In anticipation of the Academy Awards this weekend, Nintendo has come up with its own strange twist on the event. In order to celebrate the 2015 Oscar nominees, they’ve decide to address who they believe should walk away with one of the statuettes – that is for imaginary categories. This latest PR effort from Nintendo …
Sound On Sight is dedicating all of February to spotlight one of our favourite companies, Nintendo. Kicking off our month-long theme was our list of the 100 greatest Nintendo games, and it shouldn’t be a surprise that Super Smash Bros. for the WiiU and 3DS made the cut. In my brief capsule review I called …
There are few titles in established series’ that evoke so much ire as Metroid: Other M. As a member of Nintendo’s Big 3, along with Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda, Metroid had a long and treasured history behind it long before Other M came around and mucked with its legacy, taking the series to a full stop in the process.
From 1985 to 1990, Nintendo basked in the spotlight. Video games were thriving thanks to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Nintendo controlled 90% of the video game industry in the United States. Of course this could not last forever. Sega worked quietly behind the scenes to create a mascot that would knock Mario down …
After launching just before Christmas in Japan and Australia, Nintendo’s upgraded 3DS finally makes its way across the waters to Europe and North America. But are there enough improvements to justify trading in your old console? Read on to find out whether the New 3DS is worth your cold, hard cash, or if you’re better …
In his not-quite seminal but still very good 1998 essay “F/X Porn,” David Foster Wallace dissects the lasting legacy of James Cameron’s mega-blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (Well, more accurately, he examines the enduring stain left by Cameron’s film on the modern action movie, but whatever.) The essay doesn’t offer much in the way of …
When you think of Nintendo, you probably have a certain blue overall wearing mustachioed man in mind. I’d wager that not one person would say Kid Klown despite having two solid releases on the NES and SNES. The vibrant and humorous forgotten series stars Kid Klown, a young clown with a heart of gold and Sonic the Hedgehog hair who fights through crazy worlds and wacky situations to reunite with those important to him.
On Friday, February 6, The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article claiming that Nintendo and Netflix were working together to produce a live-action Legend of Zelda TV series. The source of the news, listed only as “a person familiar with the matter,” claims that the show will follow the familiar premise of a young boy, …
This year is the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s symbolic character Mario – which means it has also been 30 years since the Nintendo Entertainment System made its way to North America. In celebration, we’ve decided to not only dedicate an entire month to the Japanese monster, but rate the 100 best games they’ve released in …
A world destined for ruin lives out its final days as the face of simultaneous malevolence and indifference plummets from the sky. A lost hero is obligated to save a foreign land based on sheer morality and the will to reunite with a good friend. Three days remain before the end of the world, time and time again.
Nintendo has been the most enduring and influential company in the gaming medium and its consoles. Branding and innovative game achievements have given the company a momentous status in popular culture. And so 30 years after the NES hit North American shores, we’ve decided to compile a list of the 100 greatest Nintendo games. Here …
Nintendo celebrated its 125th Anniversary last year, with the company founded on 23rd September 1889 in Kyoto, where its headquarters remain. The company has had an extraordinary history, originally producing handmade handful playing cards and several small niche businesses (including a cab service and luxury hotels), but since 1977, Nintendo has grown into one of …
When Resident Evil originally hit the shelves in 1996, the term “survival-horror” was born. Though there were other darkly-themed experiences, such as Clock Tower, Resident Evil became known as the ultimate horror-gaming experience, with elements missing from the competition such as complicated puzzles, mysterious conspiracies, and most importantly, some genuine scares.
The Nintendo Wii U is without question, the underdog of the console market, even if it is the best console on store shelves right now. For gamers like myself, the most important difference between the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Wii U is the amount of exclusive games they offer. Sure, they have differences in …
Have you ever been the early adopter of a console only to have the same console be released soon after, but with a cooler design? This is no longer an issue with the New Nintendo 3DS! Or, at least, it shouldn’t be. You see, one of the coolest features of the New Nintendo 3DS, as …
It’s been a bit of a strange experience dealing with the virtual console on the Wii U. From the dual menus, one that offers games currently available on the Wii U virtual console, and the other only showing games that the player has previously downloaded for their Wii, the system comes across like a bit …
Although e-sports have long been a part of video game culture since the early 70’s, competitions saw a large surge in popularity in 1989 when Universal Pictures produced The Wizard, about a trio of kids who make their way to a national Nintendo video game championship (Video Armageddon) for a grand prize of $50,000.
When the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim was released in 2010, it was like an explosion of colour and two-tone jingles. To the casual eye, the film is a classic – albeit awkward – love story between Scott (Michael Cera), a loveable loser, and the intriguing yet aloof Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). In order to date her, Scott has to defeat the League of Evil Exes – Ramona’s exes. All seven of them.
How does the Ocarina of Time from the Legend of Zelda really work? YouTube channel #mashed has released the following animated video that takes a look at the impossible science behind the Ocarina of Time from the 1998 hit video game of the ongoing Legend of Zelda series. For the unfamiliar, The Legend of Zelda: …
Last night at the Game Awards, Reggie Fils-Aime delivered a show-stopper of an announcement, revealing that the new Legend of Zelda title was coming along a lot quicker than initially expected. From there, he deferred to Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto who engaged in banter about the game while letting details slip about a new Star Fox title and the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask remake for the 3DS.
Nintendo’s smash hit (too easy?) Super Smash Bros is back after a long break of almost two months. Yes, I am playfully referring to the recent release of Super Smash Bros for 3DS, but make no mistake; Super Smash Bros Wii U is a very different game from its 3DS counterpart.
While there’s a long and varied laundry list of games that have challenged you to save the world, and more than a few that have challenged you to destroy it, Blast Corps must be the first game to task you with saving the world by destroying it.
Nintendo has announced it will be re-releasing the cult classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for it’s trailblazing handheld in the spring of 2015, which is also the 15th anniversary of it’s release. As the follow-up to the genre-defining classic, Ocarina of Time, fans will recall that Majora’s Mask had some pretty big shoes to fill upon …