4 Oct, 2010

Since leaving Nintendo, Cammie Dunaway has begun working for KidZania, a company that builds and maintains kid-sized cities within shopping malls. Dunaway will be responsible for bringing the Mexican franchise to the United States in 2013. KidZania is a franchise of bite-sized cities that lets children take on over 70 professions so that they can learn about...

3 Oct, 2010

Kirby’s Epic Yarn is shaping up to be this year’s New Super Mario Brothers Wii. Dated for a North American release of Oct. 17th, Kirby’s new adventure is a different take on the traditional Kirby formula. Instead of sucking in enemies to take their abilities, Kirby uses his yarn to transform himself and manipulate his environment. Check out...

3 Oct, 2010

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters was a 2007 documentary that followed high school teacher, Steve Wiebe, as he attempted to snag the Donkey Kong high score away from hot sauce maker, Billy Mitchell. A script is currently in the works for a feature film. The director of the documentary, Seth Gordon, said in an interview with Game Informer that he hopes to...

24 Sep, 2010

As a special pre-order bonus for Donkey Kong Country Returns, Gamestop will be including a quirky banana pouch for your Wii remote. Donkey Kong Country Returns will be released on Nov. 21 in North America so if you already know you’re going to be getting the game anyways, you might want to go ahead and lay down the cash now. This pre-order exclusive is...

22 Sep, 2010

Two well known Pokemon fansites, Serebii.net and Pokebeach.com, were recently contacted by Nintendo over the publication of in-game screenshots from Pokemon Black and White. Both sites have complied with the letter to avoid being shut down. All images from Serebii.net depicting the newest generation of Pokemon display dead links, whereas Pokebeach have replaced...

18 Sep, 2010

K-Mart recently began posting customer video game reviews on store shelves. Because of limited space, each review is confined to a set amount of characters so the store encourages potential reviewers to be brief. The store chain also reserves the right to correct grammatical errors but promise they “won’t change the meaning of what you say.” To...

17 Sep, 2010

With only two days left until the Japanese release of Pokemon Black and White, images of all 150+ Pokemon have leaked at Serebii.net. Stats for each Pokemon are currently being compiled as the data comes in. Without spoiling too much, I thought I would post a handful of my favorites so far. I’m glad there are some strong bug types this time around. On...

17 Sep, 2010

How did it come to this? How could Samus Aran go from being the most badass female character in video games to being the lamest? Metroid: Other M does a lot of things right, but accurately portraying Samus Aran as the hero we know and love is not one of them. Samus is fully powered up from the start of Other M, but out of respect to her former commanding...