A surprising reveal came this evening when Nintendo announced release dates for two of its upcoming titles, one of them most of us didn’t expect would be this soon. Nintendo has a history in recent times of releasing information such as game announcements, console announcements, and release dates in their own press releases, or, Nintendo Directs. The last Direct Nintendo did was on November ...[Read More]
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle may be one of the biggest surprises in video games this year. Who would have ever thought that we would be seeing Ubisoft and Nintendo work together to create a game that just screams XCOM. Well, my friends, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is real and it is a ton of fun.
Nintendo wrapped up all of E3’s 2017 press conferences this past Tuesday and in the process, made some pretty big game announcements. As per usual, Nintendo touched on a variety of topics during their spotlight presentation. This included updates on several already-announced titles and then the official announcements for brand new titles such as a Pokémon RPG and Metroid Prime 4, both of which are...[Read More]
The winter freeze is sticking around MUCH longer than we’d like it to. It is this time of year that I spend the most time thinking about a magical tropical getaway. Unfortunately, tropical islands are filled with terrible things: mosquitoes, smoke monsters, sea food and those itchy coconut bras that never seem to fit me right. Imagine hitting the beach with your favorite electronic book read...[Read More]
The Internet rumor mill is all abuzz with talk of a Yoshi themed 3DS XL bundle, which is said to be coming out at the same time as Yoshi’s New Island. All of the artwork circulating is bogus, but the idea of a bundle makes sense considering the Mario and Luigi: Dream Team and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between World 3DS XL bundles that coincided with those games’ release dates. Nintendo may be ha...[Read More]
Well, the final ten games for Nintendo’s 3DS Ambassador Program have arived, bringing the total up to 20; ten NES games and ten GBA games. But some of you may be asking the question, “Did I make a mistake by purchasing my 3DS early/late?” For those of you aren’t aware, Nintendo decided to drop the price of the 3DS from $250 to $170 earlier this summer. Most of the people wh...[Read More]
Nintendo is bringing motorized mayhem back to the race track on the 3DS with a new Mario Kart title slated for release this holiday season. The tentatively titled Mario Kart brings with it some new courses, karts and multiplayer functions that take advantage of the 3DS’ capabilities.
Lindsey and I both love comic books and nerd culture. We were both born nerds, grew up as nerds, and will pass our nerdish traditions down to any little nerdlings we may have in the future as best we can. As nerds, we also love little collectibles like statues, bobbleheads, figures, busts, etc. This is a shelf on our center DVD bookshelf. It contains most (but not all) of our comic and movie re...[Read More]