Posts tagged nintendo
Why We Think PETA are Attention Hacks: PETA says Mario Kills Tanooki
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, more commonly known as PETA, has launched a campaign against one of the defining icons of the 90s; PETA is shooting down Super Mario Brothers for wearing what they claim is the skin of a raccoon dog referencing the character’s ability in Super Mario Bros. 3 where Mario dons a raccoon or tanooki suit, or as PETA calls it, a raccoon dog. PETA has launched a microsite dedicated to just this issue asking for pledges and they even have a game for it. Moreover, they timed all this to coincide with the recent launch of Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land.
Beyond the Labyrinth Shiny Battle Trailer
019 January, 2012 marks the release of tri-Ace and Konami‘s 3DS dungeon crawler, Beyond the Labyrinth in Japanese shores. The video above showcases its battle system, all with shiny chains of, well, sparkles.
As of writing, there are still no plans foran English localization. But I feel we’ll get to that sooner.
Mechanics of Beyond the Labyrinth Detailed
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This week’s Famitsu has a two-page spread covering tri-Ace and Konami‘s Nintendo 3DS title Beyond the Labyrinth (ラビリンスの彼方), covering game mechanics details.
A First Look on Beyond the Labyrinth
2Resonance of Fate developer tri-Ace teams up with Konami to bring Beyond the Labyrinth (ラビリンスの彼方), the company’s dungeon-RPG Nintendo 3DS title.
Mega Man Legends 3 Project canned
Well, this is terrible news to wake up to.
Capcom has just decided not to move forward with the production of the long-awaited Mega Man Legends 3 following the cancellation of the Prototype Version. According to Capcom, the project failed to meet the criteria needed to go into full production. They also went on to comment that the cancellation had nothing to do with Capcom R&D Head Keiji Inafune’s departure. (more…)
E3 2011: A New Landscape of Gaming
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Connectivity is the official buzzword for this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3. Two of the console giants and a major Japanese video game developer focused their shows on how to bring the high definition console experience on the go. In this age where social and iOS-Andriod-based games are exponentially expanding, how will the core gaming market cope?
Thoughts: Nintendo E32011 Conference
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If a picture can say a thousand words about what Nintendo showed me just about now… it would be the picture above.
Everyone in my plurk and tumblr is raving about it, everyone in my IM is talking about it, and now every gamer who watches the Nintendo E3 Press Conference will fully realize that Nintendo is no longer joking around. (more…)
Nintendo’s Latest Console Revealing Coming This E3
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Excited to find out the newest console entering the console wars? You just have a few more weeks to wait because Nintendo seems to be ready for it come E3 this coming June.
Portal + Super Mario Bros. = Hijinks Ensue
0Portal is one of the best video games in recent history. Super Mario Bros. is one of the best video games of all time, period. Put those two together and you get something supremely awesome, right? Well, yes… and no. Actually, as evidenced in this video from the fine folks over at Dorkly, Mario becomes a bit of a dick. Not only to Bowser (we can still dig that) but even to poor old Luigi. So, what would you do with your very own portal gun?
Nintendo 3DS Online Store Opens this May- Gives People Reason to Rejoice
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A Little Inside Joke About the 3DS 
According to Nintendo, the Online store for their latest handheld device, the 3DS is going to open next month (which is frankly a few days away). In celebration of it’s opening Nintendo is giving a game to players (for a limited time) who would be trying out (or logging into) the online store.
And guess what the game is… (oh no the header isn’t a dead giveaway)
Yep… you’re getting Excitebike, oh wait but there’s more! You’re not just getting the old Excitebike, no sir, you’d be getting EXCITEBIKE 3D. That’s right the motorcross classic is getting the 3D make-over and Nintendo is handing it out for free! (more…)
