Nintendo officially confirms Xenoblade Chronicles for North America

This morning a mysterious image of Gamestop’s release schedule featuring Xenoblade Chronicles, as a Gamestop exclusive to boot, popped up. Later Nintendo themselves confirmed that the long awaited Wii JRPG is finally coming to North America in April 2012! Nintendo

METROID: OTHER M – Review

METROID: OTHER M is a videogame developed by Project M, published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by TAKEHIKO HOSOKAWA, YUSUKE HAYASHI and YOSHIO SAKAMOTO. Shigeru Miyamoto has had some pretty inspiring ideas in the past. The

What Goes Up, Can't Go Down

Or: Why the Microsoft Kinect and the Playstation Move are doomed to fail* Update 1: I’ve realized I needed to make the definition of what ‘fail’ meant more explicit. In this case, ‘fail’ refers to catering to the non-gamer market.

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII – Review

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII is a videogame developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii. It was directed by SHIGEYUKI ASUKE. This article contains the following types of spoilers: Description of the boss system Before

A Paean for the Old School Gamer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alsWeDp_z0k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Like a lot of games journalists, you sit down watching E3 thinking about what you’re going to write. You try to build it up as you go, and write the article in your head. Then, put it on paper.

ACTRAISER – Review

ACTRAISER is a videogame developed by Quintet, published by Enix for the Super Nintendo and by Square Enix for the Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console. The Virtual Console version was played for this review. It was directed by MASAYA HASHIMOTO. This

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS – Review

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS is a videogame developed by Nintendo EAD, published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo GameCube. The Nintendo Wii version was played for this review. It was directed by EIJI AONUMA. This article