Mercury News blogger Dean Takahashi and cohort Nooch recently got a chance to sit down with Reggie Fils Aime on their video podcast. The first subject they touched on was the continuing dominance of Nintendo products in the gaming platform… Read More »

The veil of silence is over; Nintendo confirmed that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will feature an online mode with up to four players. Now, fans have nothing to fear and this certainly spells good news. Smash players can search for… Read More »

In a press release dated yesterday, Sega has revealed that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, the upcoming sequel to the Saturn classic NiGHTS Into Dreams, "will feature a two-player mode and network support at launch." "Network support" sounds a bit cryptic… Read More »

As the anguish disappears from the faces of dedicated Nintendo fans with the news that a Wii Sports sequel has as much chance of showing up as an ice cube on the Mohave Desert, news has come forth from Mario and Company that there… Read More »

It’s not an uncommon practice for console manufacturers to accept early losses on their products in order to sell off as many as possible and gain the greatest install base. Their profits are expected to come later, when the presence… Read More »

This week’s Virtual Console update seems somewhat lackluster, especially when one considers that European Wii owners have been able to download the original Super Mario Bros 2 (you know, the "Lost Levels") since last week. Where is the U.S. Super… Read More »

Could it be true? Could it be possible? Is the Wii going to play host to a 32-player online FPS fragfest? If the folks at EA have it their way (and they will), then Medal of Honor Heroes 2 will… Read More »

When the Wii launched, Wii Sports was undoubtedly the best overall representation of what the console was all about. Sure, Twilight Princess was a long overdue love letter to Nintendo fanboys, but it wasn’t the sole reason why the Wii has become successful…. Read More »

I don’t know how everyone else feels about the Sharpshooter, Wii Blaster, and Wii Zapper, but I find them all to be a bit disappointing. Being a right-handed individual, I would really like to shoot any gun-shaped accessory with my… Read More »

Hey, two stories in two weeks about games from two dead consoles being released on the Virtual Console, ain’t that a coincidence? First it was the Neo Geo, now it’s the TurboGrafx-16. While the Neo Geo games aren’t confirmed for… Read More »