Category: Nintendo

Anticipated Games - Mass Effect 4

6/21/2014

By John Philip Jennings

The next Mass Effect game was teased during EA's E3 conference last week. The game itself was in very early development stages, but we did get a glimpse of a new protagonist, new worlds and we got to listen to some of the team at Bioware discuss their ambitions and desires for creating the game. But what do the fans want?

IWG at E3 2014 - The top five reveals

6/19/2014

By Reece Merryweather-Brown

This year’s E3 has been an explosion of video game content, from gameplay of Mortal Kombat X, to a cinematic trailer of upcoming third-person MMO game, The Division. There’s been such a wide variety of content that it’s hard to pick out the truly amazing releases that stand out from the rest.

However, IWGers are some of the most determined folk on these here internets. And you can sure as hell bet we're going to try!

Five best consoles of the nineties

6/18/2014

By Paul Robert Scott

People have very different views on the 1990’s. Some remember it with the kind of fondness that you can only get from growing up in a more optimistic age, while others cringe at the very thought of Brit-pop and curtained hair. Personally I prefer to think of the nineties as a ten-year, acid-fuelled rave; where everyone got so drunk they were no longer responsible for their own actions. However for all of the things we’d rather forget or chalk up to the intemperance of a ten-year millennium party, you have to admit that it was a fantastic age for gaming.

A Brief History: The Nintendo GameCube (2001 - 2007)

6/17/2014

By Daniel Lamb

“Genesis does what Nintendon’t” was the slogan used to market the Sega Genesis back in the late eighties and early nineties against its fiercest rival, the Super Nintendo. Cute, I think you’ll agree. But as it turned out, what Sega did that Nintendidn’t… was perish. In actual fact, Nintendo did what they continue to do, they adapted and they survived. Indeed, the Nintendo-Sega console war of the eighties and nineties was a real knock-down, drag-out, slobber-knocker of a showdown, but when the dust had cleared and all was said and done, it was Nintendo who were left standing tall.

IWG at E3 - Personal Highlights

6/16/2014

By the IWG Games Team

So the excitement of E3 is over for another year, and we took the opportunity to ask some of our writers what they thought of the recent conferences and if there was a clear winner this year. Despite the differing opinions, everyone seems to be in agreement that EA's conference just blatantly sucked.

Nintendo at E3 - Smash Bros, Star Fox and Zelda

6/14/2014

By Luke Kirby

This year Nintendo needed to show consumers why, as a company, they are still strong competitors against the likes of Microsoft and Sony. After their performance at E3 this year and the vast amount games announced I feel that Nintendo have shown their importance and why their system(s) are worth having.

Mario Kart 8 - Review

6/4/2014

By Chris Crompton

For twenty-two years that happy-go-lucky mustached plumber (and the various anthropomorphic creatures of the Mushroom Kingdom) have been writing and rewriting the playbook on how to correctly do a racing game, and this latest installment has its sights set on adding its own special chapter to this infamous genre-defining series. Nintendo pulls out all the stops in this regard, and I’m going to try and keep the twelve-year-old fanboy in me at bay to tell you about the good, the bad and the downright nit-picky about Mario Kart 8.

The readership - Your favourite games of all-time

6/2/2014

The IWG Games Team

Last week we asked you, the readers, to tell us about your most favourite game of all-time. We received such an overwhelming response via our social networking channels afterwards and have narrowed down to just a select few we found to be the most compelling.

So did your favourite make the cut? Find out here!

Last-gen gems

5/31/2014

By IWG Games Team

Last generation saw a welcome rise in unique storytelling, enriching gameplay and ultimately some of the most engaging and unforgettable gaming experiences to date. If, like most of us, you still can't afford a next-gen console then why not take a gander at some of last gen's most compelling contributions? We've visited a wide range of genres during our search, and here are our eight final choices.

The Legend of Zelda - The Wii U Waker

5/29/2014

By Luke Kirby

It’s been almost three years since Nintendo fans were teased with a tech-demo of The Legend of Zelda on Wii U. We were shown a Twilight Princess graphical-style, in glorious HD. It showed an immense battle between Ghoma and Link ensue within a vast and ancient hall. Nintendo went on to highlight some of the capabilities the 'new' gamepad had to offer in at E3 such as changing the time of day to demonstrate new lighting effects, as well as switching camera angles. But there hasn’t been much information at all since. However Eiji Anouma promised he would say more about the new Zelda Wii U title to IGN at E3 in 2014, and my body is ready.

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