The Switch isn't slowing down. In less than two years, there have been 22.86 million units sold around the world. That's a huge milestone due to the small window in which Nintendo's sold this video game console. It was released in March 2017, but the Japanese company continues pushing it with well-known franchises and large-scale advertising campaigns. Nintendo sold 3.19 million units...
There’s nothing in the world like wrapping your meat hooks around the smooth curvature of a GameCube controller. Nintendo’s masterpiece of comfortable engineering is the perfect weight, has the perfect resistance in its buttons, and is, without question, the supreme way to enjoy the Super Smash Bros. series. And wouldn’t you know it? Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is being prepped for...
A video uploaded to YouTube on Monday showcases Dolphin, the best-known GameCube and Wii emulator, running smoothly on a display model of the recently-announced Galaxy S8. During the short clip, three GameCube titles — Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Mario Sunshine and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — are opened on the handset and they appear to run cleanly, with very few...
Gyaaa! Kawaii! I want to sit and take a moment to appreciate the genius of the GameCube controller. Here we are a full decade and a half after its inception, and the thing is still in high demand! Granted, it’s the last traditional controller that Nintendo prioritized for a console, but that’s beside the point. It was a perfect, comfortable fit for the hands, and it still remains the...
Although I often sing praises of the NES and Super Nintendo, I think my gaming career came to a peak in the late 90s and early millennium. The PlayStation was still sputtering out timeless JRPGs, the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 ignited the most impressive generation shift in history, Pokemon proved it had extra legs with Yellow Version and the Game Boy Color releases, and all of my...
Super Smash Bros. is an extreme game. It asks a lot of its fans and their controllers. Japanese owners of the 3DS version are finding, apparently, that it asks more of the 3DS than the 3DS is able to give. Fortunately for Wii U fans, there's a better alternative than manually soldering an old GameCube controller to your handheld. While it doesn't yet have an exact release date – the...
Resident Evil fans have been torn in two ever since the exceptional Resident Evil 4 came along and changed the series' focus from survival-horror to a more action styled approach. Some enjoy the slow-paced tense original games and others enjoy the over the shoulder shooting. Resident Evil 4 combined the approached perfectly, but ever since, the two camps have not been getting along...
The video above shows off the work of modder and YouTube user Tchay777. This person has produced The Envision, a portable system claiming the control setup of the Nintendo GameCube and the bounty of games players can enjoy on it. The clip itself is a music video centered around, more often than not, The Legend of Zelda games. The Envision runs on batteries (though AC power is an option...
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 have any favorite titles that you...
Released on Nov. 27, 1998 in Japan, and on Sept. 9, 1999 in North America, the Sega Dreamcast was the last console system released by the company, bringing to an end a lengthy and rich history in the home video game history. The question is, and has bothered fans of the system for years, is just what the heck went wrong that killed off a system that had a very loyal following. On Feb...