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Review: Star Fox Zero

Star Fox was a childhood pleasure of mine. I dabbled in the SNES version quite a bit, but Star Fox 64 was when things really clicked for me. I’ve enjoyed flight simulators since I was old enough to know what one was, and Star Fox was a welcome break from the more complicated games PC games like TIE Fighter or Freespace, and was a more welcoming game than its closer console counterpart, Rogue Squadron. Star Fox 64 was approachable because it was simple. You were on rails...

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Review: Super Mario Maker

When I was in grade school, I spent a large amount of time during our recess period drawing, due mostly to the winter weather keeping me from bounding out the door to the playground. While I’m not any sort of art savant, I was pretty good at drawing things young boys draw. Space ships. Dinosaurs. Sonic the Hedgehog levels. Yeah, I was a SEGA kid for the most part, and my love for Sonic has never wavered. I wasted plenty of paper learning to draw the characters and...

E3 2015 • News

Amiibo&Skylanders Collaboration//Nintendo Digital Event

Reggie and Iwata muppets aside Nintendo’s Digital Event kicks off with a bang. Nintendo  took their digital stage to introduce a new set of Amiibo, Turbo Charge Donkey Kong with his vehicle the Barrel Blaster and new Hammer Slam Bowser (complete with mjolnir -like hammer) figure with his vehicle Clown Cruiser. However, the biggest surprise came from the announcement that these figures are a product of a Amiibo and Skylanders corroboration. You can use these figures...

E3 2015 • News

Nintendo Showcases StarFox Zero for the Wii U // E3 2015

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...

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Nintendo Indirect? Wave 4 and Super Mario Amiibo

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...

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Smash Controller-Nintendo’s “New” Way To Play

  …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...

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Major-a Nintendo Direct: Amiibo and More

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...

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Review: Shovel Knight – A Nostalgia Treasure Trove

The Shovel Knight, defeated by fate, has spent many years gardening in obscurity. During his absence the world has fallen into chaos. The land is rife with villains that need spaying and you’ve got just the tool for the job. So take up your shovel, knight, and scoop yourself out a steaming pile of justice.

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Nintendo announced Charizard, Mega Charizard, and Greninja for Super Smash Brothers Wii U

Today Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Direct that was all about Super Smash Brothers Wii U and 3DS. Everyone was expecting to see new characters announced but none seemingly were. Then, in typical Nintendo tomfoolery, the screen faded up and hundreds of Pokemon rained from the sky like meteorites. Charizard faced against the sky and was confirmed with a “Charizard Fires It Up!” He ascended to the sky and came crashing down inches from Mario. During the fight a shadow...