Capcom’s already announced a few unexpected crossovers this year, with Street Fighter Vs. Tekken and Tekken Vs. Street Fighter. At least those upcoming games make a sort of sense, being in the same genre and all.
While us Westerners were sleeping, Nintendo finally revealed when the world would be able to get the company’s hotly-anticipated handheld. Details were made public during the Nintendo Conference held at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center, which is also the site of the Tokyo Game Show.
Masahiro Sakurai’s been teasing the Nintendo faithful for years. As one of the masterminds behind the Smash Bros. fighting franchise, the game director was responsible for putting Pit, star of the old-school NES game Kid Icarus, in 2008’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This move not only delighted fans of the plucky angel hero but it [...]
Nintendo’s press conference at E3 2010 spooled out in a rapid-fire fashion, starting by announcing the return of one of the company’s major characters. Link–hero of Nintendo’s action RPG series–returns in a new title Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword out in 2011. The Wii game will use the Wii-mote and nunchuk, mapping them to Link’s [...]
At Nintendo’s E3 press conference today, the company gave the 3D, no-glasses-required Nintendo DS the official “Nintendo 3DS” moniker. Originally announced in March, Nintendo’s next portable brought with it a fair amount of additional detail today. The official announcement can be found here, the specs page can be found here, and the highlights are as [...]
It really makes us wonder why Nintendo even bothered to send over a DSi XL to US press the day before Nintendo Japan’s 3DS announcement less than 24 hours later. Yes, I know the DSi XL has been available in Japan for quite a while, but I’m just saying.
