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Review: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)

A monstrous portable adventure

Back when the 3DS handheld was looking for saviours during the Holiday season of 2011, a certain mustachioed plumber was joined in Japan by Monster Hunter 3 G, an expanded version of the popular Wii title Monster Hunter Tri. Its sales were eye-catching and reflective of the fact that handheld Monster Hunter titles are...

News: Preorder Both Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Versions At GAME, Get A Free T-Shirt

Preorder Both Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Versions At GAME, Get A Free T-Shirt

Suit up for the hunt

UK retailer GAME has confirmed that customers who preorder both the Wii U and 3DS versions of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will receive an exclusive T-Shirt which should make them the envy of their fellow hunters. In a similar offer, UK online store ShopTo has announced that those who preorder either the Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate...

News: LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins Hitting Europe On April 26th

LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins Hitting Europe On April 26th

Potential block buster

Nintendo has confirmed that LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins will launch in Europe on April 26th. That's not long after the North American launch, which happens on the 21st. The 3DS title is a prequel to the Wii U version, which launches in the region on March 28th — the North American release takes place today...

News: Youkai Watch Releasing This Summer in Japan

Youkai Watch Releasing This Summer in Japan

One to watch out for

Level-5's latest project is Youkai Watch, a 3DS game about a young boy who acquires a special wristwatch that allows him to see ghostly creatures in his environment. Using his own ghosts he can battle them and stop townsfolk from being haunted - such a nice boy. Youkai Watch has now been given a more concrete release, with...

News: Next Level Games on Working With Nintendo to Create Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Next Level Games on Working With Nintendo to Create Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Miyamoto demanded a multiplayer experience to rival Mario Kart

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is being released on the 3DS at the end of this month. It's been developed by the Canadian studio Next Level Games, the team behind a host of Nintendo games such as Punch-Out!!, Mario Smash Football and Mario Strikers Charged. There's no doubt that landing the...

News: Nintendo Responds To Guilty Verdict In 3D Patent Case

Nintendo Responds To Guilty Verdict In 3D Patent Case

"Nintendo is confident that the result will be set aside"

Nintendo has responded to the guilty verdict issued in its case against former Sony inventor Seijiro Tomita, who won $30.2 million in damages after insisting that Nintendo stole his idea for 3D display technology. The statement reads as follows: A jury awarded $30.2 million in damages to...

News: Nintendo Loses 3D Patent Case Against Former Sony Inventor

Nintendo Loses 3D Patent Case Against Former Sony Inventor

Ordered to pay $30.2 million in damages

A few weeks ago, we reported that Nintendo was being taken to court by former Sony staffer Seijiro Tomita, who insisted that the Kyoto company stole his idea for glasses-free 3D screens and used it on the Nintendo 3DS. Tomita's claim was that he demonstrated the tech to Nintendo in 2003, and that several of...

News: Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode is Double The Length of The PSP Version

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode is Double The Length of The PSP Version

Will feature over 160 digital monsters

Last month we reported that the 3DS would be getting an updated version of the PSP game Digimon World Re:Digitize in Japan. All we knew was that it will include a couple more story chapters and would have an extra word chucked on the end of it for good measure. Yes, Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode certainly...

News: Apollo Justice Returns in Ace Attorney 5

Apollo Justice Returns in Ace Attorney 5

Justice is blind

More news on Ace Attorney 5 has been promised by Capcom but as of yet we've had no major announcement. However, we have learnt — thanks to a picture in the latest Famitsu magazine — that Apollo Justice is making a return in the upcoming game. The picture shows the young attorney as we've never seen him before. He's still...

News: Sakurai: Online Play Will Be Improved in Upcoming Smash Bros.

Sakurai: Online Play Will Be Improved in Upcoming Smash Bros.

"We've learned a lot about net play since Brawl was released"

Super Smash Bros. Brawl was one of the few Wii games to venture online. By delving into the Nintendo WFC players from all four corners of the world could brawl with each other in what was a decent experience in some battles, and a more turbulent one in others. Unfortunately, as with most...

News: Official Pokémon Facebook And Twitter Pages Tease Pikachu-Related Announcement For Tomorrow

Official Pokémon Facebook And Twitter Pages Tease Pikachu-Related Announcement For Tomorrow

Let the Pikachu out of the bag already

Earlier this week, Nintendo of America released a TV commercial promoting upcoming title Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity for the 3DS, but there was also a sneaky glimpse of the limited edition Pikachu 3DS XL in the advert. This got quite a few people excited, as the special edition handheld is...