Online Screen editor, Jim Norman, discusses the fascination with playing video games over and over again
Mario
Gamers need to grow up
Recently twitter was all about “Nintendogate” as developer Zoe Quinn interpreted dialogue from upcoming Wii U game, Paper Mario: Colour Splash. The dialogue in question is from a group in the game called the “Five Fun Guys” where someone’s career will be in ruins, and predicts the newspapers will call it “Shufflegate: Exposed” (because of […]
Nintendo cinematic universe
In an interview with the popular Japanese newspaper Asahi News, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima indicated that the company is considering selling the intellectual property rights of some of its most beloved characters, to film studios in an attempt to conquer the big screen. During the interview Kimishima qualified this by stating that in order to […]
Nintendo announce details surrounding the NX and next Zelda
Nintendo’s highly anticipated video game system codenamed NX finally has an official release window. An announcement made by the company on Wednesday reveals that the console will release worldwide in March 2017. Nintendo stated: For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed ‘NX’ with a brand-new concept. NX […]
Sequel-ation: 3D Super Mario
Video game series don’t get any more iconic than Mario. Initially appearing in 1981’s Donkey Kong, Nintendo’s portly plumber has enjoyed monumental success for 3 and a half decades now and is arguably the mascot of the gaming industry as a whole. The Mario series now has sales in excess of 509 million and consists […]
Sequel-ation: Luigi’s Mansion
Halloween isn’t really about being scared. Not anymore least; it’s a time to embrace what we normally find scary, to mock the terrifying, to shine a light under the bed and realise it wasn’t a monster but merely your cat, and then have a good old laugh about it. That sense of relief you get […]
What’s NX-t for Nintendo?
With ever-dwindling third-party support and the feeble offerings of another Mario Tennis game and that Animal Crossing-Amiibo title, which came from this year’s seriously overhyped digital event at E3; it’s safe to say that it’s not exactly been the best year for Nintendo. In particular, the passing of company president and gaming legend, Satoru Iwata, was […]
Standing the test of time: retro games
Tom Crawley remembers some of his favourite childhood games while asking if they can really stand up to their modern successors. Every aged gamer is familiar with that warm fuzzy feeling you get when reminiscing about your childhood days spent in front of the TV, controller in hand, beating your favourite video games. Anyone familiar […]