Fans of the original 8-bit Kid Icarus had to wait almost 25 years in order to get a fully fledged sequel to the side-scrolling classic, and despite glowing reviews and strong sales, it seems like fans of the new 3DS Kid Icarus might have to wait just as long to see another adventure starring Pitt and Palutena.
Nintendo held another one of their regular “Nintendo Direct” streaming press conferences tonight, and while most of the hour long video was comprised of trailers for games we’ve already heard about, Nintendo did have a few surprise announcements to make.
The first trailer for the latest Pokemon title has been released and its chalk full of gameplay footage. It shows off the new animations for trainers as well as the legendary Pokemon that will make an appearance. Each of which you can see on the games cover, but you can see them action in the video as well.
Have you ever been playing the excellent Total War: Shogun 2 and thought to yourself “Well, this is good, but it’d be better with Pokemon.” Well, if that highly improbably thought has ever crossed your mind, you’re in luck — Nintendo announced today that their previously Japan-only monster battling/feudal warlord sim will invade US shores on June 18th.
Feel like buying a game this week? Well, why buy one game when you can get three! Both Amazon and Target are running a sale this week that should make frugal gamers (read: broke-ass bastards) very happy.
Etrian Odyssey, the bastard-hard, first-person dungeon crawler has gotten good reception on the first three games for putting emphasis on gameplay and making it a challenging but balanced game. A fourth one is in the works for the 3DS.
Confirming earlier rumors, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced today that they are developing a brand new Pokemon RPG, entitled Pokemon Black and White 2.
According to Andriasang the 3DS Virtual Console will be expanding beyond Nintendo portables to include the Sege Game Gear. Though currently slated for release on Japan 3DSs next month, there is little doubt that a Europe and North American release will be following shortly.
The biggest surprise out of the Nintendo Direct live stream today came not from Nintendo, but rather, three of Japan’s biggest third parties: Capcom, Sega, and Namco announced that all three companies are working together on some sort of mysterious cross-over game for the 3DS. No details were revealed, but the internet is already exploding with speculation.
Sorry about that headline. I couldn’t resist.
Anyway, Japanese news outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is launching a new initiative in which the Kyoto publisher will pick up and produce entries in other publishers’ franchises. This is a bizarre move for the usually withdrawn and conservative Nintendo, but even more bizarre is the first game they’ve decided to revive: Sega’s virtual life experiment Seaman.
Radiant Historia is one of the best original handheld RPG’s ever made, and now Atlus is giving you a second chance to buy this instant classic this March.
Since day one, the name “Wii-U” has been ridiculed. If you weren’t groaning over the fact that Nintendo just lazily slapped a “U” at the end of an already criticized console name, you were one of the people making references to Ling from Kung Pow! Enter the Fist. After much debate, it looks like Nintendo agrees — the name (probably) won’t work.
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