Posts Tagged 'Nintendo'

Never Say Never: Xenoblade and The Last Story

Anyone who’s ever cared about Japanese games featuring effeminate men with ludicrously oversized swords has been following the saga of Xenoblade and The Last Story. Nintendo has had an on-again, off-again affair with localizing these two titles from prominent studios

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Never Say Never: Xenoblade and The Last Story

Anyone who’s ever cared about Japanese games featuring effeminate men with ludicrously oversized swords has been following the saga of Xenoblade and The Last Story. Nintendo has had an on-again, off-again affair with localizing these two titles from prominent studios

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Growing Up in Color

Growing up everyone had their favorite color. As a child it almost defined your life. It was somehow yours and yours alone. Your favorite color was one of the first things you innocently answered when someone asked you to describe

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Growing Up in Color

Growing up everyone had their favorite color. As a child it almost defined your life. It was somehow yours and yours alone. Your favorite color was one of the first things you innocently answered when someone asked you to describe

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Thirteen Years Later and Ocarina of Time is Still Worth Talking About

With the recent release of Ocarina of Time 3D, Mr. Iwata conducted an interview with the five directors that lead the original landmark game.  There is much reminiscing about production of the thirteen-year-old game as they discuss all of the

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Thirteen Years Later and Ocarina of Time is Still Worth Talking About

With the recent release of Ocarina of Time 3D, Mr. Iwata conducted an interview with the five directors that lead the original landmark game.  There is much reminiscing about production of the thirteen-year-old game as they discuss all of the

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3 Days After Wii U's Announcement, Its Future Already Looks Bleak

 Preface: Already, I know a lot of you will say it’s far too early to make the bold claim my headline infers. “The console isn’t coming out for another year at the earliest. A lot can change in 12-18

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3 Days After Wii U's Announcement, Its Future Already Looks Bleak

 Preface: Already, I know a lot of you will say it’s far too early to make the bold claim my headline infers. “The console isn’t coming out for another year at the earliest. A lot can change in 12-18

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Nintendo Rapid Reactions

The thing about E3 is that every year is the same: every year you expect something fantastic, and every year it just fails to deliver. Coming off a day of four disappointing press conferences, surely we could expect Nintendo to

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Nintendo Rapid Reactions

The thing about E3 is that every year is the same: every year you expect something fantastic, and every year it just fails to deliver. Coming off a day of four disappointing press conferences, surely we could expect Nintendo to

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The Future of The Xbox Brand and Shifting Marketing Strategies In The Gaming Industry

Too often we berate companies like Microsoft for being out of touch with what their consumers actually want, for exhibiting an utter lack of introspection. In the latest Microsoft Blog, however, it has becomes clear that this isn’t the case

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The Future of The Xbox Brand and Shifting Marketing Strategies In The Gaming Industry

Too often we berate companies like Microsoft for being out of touch with what their consumers actually want, for exhibiting an utter lack of introspection. In the latest Microsoft Blog, however, it has becomes clear that this isn’t the case

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Right in Front of Your Face

Elitism still is the big divide. It’s the biggest obstacle facing games today. Elitism is the belief that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive

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Right in Front of Your Face

Elitism still is the big divide. It’s the biggest obstacle facing games today. Elitism is the belief that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive

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LA Noire Will Allow Players to Skip The Action

In an effort to court a wider audience with LA Noire, Rockstar will be implementing a type skip-the-action system. “You can skip those action elements and still experience the bulk of the narrative,” states Rob Nelson, LA Noire’s art director.

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LA Noire Will Allow Players to Skip The Action

In an effort to court a wider audience with LA Noire, Rockstar will be implementing a type skip-the-action system. “You can skip those action elements and still experience the bulk of the narrative,” states Rob Nelson, LA Noire’s art director.

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Will the 3DS be relevant?

I wrote, quite negatively, about the Nintendo 3DS a couple months ago, when its lack of launch titles and low battery life were announced. Now that it’s out, we’re hearing that demand isn’t quite as strong as Nintendo would hope.

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Will the 3DS be relevant?

I wrote, quite negatively, about the Nintendo 3DS a couple months ago, when its lack of launch titles and low battery life were announced. Now that it’s out, we’re hearing that demand isn’t quite as strong as Nintendo would hope.

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The Last Story and the return of Japan only

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgtws_tFHps&fs=1&hl=en_US] Anyone whose followed video games in the past few weeks knows about the Last Story. It’s being developed by Mistwalker, the company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi once he jumped ship from Square Enix in the early/mid 2000’s, and has

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The Last Story and the return of Japan only

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgtws_tFHps&fs=1&hl=en_US] Anyone whose followed video games in the past few weeks knows about the Last Story. It’s being developed by Mistwalker, the company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi once he jumped ship from Square Enix in the early/mid 2000’s, and has

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