Nintendo have announced the closure of Club Nintendo, the screams of a million Nintendo fans was heard throughout the universe. It was always a flawed system, with a barely functional website, some questionable merch and of course that dreaded survey. Seeing “Club Nintendo” trend on twitter yesterday highlighted how quietly popular the initiative is. Nintendo […]
Archives: Mario
22 Years of Mario Kart!
What a day to be a Mario Kart fan ay? Firstly Super Mario Kart released today (27th August) on the humble SNES in 1992. Who knew the game would become what is it today (Nintendo probably did). Mario Kart 8 sold over 2 Million copies in just a month earlier this year, which further confirmed […]
My favourite CGI/Announcement trailers!
The recent Batman: Arkham Knight Announcement trailer got gamers, comic book fans and nerds in general screaming like One Direction fans. No doubt that’s the aim of announcement trailers, to get us hyped and wanting more info about the title. It got me thinking, what other trailers have got me as excited as I was […]
Titles which should return to their roots…
This week IO Interactive fell on their sword a bit, with an open letter sent out to its fans and the industry. The letter pretty much explained that the next Hitman title would return to “core Hitman fantasy” and they have certainly learnt a lesson from the last title in the series, Hitman: Absolution. With […]
Bowser voted top videogame Villain!
The Guinness World Records has unveiled a list of the 50 top videogame villains as voted by the public. And guess who won… No doubt Bowser has stood the test of time when it comes to video known by both hardcore and casual gamers. Heck even my mum knows who Bowser is and the truth […]