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Renegade Kid's lost Crash Bandicoot DS prototype revealed
Prolific DS/3DS developer Renegade Kid made a demo for a Crash Bandicoot DS game years ago. The test for Crash Landed was done in 2008 or 2009 for publisher Activision, according to Nintendo World Report's source, but the game was not picked up. Several Crash games were made for DS, but this was ...
Empowering your Fire Emblem: Awakening army with StreetPass
Despite the unique and interesting qualities of the 3DS' StreetPass and SpotPass functionality, I've rarely had reason to use it. So far, my favorite example of StreetPass functionality has been found in Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, where it's possible to swap Dark Notes and custom character cards. ...
Skylanders franchise up to $500 million retail sales in the US alone
The United States loves Skylanders to the tune of a whopping $500 million of retail sales, as announced by Activision this morning. Based on recently released NPD data, US boys and girls (and US older boys and girls) can't get enough of the action-RPG games and those oh-so-lucrative accessory packs ...
December NPD: 2012 sales hit $13.26 billion, Black Ops 2 leads the pack
During a period that encompassed both post-Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping and the Christmas season (November 25 through December 29), the physical retail sector of the video games industry pulled in $3.2 billion, bringing the total dollar amount spent in 2012 up to $13.26 billion, which is just ...
Why Shin Megami Tensei 4 is my most anticipated JRPG of 2013
This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer. Like many people, my introduction to ...
Fire Emblem: Awakening demo coming Jan. 17
A demo for Fire Emblem: Awakening will be released on the 3DS eShop in North America on January 17. If you only know the Fire Emblem characters from Super Smash Bros., this is a good chance to find out if you like them in their actual game. There will be more to download following the February 4 ...
NintendoWare Weekly: ZombiU demo, Hello Kitty
A demo on the Wii U eShop today will allow you to get your first taste of our #10 game of 2012, ZombiU. Perhaps that's not the best phrasing for a zombie game, but nonetheless. An NBA 2K13 demo will also be available. Meanwhile on 3DS, there's fishing, hunting, DinoPet...ting, and Hello Kitty ...
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies unravels in Japan on February 28
Luke, a true gentleman should always be aware that Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies releases in Japan on February 28. The 3DS game is the final entry in the Layton prequel trilogy, and the last to star the hatted pointer as a protagonist. Release dates for other regions aren't yet known, ...
Pokémon X, Y Legendary details: Meet Xerneas and Yveltal
You've seen them in the trailer, now find out their bizarre spellings and phonetics. The Pokemon Company tells us the Legendaries from newly announced 3DS games X and Y are Xerneas (left, ZURR-nee-us) and Yveltal (right, ee-VELL-tawl). No prizes for guessing which one's in which game. ...
Animal Crossing: New Leaf at 2.3M sold in Japan, bringing in new female 3DS owners
Japanese sales of Animal Crossing: New Leaf are at around 2.3 million, with 500,000 of those coming from digital downloads alone. Those ever-storming sales, both overall and digital, are arguably not as surprising as a stat revealed to Nikkei by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. As translated by ...
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Borrowing campaign-crafted viciousness for Tomb Raider's multiplayer mode
Posted on Jan 14th 2013 4:30PM