News - 2013, Week 51

Sunday22nd Dec 2013

  • News GamePad High Capacity Battery Now Available in North America

    From the Nintendo Store

    Earlier this year Nintendo finally released an official high capacity Wii U GamePad battery, which promises to boost a typical charge from around 3-5 hours of playtime to roughly eight hours. Aside from the case of the most dedicated marathon gamers, the battery can potentially make the blinking red light of doom a thing of...

  • News Nintendo Reiterates Confidence That the Wii U Can Compete

    "We’re standing apart offering variety and value"

    The Wii U's year to date, though undoubtedly showing upward momentum of late, hasn't yet hit the targets that Nintendo has set. It's looking like a statistical long shot that it'll come particularly close to the company's nine million sales target for the financial year, which will have Satoru...

  • Feature 12 Days of Christmas - Fire Emblem's Awakening

    Long-running strategy RPG dodges permadeath with one of the year's best

    There were greater commercial and critical successes than Fire Emblem: Awakening's in this Year of Luigi, but none could be as sweet. The underdog series finally saw the acclaim that it deserved from a mass audience for a banner year, one in which the stakes couldn't have been...

  • Review Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge (3DS eShop / NES)

    Challenge accepted

    What do you get when you combine the River City Ransom theme with Track and Field-style gameplay? You get Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge. The game takes the street gang theme and creates some fitting Olympic-style events to go along with it. It sounds like a mouth-watering proposition, but sadly while the unique urban...

  • Review My Style Studio: Hair Salon (3DS eShop)

    Crimped style

    Remember that toy where you used a magnetic wand to move iron filings over a drawing of a guy’s head, creating hair, moustaches, and eyebrows? My Style Studio: Hair Salon feels a bit like that, except with less personality and sense of joy. The Hair Salon does offer you more options, in certain ways. There are five “customers”...

  • Feature A Year in Development - Renegade Kid

    A Q & A with Jools Watsham on 2013

    In the second of our "Year in Development" mini-series, we sit down for a Q & A with Jools Watsham, co-founder and main spokesman for Renegade Kid. We already reported on confirmation of Mutant Mudds Deluxe content as a free update on 3DS, and below is the full manuscript that focuses on the studio's year, from...

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Wednesday18th Dec 2013

  • News UK Magazine EDGE Names Nintendo Publisher Of The Year

    Fire Emblem and Super Mario 3D World considered two of 2013's best games

    Nintendo hasn't had the best year, what with the Wii U underperforming and third party support on the wane, but there have been some incredible highs to consider — including a robust performance by the 3DS and some amazing first-party releases. As if to acknowledge...

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