Nintendo’s latest handheld console has just reached another big market. The 2DS XL, which offers a larger 4.88-inch display in a clamshell design, has gone on sale in the United Kingdom priced at £130 (approx. $170) — £70 more than the standard 2DS. The 2DS XL is a lot like the original 2DS. The reasons to upgrade include a larger display, the more robust design that’s...
After being unveiled last month, we received more information about the addition of Cloud Strife, the main character of Final Fantasy VII, to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Cloud will feature two costumes – one inspired by the original Final Fantasy VII outfit and one inspired by the movie, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. The Midgar stage that comes in alongside...
As part of their latest Nintendo Direct on Thursday, Nintendo announced that the character Linkle will be appearing in Hyrule Warriors Legends, the 3DS incarnation of last year’s Wii U game, Hyrule Warriors. Nintendo is calling her an original character but, I mean, just use your eyes. Linkle wields a pair of rupee-encrusted crossbows and has a spinning kick attack. She also looks...
If you want to play Hyrule Warriors Legends in 3D when it hits in early 2016, you might need a New 3DS. As in, the New Nintendo 3DS. The game’s producer, Hayashi Yosuke, spoke to Japanese gaming site 4Gamer at the Tokyo Game Show and explained that, in short, there’s simply too much going on in the game to have the 3D aspect also work on the regular, vanilla 3DS. To get all the enemies...
One of the weirder reveals during Nintendo’s E3 show was Metroid Prime: Federation Force. It feels like the creation of the same spiteful genie that brought us Metroid: Other M back in 2010. We say we want a new Metroid or Metroid Prime game and the genie grins and grants us our wish, waiting to bathe in our tears as we see how our wish has been twisted. I had the chance to try out the...
Paper Mario and Superstar Saga Mario are teaming up next year for a game Nintendo 3DS game. Nintendo announced that the two fan favorite takes on Mario will be coming to Super Mario Paper Jam. The game looks to combine the playstyles of both games, letting the player solve puzzles by combining the abilities of the different characters. We love both of these character sets, so we can’t...
Lucas, the main protagonist of Mother 3, will be available for purchase and download for the Wii U and 3DS versions of Super Smash Bros. starting June 14. Mother 3 is the third (and currently latest) entry in the Mother series, known in the U.S. as Earthbound. Mother 3 was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan, but never received an official release over here. In addition to...
Atlus announced this week that it will publish Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains for the Nintendo 3DS in North America and Europe. Attack on Titan is based on the massively popular Japanese anime of the same name, a show about a walled off city trying to defend itself from man-eating giants. The game is developed by Spike Chunsoft and will be a Nintendo eShop exclusive. It has a...
Even when my 3DS-owning friends aren’t all playing the same cartridge game together, they always seem to spend some time with the 3DS’ StreetPass games. Now they’ll have two more to look forward to: Ultimate Angler and Battleground Z. Ultimate Angler will have players fishing for a collection of 150 fish and other creatures, including some legendary monsters. Battleground Z, like...
One of the biggest problems we had with Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. for the Nintendo 3DS was just how long it took the computer to run through turns. We liked everything else about the game. In our review, gaming editor Joey Davidson wrote that “If Intelligent Systems patches in a skip or speed up option? This game will be stellar.” Look forward to a stellar game: During yesterday’s Nintendo...