A collection of short stories, reviews, and other odd things
About ten-twelve years ago or so, Nintendo’s website had a fully-functioning forum with accounts and a very active community. One of the features of your account was that you could register your games on the site. I can’t remember exactly Continue reading A thought on the cancellation of Club Nintendo
What started as a super-hyped action-over-exploration take on the Metroid series, after its first cutscene, quickly devolved into ruining everything that made Samus’ character special by turning her into the most cliche tropey girl with daddy issues ever and solidifying Continue reading Metroid: The Baby The Baby The Baby Review
Earlier this year, Hyperkin released their long-delayed ‘next gen’ clone console, the RetroN 5– a system that boasts the ability to play games from five different types of cartridge digitally in HD. Think of it as an emulation machine for Continue reading RetroN 5 Review: A Modern Answer To Retro Needs
Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube began life as a late-era Nintendo 64 title called Dobutsu no Mori (lit. ‘Animal Forest’). As the story goes, when it was decided to bring it westward, Nintendo of America had the task of Continue reading Animal Crossing Review
[This review was written for Gamnesia.com as part of the Throwback Thursday series of retro reviews.] Kirby’s Dream Land 2, the direct sequel to the Game Boy title that started the franchise, sees Kirby returning to Dream Land to find Continue reading Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Review
Out of all of the gameplay videos and trailers out there, this is the first one that’s made me legitimately excited to play the game. Despite the critics saying it’s the same old Mario, and it’s just a bland addition Continue reading Extended French NSMB2 Trailer
And yet Metroid’s 25th came and went without so much as a cough from Nintendo. Maybe they’ll do something nice for Metroid’s 30th.
I’ve been debating getting this unit since its announcement, and this video has raised several questions for me: Firstly, the speaker says that it has the same resolution. How does that make the game output look? I’m dying to see Continue reading 3DS XL Announcement Thoughts