Categories Posted inin Business E3 2016: What to expect from Nintendo — Zelda Wii U and no NX console Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 10, 2016 2 min Mario publisher Nintendo is in an awkward phase between the struggling Wii U console and the upcoming NX system, and its presence at next... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment How Pokémon Go brings the pocket monsters to your neighborhood Posted byby GamesBeat June 10, 2016 9 min Pokémon Go is ripping its monsters out of your pockets and imagination and placing them someplace you’ll be able to go out, walk to,... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Development Indie studio hopes, but doesn’t know, if Nintendo NX will support VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 7, 2016 2 min People are curious about the upcoming Nintendo console, and that mystery has led to some excitement. Now, one developer is riding that anticipation to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business PowerCore founder: ‘Toys-to-life’ isn’t dead yet Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 5, 2016 15 min Disney pulled the plug on its toys-to-life product Disney Infinity last month. That knocked the wind out of the toys-to-life market, where toys are... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Minor League Baseball’s Toledo Mud Hens are wearing Zelda-inspired jerseys tonight Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2016 1 min Toledo, Ohio, has a dope science museum and a decent minor league baseball team — although I think that squad’s newest jersey might make... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Nintendo’s E3 streaming plan is more than just Zelda for Wii U Posted byby Mike Minotti June 2, 2016 1 min Nintendo has said that The Legend of Zelda for the Wii U is the only game it will show at this month’s Electronic Entertainment... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Forget the NX — Nintendo gets into the shoe game with Vans Posted byby Mike Minotti June 1, 2016 1 min We’re all wondering what Nintendo is going to do next. Few of us expected shoes. The Japanese game maker is in a transition period... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Development The origins and secrets of the Super Mario Galaxy games Posted byby Mike Minotti May 31, 2016 1 min A tech demo for the GameCube inspired the creation of Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. You can learn more about that and other interesting... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The rise and fall of Nintendo’s Miitomo: Massive downloads don’t mean success Posted byby Jason Wilson May 28, 2016 3 min As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo’s underappreciated StarTropics series comes to the Wii U Posted byby Mike Minotti May 26, 2016 2 min You might be a big Nintendo fan, but it’s likely you’ve never played StarTropics. You should fix that. Nintendo revealed today that StarTropics and... Continue Reading 2 min