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Donkey Kong coming to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

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The iconic video game character Donkey Kong is set to join the line-up of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as a new playable hero in an upcoming DLC release. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is the story of an unexpected encounter between the most famous video game character, Mario, and the irreverent and chaotic Rabbids […]

Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES confirmed for September with 21 games including Star Fox 2

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Having been rumoured earlier in the year, Nintendo has now officially announced that the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES Edition is set for release this September! Here’s a look at the European and U.S. versions of the console… The SNES Classic Mini will include 21 games, including all time classics such as Super Mario World, Super […]

SNES Classic Mini rumoured to be in the works at Nintendo

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Following last year’s NES Classic Mini, it seems that Nintendo are gearing up for a 16-bit version, with rumours suggesting that a SNES Classic Mini is slated for release later this year. According to Eurogamer, the SNES Classic Mini is the reason that Nintendo has decided to discontinue the NES Edition despite its popularity, and […]

Video Game Review – Yun on the Nintendo Entertainment System

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Villordsutch reviews Yun on the NES… In today’s Homebrew Reviews we take a look at another NES release, this time from the Mojon Twins who have released a fair few ZX Spectrum games in the past, but are currently producing a number of crowdfunded NES and Megadrive games.  Their most recent free release is called Yun […]

Video Game Review – Alter Ego on the NES

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Villordsutch reviews Alter Ego on the NES… In our homebrew reviews today we take a look at game that destroys your mother’s bizarre hysterical rant of, “I can’t be in two places at once!?” and puts it to bed once and for all.  Not only that, but it’s possibly the first NES game I’ve ever […]

2016 Won’t Be the Year of VR

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Samuel Brace doesn’t think 2016 will be the year of VR… The journey to VR — to real, sustainable VR — has been long. The journey to VR has been torturous. The journey to VR has been exciting and mysterious. The journey to VR has been fuelled — as any notable product is — by […]

Retro Video Game Review – Pac-Man on the NES

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Villordsutch reviews Pac-Man on the NES… Pac-Man is an all-time classic! Originally released upon the Japanese arcades in May 1980 from video game designer Toru Iwatani, this Namco game then went over to America and flew under the Midway flag come December 1980.  As any Scott Pilgrim fan will tell you, our yellow hero went […]

Retro Video Game Review – Super Metroid

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Super Metroid… Super Metroid.  Anybody who owned a SNES back in 1994 is probably nodding their head right now while thinking “yep…. there’s one of the greatest games ever made right there…”  Following on from the Game Boy’s Metroid II (1991) and continuing the series established by Metroid (Famicom – 1986), the third […]

Nintendo “looking at things like movies in the future”

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Given the reception to 1993’s Super Mario Bros. movie, which is widely considered to be one of the biggest disasters ever put to film, it’s understandable why Nintendo has shied away from bringing its stable of video game characters to the big screen. However, it seems that the entertainment giant could be softening its stance […]