In a recent discussion with VGC, Nightdive Studios bosses Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman have stated that they feel the company is ready to start tackling Xbox 360 and PS3 remasters. While the company has made a name for itself remastering games from the sixth console generation and earlier, including…
I can’t believe we’re this eager to get Switch 2 news out, but Nintendo has shared a brief look at the Switch 2’s brand-new “C” button ahead of tomorrow’s Direct. On the Nintendo Today app, the latest hype video for the Switch 2 gave us a seven-second look at the…
In an astonishing turn of events, the ROM for BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 Week 1 has finally been discovered and dumped for preservation. Over the weekend, LuigiBlood (famous for their preservation efforts and Nintendo Direct leaks) announced that they were finally able to secure a copy of the previously…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was the very first Zelda game I ever got to experience, and what a good game to start off with. I was far too young to get to play it, in fact I’m not even sure I could fully talk when…
It’s almost time – three years after Eiji Aonuma confirmed its existence, the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be hitting store shelves alongside the new Nintendo Switch on March 3rd. To get everyone hyped up and ready, we’ll be running a series of articles focusing on all…
With just a month to go until the release of the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there’s plenty of reasons to reflect on Link’s past adventures. For 25 years, the formula for proper entries in the series has been nipped and tucked in many ways. Some of these…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Blue haired falchion wielding warriors join the fight for mobile supremacy, Yoshi adopts a pupper pal, and Konami reminds us it once made video games. It’s another slow week in the sales department. A slew of Toki Tori games are still significantly discounted through…
Someone call the bomb squad! Bomberman ‘94 is blowing up North American Wii U Virtual Consoles tomorrow! Redeveloped in North America under the title Mega Bomberman, Bomberman ‘94 is a faithful port of the original Japanese PC Engine version in all its unaltered multiplayer mayhem glory. Interestingly enough, it was…
Get ready to once again destroy the core and save the galaxy! The far superior version of Gradius finally warp drives back to North American Wii U Virtual Consoles tomorrow! Released on the PC Engine in Japan back in 1991, this extremely faithful port of the 1985 Arcade classic shooter…
I recently sat down with my six-year-old daughter and loaded up The Legend of Zelda on Wii U’s Virtual Console. As a lifelong Nintendo fan and a child of the ’80s and ’90s, I’ve played through the game far too many times to count, and I can barely remember my…
This weekend marked the ten year anniversary of Bplus as a licensed Nintendo developer, and Bernd Geiblinger released a special video on YouTube to celebrate. What’s most interesting about this video, though, is the (potentially unintentional) hint at two new Switch games that were previously unannounced: Bit Boy!!…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Trick-or-treating in January and a trio of Culture Brain martial arts classics roundhouse kick Virtual Consoles. It’s an anemic week in the eShop discount aisle. Amazingly fun (not to mention cheap) puzzle platformers Toki Tori and Toki Tori 3D are both still on sale…
Sharpen those Kunai and dust off your ninja garbs: Little Ninja Brothers is sneaking onto North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Rounding out today’s smattering of martial arts themed retro classics is Little Ninja Brothers: the second, far superior game in the Super Chinese series after Kung-Fu Heroes. The…
Super Chinese and Culture Brain fans have another reason to celebrate tomorrow’s eShop offerings: Kung-Fu Heroes is officially dropkicking North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Originally released in arcades back in 1984 and eventually ported to the NES in 1986, Kung-Fu Heroes is basically 8-bit one-punch man on steroids….
Martial arts students still tired of waxing Mr. Miyagi’s car take note: Secret Scrolls successor Flying Warriors is coming to the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Released back in 1991 on the NES and deeply inspired by its predecessor Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll, players assume control of…
