Looks like it’s time to fire up my copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf once again. Nintendo’s released a free update for the title, complete with amiibo support and the ability to start a new town by selling your current one to Tom Nook for a huge pile of Bells. Nintendo announced the update in a Direct presentation earlier this morning. It’s an odd one. After the Direct was done, they...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. 2015 is shaping up to be a great year for games no matter what platform you play games on. There’ll to be a ton of games to buy, and not everyone’s budget (not to mention living space) allows for hoarding. A few games will have to go, and outfits like Amazon, Best Buy, GameFly and GameStop are happy to take on our used games (here in the US...
Last week’s offering of discounts from the Super Smashing Sale was so negligible that we completely forgot about it. I think it had the original Metroid, Wii Fit U, and Pokemon Rumble U. Yay… This week is different, and the savings on great games are off the charts! Donkey Kong is the biggest series of the week with Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D being dropped to $19.99 and Donkey Kong...
Nintendo has released its software numbers showing some impressive digits for the Nintendo 3DS and decent Wii U sales. Without question, Pokémon continues to be Nintendo’s go to series when it needs to sell a lot of copies. Combined, Pokémon X and Y sold 11.16 copies since its release last fall, making it the best selling Nintendo game of this generation to date. Unsurprisingly, Mario...
Nintendo's Wii U might be sluggishly dragging itself along on the path to recovery, but there is no stopping the power of the Nintendo 3DS. The first half of the financial year put not one, not two, not three, but five games over the 1 million sold mark for the company. Animal Crossing: New Leaf walks away as the best selling game of the last six months with 2.49 million sold worldwide...
It looks like the Nintendo 3DS has finally hit its stride. After stumbling out of the gates during a terrible launch, Nintendo decided to right the course of its newest handheld by dropping its price and stepping up the first party software efforts. Now that the system's library of existing software is as strong as its upcoming stuff, it's starting to sell well. Nintendo sent out a...
Nintendo has elected to open up a Miiverse community on the Wii U specifically for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. They say it comes as an effort to celebrate the game's success, but I suspect they're hoping it's a benefit that might push users to buying a Wii U. The community will feature its own plaza, much like the Warawara Plaza that players know from the Wii U's startup screen. It's...
The last couple of months have belonged to the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo’s handheld system has been the best selling video game platform due to its recently stellar first-party software lineup. In May, Nintendo had Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Fire Emblem: Awakening to thank for a giant boost in sales. In June? The thanks go to Animal Crossing: New Leaf...
Nintendo is finally set to release a brand new entry in the Animal Crossing franchise on the Nintendo 3DS. The original title shipped more than 12 years ago on the GameCube. I've been a fan since I picked that one up in 2001. Since then, we've seen two other iterations of the Animal Crossing brand. The second game hit the Nintendo DS in 2005, and it was dubbed Animal Crossing: Wild...
This is what I’ve been up to over the last several weeks. Since landing a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for review on my Nintendo 3DS, I’ve already spent more than 25 hours in the game. While I can’t talk about particulars, I can share some of what’s been going on. Taking screenshots is dead simple in this new title, and they are stored to the SD card inside the 3DS. Pop that into...