The Wii U GamePad is an interesting piece of technology that holds a lot of potential and possibilities. With such an interesting and unique piece of technology, it was only a matter of time before hackers started to explore what the controller could do. Not too long ago at the Chaos Communication Congress conference, hackers…
Today’s Super Smash Bros. 4 “pic of the day” features the recently revealed roster addition, Princess Zelda, with a snazzy new attack in the Wii U version of the game. Series director Masahiro Sakurai explains on Miiverse: “Zelda’s strong side attack. It’s a slash attack that utilizes her magic to make even a simple slash…
For those of you who like numbers, we have an update concerning the eShop charts for the 3DS and Wii U. These charts feature the top 20 games, and you will be pleased to know that the Zelda franchise ranked rather well. Five Zelda titles made it in the top ten of the 3DS chart,…
After a brief hiatus, the official Super Smash Bros. site‘s “pic of the day” has returned with a bang. Via Miiverse, series director Masahiro Sakurai reveals new information on the upcoming fighting games on Wii U and 3DS: “There will be trophies in the 3DS and Wii U games, and each version will boast different…
With the Pokémon series containing 718 entries to the Pokédex, why not add ten more to make it a nice 728? Why 728 you ask? Maybe Official Nintendo Magazine UK chose ten Nintendo characters to re-imagine as Pokémon because ten seems like a logical, even number. Or maybe perhaps the Official Nintendo Magazine UK knew…
While the Famicom was known as the NES outside of Japan, the change of name wasn’t the only differentiating factor between the two consoles; the design of the consoles was also quite different. Whereas the NES was designed to look like a front-loading VCR, the Famicom had a top-loading cardtridge port, and the controllers were…
Are you still looking for a calendar for the New Year? Do you still have some old 2013 calendars lying around, and want a nice 2014 wall calendar? If so, then take a look at this official The Legend of Zelda 2014 Wall Calendar! This 16-month wall calendar is currently being sold on Amazon for less…
Nintendo fans woke up this morning to some good news: the eShop is now available and operational across all platforms! Nintendo stated on their Twitter that they did not anticipate any further outages. As for me, I’m off to go use my Wind Waker HD download code! Source: Twitter
Today is the 28th which means that Christmas is officially over. Those of you who received eShop cards or a new Nintendo console on Christmas day are probably disappointed, as the Nintendo eShop has been more or less down since then. New console owners are unable to download content from the eShop, and are experiencing…
GoNintendo recently spoke to Zelda Williams, but that wasn’t their only guest of honor this week. They also had the opportunity to get a statement from Reggie Fils-Aime, Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America. Although this marks the 10th anniversary of Reggie’s time with Nintendo, his relationship with Nintendo started long before he was…
Club Nintendo members that reached gold or platinum status last year have already started to receive their rewards this past week. We’ve already covered unboxing videos of the poster set and calendar, and now footage of unboxings of the Majora’s Mask soundtrack have arisen! YouTube users darig0n and NoahTheNintendoNerd have posted up videos showcasing the…
Nintendo released a very quirky, unexpected game yesterday called NES Remix. The game is essentially a giant mash-up of NES games, with unique challenges for different games presented. Certain “remix” levels are also present, in which some new twists are added to a game. There are a ton of Zelda ones in here too;…
Seattle-based news station King5 recently sat down with Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO of Nintendo of America, for an interview. The interview was conducted by Renay San Miguel, and a lot of interesting topics were covered. Reggie discussed the sales of the Wii U, and what Nintendo plans to do in the future to continue…
One of the big announcements from today’s Nintendo Direct was the announcement of a Zelda spin-off. In the midst of all the buzz surrounding it, you might have missed out on another game that includes a character from the Zelda franchise. Nintendo announced the NES Remix, which is a compilation of 16 classic NES games,…
Nintendo opened today’s Nintendo Direct with quite a bang. Nintendo announced that they will partner up with Tecmo Koei, developers of the Dynasty Warriors series, to develop a Zelda spin-off game, tentatively titled “Hyrule Warriors.” To be clear, Iwata emphasized that the game is not Zelda Wii U, and should not be considered to be…
