News - 2013, Week 45

Sunday10th Nov 2013

  • Review Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (Wii U)

    A pirate's life for Wii (U)

    Unless this is the first time you’re being exposed to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, you won’t need a telescope to notice that the landscape has changed drastically from past entries in the series. Residing in the Caribbean, you take on the role of Edward Kenway, an 18th-century pirate who dreams of obtaining...

  • Video This Is Why CoD: Ghosts Is Best on Wii U

    On point

    'The latest instalment in the phenomenally successful Call of Duty franchise launched earlier this week, and it's probably already broken all sorts of crazy sales records' - is a sentence that you've probably read every year now, since around 2007. Nonetheless, Ghosts is out now for Wii U, and we reckon it's the best version money can buy...

  • News Nintendo Land Has Been Removed From the North American eShop

    Closing its doors on downloads

    At the beginning of this month Nintendo of America cut the price of Nintendo Land in half, chopping the recommended charge from $59.99 to £29.99 in stores and on the eShop. That's certainly a tempting price for those that didn't get a copy with their system, and makes sense with new bundles mixing up the packed-in...

  • News Nintendo of America Confirms 23 Locations for its Holiday Mall Experience

    Portland, Orlando and plenty more besides

    The Holiday shopping season is nearly here — perhaps it's already started for some — and Nintendo of America is preparing to take the Wii U, 3DS and its biggest games on a tour around various shopping destinations in the US. On the Wii U we'd expect titles such as Super Mario 3D World and Wii Party U to...

Saturday9th Nov 2013

  • News Target To Offer 3DS XL Consoles For Only $149.99 On Black Friday

    We're thankful for a 90% bigger screen

    In a bid to add even more justification to your ever-growing list of reasons why you should buy a 3DS XL, US retail store Target has decided to offer the consoles at an irresistibly low price of only $149.99 each. The catch, of course, is that the deal is only available on America's most endearing of shopping...

  • Review Wii Fit U (Wii U)

    Fit for purpose

    It’s astonishing just how successful the Wii Fit franchise has been for Nintendo since it first graced our living rooms in 2008. In fact, both Wii Fit and its expanded sequel Wii Fit Plus have each sold more than 20 million copies, which is staggering when you take into account that a good number of those purchases would have...

  • Feature Why Nintendo Isn't Popular in Poland

    Rob Burgess explains how a country with 40 million people has been missed

    Earlier this year we posted an article based on a Nintendo fan's blog, which explained how difficult it was to buy a Wii U in Poland, a large European country. Rob Burgess, the author of that blog, has since written a follow up article in which he explains in a little more...

  • Review Beyblade: Evolution (3DS)

    Worth taking for a spin?

    Despite the original anime TV series coming to an end almost a decade ago, it seems that Beyblade is still very much a thing. It’s curious to think that the concept of pitting spinning top toys against one another would prove so exciting for so many in this technologically enhanced day and age, but then the world...

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Wednesday6th Nov 2013

  • News Spice Up Your Christmas Tree with These Retro Controller Decorations

    Deck the halls with retro game stuff

    For many of us, Christmas is the one day of the year where getting a new video game is pretty much guaranteed — provided you've been a good boy or girl that is. So it only makes sense that you should celebrate the day for the gaming goodness which it bestows on you, right? North American online retailer...

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  • News Academic Study Finds That Playing Games Can Increase Brain Matter

    The desire to play could also have an effect

    If you had to grow up with always listening to the admonishment that video games would “rot your brain,” you may find some satisfaction in more evidence pointing toward the contrary. A study conducted by Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Charité University Medicine St...

  • News Custom-made Luigi 2DS Now Up For Auction

    25 percent of proceeds go to Child’s Play

    The Luigi-themed 2DS console we reported on - which actually turned out to be nothing more than a convincing custom-made creation by Rose Coloured Gaming - is now up for auction. To take the Year of Luigi out in style, fans can now bid on this exclusive item until 17th November, with 25 percent of the...

  • News Supporters Needed To Rebuild NES Hero Mega Man In Lego

    From 8-bit to 8-brick

    Mega Man has always been a cherished icon since his very first appearance on the NES in 1987, and now a designer by the name of Alatariel seeks to immortalise the character further with an official Lego set. Classic stages from Mega Man 2 such as Wily's Castle and Metal Man can be seen recreated on the designer's page, and the...

  • Video Watch Eiji Aonuma Harness Link's Power To Evade Sinister Nintendo Of America Goons

    With tongue firmly in cheek, of course

    The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds grants Link the ability to turn himself into a flat painting and therefore stick to walls. This skill is used to good effect in the forthcoming 3DS epic, allowing the player to solve puzzles and reach new areas. During the recent New York Comic Con, Zelda series head...

  • News Mega Man 2.5D Beta Blasts Into View With Co-Op Play

    Fan game teams up with Proto Man on PC

    So, OK, time continues to pass and we still don't have a new and official Mega Man game to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise. We have soundtracks, USB sticks, plushies and tissue dispensers, but no game. Such is life. Thankfully Mega Man fans often fill the void, and we've seen some fan games...

  • News APEXICON - Fantasy Puzzle Combat Campaign Adds Modest Wii U Stretch Goal

    Nintendo reached out to Actos Games over word game

    We've consistently banged the drum, here on Nintendo Life, highlighting how Nintendo's support for Unity tools and HTML5 on the Wii U could bring an enticing range of download-only games to the system's eShop. One potential addition, courtesy of the HTML5 tools available through the Nintendo Web...

  • News Tappingo! Details Puzzle Their Way Into View

    Picross-ing over to the 3DS eShop

    A good while ago the main man behind Goodbye Galaxy Games, Hugo Smits, confirmed that his first 3DS eShop title would be Tappingo, a puzzle title that aims to incorporate popular ideas in a fresh way. The game maker has now been in touch with further details and screenshots, saying the following. Solve pixel art...

Monday4th Nov 2013