During a presentation at GDC, Nintendo revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) was prototyped using the classic 2D, top-down style utilized by the 1986 original. Or was it?! Yes. No. Kind of. Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director for Breath of the Wild, told the …
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Super Mario Maker oozes charm – I said as much in my review back in September. It seems some of that charm is leaking out of the game and into the real world, thanks to a new series of webcomics Nintendo created called Super Mario Maker: Crash Course. This series …
Read More »Best games 2015
One of the best years in years From the rain-slick streets of Gotham City, to the arid desert of Afghanistan, 2015 has transported us across the globe and to worlds beyond. We have slain monsters for coin and breathed new life into an irradiated wasteland. The incredible size and scope …
Read More »Nintendo does Sonic a solid and puts him in a bona fide classic
Poor Sonic the Hedgehog doesn’t have the reputation he had back when he was competing with Nintendo’s moustachioed plumber, Mario. The two mascots pushed each other to great new heights in the ’90s, giving us some of the best 2D platformer games ever made. Then the revolution of 3D graphics …
Read More »Super Mario Maker comes with 100 courses to get you started
Super Mario Maker is all about creating and sharing your own cool/weird/sadistic levels online, but it’s also a fully fledged single-player Mario game. Nintendo revealed on a promotional site (opens in new tab) that the upcoming Wii U game will come with 100 courses pre-built and ready to play, with …
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