Opening with a muppet-esque presentation that evolved Nintendo Executives turning into characters, Nintendo finally revealed the long awaited Star Fox Title for Wii U, called StarFox Zero. We were shown many types of battlefields, including ones for the :and Master, a Walker, and a drone-looking vehicle. The canceled Star Fox 2’s transforming Arwing concept has been brought back to the series, allowing you to morph between the different vehicle types. It appears to...
Parallax scrolling. The technique is a time old tradition in gaming. Multiple background images are layered behind one another and scroll at different speeds to give the illusion of depth. In the 8 and 16-bit era of games, this was almost ubiquitous for what was arguably the most popular genre around: platforming. You don’t see this technique used much these days, at least in the truest sense. 3D graphics and gaming engines allow more detailed and interactive...
In the world of fictional hangouts and cool kid clubhouses, Club Nintendo was the last great online reward service in town. Offering players “coins” for registering their games, fans who racked up enough of the currency could redeem them for prizes both physical and digital including posters, t-shirts, digital games, and occasionally rare statues and other acclaimed prizes. Recently, though, the Club N has begun to slow down its rewards to the point of...
Today the talk of the town is the new Nintendo Direct, which you can all watch over at Nintendo’ s Direct site. Filled with some exciting new revelations, Nintendo definitely had a lot to say within their custom made press release, as they always do. Nintendo started the direct with a few game announcements, but what was most interesting was the reveal of the two new sets of Amiibo. The beloved Japanese company stated a new wave of Super Smash Brothers Amiibo will be...
…Nintendo has been unable to create a new product that surpasses what they did 13 years ago. Like many of you, we here at LevelSave were chomping at the bits to try out the next iteration in the Super Smash Brothers series. Finally having had some time with the game I noticed something quite peculiar about how important the controls are to the game, specifically the GameCube controller. Preordering the Super Smash Brothers for Wii U bundle that came with...
The latest Nintendo Direct marked the return of President and CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata. After many months of concern over his health fans see Iwata come back with a slew of new announcements for both Wii U and 3DS. Long-awaited 3D remake of the N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is making its way to a 3DS console near you Spring 2015. Not many details were given, but Iwata’s comments on how they plan to make the weirdest game in the Zelda series...
First announced last Spring, the newest Yoshi’s Island adventure will finally arrive on 3DS on March 14th in North America. The third game in the series, Yoshi’s New Island will once again have you protecting Baby Mario across hazard filled stages. Nintendo and series veteran Takashi Tezuka has brought back the classic look of the games with old-school graphics and gameplay from the looks of it. It may look like more of the same, but sticking with the old...
In a Nintendo Direct earlier this morning Satoru Iwata announced a new Legend of Zelda/ Dynasty Warriors hybrid to be exclusively released on Wii U titled Hyrule Warriors. Being developed by Tecmo Koei, Hyrule Warriors (Working Title) is expected by the end of 2014. Basically a Dynasty Warriors game but with Link leading the charge, it will feature the standard gameplay of the Warriors series with the added twist of classic Zelda characters, power ups and weapons. Check back...
Ever want to visit Paris and appreciate the multitude of fine art on display in the Louvre but can’t afford the trip? Well now you can go there anytime you want, provided of course that you have a Nintendo 3DS and access to the eShop. Available today for $19.99, Louvre 3DS offers a virtual tour of the world famous museum with over 600 photographs of artwork and 30+ hours of audio commentary. Originally designed and conceived as a replacement for standard audio tours at...
Let me just get this out of the way, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is a silly, silly game. Don’t take that as a slight on this entertaining and at times challenging platformer, however. In this case, silly is just what the doctor ordered. Though not without its faults, of which there are a few, Namco Bandai has done a commendable job of translating the current animated series to Nintendo’s handheld. Ghostly Adventures is not Pac-Man as you know and love him...
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