As the Nintendo Switch prepares for its official launch day, it's time to look back on some of the defining moments that made Nintendo the company it is to day, warts and all. 1956 - Hiroshi Yamauchi Visits A Tiny US Office In 1956, Nintendo was operating as a playing card company out of Kyoto.... Continue Reading →
Check out our list of every launch title you can treat yourself to when UPS brings that precious box on Friday morning! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Did you know there's a new Legend of Zelda game coming for the Switch on launch day? Bet you're glad we told you. Jokes aside, this... Continue Reading →
In 2014, Nintendo was still reeling from its repeated Wii U losses. Sales were at a record dip, and the company suffered several successive quarters of reported loss. This Friday 3rd March, Nintendo will release their latest hardware. The Nintendo Switch promises to right every wrong committed by the Wii U and looks set to... Continue Reading →
Nintendo have essentially designed the Switch so they can comfortably sit back and see if VR thrives while raking the profits in either way. I'm of the opinion that the Nintendo Switch was designed with VR firmly in mind. They can deny it as much as they like, but everything about the console's design screams... Continue Reading →
Horizon Zero Dawn is making its way across the internet after a spectacular release week. It's not out in all regions yet, and most of the web is running off of review copies, so here's our picks of the best tips to get you started on your mech-warfare adventure. Loot Loot everything you see and... Continue Reading →
Tarsier Studios' Little Nightmares has earned the company its rightful media attention, but behind the exposure, the group have been working on their first ever self-published indie VR title. The PSVR exclusive is set to release this Spring, and situates the player in a strange laboratory, facing an attentive scientist, with your hands locked in a puzzle... Continue Reading →
In each interaction we see a natural evolution of emotion that threads its way through the entire tale, and succeeds where the sudden mood swings of other narrative games seem to fall short. It's a method of storytelling that we didn't know we had a problem with until Night In The Woods came along and fixed it. ... Continue Reading →
Skyrim's emergence onto the Nintendo Switch platform has been kept fairly under wraps by all parties. Not only have we only been guessing about the giant's port to Nintendo's latest handheld console until the beginning of the year, but very little details since then have made their way to press. That trend seems to be... Continue Reading →
"The Super Soul Bros are what would happen if you jammed a 70s Herbie Hancock record into a Super Nintendo" There's no better way to open up a discussion I recently had with the funk-fusion video game jazz band Super Soul Bros. than to quote their high energy tag-line. Based in San Jose, California, the... Continue Reading →
JRPG giant, Square Enix, is at it again, and today announced a brand new IP they're naming Project Prelude Rune. The news comes alongside the official opening of the developer's new studio, Istolia, headed up by Tales' Hideo Baba. Studio Istolia will take on the development of Project Prelude Rune, and are currently advertising positions within the Tokyo-based studio... Continue Reading →
Musings of a Mario Minion 