Feature Articles Archive
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Indie Game, Son Of Nor, Could Come To Wii U
Posted 2 days agoWe recently reached out to Julian Mautner, Founder of Stillalive Studios, on the possibility of Son of Nor making it over to Wii U given the Wii U’s unique control-style... -
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Podcast Episode 7: Eternal Darkness “2,” bundled game appeal, and more cool ways to use the Gamepad!
Posted 2 days agoA wild Eternal Darkness sequel appears! Also in this episode is a discussion about the qualities of Nintendo’s bundled games, some talk on the untapped potential of the gamepad for... -
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Kickstarter Feature Part 2: Every Kickstarter-Funded Game Relevant to Wii U/3DS [UPDATE]
Posted 6 days agoIf you haven’t read Part 1 of this feature, please check out Why Kickstarters Fail and How to Avoid It. This part of the feature will be broken up into... -
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The Score – Miiverse – Do You Like It? What Could Be Improved?
Posted 1 week agoThe Score is back with your responses to “What do you want Retro’s top-secret project to be?” and a new question about Nintendo’s first steps into the world of social... -
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Exclusive Interview With Team Behind Dusty Raging Fist, Never-Before-Seen Screens
Posted 1 week agoCheck out our exclusive interview with PD Design Studio, the team behind Dusty Raging Fist coming to the Wii U eShop later this year. See what they had to say about the... -
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Can the Wii U Survive without EA? Probably.
Posted 1 week agoEA has pulled support from Nintendo in a major way. Crysis was canned. Battlefield is a no-show. EA Sports games are MIA for the first time in decades. Things have... -
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Don’t Count Out the Possibility of Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera Coming to Wii U
Posted 1 week agoBrian Fargo, legendary creator of such franchises as Fallout, Bard’s Tale, Planescape: Torment, and Wasteland, made a comeback to game development recently and raised over $7 million on Kickstarter for... -
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Review
Posted 1 week agoPublisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom, 8-4 Ltd. Release Date: March 19, 2013 (NA), March 22, 2013 (EU), March 23, 2013 (AUS) System: Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo 3DS Let me begin this... -
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Exclusive Interview With the Developer of Rex Rocket, Rob Maher
Posted 1 week agoHead inside to read our exclusive interview with Rob Maher, the developer behind Rex Rocket. We ask his thoughts on the eShop, Streetpass & Miiverse and he also tells us... -
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The Score – Retro’s Mystery Title Is?….
Posted 1 week agoThe Score is back with your responses to “If you were Satoru Iwata, what would be your first plan of action?”… -
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Rawbots, a Robot Crafting Sandbox Game, is Confirmed for Wii U
Posted 2 weeks agoI just received confirmation from Neil Haran, co-founder of Rawbots, that this unique robot-crafting sandbox game is coming to Wii U. And let me tell you that this game is... -
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Grand Theft Auto V was being tested on Wii U dev kits for some time
Posted 2 weeks agoI’ve been holding on to this for a week now, debating whether to even mention it. The one thing I don’t want to do is give people false hope to... -
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The Score – If You Were Satoru Iwata…?
Posted 2 weeks agoWe’re back with the Episode 2 of our weekly community spotlight feature, The Score. Head inside for this week’s question…. -
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Three more indie games may come to Wii U: The Realm, A.N.N.E, and Rex Rocket
Posted 2 weeks agoA retro sci-fi Adventure-Platformer. A Platformer and Shmup hybrid with Open-World RPG elements. A visually stunning and imaginative evolution of the Point & Click Adventure genre. What do they all... -
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The Score Q&A: Episode 1 – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2
Posted 3 weeks agoWe asked, you answered. Head inside to see what you had to say about The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past 2… -
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Nintendo Skipping E3 Doesn’t Change A Thing.
Posted 3 weeks agoOne can never get used to the “Nintendo shock.” It seems that every generation — several times each generation, in fact — there come news from Nintendo that confuse us... -
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Pros And Cons Of Packaging In Nintendo Land With The Wii U Basic Set
Posted 3 weeks agoSince Wii U launched, sales wise, it has not been doing as well as it could have been. Many have attributed this to the lack of exclusive or new titles... -
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Rumor: Wii U Nintendo Land Basic Set Planned for Q4 2013
Posted 3 weeks agoRemember that retailer who told me about Watch Dogs on Wii U before it was announced and Monolith Soft’s game reveal a few hours before the Nintendo Direct announcement? So,...