There’s no questioning that the Sims franchise is one of the most successful in the history of video games; only Mario and Pikachu have moved more copies. Despite its success, it’s never really taken off on consoles. For a myriad… Read More »

Hudson yesterday revealed the first two TurboGrafx-CD titles to be released on Nintendo’s Virtual Console. This comes following the recent announcement that CD-based Turbografx-16 games would indeed grace the Wii download service. Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise and Gate of Thunder… Read More »

What will Nintendo think up next in order to avoid flying Wiimotes, broken television screens, and head injuries? Their latest remedy to this problem, following the original wrist strap and the heavy duty wrist strap, is the Wii Remote Jacket…. Read More »

It appears that in its second holiday season, the Nintendo Wii will again suffer from nowhere-to-be-found-except-on-ebay syndrome. According to Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Amie, production is not expected to satisfy demand for the little white box, even though he… Read More »

This week’s Virtual Console update is huge. It’s only two games, but one of them happens to be the ORIGINAL Super Mario Bros 2, which has only been released in the United States as The Lost Levels. This game is… Read More »

If there were any concerns as to whether or not the famed voice actor David Hayter would be lending his vocal chords to Solid Snake in Super Smash Bros Brawl, they can now be laid to rest. In a message… Read More »

So it’s been almost two years since the release of the creepy thriller game, Fatal Frame III, and fans are wondering what Tecmo is planning for round 4. Over on 1UP, they have the word that Fatal Frame IV is… Read More »

Alas, the long debate of who is better can finally be settled: Mario? Or Sonic? This can only be done in one way: ancient Olympic style events. Those Greeks got it right the first time, when they created the Olympics,… Read More »

The benchmarking masterminds over at Beyond3D and Newsweek’s dreadlocked vg journo extraordinaire N’Gai Croal recently teamed up to bring everybody the straight dope on the Wii’s hardware, and it turns out that the calls of Gamecube 1.5 were right. According… Read More »

Do you like monkeys? Check. Do you like shaking maracas and rocking out with an over-bite? Check. Do you like Mexican culture? Check. Well, it may be a dream come true pretty soon: Gearbox is rumored to be releasing Samba… Read More »