When someone says the name “Donkey Kong” to you, what do you think of? The first words that pop into my head are “barrels”, “bananas”, and “HOLY CRAP…HARDEST GAME EVER”. That last little bit probably popped into your head too if you ever played the original Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii. Not only was it a fun little platformer with adorable enemies, but it is probably one of the hardest platformers Nintendo had ever released; it was hard because it was designed to be hard, not because it was made poorly. Fundamentally it was the game’s smart and solid design that kept me from buying a barrel for the sole purpose of smashing my Wii to smithereens. Read the full story

I love anything that has a good mystery, but one of the most notorious mysteries is the story of Jack the Ripper. When I was informed that I would be able to play the Mystery Murders game for Jack the Ripper, recently released in Nintendo eShop for the 3DS, I became excited! Read the full story

When I was first told about Super Little Acorn 3D Turbo, I immediately looked up a video like I normally do. I did not care for what I saw and passed on the game, thinking it was too easy and childish. A couple of weeks later I decided to give the game a chance; what could it hurt? I started to download it from the Nintendo eShop; the download was pretty quick! This caused me to think even more that the game would not be very fun and real easy to beat. Oh, was I wrong! Read the full story

If you’re a proud owner of a 3DS, Nintendo has started a new promotion as of April 23rd. Sadly for anyone in the US this offer will not be for us. If you live in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, or Russia you can take part. What is the promotion you ask? Good question! How would you like your very own full retail game for free? Who wouldn’t! Well Club Nintendo is doing just that and you’ll simply have to register three of the games below on Club.Nintendo to complete the offer.

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When I first heard of the game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers I wasn’t sure what to think. I knew it was a classic RPG that many people enjoyed. With me I enjoy the heck out any RPG since I can spend hours having a good time. Maybe at times it’ll be hard but who cares; as long as you’re having fun it’s a good sign. Now let’s fast forward to 2013 in which this game is now being released on the 3DS. You can guess that this game is a port of the classic with more enhanced features than before. Read the full story

Looking for some sweet deals on the Nintendo eShop on the 3DS? Well three games have been lowered in price for a short time. These games were created by some top developers. The game include Liberation Maiden, Aero Porter, and Crimson Shroud. Each game will be keeping you busy for quite sometime.

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Lately I’ve been glued to my new 3DS XL, ranging from pre-installed software to games like Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, and more. As you can guess I’ve been playing a lot of Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, and I’ve been enjoying my self. A game like this will most likely have a lot of features, being a dungeon crawler, and boy have I enjoyed those type of games. At this time I’ve lost count on how many hours I’ve put into the game and I take that as a good sign. Would you want a game that keeps you hooked? Read the full story

Who hasn’t played a Pokemon game while growing up? I can look in my room right now and see Pokemon Blue, Red, Yellow, Ruby, Crystal, Black, and White. That’s quite a collection I have and a lot of time put into the games to have every Pokemon in  each. Anyways, this isn’t about me play Pokemon it’s about the now announced Pikachu Edition 3DS XL coming to us on March 24th for $199.99. Read the full story

Castlevania Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, the bridge title between 2010′s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and 2013′s upcoming conclusion to the Lords of Shadow saga, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, was previously confirmed to feature both Trevor Belmont, the son of Lords of Shadow protagonist and Lords of Shadow 2 antagonist(?) Gabriel Belmont, and the fan-favorite Simon Belmont. Yesterday, a new playable character was announced and revealed in an extended version of the game’s E3 2012 trailer: Alucard himself. Read the full story

MadCatz has had a very good run with gaming headsets across multiple platforms, and has now made a move to have a presence on every big name gaming device you can get your hands on, from consoles to hand-helds. The TRITTON Kunai line of stereo gaming headsets will be available this holiday for the Wii U, the 3DS, the PS Vita, and the PS3. See below for a gallery of images that reveal each of these four iterations. Read the full story