Nintendo has cut the price of the Switch significantly in Europe

Luigi’s Mansion 3 developers have been acquired by Nintendo

It’s not every day that Nintendo announces that it is adding a new team to its family. But earlier today the Japanese tech giant unveiled that it has purchased a 100% stake in Next Level Games. NLG is a Canadian studio best known for its work on Luigi’s Mansion 3. However, Next Level Games have also…

January 5, 20210Comments

October 12, 20200Comments

Xbox controller stick drift is set to cost Microsoft heavily in legal dispute

Video game controllers are built to last. That’s been one of the age old rules ever since Nintendo set the standards for the whole industry back in 1983. And for the most part, hardware developers have stayed true to that rule. But apparently nobody told Microsoft as the Xbox’s ongoing stick drift dilemma continues. It’s clear…

Nintendo’s bizarre Friend Code system explained thanks to new leak

When dealing with Nintendo consoles there’s a particular part of online play which can be annoying. Friend codes. Every user is given a unique friend code and to add other players you need to manually all 12 digits one-by-one. But why doesn’t Nintendo just use a traditional friends list instead? Thanks to a new leak we…

May 4, 20200Comments

Reviews & Previews VgamerZ OpinionZ

Super Mario RPG: The Mario Game Nintendo Forgot

Super Mario RPG was an incredible game. Too bad Nintendo forgot all about it.

March 11, 20170Comments

Reviews & Previews VgamerZ OpinionZ

EarthBound Inspiration

My love of storytelling didn’t come from literature or comics or film. It came from video games. Especially EarthBound.

March 9, 20170Comments

VgamerZ OpinionZ

Show, Don’t Tell: Horizon: Zero Dawn vs. Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I’m going to compare the design styles of the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Specifically, how they use voiced narration to lead the player.

March 5, 20170Comments

January 16, 20170Comments

VgamerZ OpinionZ

Did They Deliver? Thoughts on the Nintendo Switch Reveal

Enter the Nintendo Switch Image retrieved from Nintendo.com I was probably like the rest of you waiting up until the wee hours of the morning on the east coast to hear about the Nintendo Switch. Unlike some of the others though, I am not a Nintendo Fangirl. I have jumped ship from Nintendo consoles long ago…

September 2, 20160Comments

Pikmin Platformer Announced for 3DS

Pikmin Almost one year ago, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that a new Pikmin game was in development and close to completion. In today's Nintendo Direct presentation, it seems like that game has finally been revealed. Granted, it's not completely clear whether or not this is the same Pikmin 4 game that Miyamoto described then as an…

Dragon Quest XI Releasing on NX

Nintendo's mysterious new system, still only known as Codename: NX, is slowly taking shape as more and more games are announced for it. The latest title joining its line-up is the next game in the popular Dragon Quest series, Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time. The newest RPG in the long-running franchise was originally…

August 22, 20160Comments