I'm at the beach on vacation! When I left my house, as most gamers do, I sat in front of my collection with two portables in hand and a ton of games to choose from. We're tight on space, so I had to pick only three titles. The rules for this post and my selection? I had to pick games that launched for either the Nintendo 3DS or PS Vita over the course of the last year. Anything else...
During a recent investor call with Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, President, spoke briefly about bringing DLC to their first-party games. He specifically mentioned both Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata connected DLC to the longevity of software, as is often its purpose: "What if we could provide add-on content through the network?…As I referred to before, for...
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...
2011 was an amazing year for the gaming medium. When I first gathered the roughly 50 titles that I thought would even be worth considering for the of the year, I knew immediately that I’d have a tough road of sorting ahead. This year was brilliant, and I can honestly say that there were so many games that deserved space on this limited list that I had a heck of a time picking and...
Review embargoes for Super Mario 3D Land in the western part of the world lifted today at 10 AM. Across the board (so it seems), the game is being heralded as a platforming classic and the reason to buy a Nintendo 3DS. My own review on a different publication stands as a part of that pack, and I completely agree with the general, collective idea that this game can and should move...
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...
Nintendo’s decision to slash the price of its latest handheld is fantastic news to those who were contemplating the purchase of the 3DS. A pretty significant price drop, which will see those in the U.S. save $80, makes the device very tempting. However, for those that have already made their purchase, the price cut is a little saddening. I’m part of the seemingly small group of people...
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...