So, we’ve covered traditional fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, now onto Smash Bros. Smash isn’t your typical fighting game, as the focus is not on taking down an enemy’s lifebar but by racking up enough damage onto an enemy to send them flying off stage. Due to…

This E3 is being heralded as the best one for many years. Blockbuster announcements, revivals of old franchises and games long though dead have risen from the graves for studios to parade around as the conquering heroes for fans to throw money at. On first glance, this year's show is…

In probably one of the greatest collaborations in RPG history, Intelligent Systems' Paper Mario and AlphaDream's Mario&Luigi series is coming together on the 3DS in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. The two RPG universes collide, having the familiar characters from both franchises come together to fight a cavalcade of…

In a bit of a left field announcement, Nintendo have announced in their Digital Event, a 4 player co-op adventure called Metroid Prime Federation Force, a 4 player co-op shooter for the 3DS. The game will have you in the role of Galactic Federation Troopers seen in Metroid Prime: Echoes…

As all the conferences go down throughout E3 week, we wait patiently for more and more reveals to come our way. This time around we get to share that Nintendo has revealed more gameplay for Fire Emblem, now naming it Fire Emblem Fates. The game revolves around your character changing the…

Well, leaks are bound to happen before E3! Due to the Lucas update being released early for Japanese Wii Us, some lucky hackers have been able to datamine the update, revealing that the rumoured characters, Roy and Ryu are hopefully coming to Super Smash Bros in tomorrow's patch. Along with…

Update: The video has now been made private after previously just being unlisted. I imagine someone at Nintendo is not very happy right now. In what seems to be a slip up before E3, someone has got access to an unlisted video on the Koei Temco Youtube channel and leaked…

Coinciding with the release of Lucas that day, Nintendo have announced that they are holding a Smash Bros exclusive Direct at 3:40 GMT on Sunday the 14th of June. Masahiro Sakurai, the game's director will be holding the Direct and it will no doubt map out future content releases for…

The Testfires have ceased and the doors have opened. It’s time to see if Nintendo’s first attempt at a competitive online shooter has been a kraken success or an inkredible failure. From the very first time you boot up Splatoon, the game wants you to know that this is an…

Nintendo's cephalopod-themed shooter, Splatoon, has finally landed and we have already been putting in many hours into the game's multiplayer mode. With it being unlike many shooters out on the market at the moment, we'd thought we'd compile a short guide to have you splatting like the best of them.…

With it being just a month until the doors open on E3 2015, we thought we'd compile all the dates and times for the big press conferences which are happening at E3 this year, so you can make sure to tune in to every announcement. We have already put forward…

Splatoon, Nintendos exciting and original paint shooting game, currently has a demo available for download. Launching the Nintendo store will lead to prompts to download the "Splatoon Global Testfire", a beta event that will allow anyone with a Wii U to participate. However, the demo is only available at particular…

Through a series of trailers on Nintendo of Japan's Youtube channel, the company has revealed the 8 tracks and 4 new vehicles players will be able to race around in the new DLC pack for Mario Kart 8. Along with the 3 new racers of Dry Bowser, Villager and Isabelle,…

In an announcement from Bandai Namco today, the crossover SRPG Project X Zone 2 is coming to the West this autumn for 3DS. Monolith Software, the brains behind the Xenoblade series, are developing this installment of this cross-company game, with Sega, Capcom and Bandai Namco still working together to have…

The Pokemon Rumble series has seen three entries on the Wii, Wii U and Nintendo 3DS since it's launch in 2009. Combining the characters from the critter collection franchise with melee combat, it offers a very different approach to the mainstream RPG adventures from which they originated. In order to…

It has been a long time coming, but a new trailer has been revealed of the crossover title Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem. According to Nintendo, the game features an ordinary human world alongside a fantasy world in a separate dimension. Instead of the medievil or apocalytpic worlds we…

In an announcement that they claim is definitely not a joke, Nintendo is holding a worldwide Direct on April Fools' Day, to discuss the upcoming games for the 3DS and Wii U. There have been many rumours spiraling around this Nintendo Direct announcement, with there being claims that we will…

In a press conference coming out of Japan today, Nintendo and DeNA have formed a business alliance together, with Nintendo owning 10% of DeNA and DeNA owning 1.24% of Nintendo. While this may seem like dull business talk, this alliance comes with the big announcement that Nintendo will be partnering…

Just when we all thought we were off Mr Sakurai's Wild Ride, a leak from a supposed industry representative has appeared on the /v/ board of 4chan, showing screenshots of Super Smash Bros for Wii U that contain Rayman as part of the playable roster. As well as Rayman supposedly…

In their tradition of game specific presentations, Nintendo of Japan is holding a Xenoblade Chronicles X exclusive stream on the 6th of February. Take not that this presentation is not actually a Nintendo Direct, so it will not follow the usual conventions that you expect from a Nintendo Direct. Expect…

In what has been a stressful few hours for fighting game fans, the Smash Bros centric tournament, Apex 2015, is set to switch venues after a disastrous opening day at their original venue. After somebody accidentally set off a fire alarm this morning, fire marshals were called into the venue…