I played a demo at PAX East last year; it was created by the guy who did Smash Bros.; more AR cards.

Kind of embarrassing. Be careful what you wish for.

The end of the week saw a lot of tidbits flooding out of Nintendo regarding Mariokart, new eShop games and the upcoming 3DS firmware update. What did you think? Which ones–if any–got you smiling?

In case you missed any of the details, here’s a quick rundown of the highlights: (more…)

E3 has come and gone, but not without the Big 3 console makers showing the gaming public their goods. Prior to the Los Angeles show Nintendo had confirmed they were working on a new console, but E3 brought the first glimpse of the Nintendo Wii U.

There was a very strong handheld presence at the show with Nintendo focusing a lot of it’s effort on it’s newly launched 3DS while Sony was showing it’s own Playstation Vita.

If their was one thing to be taking from E3 2011, it would be that gaming has really begun to emerge as a form of entertainment for everyone, not just people who live in their mother’s basement (my mother’s basement is rather nice, though).

Many of Nintendo’s offerings this year were of a somewhat smaller scale, so here is the best of the rest: (more…)

I spent nearly 45 minutes playing with a variety of games at the Nintendo booth during PAX East. Here’s a quick rundown: (more…)