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Shigeru Miyamoto Knows Some Americans He’d Make A Zelda With

8:40AM December 14, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

The Legend of Zelda is one the most successful video game franchises to ver come from Japan. It’s been mostly made by Nintendo studios in Kyoto, with some added efforts by Capcom, which is based in Osaka. More »


News

Mario Kart 3DS Is Being Worked On By Metroid Prime’s Developers

12:18PM June 8, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

More from the Nintendo Q&A: it seems Mario Kart 3DS is being developed not solely by Nintendo, but as a collaboration between Nintendo and Retro, the team behind the Metroid Prime series. It’ll also run at 60fps.


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Metroid Prime’s Coolest Concepts From The Cutting Room Floor

8:30AM March 1, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

What could Metroid mainstays Mother Brain, Crocomire and Kraid have looked like in the beloved Metroid Prime video games? See for yourself in some recently excavated art work from the artists behind Nintendo’s first-person Metroid adventures. More »


Nintendo

Why I Let Nintendo Beat A Video Game For Me

8:00AM February 9, 2011 | StephenTotilo

A couple of weeks ago, I finished Donkey Kong Country Returns. I was warned that it would be tough. I was told I could get assistance. I resisted, until the end when I let Nintendo finish a game for me. I have no regrets. More »


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The Metroid That Got Away…

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4:15PM February 7, 2011 | Mark Serrels

At some point inbetween the release of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, a proposal document was made for ‘Metroid 1.5′ a prospective Retro Studios title that added multiplayer and number of new mechanics to the prime franchise. Obviously the game was never released, but you can now download the original proposal document, and it makes for some fascinating reading. More »


News

Who Knew Donkey Kong Could Be This Gorgeous?

1:00PM January 12, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Beautiful concept art for Retro Studios’ Donkey Kong Country Returns shows that this Wii game could have been a different looking beast. More »


Community Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns

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11:00AM December 6, 2010 | Mark Serrels

I spent my entire saturday afternoon playing this game. My experience went like this…

-World 1: Hmm this is a bit boring – whatever, it’s Donkey Kong, I’ll keep going. -World 2: Yawn. I thought this game was supposed to be awesome. -World 3: WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING THIS GAME IS THE BEST THING EVER! More »


In Real Life

The King Of Donkey Kong Country Returns References

10:30AM November 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country Returns makes homage to on-again, off-again Donkey Kong high score champ Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe’s nemesis in the documentary The King of Kong. How so? See the patriotic neckwear worn by this giant monkey idol? More »


Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns Is Hypnotic, Hard Fun

5:00AM November 20, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

The people responsible for turning Metroid on its head with Metroid Prime for GameCube now have their hands on Donkey Kong. What have they done with it? Delivered the expected, a Donkey Kong Country game that goes back to basics. More »


50 Deaths In Donkey Kong Country Returns, In One Sitting

4:00AM October 29, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Donkey Kong is the anti-Kirby. While death is nearly impossible in the charming, cosy Wii side-scroller Kirby’s Epic Yarn released this month, gravity and spikes murder Donkey Kong often in November’s Donkey Kong Country Returns. More »