Famitsu’s Most Wanted List has been updated in their latest issue. This latest list has been dominated by the Sony platforms, with nineteen of the thirty games listed coming out for either the Playstation 3, Playstation Portable and Playstation Vita. However, it was a Nintendo exclusive that has...

As all of you 3DS owners know, it’s time for another eShop update. This week the pickings are slim, but one title in particular has had quite a bit of buzz and is sure to impress anyone looking for a modern hack and slash experience on their 3D handheld. Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword puts players...

Nintendo are yet again offering up downloadable titles for Club Nintendo, and this time Mario is getting some more love. Until February 29th, members can redeem their coins for some digital content, with the most prominent being Mario Party 2. If you have followed the age-old series, Mario Party 2 is a...

Imagine if you were to play Mario and as you collected coins, more goombas and koopas started to appear. Sound like a great idea? Well, Kid Icarus Uprising will include such a setting with the Intensity difficulty. As players collect hearts, the game will become progressively harder as more enemies will...

Last year, Super Mario 3D Land came out and turned the 3DS’ sales upside-down, assisting in the increase of units sold by miles. Many 3DS owners who have already played through both 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have one question on their mind though, with that being “what’s next?”. Yes,...

Over this last holiday season the Pearl Pink Nintendo 3DS was offered in North America as part of a bundle with Nintendogs, however those who still want to pick up this more feminine appearing device may still do so when it is released as a standalone package on February 10th for $169.99 Note that those who...

The landscape of portable gaming is going through a change. The mobile market seems to be growing thanks to the advent of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. This brought a new smartphone and tablet market which is gaining steam. With that in mind, media and consumers have proclaimed the doom of the dedicated...

When Pikachu had an adventure on the Wii a while back, I passed it up completely as Pokepark Wii seemed to be more of a simplistic cash-in for the franchise as a whole. After seeing the promotion for a sequel that has rose up over a year later though, things are looking up for the series. In a new trailer...

After a long wait, the brilliant little platformer Mutant Mudds has finally globbed onto the eShop. For those unfamiliar, this new title from Renegade Kid puts players in the role of Max as he jetpacks along a 12-bit world, armed with his trusty water cannon. You can snag up this gem for $8.99 as of today...

Satoru Iwata has revealed more information on the Wii U during an earnings meeting with investors. First up, it has been confirmed that the Wii U will be compatible with Nintendo Network. The Nintendo Network is the new network platform being introduced for the 3DS and Wii U to allow purchases of digital...

After a logo appeared on dummy boxarts for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and Dynasty Warriors VS., Nintendo has finally lifted the lid on the Nintendo Network, the new network platforms replacing Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The Nintendo Network will be different to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection as it will offer...

Back when the Wii U was about to be announced many people were wondering what the console would be named. Unfortunately however Nintendo decided that they would simply name their new console the “Wii U” which disappointed many with the poor naming choice. Also it was, nearly instantly, pointed...

If you are already thinking about Christmas 2012 (people do), then I have the prefect gift for you. A report on Bloomberg Japan notes that we will see Nintendo’s next console during the 2012 holiday season. In which regions, though? All of them. That means that Japan, North America, Europe and...

Little Mac is back! Nintendo of Japan have just announced the latest 3D Classic, and it is none other than the much loved Punch Out!! for the NES. This 3D version of Punch Out!! will be available in Japan on February 2nd at 500 yen. As of now, a western release is inevitable, so we all should expect seeing...

As we get closer to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Fever for the Wii, Nintendo seem to be sparing no expense when it comes to the actual promotion of the game. Yet another clip was released earlier today, showing off some ball-kicking, fish-snatching activities featured within, but at the end, a...

Word is officially out from Nintendo that The Last Story will be released in Australia on 23 February 2012 for a Suggested Retail Price of $AU 99.95. Last Story comes from Mistwalker Studios, a game development team lead and founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi, well known among gamers as the father of the Final...

Welcome to this weeks installment of the somewhat regular series here on Capsule Computers, the Capsule Theatre of Vision. This week we bring to you a rather entertaining song by the now split group: The Adventures of. The group consisted of two members, Duane Zuala and Brandon Lackey, both of whom sing and...

Boss Battles are right up there with jumping, points and blank wooden crates as examples of standard video game procedure. They’re in pretty much everything, and ideally test a player’s skills and abilities that they’ve accumulated during the game, as well as ramping up the tension in both...

It was recently said by Testuya Nomura that Theatrhythm Final Fantasy would have downloadable content after it was released. Since then nothing has been said about how it will be done, but now an image of a dummy box of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy has surfaced on Twitter, including what looks like support for...

Masahiro Sakurai, the lead designer of the much anticipated Nintendo 3DS exclusive, Kid Icarus: Uprising, has confirmed today that the game has officially gone gold. This is good news for fans who have been eagerly awaiting its release as it was one of the earliest titles unveiled for the Nintendo 3DS and...

Fresh off the heels of the 3D Classics announcement, Nintendo have prepared even more meat for fans of Pit to chew on today. The first comes in the form of a new trailer, showing off some of the high-flying battles and beastly bosses that players will encounter in Kid Icarus Uprising. To top off the...

Remember when the U.K. got the promise of 3D Classics Kid Icarus for free by exchanging a couple of Club Nintendo codes? Well, this news has spread to the U.S. finally…but with a twist. Nintendo recently announced that anyone that pre-orders Kid Icarus Uprising will receive the remastered classic as...

Kid Icarus: Uprising is quite the hotly anticipated title here in North America. As such it only makes sense that Nintendo of America give fans some sort of pre-order incentive right? Well today they have announced that those who pre-order the game will guarantee them a downloadable code when they pickup...

Good news fans of scary games, Nintendo of America is planning on bringing the portable spin-off to the Fatal Frame series, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, to North America on April 13. This news is a bit surprising considering Nintendo of America chose not to release the Wii’s Fatal Frame 4 in the...

Here is an interesting turn of events. Last year, WiiWare titles were very limited, with barely one new game being seen each week for the service. Nintendo did make this up by releasing “limited time” demos for some of the top tier titles, which usually kept a demo up for around a month for...

A few months ago, European Wii owners got a nice surprise of finding out that The Last Story would be heading westward and hitting shops on February 24th. Nintendo have now announced even sweeter news for those anticipating the Mistwalker RPG though, and that is that a collector’s edition will be...