Nintendo sent out a press release this morning, the first business day in the New Year, in order to tell the world that the Nintendo 3DS has officially moved more than four million units. The company has been claiming the system would do it for a few months now as a point to indicate its new-found success; today, that's been made fact and not conjecture. The release also included this...
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 for Mario Kart!" He's absolutely right. Mario kart...
Nintendo has released nine brand new screenshots for Mario Kart 7, the next entry in the Mario Kart series set to release this holiday for the Nintendo 3DS. Within those screenshots was a glimpse at a new, and yet old, power-up. Making its appearance for the first time in a Mario Kart title is the Raccoon Tail. This is the second of the upcoming Mario games set to feature the tail, as...
The holiday season of 2011 is officially upon us. The last few months have been scary slow as far as gaming releases have been concerned. But now? Publishers are gearing up to vanquish our savings accounts as they deliver a storm of outstanding content. We at TechnoBuffalo decided to assemble two separate lists for this season's games: Joey's Top 7 and The Most Exciting of…why? Because...
Local multiplayer gaming is becoming, unfortunately, less and less popular by the year. Growing up as a gamer, this was all I knew. I'm sure a lot of you can say that about the medium as well. The feeling of stepping up and playing NBA Jam directly next to your buddies for four hours straight on a Saturday stands out, right? I've picked a few of my favorite games with local play...
Now this is music to my ears. I’ve been hoping, praying, that Nintendo would release some of its big games on the iPhone and the iPad, but the company has always been adamant that its titles will only be available on its hardware and no other platform. However, considering its current financial situation and slumping sales results, a reduction to the Nintendo 3DS just doesn’t cut it for...
Nintendo’s 3DS is the world’s first handheld console to offer glasses-free 3D, and before its launch it looked set to follow in the footsteps of its Wii, which has been a huge success for the company. However, the 3DS has suffered some pretty disappointing sales figures since it hit shops earlier this year, with Nintendo shifting just 710,000 units in the last quarter. In order to...