Nintentunes can’t get enough Skyward Sword, so it’s an all Zelda edition!

Sunday, November 27th, 2011 at 11:20pm by Eugene

Today I finished what may be one of the finest Zelda adventures yet in Skyward Sword, and to celebrate this edition of Nintentunes is all Zelda, all the time! This time we will travel through the handheld versions of the Zelda franchise which contain fantastic music in their own right. For all those playing Skyward Sword, how do you think the music in the Wii adventure holds up? (more…)

Nintentunes is here to help sooth your Halloween party hangover, with music!

Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 10:28pm by Eugene
Gameboy – Avenging Spirit
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One of my favorite elements of the Nintendo download services is the ability to download classic games. When the eShop Gameboy version of Avenging Spirit was released a few months ago for the 3DS eShop, I may have been one of the few people jumping for joy and looking for my credit card to put down the 3 bucks to purchase the game. I remember playing the game for hours on end while taking the biweekly car ride to the grandma’s house back when handheld games took four batteries and instead of including three dimensional gameplay, included a monochrome 4-shades of color palette. Those were the days. Avenging Spirit was one the games I always had on me, and to this day the gameplay holds up. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and download the eShop version. No really, go do it. (more…)

More portable developers defecting from Nintendo

Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 5:58pm by Dan

Here’s another sign that developers are doubting the 3DS’s future as a mobile gaming device: Long-time Nintendo second party developer Level-5 has announced they’ll start porting and/or shifting development to iOS devices. Ouch.

Could this be one last hooray?

Nintentunes: Labor day edition

Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at 8:59pm by Eugene
Gameboy – Sword of Hope 2
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Sword of Hope was known along with Final Fantasy Legend as one of the first RPGs to appear on the Game Boy. Kemco later released a sequel to the title, and although I don’t remember much of story other than the need to find some dude named Zakdos, but I do rembember the awesome soundtrack. Throughout the entire adventure the music is catchy and rhythmic, and for a 2-megabit gameboy cartridge, is very well done. (more…)

Nintentunes handheld edition: all the great tunes now available in your pocket!

Sunday, August 14th, 2011 at 8:01pm by Eugene
Gameboy – X
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One of the great things about Nintendo handhelds circa 2008 was their ability to play games from other regions without having to worry about the game being region locked. Although X was never released outside of Japan, this early attempt at three-dimensional gameplay for the original gameboy spiked many gamers interest outside of the land of the rising sun. Going back and playing the title almost 20 years after its original release date, X definitely shows its age gameplay-wise. The music, however, is still as sweet as the day it was released. (more…)