By Ron Duwell |
Never mind just the lack of Frostbite 3 or Madden 25 for the Wii U. EA doesn’t have any games in the works for Nintendo’s latest console. Period. EA spokesperson Jeff Brown confirmed with Kotaku that EA “has no games in development for the Wii…
By Joey Davidson |
Welcome to the third and final installment in our three part series featuring the best console exclusives of this generation. We end with what currently stands as the best selling system between the three, the Wii. We’ve already learned that the Xbox 360’s exclusives were…
By Sean P. Aune |
Nintendo announced this morning Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons will both be coming to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on May 30. The best news is that both games will be sold at a discounted price of…
By Sean P. Aune |
Nintendo announced this morning that it has partnered with Best Buy to allow you to try out games that will be announced around E3. The company had already announced that it would not have a stage show at E3 this year, and now we know…
By Sean P. Aune |
Nintendo announced a release date for The Wonderful 101 today during its Nintendo Direct presentation. Those looking forward to this highly anticipated game can set aside Sept. 15, 2013 as the day they can pick it up. Nintendo said more details will be coming soon,…
By Sean P. Aune |
Nintendo revealed more details on the upcoming Game & Wario during its Nintendo Direct this morning. Two of the new gaming modes, both playable on the pad controller, include. Ninja Twins – The Patchwork game mode will allow you to solve puzzles with overlapping pieces…
By Joey Davidson |
By now, you’ve all probably heard and reacted to the news that Nintendo will not have a massive E3 press conference. Those beans were spilled a week or so ago during their most recent financial briefing. Last night, press invites went around to select outlets…
By Ron Duwell |
Nintendo has taken to the WiiConnect 24 messaging service found on their old console to remind users that the Wii U is an entirely new system. Turning on your Wii gives a message stating what might be common sense to the average gamer but news to…
By Joey Davidson |
We here at TechnoBuffalo’s gaming department are nothing but a pack of filthy cheaters. Well, we were cheaters back when cheating was a cool trick to show off to your friends during awesome weekend sleepovers. We fondly remember employing a lot of special tricks to…
By Joey Davidson |
Welcome to the 27th episode of Tech on the Range! Your hosts for this week’s show are Sean Aune, Todd Haselton and Joey Davidson. You can find us each on Twitter. Sean Aune - @seanaune Todd Haselton - @robotodd Joey Davidson - @JoeyDavidson This week’s topic is “Why We Love to…
By Ron Duwell |
Call it strategy. Call it cowardice. Call it Nintendo really liking the press these Nintendo Direct events get. Call it whatever you want, but Nintendo is opting out of the traditional annual press conference held at the E3 gaming convention. Considering all of the hardware…
By Joey Davidson |
As Nintendo’s fiscal year for 2013 is now closed, the company is reporting sales figures for its hardware and software. First up is the Wii U. Since launch, the Wii U has sold just over 3.45 million units. The company initially projected that it would…
By Ron Duwell |
The Global President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, will soon take on the extra responsibility of CEO of Nintendo of America following a management shake-up expected to happen this summer. He will be overseeing Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime, who will stay put.…
By Joey Davidson |
During the most recent Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that the Virtual Console will be hitting the Wii U following the major spring update. The Wii U’s online services are down for maintenance today, as we assume they prep the console for its big update. Based…
By Joey Davidson |
Mother 3 was released in Japan back in 2006. This, the third entry in the Mother series from Nintendo, was actually the direct sequel to the Super Nintendo’s EarthBound. It never made it to an international release, despite the large cult following this series has established. If you’ve…
By Joey Davidson |
Banjo-Kazooie fans, prepare yourselves for a massive and awesome blast of aural nostalgia. The soundtrack has now been given a free and absurdly accessible home on this here interwebbings. Grant Kirkhope, the composer of a lot of wonderful gaming music over the years, elected to take…
By Joey Davidson |
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was easily one of the best and most unique games to release for Nintendo’s GameCube. Developed by the now defunct Silicon Knights, this game was an absolute classic that was well-known for completely messing with the minds of players. With its…
By Joey Davidson |
Freddie Wong, creator of the exceptionally popular freddiew YouTube channel, has gone and created a new video featuring Nintendo’s #1 plumber. This time around, fans can watch Mario take on Bowser and his baddies from Super Mario Bros. 3, and it all happens from Mario’s perspective.…
By Joey Davidson |
Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Direct presentation this morning specifically to highlight some of the bigger games bound for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U over the next several months. They then took to YouTube to post separate trailers for each of the major titles revealed…
By Joey Davidson |
The Nintendo Direct presentation will focus on games in development for the Wii U, as we learned yesterday, and will run roughly 35 minutes in length. The presentation is set to begin at 9am ET and 6am PT. You can watch it in the embedded Ustream player…
By Joey Davidson |
If the current roster of Wii U games hasn’t done much to tickle your fancy recently, you might want to pay attention to the upcoming Nintendo Direct presentation that the company announced this morning. The official word came from the Nintendo UK Twitter account, and…
By Brandon Russell |
Just because the torch has been passed on to the Wii U doesn’t mean folks have completely forgotten about the Nintendo Wii. Case in point: Amazon has finally introduced its Instant Video service to the console, giving it that final spark of life before it…
By Sean P. Aune |
Having trouble convincing your family that you need a Wii U? Well, try going back to 1991 and talking them in to buying a Super Nintendo. From the sounds of this local news report, the Super Nintendo was about the worst thing to ever happen…
By Jon Rettinger |
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but I’ve always been a geek. I don’t mean how the term get’s casually thrown about now, as someone who likes cellphones, but a certifiable geek, bordering on nerd. I used to take calculators apart to see…
