Ever since the original iteration of Super Smash Bros. was introduced for the N64 back in 1999, it’s been a big deal in the world of fighting games. It had somewhat humble […]
Mario Party has been serving as a non-gamer point of entry into casual, party video game playing since its first release on the Nintendo 64. Its board game setup hasn’t really changed […]
Way back when the Wii was at the height of popularity, third party games were fighting for shelf space. Many of those games have since fallen to obscurity, but there were those […]
This year’s E3 had a ton of surprises. The one I was personally most psyched for was the immediate release of Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion. Originally slated for a July release, this […]
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is one of those games that you could easily pass over for more familiar territory. E3 didn’t do it any favors, either, as it was released just as all […]
The huge Electronics and Entertainment Expo’s floors open today after a weekend of exciting conferences full of announcements. Some of them, we predicted in our pre-E3 round-up, but even so, there were […]
I’m starting to feel like an unabashed Nintendo fanboy. That might not be a great starting line to establish credibility for a review, but I can’t help but love most everything they […]
Few people know that Nintendo actually has a history before video games—notably, the first product they produced were Hanafuda playing cards. With Labo, they’ve gone back a bit to their printer roots, […]
I always felt like the minigames in Mario Party were like Lucky Charms marshmallows – the delicious prize floating amongst the mostly bland board-game-like gameplay. If you love Mario Party mostly […]
Developed by Bandai Namco, Pokkén Tournament started its life as a Japanese arcade game. Released in 2015, it was followed by a successful Wii U version released early last year. Pokkén Tournament […]
For a while there, Nintendo seemed to abandon the Metroid franchise. When the 30th anniversary of Metroid came and went last year without a word from Nintendo, most thought the series forgotten […]
Nintendo has a way of taking a genre of game that could be intimidating to some players, and making it not only accessible, but fun and fresh. Splatoon 2 harnesses all that […]
