Nintendo

Six Million 3DS Units Sold In Japan

Well, the 3DS keeps thumping right along. As of May 20 it’s passed the six million sold milestone (6,017,206 to be exact) since going on sale in Japan. Congrats! [Famitsu]


May 21, 2012
News

Spider-Man’s In A Rush In His Newest Gameplay Trailer

Not sure how I feel about “web rush” having seen this latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. I’m sure everyone’s going to call this a quicktime event mechanic, and that sequence where Spidey taps the stooge on the shoulder and then wraps him up does look scripted.


May 19, 2012
Nintendo

Let Chun-Li Kick You In The Face With New Project X Zone Screens

Upcoming 3DS collaboration Project X Zone sure is getting crowded. Here’s a look at the latest screens of the pair-based combat game.


May 17, 2012
In Real Life

Do You Like Comics? Toon Shading? How About Lost Planet?

E.X. Troopers is the upcoming Lost Planet spin-off for the PS3 and the Nintendo 3DS. This debut PS3 trailer provides a good idea of what to expect — a comic book take on sci-fi action game Lost Planet.


Nintendo

Toyota Just Turned The Nintendo DS Into A Navigational System

If Japan uses the Nintendo DS in schools, then why not in cars? Toyota’s newest Smart Navi car navigational system enables drivers to turn the Nintendo DS into a navi remote control.


News

That Capcom/Namco/Sega Game Is Getting Crowded With Characters

Project X Zone is an upcoming 3DS collaboration between Capcom, Namco Bandai and Sega. The game features characters from all three!


Nintendo

First Look At The Upcoming Lost Planet Spin Off

Newly announced action shooter E.X. Troopers might not be familiar yet, but its setting should be. The Capcom game shares the same world as sci-fi game Lost Planet. However, Ex Troopers looks very different.


May 16, 2012
e3 2012

A Night Of Speed-Dating With Kingdom Hearts, Theatrhythm And Heroes Of Ruin

I’m in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next month. I’m a pre-E3 judge*, you see, bouncing from one showcase with a game publisher to another, signing lots of paperwork in which I swear not to tell people about these games for a few weeks.


Nintendo

Nintendo Brings Augmented Reality Pokémon Hunting To The 3DS

Catching them all gets a bit more personal later this year as Nintendo announces two 3DS eShop tie-ins for Pokémon Black and White 2: the pro version of its free 3D Pokédex, and Pokémon Dream Radar, a game that let’s players capture monsters in real life and transfer them to the full games.


May 15, 2012
News

Kingdom Hearts 3D Trailer Is So, So Cheesy

Here’s an English-language trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, for the Nintendo 3DS. Throwing Disney and Square Enix is still resulting in pretty much exactly what you’d expect it would.