Over the past several years, a number of different gaming competitors have challenged Guitar Hero in the music genre. Similar products have been introduced, with the main one being Rock Band. Guitar Hero has been around since 2005, and has seen a number of different versions since then. As a result, some fans have felt that the franchise has started to become a bit unfocused and stale. With increasing competition and decreasing sales, Activison has decided to liven up the license by making Warriors of Rock similar to the original title, which was very well-received. However, even though the game is very well-made, it doesn’t stray too far away from where fans have become accustomed.

November – What’s in store

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, Features, Wii | 6 Comments

If October was a massive month for gaming, then November is an absolutely colossal, gargantuan, other-synonym-for-big month. Seriously, there are a ridiculous number of games releasing for Nintendo Wii and DS in November, but how many of them are actually worth your time and money? No idea, so here are all the ones I could be bothered to write about! Enjoy!

Monday Short – Third parties and the Wii

Posted on 14 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Wii | 11 Comments

First off, I want to make a quick note of our Goldeneye contest- great support so far! I’ll take article submissions for a few more days (the ones I’ve gotten so far are fantastic!), but the commenting piece of the contest ends tomorrow! Best of luck to all of you!

I’m a proud Wii owner. Even with a lot of my friends making fun of the system and talking of the betrayal by Nintendo, I stick by that cheap little white piece of plastic like it’s my conjoined twin. Why? Because I love it, I love the games, and I love Nintendo. There is really nothing like beating a Zelda game, nothing like traversing tens of levels in a Mario Bros. game, nothing like exploring the emptiness of the sci-fi Metroid world, and nothing like bringing some friends together for some of the fun that can be had with the various local co-op games Nintendo brings to the table. It is for these reasons that I think many hardcore gamers own the Wii and own it proudly; we love our system, and want it to be treated with the same respect that the other systems get. We expect that a third party developer won’t announce a Wii exclusive game, and then port it to other systems, water down their Wii games to “appeal” to us, or cancel Wii versions of games due to system limitations.

NintendoEverything Review – FIFA 11

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Reviews, Videos | 2 Comments

Game Night! (10/29) – Win a copy of GoldenEye 007 for Wii!

Posted on 14 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features | 5 Comments

Update: Game Night is now over! Congratulations to Ronin for winning the first copy of GoldenEye 007!

Remember guys, tonight is the night where whoever has the most points goes home with a copy of the soon-to-be-released GoldenEye 007, so get your trigger fingers ready! We’ll be playing The Conduit, so hop into the IRC, pop your disc in, and let the games begin.

Games we want to see on the 3DS Virtual Console

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Features | 12 Comments

At Nintendo’s press conference about the 3DS a few weeks back, they revealed a Virtual Console for the new handheld not unlike the one on the Wii, but allowing for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to be downloaded. My mind boggled at the possibilities. With only two games announced for the service so far (Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX) here are just a few of the other games that absolutely need to be made available on the 3DS. There are no Game Boy Advance games on this list – only Game Boy and Game Boy Color. I’m sure GBA games will be on the Virtual Console eventually, but I chose to keep them off the list because I could write thousand-word entries about how great Drill Dozer and Sonic Pinball Party are and no one wants to read that. Nope, you’d rather read about…

Nintendo: To infinity and beyond (part 2)

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Features | 4 Comments

Having already discussed the future of Nintendo and where they need to go in order to “survive”, there are a number of third party developers that would no doubt love to get their games on Nintendo’s new system. These developers would also bring their most popular franchises to the system. Which developers would most likely bring their games to this console? Let’s take a look.

Ivy the Kiwi? review

Posted on 14 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in DS, Reviews, Wii | 2 Comments

October – What’s in store

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, Features, Wii | 8 Comments

October is a massive month for gaming and, as a result, this list is twice as long as it usually is. And this is only a small fraction of the games being released on the Wii and DS this month. Want to see this month’s biggest releases? Read on for more info on Kirby, katanas and keytars.

25 things you might not know about Mario

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Features | 9 Comments

It’s the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic platformer, Super Mario Bros., and I figured I had to do something to celebrate – but what? Broadcast a 25-hour livestream of nothing but Mario games? Too bandwith-consuming. Write a list of the best Mario games? Too subjective. Finally review Super Mario Galaxy 2? Too logical. So instead here are a bunch of fun facts about our favourite pudgy plumber.