New Super Mario Bros 2’s coming to your 3DS
Super Mario's back! Again. To save Princess Peach again. From Bowser. again.
Nintendo DSi XL Reviewed – Size Matters
Over the course of a device’s lifetime it generally gets more refined, smaller and sleeker. That happened with the Nintendo DS, seeing a revised DS lite, and then the DSi, which additionally featured 2 cameras and slightly beefier specs. Tradition went out the window with the next iteration though. Bucking the trend, the DSi XL did away with any semblance …
Merry Christmas 2009 – Did you get what you wanted?
So Christmas has come and gone and the haze from over eating and drinking is beginning to lift. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and are now recharging those batteries for New Years Eve. So did you get what you wanted this year under the Christmas tree? This year as a family we scored a family Nintendo Wii, …
Spike VGA: All the Winners
The Spike Video Game Awards were held over the weekend and one of the benefits of not having unlimited bandwidth is that I wasn’t able to watch it all live because according to the rumours the actual ceremony itself wasn’t very good. But we only really care about who the winners were and what new games were announced so without …
Time Magazine lists it's Top 10 videogames of the year
Time Magazine is probably the most respected mass circulation magazine in the world and as such whenever they post a Top 10 of some sort people generally pay attention. When it comes to videogames though I am not sure they have the same clout. But whether we like it or not they have put together a Top 10 list and …
New Super Mario Bros is kak hard apparently
I admit it, I am overly excited for the New Super Mario Bros game that is about to be released next month. It’s Super Mario with 4 players, co-op… I couldn’t think of a better family game if I tried. And now it’s just got better, apparently the game isn’t straight forward and will take a reasonable amount of ability …
New Super Mario Bros gets a PAL release date
For anyone who was hoping that the Wii’s sales would drop this silly season I have some bad news for you. For the rest of you I have some great news. Nintendo have announced that their cult hit New Super Mario Bros will be released in PAL areas on the 27th of November just in time for the huge Christmas …
Nintendo DS to Achieve 100 Million Lifetime Sales
The Big N’s dual-screened handheld has sold plenty. How much plenty exactly? As of December 31, 2008, the official global DS sales tally was 96.22 million, and according to one of Japan’s leading economic newspapers, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, sales are expected to surpass the 100 million mark this month. That’s a heck of a lot of plenty. The DS which …
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