Nintendo recently announced that they would be phasing out their Club Nintendo program through the coming year with the final shut-down happening on June 30. A new loyalty program is apparently in the works to compete with the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, but details haven’t been released as of yet. However, Nintendo did promise one last batch of rewards ...
Read More »Hyrule Warriors Ships 1 Million Copies Worldwide
Koei Tecmo announced that their The Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors mash-up game Hyrule Warriors has officially shipped 1 million copies worldwide. Its presumed that a vast majority of the game was sold in North America as the game saw a very warm welcoming selling nearly 200,000 units in its opening week. The Japanese market was lukewarm to the ...
Read More »Mighty No. 9 Gets Closer to Release
The spiritual successor to Mega Man, titled Mighty No. 9, is set to release in April of 2015 according to developer Comcept’s Mighty No 9 website. Developed by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, Mighty No. 9 is a 2D side-scrolling platformer that saw a very successful Kickerstarter campaign that soared past its initial $900,000 stretch goal and ended with over ...
Read More »Nintendo kills off its Club Nintendo loyalty program
Club Nintendo, Nintendo’s customer loyalty program, launched in Europe and Japan in the early Aughts, with the program finally hitting North American shores back in 2008. By buying Nintendo consoles and games, customers earn Coins, which can be deposited into their Club Nintendo accounts and used to get Nintendo products, such as game cases and game downloads, essentially for free. After ...
Read More »Top 5 highly anticipated RPGs of 2015
2014 offered some of the best RPGs we’ve had in years and we’re all very grateful for that. That said, now it’s time to look to the future and see what this year can bring to the table in terms of role-playing games. Whether we’re talking about highly anticipated sequels to already acclaimed games or brand new IPs that promise to ...
Read More »Nintendo eShop Update for January 8, 2015
Nintendo eShop Update for January 8, 2015 is up! Happy week after New Year! How many resolutions did you break during the first week? I’m sure there were a lot. To keep us distracted this Nintendo eShop update is more beefy than last week thankfully. The Nintendo eShop Update is published by Nintendo every Thursday for their Wii U and 3DS ...
Read More »Legend of Zelda Wii U Packed With Side Quests
The Legend of Zelda for the Wii U is Nintendo’s first Zelda adventure to reach the Wii U. While we know that the game will be open-world, it seems that this world will hold a ton of content for players to go through. In an interview, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto touched on the upcoming Legend of Zelda title for the ...
Read More »Duck Hunt Amiibo in Super Smash Bros
There is Dunk Hunt Amiibo data in Super Smash Bros for Wii U according to a video on youtube uploaded on January 1st. The uploader account is Mema Haxx who only has four videos, all Nintendo related. The first shows the Wii U running on a desktop computer with an Xbox 360 controller in use to navigate the menus. He is ...
Read More »Nintendo eShop Update for January 1, 2015
Nintendo eShop Update for January 1, 2015 is up! Happy New Year! To celebrate Nintendo decided to give us practically nothing for the beginning to the new year so don’t expect anything exciting today unless you haven’t already purchased Shovel Knight which you should have. The Nintendo eShop Update is published by Nintendo every Thursday for their Wii U and ...
Read More »Wii U GameCube Adapter Bundle Back in Stock
Wii U GameCube adapters released with the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. They were incredibly popular and sold out quickly. Now, gamers will have another chance at picking up the adapter at Amazon. The GameCube adapter for the Wii U will once again be packaged with Super Smash Bros. at Amazom. The bundle will sell for $109.97. The ...
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