Nintendo News, Reviews & Previews

Posted 10 hours ago

The Future of Nintendo: How Wii U might be Nintendo's biggest gamble yet

Nintendo have a way with consoles. Specifically, that way involves announcing an exciting new format with a metric ton of potential, and then hiding it behind a Wizard Of Oz-style curtain, leaving everyone guessing for months of end. While we seem to know a bit more about Ninty's latest platform than we did about the 3DS - and Wii U's iPad-like controller is certainly easier to describe to another person than glasses-free 3D - we're still in the dark to an alarming degree. Read more… 14

Posted 1 day ago

Wreck-It Ralph: Meet the creators behind Disney's love letter to games

Having shown us the secret lives of toys, bugs, and self-aware robot vacuum cleaners, it was inevitable that someone would make an animated movie about what videogames. That it would centre on a disgruntled bad guy who's grown tired of being the bad guy is, however, a wrinkle we didn't see coming. We quizzed Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore, Art Director Mike Gabriel and co-writer Jennifer Lee talk about their inspirations... Read more… 7

Posted 2 days ago

CVG Classics: 'Nintendo poised to enter 32-bit war!'

It's that time of the week... when we run home and play FIFA until we fall asleep to the sound of a disgruntled Xbox Live opponent wondering why we won't kick off the second half. Read more… 17

Posted 3 days ago

US Nintendo downloads: Fatal Fury, The Denpa Men

All this week's latest digital content on Nintendo platforms

Posted 3 days ago

Assassin's Creed 3: Latest trailer shows Boston Tea Party

Ubisoft's media onslaught continues... 3

Posted 4 days ago

ONM reviews FIFA 13 Wii, 3DS

Wii version is "exactly the same game as FIFA 12," claims mag 6

Posted 4 days ago

Assassin's Creed 3: Even more screens released

Ubisoft threequel due out next month 2

Posted 4 days ago

Ex-Rare devs seek Twitter support for 'Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor'

New studio hopes to deliver an original project with the essence of the N64 classic 21

Posted 4 days ago

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning hits 3DS on November 6

Pre-order Anniversary edition for a 12-inch cow plushie

Posted 4 days ago

Black Ops 2 Zombies reveal trailer stumbles in

First gameplay footage of the new zombies mode 12

Posted 4 days ago

Wii U: Nintendo confirms US launch line-up

Mario, ZombiU, FIFA 13 out on day one 13

Posted 5 days ago

Just how will Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate work with the Wii U and 3DS?

Monster Hunter's leading man Ryozo Tsujimoto explains it all

Posted 5 days ago

Eye candy: The best looking games of 2012

We may be coming to the end of a generation, but developers are still wringing out eye-spanking visuals from current console hardware - so much so, that we're now seeing games that would have been inconceivable five years ago. High time, then, that we gift-wrap the best-looking games of 2012 into one handy, alphabetical list. The only qualifier? They must have been released this year. Don't agree? Comment below! Read more… 25

Posted 5 days ago

Black Ops 2 zombies: First screens

Latest Call of Duty mode set for full reveal tomorrow 15

Posted 6 days ago

Platinum on Japan dev 'decline': 'There are tons of terrible Western studios too'

Studio's Inaba says way Japanese devs are lumped together is "a joke" 46

Posted 6 days ago

Nintendo Japan to release new 3DS XL colour

Blue x Black out October 11 1

Posted 6 days ago

Videos: 12 minutes of Assassin's Creed 3 gameplay

CVG's Andy Hartup shares his play impressions 1

Posted 6 days ago

Platinum Games pondering self-published PC projects and Kickstarter funding

Inaba wants to make games for Nintendo 3DS too 3

Posted 6 days ago

The Wii U does not mean the death of the Wii

According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime there are "still millions" of potential buyers 11

Posted 6 days ago

Assassin's Creed 3 plot leaves possible sequels 'plenty of room to play'

Ubisoft's iconic series concludes trilogy, but doesn't end the story 4

Posted 6 days ago

Assassin's Creed 3: Monster 3-hour playthrough, new gameplay videos

"We're going to drop you guys into Memory Sequence six - that's about half way through the game," says Steve Masters, lead game designer on Assassin's Creed 3, who introduces my very first hands on with the game. "And basically, you can just do what you want from there". The rest is white noise. I've stopped listening. Read more… 10

Posted 7 days ago

Nintendo to region-lock the Wii U

Company kettles consoles by continent 46

Posted 7 days ago

Bayonetta 2 'wouldn't exist without Nintendo,' says Platinum

Inaba continues to defend Wii U partnership 22

Posted 7 days ago

Project X Zone opening cinematic is one for the anime lovers

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