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- Video Game Research Library
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- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: 3DS
Nintendo Download: Kid Icarus, Picross E2, Chain Blaster, more
Welcome to another week of downloadable games for your Nintendo systems:
- The Virtual Console section of the Wii U eShop has received the NES classic Kid Icarus.
- The 3DS eShop has received a trio of new titles. There’s the crossword puzzle game Picross E2, the fishing sim Angler’s Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D, and the overhead shooter Chain Blaster.
- Finally, the DSiWare Shop is now home to Cute Witch! Runner, an endless runless starring a cute witch.
More information on all of these titles can be found after the break. (more…)
Sega announces American 3DS eShop release for Sega 3D Classic Series
Not to be outdone by Nintendo in the “3D re-releases of old-school games” department, Sega revealed their Sega 3D Classic Series line will be coming to North America (and Europe) soon. The titles, which are coming to the 3DS eShop at a yet-to-be-announced time, include:
- 3D Altered Beast
- 3D Ecco the Dolphin
- 3D Galaxy Force II
- 3D Shinobi III
- 3D Sonic The Hedgehog
- 3D Space Harrier
- 3D Streets of Rage
- 3D Super Hang-On
For footage of the games, skip to 5:20 in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini presentation:
The Last of Us is first among June 2013’s best-selling games
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us cashed in on years of hype and some of the best reviews for a PS3 game ever (including a 7/7 from our own Andrew Rainnie) to emerge as the best-selling game of June 2013. Last month’s report from The NPD Group featured plenty of other new faces including Animal Crossing: New Leaf (#2), Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (#3, the first time its been available for retail sale), and Deadpool (#8).
Call of Duty: Black Ops II, NBA 2K13, and Battlefield 3 continue their lengthy runs as they sold enough copies to land at, respectively, #4, #5, and #9. The complete list of June 2013’s top ten best-selling games can be found after the break.
According to the NPD’s monthly report (via Game Informer), total retail sales of games, consoles, and accessories amounted to $593.3 million, a 15% decline from June 2012’s $700.6 million total. (more…)
Nintendo brought 20 playable games to Comic-Con 2013
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con kicked off today and Nintendo wants you to forget about superheroes and spandex and focus on their massive lineup of playable games.
The Big N will have a playable demo of Pikmin 3 on the show floor at the company’s booth (#235). But they’re saving their big push for the special “Nintendo Gaming Lounge” they’ve erected at the adjacent San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina hotel. Kiosks within the Lounge will feature 20 playable titles for the Wii U and 3DS:
Wii U
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Nintendo)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo)
- Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo)
- Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
- New Super Luigi U (Nintendo)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
- Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
- Skylanders Swap Force (Activision)
- Disney Infinity (Disney Interactive)
- Sonic Lost World (Sega)
- The Wonderful 101 (Platinum Games)
- Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games)
- Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft)
3DS
- Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo)
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Nintendo)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo)
- Sonic Lost World (Sega)
- Shin Megami Tensei IV (Atlus)
- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
The last day of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con is Sunday, July 21.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged Comic-Con 2013, Pikmin 3
Nintendo Download: EarthBound, Shantae, Attack of the Friday Monsters, more
It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! Nintendo’s fantastic Super NES RPG, EarthBound, is now available to download through the Wii U eShop. Another bygone classic makes its way to the 3DS eShop this week as WayForward’s Arabian Nights-inspired platformer, Shantae, has been added to the digital storefront.
The 3DS eShop also received a trio of original games this week:
- Robot Rescue 3D, a puzzler where you rescue robots.
- Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale, the final game from Level-5’s “Guild02” collection.
- Undead Bowling, a bowling game starring z-z-z-zombies.
Finally, Ubisoft will add the Wii U adaptation of The Smurfs 2 to the Wii U eShop on July 23. More details about all of these titles can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged EarthBound
Angry Birds Star Wars flies onto consoles, handhelds this October
Activision and Rovio are teaming up again to bring Angry Birds Star Wars to consoles and handhelds this Fall (hmm… which one is the Emperor and which one is Darth Vader?). The “saga” of birds batting pigs continues on the 3DS, PS3, Vita, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360 this October.
In addition to high definition graphics, the console/handheld version of Angry Birds Star Wars will add 20 new levels to the game as well as new new competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.
Angry Birds Star Wars will be released for consoles and handhelds on October 29.
Sonic: Lost World’s release will be found on October 22
Sega has released a new trailer for Sonic: Lost World that showcases the hedgehog’s new powers (including the Power of Rock!). The trailer has also unveiled an October 22 release date for the 3DS and Wii U game, so mark your calendars now.
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged Sonic: Lost World
The Lego Movie will also be a video game developed by TT Games
The Lego Movie will open in theaters on February 7, 2014 and after the success of Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, and Lego Lord of the Rings, a tie-in game developed by TT Games was an inevitability. Sadly, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has decided against calling it “Lego The Lego Movie.” Instead, let’s all give a big welcome to The Lego Movie Videogame.
In a scenario drawn from the film, The Lego Movie Videogame puts Lego kids into the role of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average Lego minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Players guide him as he is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
The Lego Movie Videogame will be released in early 2014 for the 3DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.