16 Apr, 2012

Nintendo has a handful of new games, apps and – for the first time – a pay for download video. This week looks to appeal to as many people with a 3D art creator, a mystery puzzler game and an old school top down 2D racer. First up is Colors! 3D from Collecting Smiles available exclusively for 3DS via the eShop. Acting as both a free expression...

10 Apr, 2012

Ok, the above is not entirely true, Nintendo and Capcom have not partnered up to bring their two major franchises together – you will however be able to download a couple of classic games from the Virtual Console this week. The 1986 original, Legend of Zelda, will be making it’s way to the 3DS Virtual Console for all this Thursday – originally...

4 Apr, 2012

The unexpected mash-up betwixt Pokemon and Nobunaga’s Ambition is heading to North America this June, rechristened Pokemon Conquest. I greatly prefer calling it Pokemobunaga’s Ambitimon, but no one asked me. Here’s Nintendo’s description: “In Pokémon Conquest, players take on the role of a young Warlord who is linked with a...

3 Apr, 2012

FIFA Street remains top of the All Format chart this week, with Mass Effect 3 moving up one place into second and new entry Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 in third place. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has been pushed down into fourth, and FIFA 12 into fifth. Our next new entry, Namco Bandai’s Naruto Shippuden Ninja Storm Generations enters in sixth place....

2 Apr, 2012

Heads up, Nintendo fans – there are downloadable titles aplenty launching soon on the Nintendo eShop. Gather round the fire and hear what Nintendo news I bring… First up to the plate is SpeedThru: Potzol’s Puzzle for Nintendo 3DS. Touting 90 stages and three multiplayer modes, SpeedThru is an Aztec-themed action puzzler that will test your...

26 Mar, 2012

FIFA Street reigns supreme for another week, with highest placed new entry Operation Raccoon City coming in second. Mass Effect 3 has been pushed down into third, FIFA 12 remains in fourth and SSX is left to make do with fifth place. Kid Icarus: Uprising shifted enough copies in its first week to come in at seventh, and elsewhere fellow newbies Shogun 2: Total...

15 Mar, 2012

One of the anchors of Hasbro’s new HUB television network is a new Transformers animated series. The series, Transformers Prime, focuses on several Transformers good and bad as they battle across planet Earth. Along the way, Optimus and the rest of the Autobots befriend several kids that help in their battle. Now, Activision and Hasbro have teamed up to...

12 Mar, 2012

No surprises here – the ubiquitous Mass Effect 3 has entered the all format chart in first place, pushing EA’s SSX down into second. Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken has managed a respectable third place showing during its first week, leaving the ever present FIFA 12 in fourth and Mario Party 9 to round off the Top 5. There are two other...