System: Nintendo 3DS
Release Date: October 12th, 2013
Developer: Game Freak
Publisher: Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
Author: Patrick
By this point I shouldn’t have to explain what this long-running RPG series is about. The coming of age story of an adventurous kid and their menagerie of bizarre monsters has been constantly repeated over the last fifteen years with a very gradual evolution in the gameplay. While I enjoyed Pokémon Black, White and their sequels, the lack of meaningful mechanical changes that came with staying on one console for too long started to set in and I was hopeful that X & Y would breath new life into some of the staler aspects of the series. Now that the series finally makes the jump to the 3DS, does it manage to revitalise the franchise with new features while still capturing the same je ne sais quoi as the other titles? Well I think it does, at least.
Two and a half days were needed to create the painted mural above, which is a promotion for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. If you’re in Los Angeles and stop by the World 8 Game store, you can see it in person.
This is another episode of this show. Next week is a season finale of sorts, so we’ll be taking a short break before the next season starts up!
So much for Nintendo releasing that Luigi-themed 2DS. Rose Colored Gaming’s Matthew Wiggins has come forward and confirmed that the device is nothing more than a mod – not an official product.
Wiggins shared photos of the modded 2DS with “quite a few people”, and they somehow made their way to various blogs (including this one!). Wiggins also said he “would have sent them some better pictures” if he anticipated it being picked up as a rumored new 2DS design. He’s “beyond flattered” by the interest his mod has generated, though at the same time, hopes no one is upset that it’s not the real deal.
