The Nintendo Switch: What is it?

October 20, 2016 Conor 0

Nintendo seem to have learned their lesson from the announcement of the WiiU. Where that announcement was a bloated, feature filled exercise in justifying its own existence, and the Console suffered from a confusing brand name that didn’t help. The Switch looks different. The Switch is Different.

Super Mario Run to the App Store

September 7, 2016 Conor 0

In rather stunning news, the Apple Conference today contained some honest to goodness Gaming Surprises. Shigeru Miyamoto took to the stage with Tim Cook to announce Super Mario Run.

Autumn Nintendo 3DS Roundup

September 1, 2016 Conor 0

Pokémon Sun and Moon kick things off, with new announcements including the reveal of Alolan Rattatta (Dark/Normal), who have adapted to avoid being hunted by Yungoos. So actual natural selection in a Pokémon game.

Nintendo’s November Mini NES Gamble. 

July 14, 2016 Conor Caulfield 0

As of today, Nintendo has announced a Mini NES micro console, releasing on November 11th and coming bundled with 30 games and a controller. America has a price of around $60, so barring the pound falling any further, I’d have wagered a £40-50 price tag.

Spring Nintendo Direct

March 3, 2016 Conor Caulfield 0

Directly to you. Through me. So shall we try that again? No Pokemon to steal the show this time. Nintendo Direct for the 3rd of March 2016, covering all the games of spring and summer. Presumably this will be taking us right up to E3 and the NX announcement. Speaking of which, no news here. They’re holding off on that, even more so than expected. This does mean that if we don’t hear too much about Zelda WiiU here, I’ll be putting more faith in those rumours about the NX and the double platform launch.

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Nintendo Conference News

June 16, 2015 Conor Caulfield 0

Smash has already been covered, won’t be here. Roy, Ryu, Lucas, Miiverse stage, Dreamland and Ryu’s Stage, plus the promises of Original Smash’s Hyrule Castle and Peach’s Castle. Plus Mii Costumes from splatoon, megaman, Retro studio is teasing something with “can you dig it?” This is almost certainly not metroid. Calm yourselves people and assume we’re seeing more Donkey Kong On the amiibo front, Animal crossing, 8 bit Mario, amiibo cards, leaked from Nintendo Spain. Platinum are teasing something big, and possibly for wiiU, maybe bayo3 or Wonderful 102. Earthbound beginnings. Mother as a virtual console game for western release. Already out. NWC reveal. Blastball, 3DS sports title, 3v3 mecha soccer style game. Unveiled at NWC Mario Maker now Super Mario Maker, Unveiled at NWC We’re overdue for a pokemon announcement, more mario kart DLC seems likely. Star fox news seems likely here Iwata not showing up, no new hardware to show.