Metroid came out in Japan 25 years ago. (Yes, that makes us all old. Let that sink in.) A whole generation probably remembers where they were when they found out the shocking truth about the armored bounty hunter starring in Nintendo’s classic.
Nintendo’s been a company built on paradigm shifts. They popularized gamepads when other consoles where still using joysticks, the Wii made motion control viable for gameplay input, and the 3DS aims to make 3D gaming a portable experience for anyone to enjoy.
This year saw the second edition of the Penny Arcade Exposition, Eastern Variant, otherwise known as PAX East. In the new Boston Convention Center venue, the 2011 fan festival saw gaming of every stripe celebrated with CCG groups playing Magic: The Gathering in the hallways, giant LAN parties for FPS and fighting game competition and [...]
Metroid, one of Nintendo’s most storied franchises, makes its return to the console on August 31 with Metroid: Other M and in the last week they’ve released two trailers that are the complete opposite of what Nintendo normally does. First, Samus speaks and, second, Samus is one HOPA in her skintight Zero Suit. We applaud [...]
Metroid: Other M‘s being hatched between Nintendo’s internal development team and the Team Ninja studio, who are best known for the Ninja Gaiden games on the Xbox platform. I saw and played the new title at GDC, where I learned that series heroine Samus Aran would be speaking in a game for the first time.
Like lots of gamers over the years, Jimmy Fallon couldn’t get to E3. He’s got a job he can’t get away from so he just had to kind of watch from afar. But, of course the SNL alum isn’t just any gamer. He’s got his own late-night TV show and, when he couldn’t make it [...]
While at GDC, Techland was lucky enough to get a one-on-one interview with Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America. As we talked about his take on the threat of Playstation Move, Reggie showed off a little bit of the swagger that’s made him a sometime-controversial figure in the games business. We also discussed why [...]
Even if she was just a bunch of crude pixels when she debuted in Metroid, Samus Aran’s gone on to become of gaming’s most iconic characters. She was one of the medium’s first female personas and has starred in some of the best action titles in every generation of game hardware. Her newest adventure reveals [...]
Nintendo’s been keeping folks in suspense as to when we’d be able to get our hands on their announced first-party titles and the embiggened version of their handheld, the DSi XL. But, it’s time to update your calendars, because the Japanese video game juggernaut’s finally divulged info on its upcoming releases. The highlights include a [...]
