PS3 tops EU charts in 2011

As unlikely as a source as Nintendo may be, it appears internal memos have leaked from the big N saying that 2011 was a year in which PS3 grew and owned Europe. Since week 40 (3rd October), PS3 climbed to nearly 3 million sales in Europe, according to the information. Wii and Xbox 360 sales area almost exactly on 2...

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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword opening cinematic

Zelda is one of those Nintendo franchises that never fails to deliver, and anyone I’ve spoken to about this upcoming title have been more than just “excited”. And so, with the reveal of the opening cinematic, it’s time for fans to get even more...

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New Zelda title for 3DS

Nintendo’s pre-TGS conference took place yesterday and among the announcements, the biggest (for me, anyway) is a new Zelda. Nintendo promised that this would be the biggest Zelda, too. And they weren’t kidding. Apparently ‘Skyward Sword’ will last you about 50 to 100 hours, according to Nintendo’s lead...

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The 3DS problem

Nintendo recently came out and lowered the price of their flagship handheld console – the 3DS. The idea of taking one of the best selling platforms in gaming (let alone mobile platforms) and putting it out there with 3D that doesn’t require glasses should have been a visit to the promise land. But it wasn’t. 3D is...

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Nintendo 3DS

We didn’t post the stellar news that Nintendo dropped the price of the Nintendo 3DS. A DS. In 3D…. in case you missed it. Penny Arcade sums up why no one cares, over here.

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NES in a cartridge

Some plucky nerd in the states has managed to cram an entire NES into a NES cartridge, based on a chipset for the Famicon (may need referencing/correction) which put the NES chipset onto one chip. By todays standards that’s not hard, but given it’s original parts and works perfectly fine, this is great! (thanks to...

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