Their Super Mario Maker level even has an eggplant Coming off ofBabymetal(what a lively comment thread that was!), it makes sense Nintendo would go with something more familiar for the nextSuper Mario Makercostume. The Ice Climbers? Why, sure! We haven’t seen that dynamic duoin a whileand, heck, they’re originally from an 8-bit game, so the transition to theSuper Mario Bros.style should be fairly straightforward. Seems like a safe bet, all around....
As good as a super old game can look I’m pretty excited forRare Replay. It’ll give me an opportunity to show my wife and friends a handful of games from my childhood, and I’m actually more excited to replay the retro goodies likeSnake Rattle ‘n’ Rollthan some of the more popular entries. Rare has apparently been working on upgrading a few of the games, as seen here in this tweet featuringJet Force Geminiin a widescreen format....
It’ll be $4.99 on Kickstarter, and $9.99 afterwards Laboratory Games startedJudoas “a fun side project,” and at a glance, it might still look like one. But that’s part of the charm, I think. The studio brought an arcade-cabinet version of the PC/Mac game to PAX Prime last year and found that it resonated with players, which helped encourage continued development. Expect to see a Kickstarter campaign in the coming weeks....
Buy all your games again, why don’t you? Tucked away inthe descriptionof theleaked video ofDark Cloud‘s PS4 portwas some more information about thePS2 emulation on PS4, and it is sure to rustle some Jimmies. “PS2 Classics and PS2-formatted discs are incompatible with the PS4 system.” Translation: If you want to play a PS2 game on the PS4, you’re going to have to buy it again. No word on pricing of upcoming PS2 ports, but I’m sure we will find out as soon since none of this information was intended to be public just yet....
She won’t be a playable character though BioWare has confirmed that fan-favorite character Morrigan will return inDragon Age: Inquisition.Speaking to Game Informer, writer David Gaider says “It’s not a cameo. She plays a significant role,” but it was also revealed that Morrigan wouldn’t be a playable party member. Morrigan was one of the standout characters from the firstDragon Agegame but she was absent fromDragon Age II. Absence surely makes the heart fonder and the powerful witch will be the central in the new game....
Blink Dagger still no mana! Anew updatejust hitDota 2, and it brought with it another slew of balance changes in the form of the 6.81 patch. Buffs and nerfs abound, and the future of the game has changed once again. Many have claimed that the 6.80 version of the game was really damn good, and I would certainly agree. Changes had to be made to certain Heroes though, and Icefrog is not one to keep us waiting for long....
What’s the best way to celebrate the recent launch of theDSi XL? An original DSi bundle, of course! Nintendo of America is bringing an absolute doozy of a deal for anybody yet to embrace the camera-flavored DS alternative, offering a white system with a ofBowser’s Inside Story. The bundle is prices at $169.99, which is the price of a regular DSi on its own. This means you get a fantasticMario & Luigigame for free!...
I’ve gotten comfortable with the fact that the Nintendo of today is not the same company I was once enamoured withas a child, and that’s ok with me — they’re still changing the face of gaming, whether it appeals to my demograpic or not. Still, I’m a person who is always happy to hear a story about kindness, and Nintendo took part in just such a story recently. GoNintendobrought us a story about a 21 year old Nintendo fan who lost the home he lived in with his parents to a disasterous fire on September 19th of last year....
General terms explained As you may have heard, Nintendo has been deleting selectSuper Mario Makerstages lately, including a series of levelsfrom popular streamers. The problem is, they don’t really explainwhythis is happening, and these bans can come without warning, citing broad strokes like “inappropriate content,” for levels that have nothing of the sort. So Nintendo came up with some new guidelines (which you can read below) that either expand upon known points or add other tidbits in, and they’re still very vague....
eShop presentation at Full Indie Summit highlighted commitment to the little guys For all of Nintendo’s shortcomings in dealing with major publishers, the Kyoto giant has been makinggreat stridesin courting independent developers. Just this past Saturday at theFull Indie Summitin Vancouver, Nintendo of America’s manager of business development,Dan Adelman, took to the stage to explain how easy it is to get software up on Wii U’s eShop. Though no official transcript of the talk exists, Nintendo Life’s Jon Wahlgren was on site totweetthe best bits....
We need more publishers to do the same While I’m definitely grateful for the long shelf life of recent consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360, there comes a time where having progress impeded by previous and current-generation co-development gets old. In an era where it feels like a port is announced every week, it would be nice to see more real current-gen games. Thankfully, Nippon Ichi Software is striving to do just that going forward with the PS4 and Vita....
UK’s ASA looking into marketing on Steam, elsewhere Nearly two months after its launch,No Man’s Skycan’t seem to catch a break.Eurogamer has confirmedthat the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is launching an investigation intoNo Man’s Sky’s advertising after receiving “several complaints” from disgruntled customers. The primary investigation revolves around the game’sSteam store page, which shows off some features not found in the final game. One of the complainantsposted their list of grievances on Reddit, along with the ASA’s response....
Nvidia, the giant GPU manufacturing company, is now the world’s most valuable company in terms of market capitalization. The company has overtaken Microsoft to reach the pinnacle with $3.33 trillion in market cap, edging past Microsoft’s $3.31 trillion market cap, as per stats onMarketcap(viaGamespot). After the top two spots, Apple is ranked third at $3.2 trillion, followed by Google’s parent company Alphabet which has a market cap of $2.17 trillion. Amazon is the fifth most valuable company with its market cap at $1....
