European Nintendo Direct scheduled for Friday
Posted on 11 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Three Nintendo Directs in the same month?! That’s right, Nintendo of Japan isn’t the only one hosting a live-stream tomorrow if this tweet by Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo of Europe is anything to go by.
The presentation will be streaming on Nintendo’s website an hour after Iwata’s Japanese one. Though the focus will be on the Nintendo 3DS, it wouldn’t surprise me if a few upcoming Wii games like Project Zero: Wii Edition are mentioned.
Nintendo of America, care to bring the number of presentations to four?
Stop the presses! Mole Mania heading to Virtual Console
Posted on 11 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
If Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification is anything to go by, we’ll be seeing Nintendo’s classic puzzle game hitting the eShop shortly.
The history behind ZombiU’s title
Posted on 11 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in News, Random, Wii U | 3 Comments
Ubisoft’s ZombiU might have wowed audiences with an interesting trailer, but I’m sure plenty of people were confused about the game’s bizarre-sounding title. There’s more to this Wii U launch title’s name than a terrible pun, which should be apparent if we take a look at the first game Ubisoft ever published:
Pokemon Conquest coming to PAL region
Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in DS, News | 0 comments
All you PAL gamers worried that we wouldn’t be seeing Tecmo Koei’s strategy spinoff of the Pokemon series can rest assured. We now have information from Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (they cover games too!) that suggests that the DS game will be released in Australia, with other PAL regions hopefully following suit.
Tales of the Abyss review
Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, Reviews | 3 Comments
Game info:
System: Nintendo 3DS
Genre: RPG
Players: 1
Release Date: November 25, 2011 (EU)/February 14, 2012 (US)
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Namco Bandai
After the Nintendo DS became a virtual Mecca of fantastic RPGs, it’s strange that the console’s older brother has been around for almost a whole year with barely any games to scratch that role-playing itch. Aside from Atlus’ Devil Survivor: Overclocked, there haven’t been any other RPGs on the 3DS, so thankfully Namco Bandai are finally trying to fill the niche with this recently-released port of Tales of the Abyss. Originally released on the Playstation 2 back in 2006, Tales of the Abyss —part of Namco’s long-running Tales series— told an anime-styled story about “the meaning of birth” and was met with fairly positive reviews. But the PS2 is a completely different system to Nintendo’s handheld console, so does this RPG make the transition to a portable system completely intact?
The surprising American origins of Fire Emblem
Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in Features | 0 comments
In late 2003, Nintendo of America decided to finally release the Fire Emblem games internationally with their localization of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken. Renamed as simply “Fire Emblem”, this game marked the first time that most people outside of Japan had their first taste of Intelligent Systems’ strategy-RPG series. Or at least it was the first time they’d played it.
You see, five years before Marth showed up in Super Smash Bros. and seven years before any Fire Emblem game was actually localized, an animated adaption of the first Fire Emblem game was produced to tie into a remake that had just been released for the Super Famicom. In 1998, this two part, straight-to-video Fire Emblem feature was picked up by A.D. Vision, a recently closed American producer and distributor. Hopefully this means that there won’t be any lawyers chasing me down for posting these clips here.
Unlocalized: The Nintendo games we didn’t see (Part 2)
Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in Features, General Nintendo | 8 Comments
If you missed the first part of my look at all the games Nintendo of America and Europe ignored, you can check it out here. For everyone else, you already know the drill by now: obscure games, justification for Nintendo’s actions, and mandatory Reggie images.
Time Capsule: Sonic Pinball Party
Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in Features, GBA | 0 comments
Over a year ago, a former NintendoEverything writer started a series of “Time Capsule” articles taking a look back at games we have fond memories of. While others might choose to take a look at something like Star Fox 64 or Super Metroid, we all have different ideas of what qualifies as a “classic” game. And that’s why I’ll be taking a look at game that no-one but me would ever call a “classic”: Sonic Pinball Party. Yep, It’s definitely an unconventional pick, since —let’s be honest— the title makes it sound like shovelware riding on the persistent popularity of Sega’s spiky mascot, but I swear it’s one of the best titles for the Game Boy Advance.
