Nintendo launches new “Game Trials” programme, exclusively for Nintendo Online membership owners.
When Nintendo announced their own take on online memberships, not everyone was happy. The service, even if cheap, didn’t offer much more than what we already had for free: no messaging, no achievements, only a handful of to NES games to barely justify the price.Nintendo promised to keep adding content to their offer tho and … Continue reading
NS Review – New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Switch)
The Switch is entering its third calendar year, and Nintendo has opened 2019 with another port of a Wii U classic. This time, it’s one of the launch titles featuring the famous plumbers: New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe is a port that comes seven years after the original Wii U launch. Wow, has it really been that long since … Continue reading
NS Review – Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Switch)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a game full of new ideas. That is, of course, unless you played it on Wii U. Originally released in January 2015 in Europe, this re-relase is much the same game you know from 3 years ago, where you guide Captain Toad and Taodette around over 70 ingeniously designed 3D … Continue reading
NintenRants – Amiibo
I thought I would try something new, so welcome readers to the first in my series of NintenRants, where I will simply go on a rant about something to do with Nintendo. This might be their operating procedures, business models, or just a fiery response to some news. These probably won’t be a massively regular … Continue reading
NS Review: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Reuben As someone who completely adored the Captain Toad levels in Super Mario 3D World, I was VERY excited when Nintendo announced that they were going to release a game entirely made of these levels. Needless to say that Nintendo, as always, didn’t disappoint. Nintendo have created over 70 perfectly-realised little puzzles in the form … Continue reading