Archive for Category: "Rants/Opinions"

How Many Multi-Platform Titles are Skipping Wii U?

How Many Multi-Platform Titles are Skipping Wii U?

While many have expressed their frustration with the lack of third-party support on Wii U, Andrew Eisen takes it a step further by listing a ton of them… 48 to be exact.

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The Evolution of Tag Mode – An Ode to StreetPass

The Evolution of Tag Mode – An Ode to StreetPass

What exactly is an ode to SteetPass? Read on to find out!

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Pachter: “Hardware Business Makes No Sense for Nintendo”

Pachter: “Hardware Business Makes No Sense for Nintendo”

Michael Pachter, analyst for Wedbush Securities, takes a stab at Satoru Iwata and the rest of Nintendo in his latest “Pach-Attack!” video on GameTrailers.

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MiiVerse and the Future of Nintendo Forums

MiiVerse and the Future of Nintendo Forums

With Nintendo’s newest online venture, what effect will it have on the future of Nintendo-related forums?

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Thinking Outside the “?” Block: How Mario Needs to Change

Thinking Outside the “?” Block: How Mario Needs to Change

Check out this article by guest poster, Alexandre Trottier, in which he discusses “Mario Fatigue” and ways to improve the standard formula of Mario games.

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The Wii U a few Months Later: The Good and the Bad

The Wii U a few Months Later: The Good and the Bad

So, that fancy new system of yours has been out for a few months now.  How does it stack up with how you perceived it before you made the purchase?  What about all those new features it has?  Are the games worth their asking price?  What is this Miiverse and how does it work?  Well, [...]

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Where are WiiWare and Virtual Console on the Wii U eShop?

Where are WiiWare and Virtual Console on the Wii U eShop?

Something seems to be missing from the Nintendo eShop for Wii U…

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Gamer’s Vote – Vote Nov. 6th

Gamer’s Vote – Vote Nov. 6th

It’s that time of year (every 4 years) again, so go do your civic duty as gamer’s and go vote in the general election. Find Your Voting Booth 29 states have early voting, so you may already be able to vote!

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Wii U Pre-orders Sellout Nationwide

Wii U Pre-orders Sellout Nationwide

The Nintendo Wii U is expected to launch on November 18, 2012, but many online retailers have already halted pre-orders for the Wii U Deluxe. I spent all day yesterday trying to track down any remaining Wii U Deluxe consoles still floating around the Philadelphia area. I’ve gotten lucky in the past finding a clueless [...]

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Thoughts on Nintendo Direct from June 21, 2012

Thoughts on Nintendo Direct from June 21, 2012

The newest Nintendo Direct just finished about 30 minutes ago for North America. Overall,  they just threw a lot of info out in a very short time. I also had my video cut off early in the end, and start already into the 3DS XL announcement, so I felt gypped. Anyway, the 3DS XL looks [...]

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Wii U Doomed to Fail?

Wii U Doomed to Fail?

Miguel Hernandez Writer There has been much talk about the death of console gaming, with some saying devices like the iPad 3 can already put out impressive graphics for a tablet. I think its total crap. Sure smartphones can run games like Angry Birds, with 500 million playing it around the world as opposed to [...]

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Pokemon! What Do YOU Want in the Next Installment?

Pokemon! What Do YOU Want in the Next Installment?

Santiago Terrazas Writer With the recent development of news that the Pokemon Kyurem might have a different form kind of form such as Giratina did, the question that is sprung is “What can GameFreak do different this time?” For starters, GameFreak has always been able to create a new feature, wrap it up, and call [...]

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In Theory: Can Wii U Offer Next-Gen Power?

In Theory: Can Wii U Offer Next-Gen Power?

GameIndustry.biz wrote up a fairly extensive opinion piece about the power of the Wii U, have a read of this excerpt: In theory, we could look at laptops here as an example of getting powerful chips working in smaller areas. The problem here is that high-power mobile GPUs are highly ‘binned’ – they’re the pick [...]

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Zero Punctuation – Super Mario Land 3D (NSFW)

Zero Punctuation – Super Mario Land 3D (NSFW)

Zero Punctuation – Super Mario Land 3D (NSFW – Language)

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Fortune Street – GT Review Pod

Fortune Street – GT Review Pod

Monopoly, Mario, and the magic of Dragon Quest combine!

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