Get Your Gold, Children of the Sun! Many of the people who read this blog will probably be too young to remember Nickelodeon when it had just changed its name from the Pinwheel Network. From the beginning until the late nineties, the network was known for it's high quality kids shows, some imported from around …
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IGN Nintendo Rushes For the Door Warning to readers: This is an opinion piece and likely to ruffle some feathers. IGN Nintendo has taken some powerful hits of late. Audrey defected to Nintendo for a dream job as a localizer at Nintendo Tree House. Rich is on his way out to start a job at …
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Taking Stock of the Madness The Disappointment Let's start with the bad news. Nintendo seems to have had a premature megatonnage. Those who follow the regular Nintendo Direct presentations were bound to be disappointed by this E3. Most of the titles on display were announced in earlier Nintendo Direct presentations. That means two things though: …
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It's Almost Time to Party! With the 3DS printing money, Iwata staring at fruit and veggies, and Nonspecific Action Figure giving his seal of approval, you know that the E3 Nintendo Direct is days away! The hype train has left the station and is well on its way. Many fans of all video game persuasions …
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This Is A Big Deal The latest news from Nintendo is rather shocking for retro and old school gamers. The next title in the Sonic series, called "Lost World", is to be (get this) EXCLUSIVE to Nintendo platforms. Let that sink in, my fellow old gamers... Nintendo. Exclusive. Sonic. The Rivalry Some people uninitiated in gaming, or perhaps …
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OK. I must be getting old. I can hear the comments now; That I'm stuck in the past, being stubborn, or not seeing things from a business perspective. But I've got to get this off my chest: I am completely against the new pricing models game companies are forcing on gamers and I refuse to …
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Everyone knows about the recent Nintendo Direct with the Nintendo news blowout everyone has been waiting for. But in case you've been living under a rock, here is a quick roundup: Wii U OS Updates to address speed in spring and summer Wii U Virtual Console in the spring Famicom 30th Anniversary Virtual Console Program Mario 3D …
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Reggie Fils-Aime is the head of Nintendo of America. He's a Haitian, broad shouldered, slightly stiff kind of guy. He's not very charismatic. He's not the most photogenic man. He's so un-cool that it actually makes him... well, kind of cool. So why do we love Reggie? Because he tries so hard anyway! We love …
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I've had a little time to use the Wii U more and I think it's most sloppy features have to do with backwards compatibility. The original Wii did backwards compatibility right. You used all of your old accessories and simply inserted a Gamecube disk and you were ready to go. Not so with the Wii …
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OK. It's not perfect. Right now Nintendo's servers are overrun so update and purchase download times are atrocious. There is no Hulu Plus. There is no Youtube. There is no Amazon Video. Your Nintendo Network ID is tied to your system and your system only until Nintendo liberates it at an unspecified time in the future. The Nintendo TVii …
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