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News: Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures Chomping Its Way To Wii U And 3DS This Year

Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures Chomping Its Way To Wii U And 3DS This Year

Waka Waka

Pac Man is one of the stalwarts of the video game industry and has been chomping his way through pellets and fruit since the 1980s. In modern gaming terms, he's featured in several games such as Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions on the 3DS, Pac-Man World on the GBA, Pac-Man World Rally on the GameCube and he was even playable on Mario Kart...

News: Fresh Pokémon X And Y Details Emerge: New Pokémon, Cover Art, Gameplay Trailer Revealed

Fresh Pokémon X And Y Details Emerge: New Pokémon, Cover Art, Gameplay Trailer Revealed

Forthcoming 3DS adventure takes place in the Kalos Region

Not excited enough about Pokémon X And Y yet? Well perhaps these fresh details regarding the upcoming 3DS title will get your juices flowing. The Pokémon Company International has delivered a large helping of fresh content, including information on the game's setting, new Pokémon and...

News: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Confirmed For This Fall in the West

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Confirmed For This Fall in the West

Will be download-only on the 3DS eShop

Update: With this release being download only, Capcom has issued a statement to Kotaku to acknowledge the disappointment around the web, and to explain its reasoning: Historically it’s been tough to attract long term retail support for Ace Attorney titles. With the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney...

Rumour: Tomodachi Collection: New Life Update to Remove Same-Sex Marriage

Tomodachi Collection: New Life Update to Remove Same-Sex Marriage

Potential disappointment for some gamers

Last week we reported on the discovery that Nintendo's Japan-only 3DS life-sim, Tomodachi Collection: New Life, included the option for same-sex marriage between men but not women — there were indications that it was an unintentional bug in the game. Web chatter suggested that some were even attracted to...

News: UK Mainstream Newspaper Declares 3DS The "Best Console Ever"

UK Mainstream Newspaper Declares 3DS The "Best Console Ever"

Rare display of common sense from The Sun

We're so used to seeing negative press for video games that it's a genuine shock when mainstream media outlets lavish praise on our beloved hobby. UK tabloid The Sun is a prime culprit when it comes to whipping the general public into a frenzy when it comes to gaming — it was one of the publications which...

News: Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Has Been Rated in Europe

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Has Been Rated in Europe

European farmers rejoice!

Japanese 3DS owners have been farming through Harvest Moon: A New Beginning since February of last year and Natsume brought the title to North America in October. Europe is yet to get its farm-hands on it, but it is coming soon as Germany's USK ratings board has given the game classification. Interestingly, this Harvest...

News: More Pokémon X & Y Details Expected in the Coming Week

More Pokémon X & Y Details Expected in the Coming Week

Pokémon Smash and CoroCoro gear up

Pokémon X & Y, as would be expected of a new generation title in the famous franchise, is enjoying a particularly lengthy, teasing buildup ahead of its anticipated October release. The most recent snippet of information was a new Mewtwo Form that'll be gracing the title; as that reveal was a month ago, we...

News: Klei Entertainment Would Like To Bring Don't Starve To 3DS

Klei Entertainment Would Like To Bring Don't Starve To 3DS

Has no concrete plans, however

Klei Entertainment's latest title is Don't Starve, a game which sees you take control of a gentleman scientist who gets transported to a freaky and mysterious world by a demon. It's currently only available on PC but a fan of the game recently asked Klei Entertainment founder Jamie Cheng on Twitter about the...

Video: This New Project X Zone Trailer Pulls No Punches

This New Project X Zone Trailer Pulls No Punches

O. M. G.

We'll be honest and say that, at times, our reporting around Project X Zone has been a little breathless and excitable, particularly when it was first announced for Japan. It's a crossover of Capcom, SEGA and Namco Bandai IPs that names Monolith Soft — of Xenoblade Chronicles fame, to name just one — as a developer on the project. And...

News: Pokémon Tretta Lab Coming to the 3DS This Summer in Japan

Pokémon Tretta Lab Coming to the 3DS This Summer in Japan

Includes a large Tretta Scanner

Last year, Nintendo and Marvelous AQL joined forces to develop an arcade game for Japan, Pokémon Tretta. Players collect different Tretta - small discs that you scan into a machine - call out whichever Pokémon it features and send them off to battle; if you win, you get more Tretta. It has come to light that the...

News: Nintendo Has A Sense Of Humour About Poor 3DS Battery Life

Nintendo Has A Sense Of Humour About Poor 3DS Battery Life

Animal Crossing: New Leaf pokes fun at the poor stamina of handheld

One of the few things that really irks us about the 3DS is the poor battery life. The demands of powering two screens (one of which is 3D), running a wireless connection and juicing up those stereo speakers is clearly too much for the console's internal power supply, and as a result...

News: CNN Money: Nintendo Is "Tone Deaf" To Industry Trends And Has "Lost Touch With Reality"

CNN Money: Nintendo Is "Tone Deaf" To Industry Trends And Has "Lost Touch With Reality"

Time for more gloomy predictions

Toot toot! The Doom & Gloom Express is pulling into the station, making another stop en route toward the predicted potential downfall of Nintendo! Who’s that stepping up to get their ticket punched? Why, it’s tech writer Adrian Covert at CNN Money! In a piece entitled “Nintendo’s big problem”, Covert...