It may be entirely in Japanese, but it does give Pokémon fans something to look forward to. Pokémon Black and White 2 will take place two years after the events in the first game. The trailer above shows off the new heroes, a new gym and the new starting city. In case your curious, the name

The American launch of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of The White Witch for the PlayStation 3 has been pushed back to Q1 of 2013. This news comes just months after we reported that the title was officially headed for the U.S market. Fans of  Studio Ghibli’s animation and Level-5′s game design are going to have to wait about twice as

Over the weekend, Nintendo unveiled Pokémon Black and White Version 2 during Pokémon Smash, a Japanese Pokémon television show, due for Nintendo’s home nation of Japan this June. Nintendo of America released a press release to editors this morning that indicated we’d be seeing the game in the fall of this year. The titles will release for the Nintendo

Kathleen Connell, known to her friends as Kit, celebrated her 100th birthday last month, but her age doesn’t stop her from being an avid gamer. In fact, Kit uses a Nintendo DS on a daily basis to keep her mind active, and she can’t recommend it enough. While she may be one of the few

In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re available on the cheap. That’s a bonafide win/win situation. If

In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re available on the cheap. That’s a bonafide win/win situation. If

If you’re traveling with your Nintendo 3DS this holiday season, there’s a chance you might be able to score free Wi-Fi in the airport. Boingo and Nintendo have announced a partnership that now offers free Wi-Fi for 3DS owners in 42 select airports around the country. “As the global leader in airport Wi-Fi, Boingo is

In speaking with Japanese publication Nikkei, Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, delivered information concerning the current state of the Nintendo 3DS and some of its software sales statistics. The system is doing well, according to Iwata, and is on pace to cross the three million units sold mark around two weeks ahead of the Nintendo

What ho, gamers! We bring you good word of holiday savings abound at two separate retailers. Amazon and Toys “R” Us have both elected to do the gaming world a favor by celebrating the shopping season with, essentially, the same exact deal. Buy a single game from each store’s warehouse of titles, and you’ll be

The “technique” you see in the clip above shows off the exact reason why I stopped playing Mario Kart DS online with random opponents. Snaking is an exploit that players use in order to gain an advantage by constantly boosting in kart races. Essentially, users enter power slides in long straightaways in order to enjoy the

In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re available on the cheap. That’s a bonafide win/win situation. If

As of now, the Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 1.65 million units since launch in the United States alone. In a press release issued by the company, Nintendo indicated that, given its current trajectory, the system is on pace to outperform the Nintendo DS’ first-year sales. The DS sold just over 2.37 million in

Nintendo announced this week that they intend to add post-release add-on content capabilities to the Nintendo 3DS’ eShop. Essentially, developers will be able to make and release DLC for their software. In our coverage of the news, one commenter said something that launched me into the land of pondering… From Tanuj Dua: “Just in time

Yesterday evening, our own Sage Lane’s recent article caught me by complete surprise. He wrote a story called “Why Shouldn’t Mario Play with Apple or Android?,” and the piece centered around his rationale for Nintendo’s flawed decision to avoid the smartphone platform. It’s a good feature, and it’s one that echoes some of the opinions

Before you wonder whether or not this is one of Nintendo‘s specifically licensed characters that’s getting a shot on Apple‘s iOS platform, understand that this will not be an adventure through the eyes of Professor Layton and Luke. Instead, this Layton iteration from Level-5 is actually The Layton Brother’s. The Professor Layton puzzle solving games still, apparently, remain exclusive to

Mario Kart Wii, for the life of me, is the worst Mario Kart title in the franchise. I say that as a die-hard Mario Kart fan. The gameplay lacked that certain challenging, explorative character that made previous entries so incredible. There was a good heap of characters to unlock and courses to enjoy, but they felt

Starting right now, you can snag a mash-up of one of the best, most creative Nintendo DS franchises for the iOS at the price of five smackers. The game in question? Scribblenauts Remix from 5th Cell. Buy it and you’ll get 40 of the best levels from the original games and 10 brand new iOS specific

24/7 Wall St “compiled a list of companies that are in deep trouble.” Marking down the drop in stock and sales, these analysts ranked Nintendo as one of their eight companies where employees should lose hope. Here is Nintendo‘s entry: Nintendo’s once nearly insurmountable lead in the video console sector has been lost, and its

Welcome to this brand-spankin’-new TechnoBuffalo feature we’re going to try and run once every week. We’ve got ourselves an outstanding, talkative community and we’re looking to harness that and spur it along with a weekly debate topic. So, every Friday, I’ll toss up a debatable challenge, you folks will vote and discuss. I’ll also be

Ni no Kuni is the upcoming, Japan and PlayStation 3 exclusive title from the creative minds at Level-5 and Studio Ghibli. Both companies are known for the fantastic games, characters and worlds they create. What you see above is a brand new trailor made of in-game footage. If you’re a fan of the Japanese animation

In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re available on the cheap. That’s a bonafide win/win situation. If you

Face it, the PSP was trounced by the Nintendo DS, and all its variations, in the United States. The system may have done exceptionally well in Japan, but the rest of the world loved the DS more by leaps and bounds. The price and the ergonomics of the unit, the software library and the UMD

News came last week of a poor showing for both the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo 3DS during the month of April here in the U.S. One of the key figures from that batch of news was that the 3DS actually sold more in its first week after launch than during the entire following month.

Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura spoke at a semi-annual Japanese games industry seminar about the profit loss that happened as a result of the massive earthquake, tsunami and subsequent radiation containment issues that began on March 11th, 2011. According to his presentation, he estimates that the Japanese games production industry lost nearly $89 million in potential

Nintendo sent out a press release yesterday evening that included hardware and software sales highlights for the month of March. Two major releases saw retail in the United States during March, Pokémon Black and White and the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo attributes their best hardware sales month in U.S. history to both launches. First, the 3DS