If you love the Animal Crossing world but hate picking weeds, fishing, delivering letters, fetching stuff – you know, most of the game – then you might like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. For some people, all those chores are all just a means to an end: decorating cute houses with adorable furniture, and that’s what Happy Home Designer is all about. Nintendo had hinted...
As part of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo showed off a whole ton of indie games they have on the way. Some we already know, some we’ve already played. With nearly 30 titles on the way, though, Wii U and 3DS owners will have plenty to do. Games like Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Don’t Starve have been out for a while, so they’ll likely appeal mostly to gamers who play...
If you’re looking to trade your 3DS in to GameStop for a New Nintendo 3DS and want to keep your eShop content, you’ll want to know what you’re getting into ahead of time. Just transferring your content is more painful than it should be already, and the trading process adds another layer of trouble on top. Here’s how it works, according to a report by Polygon: First, you’ll hit...
The annual holiday rush of video games normally begins in September or October. It’s October 1st, 2014, and, well, the rush is officially here. We’ve decided to do the dirty work for you and arrange the biggest games of the month in chronological order. We’ll include the platforms, release dates, screenshots, maybe some trailers and what’s exciting about the games themselves. Without...
We recently had a chance to check out Renegade Kid’s Moon Chronicles for Nintendo 3DS during a briefing in New York City last week. First person shooters are a rare breed in Nintendo’s portable gaming system, and we left the briefing excited for the launch of this title in the coming weeks. It’s a relaunch of an older title, the original Moon for the DS, but this time you’re getting 3D...
Namco Bandai is pulling out all the stops this year. Committing to the free-to-play model for what seems like a long term venture and pitching in to create the latest Super Smash Bros. is just the beginning of what one of Japan’s oldest gaming entities has to offer. The company is looking to dominate this year in its home country of Japan with a long list of impressive titles at TGS...
Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS has just gotten a major booster shot of girl power! Mario’s long time love interest and the bane of his existence, Princess Peach, has just been confirmed as a playable character in the upcoming Nintendo fighting game. Nintendo’s confirmation brings the current roster to 15 characters. Princess Peach, who we predicted was a shoe-in, also joins Luigi and...
The recent string of New Super Mario Bros. games have struck a chord with a lot of Nintendo fans, but not always on a positive note. What was originally meant to be a fun little throwback to the old days of the series has become the norm by which Mario games are made, and the once shining beacon of pioneering ingenuity has hit a monotonous stride many fans believe has gone on way too...