Like Disney remaking all of its old animated movies into live-action versions, Nintendo has slowly been remastering all of its old Zelda games to bring them to new audiences — and to remind old audiences why they loved the games so much. Unlike Disney’s live-action movies, though, the Zelda remakes are fantastic, and now that…
Image: NintendoWe’re all another seven days older and in the past week we’ve seen (among other things) a bunch of leaked early designs for the Wiimote, possibly the rarest e-Reader card in existence sold for a five-figure sum, Nintendo announce three more games for its Nintendo Switch online SNES library, and Square apparently wondering if…
© NintendoNintendo is in a particularly strong position in the games industry at present – it’s a hugely popular, talked about brand, and the company is still selling tens of millions of systems each year that – by this stage – will be increasingly inexpensive to produce. When you take relatively old, readily available technology…
You’re probably tired of E3 coverage by now, and believe us, so are we. But it’s been a week since Nintendo’s Direct, and now that the dust has settled, it’s time for us to pick our actual favourites rather than just following our adrenaline-fuelled gut feelings. Of course, this year was a little strange. In…
© NintendoThe dust has settled on the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct; the big N stuck to its usual approach ever since the ‘Digital Event’ days, of approximately 40 minutes and plenty of announcements. On this occasion, no individual game hogged the limelight to excess, as even the biggest hitters only had an assigned couple of…
© NintendoAnother week has passed, with lots of intriguing news and a certain thing still not appearing [yeah, let’s forget about that for now – ed]. We’re in that pre-E3 / Summer Game Fest period of leaks and rumours, so much fun for all! This week’s big news was confirmation of the date and time…
Another week has passed, with lots of intriguing news and a certain thing not appearing. You know what we mean, but let’s focus on stuff that actually happened. SEGA hosted its first Sonic Central, which confirmed three games and various other cameo appearances to celebrate 30 years, more games arrived on Nintendo Switch Online, there…
© NintendoWhat’s that sound? Well, if you listen very closely you can just about hear the E3 hype train approaching in the far distance. Ready to jump aboard? In the past seven days Nintendo announced a bunch more retro titles for Nintendo Switch Online, as well as a lovely new Skyward Sword amiibo that’s caused…
© E3When E3 revealed that it would run a digital event this year, it drew interest because of some notable participants – in particular, Nintendo and Xbox – but also plenty of weary sarcasm to match the buzz. E3 as an event arguably only has itself to blame if some feel jaded or downright indifferent…
Nintendo LifeAfter a long, tiring old year, Animal Crossing: New Horizons needs a shot. No, not the shot in the arm currently being rolled out across the planet with varying degrees of alacrity — we’re talking about a caffeine shot from the series’ purveyor of finest roasted bean juice, Brewster. The damn fine coffee of…