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Your Koopa Kast Questions Here!

At 8:15PM EST  (-5 GMT),  we will be broadcasting the next episode of our Koopa Kast Podcast!  This week, we will be joined by Chris Bennion, founder of Utah 3DS StreetPass, to … Read More

PN Review: Pandora’s Tower

7.5

O.K.

Pandora’s Tower forces the player to race against the clock in order to collect flesh from enemies and bosses, in this game called “Masters”.  If the clock runs out, Aeron’s love interest, Elena, will turn into a monster herself.  In order … Read More

Let’s Play for Child’s Play II Breaks Two Guinness World Records

Earlier this week, a group of friends decided to break Guinness World Records for Video Game Marathons while raising as much money as possible for the charity organization, Child’s Play Charity.

Both the Longest Video Games Marathon Playing Mario (series) … Read More

Satoru Iwata Takes on CEO Responsibilities

Satoru Iwata, who is the current president and CEO of Nintendo, will be taking on new responsibilities as well as the title “CEO of Nintendo of America“.

Iwata will be taking over for previous CEO Tatsumi Kimishima, who will be … Read More

Wii U Virtual Console Sizzle Reel

With the announcement of the Virtual Console’s release on the Wii U next week, Nintendo has uploaded a sizzle real of it’s premiere title on the Wii U’s newest feature, some of which have already appeared as part of Nintendo’s 30 … Read More

Yoshi’s Island 3DS Video (April 2013 Nintendo Direct)

It feels like a good year for SNES vetrans, as Nintendo has announced a new Yoshi’s Island for the Nintendo 3DS.  Keen-eyed viewers may notice that the art style is similar to that of the intro and outro of the … Read More

Link to the Past 2 Preview (Nintendo Direct April 2013)

While Nintendo is working on putting up the previews of the announced games on YouTube, a user has already put a low-resolution video of The Legend of Zelda: LInk to the Past 2 preview.  We will get you the official version … Read More

[DS Update] February Contest: The View from Up Here

January’s contest is gone, but lo, over the horizon comes February’s contest!

Everyone who’s played Super Mario 64 remembers the first time they got 120 stars for the first time…They raced off to the … Read More

Ubisoft Exec Welcomes Wii U Price Cut

In an interview with Edge, Alain Corre, Ubisoft executive director for EMEA territories, was asked if he would welcome a Wii U Price cut.

“Always want the hardware to be at a low price because we want as many fans … Read More

Wii U Almost had Crysis 3

In an interview with VentureBeat last Friday, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli stated that the Wii U was extremely close to getting a port of the company’s recent release, Crysis 3.  How close were they?

“We did have Crysis 3 running on … Read More

Nintendo in Lawsuit over 3D Technology

Nintendo is entrenched in a lawsuit filed by Seijiro Tomita over what he claims is a patent infringement over 3D display without the use of 3D glasses.

In 2003, Tomita met with seven Nintendo officials in 2003 to discuss … Read More

Sakurai’s Arm and New Smash Bros.

Kotaku has recently reported that Super Smash Bros. lead designer, Masahiro Sakurai, has an arm injury that severely limits the use of his right arm.  This injury has been present for awhile, but it has now been diagnosed with calcific tendinitis.  Further injury in … Read More

Retro City Rampage comes to WiiWare (Updated)

Vblank Entertainment’s love letter to 8-bit-era gaming, Retro City Rampage, will be coming to WiiWare on February 28th, 2013.  The game was previously released on Xbox Live, PSN, and Steam to luke-warm reception.

Retro City Rampage is mainly an isometric open-world game ala Grand … Read More

Happy 27th Birthday, Legend of Zelda!

Confusing, frustrating, and short.  If any three words described my experiences with The Legend of Zelda as a kid, they would be here.  Not kind words to a game that is considered to be one of the greatest of all time, right? … Read More

Ubisoft 30% Off Sale on Wii U eShop This Week

For better or worse, Ubisoft has been in Pure Nintendo’s headlines a lot.  Don’t worry, this post is for the better…

If you mosey on over to the Wii U eShop right now, you’ll notice that all Wii U … Read More

Nintendo Heads to Gamescom 2013

Gamescom has recently announced that Nintendo will be attending this year’s meeting, joining 28 other companies from 22 countries.  That number is expected to grow.

The Kyoto-based company took a year off from Gamescom in 2012 to host its … Read More

Pure Nintendo January Contest Results

A month ago, I asked readers to send in their best scores to contest@purenintendo.com for a chance to get their names in the magazine. Well, a month has come and gone, and now we have the results of … Read More

PN Review: Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition

9

Excellent

Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition Review

Game-developer Way Forward has proved once again that it knows how to make a platformer, but shows that it knows it’s way around a puzzle.

Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive … Read More