Fox McCloud gets GameStop exclusive statue

Categories: News, Wii U

With the upcoming release of Star Fox Zero in March, GameStop has exclusively released a limited edition Fox McCloud stone statue. The gorgeous, hand-painted statue is an officially licensed Nintendo product that brings the iconic Nintendo character to life. Standing 8” tall, this collectible that feature’s Fox’s famous flight suit…

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Birdo and Excitebike make their way to Super Mario Maker

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Wii U

With frequent updates and free costumes, Super Mario Maker continues to impress and inspire. Today we saw the arrival of the previously reported Birdo and Excitebike costumes! Both are fantastic additions to the Mystery Mushroom lineup, and along with them come some new courses inspired by their source games; all…

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Free DLC: The most welcome trend of 2015

Categories: News, Wii U

Downloadable content is a bit of a touchy subject these days. For every well-received, fairly priced piece of DLC that comes along, there seem to be two examples of half-baked, overpriced junk. While Nintendo has been effectively defying this trend with its stellar Mario Kart 8 content packs and the…

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Splatoon stage Piranha Pit coming tomorrow!

Categories: News, Wii U

For Splatoon fans, there’ll be another reason to fire up your game again tomorrow, December 29th, if you’ve fallen behind on it. Remember that video of all those inklings dancing and having fun because of their new upcoming stages? Well, there’s no word yet on the Ancho-V stage, but it’s…

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Taking a look into Super Mario Maker Bookmark

Categories: News, Wii U

Super Mario Maker Bookmark is the kind of thing everyone wanted, even if we didn’t know it until it launched. The announcement during November 12th’s Nintendo Direct was an unexpected but exciting one, giving fans of the game a hopefully easier process in finding and saving user-created levels they truly…

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Amazon's 'Best of 2015' game list

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News, Wii U

The year wouldn’t be complete without major retailers announcing their best selling, favorite and most popular products! Just today, Amazon has announced the top ten games in its editorially picked Amazon Games: Best of 2015 list. Nintendo fans will be happy to see two titles in particular among the games….

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Nintendo's data mining epidemic

Categories: News, Wii U

Let’s talk about data mining. If you’ve been paying attention to gaming news this year, you’ve probably come across at least one story about some unannounced game or piece of downloadable content being discovered or mined, by resourceful users ahead of a formal announcement. While Sony and Microsoft’s consoles certainly…

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New batch of Super Mario Maker costumes coming soon

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Wii U

The Event Courses just keep coming, and the selection of mystery mushroom costumes continues to expand. Over the holiday break Nintendo will be treating Super Mario Maker players to three new themed levels, complete with unlockable costumes of classic characters. Christmas Day sees the addition of the appropriately jolly Captain…

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