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  • Rayman Legends Demo and Retail Launch Dates Set

    Rayman Legends Demo and Retail Launch Dates Set

    While first-party titles like Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U are the games most folks are buying with their new Wii U consoles, Rayman Legends, thanks to its demo kiosk stations at retailers, has been the game to satisfy the curiosity of undecided […]

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  • Zen Pinball 2 Coming Soon to Wii U

    Zen Pinball 2 Coming Soon to Wii U

    The Nintendo Wii U launch window lineup is about to get one digital game deeper thanks to an unexpected holiday treat from Zen Studios. Later this month, Zen Pinball 2 will make its debut on the Wii U eShop. Wii U owners will be able […]

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  • Review: Retro Pocket

    Review: Retro Pocket

    Once upon a time, before there were GameBoys and Game Gears, DSs and 3DSs, PSPs and Vitas, and long before the smartphone/tablet app boom, single-game LED handhelds sparked the popularity of portable gaming. Ah yes, the Game & Watch days, I remember them well. Donkey […]

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  • Review: Johnny Hotshot

    Review: Johnny Hotshot

    After mixing it up with Mr. Wang in some side-scrolling kung fu combat, the spiky-haired blonde dude they call Johnny is back on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, six-shooters loaded up to gun down bandits in a Wild West showdown. While playing his favorite arcade game, […]

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  • Review: The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave

    Review: The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave

    If, like so many of us tend to do when faced with something unusual, you judged The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave based only on its looks and its B-list movie title, you’d be left with a “WTF?” impression that landed somewhere between Pokemon […]

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  • Review: Samurai G

    Review: Samurai G

    The gaming world would be a whole lot different without gold coins. I mean seriously, could you imagine some of your favorite games without the shiny objects of currency floating around or tucked away in secret corners for you to snatch up? What would Mario […]

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  • Who’s Ready for Some 3D Solitaire?

    Who’s Ready for Some 3D Solitaire?

    The pinball aficionados at Zen Studios are dealing out an addictive hand of solitaire this week on the Nintendo eShop. Come Thursday, August 2nd, $3 will bring the card game time-waster–and Matthew Brock’s favorite office obsession–to your Nintendo 3DS. Yes, solitaire in stereoscopic 3D, carrying […]

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  • Nintendo Dubs the Next Four Weeks the Month of Mario

    Nintendo Dubs the Next Four Weeks the Month of Mario

    Over the next month leading up to the August 19th Nintendo 3DS launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo will be offering weekly discounts on eShop Mario games as part of the Month of Mario. The commemorative promotion actually begins this week, opening with […]

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  • Review: Marvel Pinball 3D

    Review: Marvel Pinball 3D

    If the measure of a game’s success is defined by whether it makes you want more—as in more content, more sequels, more anything–then count the Nintendo 3DS port of Marvel Pinball as another score for Zen Studios. This isn’t quite the same Marvel Pinball you […]

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  • Nintendo eShop’s 8-Bit Summer of Fun Begins July 5th

    Nintendo eShop’s 8-Bit Summer of Fun Begins July 5th

    Nintendo has a full slate of 8-bit classics lined up for eShop release this month, beginning July 5th with The Legend of Zelda. After that, weekly new releases will include Kirby’s Pinball Land and The Sword of Hope II (July 12th), Kid Icarus: Of Myths […]

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