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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- 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: DS
Kirby Wii gets new title, October 24 release date
Kirby Wii has inhaled some of that fresh PAX air and spit out a new title (Kirby’s Return to Dreamland), a new release date (October 24) and the new trailer you see above.
The pink puffball leads an impressive lineup of playable demos that Nintendo plans to bring to this weekend’s PAX Prime. If you’ve got tickets (the show has been sold out for months), I highly recommend stopping by Nintendo’s booth (No. 462).
Check out the publisher’s full PAX lineup after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, Wii
Tagged Kirby's Return to Dreamland, PAX Prime 2011
Nintendo Download: Urban Champion… in 3D!
One of the most reviled NES games ever released, Urban Champion, makes its way to the 3DS eShop this week as part of the handheld’s “3D Classics” line.
Also available this week is a trio of DSiWare games: Zoonies: Escape from Makatu, an animal kingdom platformer; Blockado: Puzzle Island, a puzzle game; and Build-a-lot, a SimCity-like city manager.
Finally there’s Flight Control (WiiWare), an air traffic controller sim for the WiiWare service.
More details on all of these titles can be found in the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.
Daily Scoop: August 15, 2011 – PAX approaches!
Oh man, I just realized PAX is next week. Let it be known I am officially freaking out. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Let’s see… Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Atari’s Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum which is just $14.99 today for the PC. They’ve also got their new weekly deals up – Dungeon Siege III is $32.99 on consoles and $25.99 on PC, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom is $14.99 on PS3 and Xbox 360, and to top it all off, they just announced their Summer Road Trip Handheld Gaming Event. Don’t tell Ryan Littlefield, or he’ll make me buy all the Professor Layton games.
No gaming t-shirts, but I always love references to “A Game of Thrones,” whether I buy ’em or not. Today’s is over at Tee Fury, and it’s called “Game of Crossbones:” (more…)
New Releases: El Shaddai, No More Heroes Heroes’ Paradise, Age of Empires Online
The weekly New Releases roundup is back after a bye last week, but there’s still not much to talk about.
This week we have Ignition’s apocryphal bible tale El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. The trippy hack ‘n’ slash will be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Speaking of trippy, Konami will be bringing the Suda 51-developed No More Heroes to the PS3 as No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise. The port of the once-exclusive Wii game includes Move support, HD graphics, a new boss rush mode and a “character viewer” to get a closer look at the game’s leading ladies.
Also available this week is the retail version of Microsoft’s Age of Empires Online and a DS puzzler known as Puzzler World 2.
And that’s it for this week’s new releases.
Posted in DS, News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
Nintendo Download: Avenging Spirit, Super Adventure Island II
It’s Thursday and Nintendo has added several new games to their trio of download services. This week’s new releases include:
Nintendo DSiWare
* Go! Go! Kokopolo – Take control of hyperactive wildcat Kokopolo in a fast, frantic, action-packed caper of pure arcade mayhem. Hunt down those responsible for disturbing your afternoon slumber.
* Crazy Hamster
* My Asian Farm
3DS eShop
* Avenging Spirit – This classic action game introduced a unique system for possessing and controlling other characters. Help a heroic ghost rescue his girlfriend from her kidnappers so he can finally rest in peace.
WiiWare
* Kyotokei
* Super Adventure Island II (Virtual Console)
More information on all of this week’s releases can be found in the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.
And don’t forget, today is the last day for current 3DS owners to log-in to the 3DS eShop and register for the 3DS Ambassador program.
Daily Scoop: August 10, 2011 – Squenix sales!
Happy humpday! So much going on today… new Dungeons & Dragons Encounter (Neverwinter FTW!), super sales on Square Enix DS games, and oh yeah – Ryan Littlefield and I beat Borderlands last night! And already started the DLC. Collecting brains has never been so fun…
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is a Squenix overload! Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is $19.99, while Final Fantasy IV, The World Ends with You, and Chrono Trigger are all $14.99. Scoop up these DS games while they are super cheap!
There’s a beautiful video game shirt at Ript today called simply “1up:” (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, DS, Etcetera, News, PS3
Daily Scoop: August 9, 2011 – Kittens!
So, I’ve been playing a game on my way into work, and that game is called “find all the kittens.” I walk by all the stores known to have cats or kittens living in them and plaster my face on the window, wishing I could pet them. I’ve just discovered the motherload: the pet store at 20th Street has three kittens in the window right now. One of them looks like the Pup! I just wish I could hug them all, but I know I can’t hug every cat.
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Nintendo’s Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs for the Nintendo DS. It’s $19.99 today, and features Ukulele Pichu, a Pichu that plays a ukulele! Zomg.
There’s also a Lightning Deal – the clue is simply “Take to the sky in this popular Sims franchise.” More on that as it becomes available! Update: It’s MySims Sky Heroes for $9.99 on the DS and $14.99 on the Wii!
No daily gaming shirts today, but Qwertee‘s got a cute one: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, DS, Etcetera, News
Nintendo rolls out a new website for Zelda’s 25th anniversary
Somebody grab the Silver Arrows, because The Legend of Zelda series is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. After the announcement of that awesome symphony tour, Nintendo has launched The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary website which includes videos of the orchestra at E3 and an interactive history of the franchise.
Nintendo has also merged The Legend of Zelda with their popular Flipnote Studio software for a new contest that’ll be judged by Shigeru Miyamoto himself:
Starting today through September 9, DSi or DSi XL owners are also invited to create their own flipnotes, or short animations, inspired by The Legend of Zelda series. DSi or DSi XL owners can use one of three flipnote templates with music from The Legend of Zelda series, then complete and upload their creations via the Flipnote Studio application. Flipnote Studio is available as a free download from the Nintendo DSiWare service, and also comes pre-installed on select DSi and DSi XL hardware. Fans can also submit a paper entry by mail. The best Zelda-themed flipnotes will be evaluated by key Nintendo developers who have worked on the series – including Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Eiji Aonuma and Yoshiaki Koizumi – and posted for fans to enjoy on the 25th anniversary website, the Nintendo Channel on the Wii console and Flipnote Hatena on DSi and DSi XL systems.
Finally, no anniversary celebration would be complete without games and a ton of new Zelda titles are in the pipeline for 2011 including the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, a free DSi/3DS download of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords in September and the long-awaited The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii by the end of the year.