With the many recent drops we have seen on Nintendo’s handhelds in the past few months, this news isn’t too surprising, but it is still a nice deal for those who still haven’t upgraded to the latest versions of the Nintendo DS. As of June 30th, all Nintendo DSi & DSiXL systems will be...

The adorable pink blob Kirby is returning to Wii on 23rd June, 2011, as part of his own dedicated TV Channel. The Kirby TV Channel will be available across much of Europe, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, as a completely free download that will feature TV shows staring Kirby as he battles King...

With a new day for updating their download services of Thursday, here are the week’s downloads from Nintendo: Double Dragon (3DS Virtual Console, Arc System Works: £2.70) Radar Mission (3DS Virtual Console, Nintendo: £2.70) Just Sing: 80s Collection (DSiWare: DTP Young Entertainment, 500 Nintendo...

Good news everyone! Recently revoked game Dead or Alive Dimensions for the 3DS has recently been reclassified to a newer and more relevant rating. This rating? It has gone up from a PG to an M rating, which is actually not that much of an increase. You see here in Australia, anything with a rating of less...

Ocarina of Time 3D was released yesterday and as I wrote previously, if you purchased the game you could register it at Club Nintendo to receive a free soundtrack CD sometime in the near future. Now while my registration and subsequent CD order went off without a hitch, lots of Zelda fans were unable to...

You may remember back at E3 during the Nintendo press conference that they had said that the early purchasers of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D would be able to register their copy of the title with Club Nintendo and that they could receive a free commemorative soundtrack. This soundtrack contains all...

Game Name: Wii Play: Motion Platform(s): Nintendo Wii Publisher(s): Nintendo Developer(s): Nintendo Genre(s): Mini-game Compilation Release Date: June 13, 2011 (US), June 24, 2011 (EU) Price: $49.99 BUY NOW! Since the launch of the Nintendo Wii, we have seen many mini-game compilations come out which have...

If you turned on your Nintendo 3DS today you may have noticed that you can download a new firmware update. The firmware update will upgrade your 3DS system to Version 2.1.0-3U and the main reason for the update was to fix a problem with the software that is a “correction for the screen freeze...

Well, it’s Thursday and that of course means Nintendo are bringing out a small load of titles to all of their download services. The biggest to talk about is the 5th title released for the 3DS Virtual Console, Donkey Kong (also known as Donkey Kong ’94). This Game Boy game was released in 1994...

If you know comedy then you should know a man named Robin Williams. If not then go watch some TV and catch one of the comedies that he has been in in his long career. If you do know about Robin Williams, you may not know that his daughter is named Zelda and that he named his daughter after Princess Zelda in...

There were a few years when E3 tried to be a bit more business oriented and actually restricted the use of booth babes to help attract crowds. Thankfully for our inaugural visit to E3, this rule has been forgotten and there were plenty of different babes there to attract the crowds. Now below you can catch...

Last week at E3 during Nintendo’s conference you may have heard that they will be offering The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for the DSiWare free of charge. This game would be playable on the 3DS of course as well as the DSi and DSiXL. One thing we didn’t know though was which game would actually...

During Nintendo’s press event at E3 2011, they announced that they have realeased the 3DS Pokedex. What is the 3DS Pokedex? It’s a free downloadable application on the 3DS which allows you to collect all the black and white pokemon through street pass. This means if you connect to an internet...

MasterAbbott caught up with Tak Fujii Producer of his soon to be released 3DS title Frogger 3D at this years E3 Expo 2011.  Everyone’s favourite little green frog is back with some really cool remake. Fujii go through all the new features and also some old school updates that he’s throw in into...

Normally in the U.S., Monday is the day you check to see what is new in the Nintendo e-shop on the Wii & DSi (and as of last week the 3DS). That date is now looking to change starting this Thursday. Last week, 3DS owners received a whole shop launch to themselves, consisting of the new Virtual Console...

In a bit of depressing news today, the Nintendo 3DS has reached a million handheld sales this past week in Japan. This means it took thirteen weeks for the Nintendo 3DS to take and reach this benchmark, while the DS only took four weeks and the DS Lite and DSi only took eight weeks. Andriasang pointed out...

Hidden on their website, Nintendo has very quietly released the specs for their upcoming Wii U console. Why they didn’t boast about this more publicly is anybody’s guess, but the big N’s new machine is packing a punch somewhere in the ballpark of the Xbox 360. Set your eyeballs on the...

Okay everyone! We here at Capsule Computers have some excellent videos to share with you! These videos are from the Nintendo Conference at E3 this year (2011). We have videos of the 25th Anniversary of Zelda speech by Miyamoto, the 3DS presentation segment of the show and the presentation of the eagerly...

Miyamoto recently confirmed in an interview with news.com.au that the Nintendo’s new console, Wii U, will currently be limited to only allowing 1 new Wii U controller interfacing with the console, alongside 4 previous gen Wii controllers. As Miyamoto says, this is only at the current stage in Wii...

Nyko had quite an E3 this year and they showed off some really neato items.  First up is a peripheral that clips to the front of an Xbox 360 Kinect and allows gamers to use the Kinect’s camera with a reduced distance of some 40%, thus allowing players with hovels as homes to use the fancy motion...

Much like Wii Play: Motion, Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident is aimed at all audiences as the gameplay resembles that of a point and click adventure. That is not a bad thing by any means though as this super sleuth title is looking to be fantastic from what we have seen so far. Imagine you are...

If you watched Nintendo’s press event at E3 this year, the main thing that was mentioned about the Wii is how the motion-based console brought people together and offered entertainment for all ages. Nintendo still want to keep that theme going this year with Wii Play: Motion, a title that is due out...

All good things must come to an end. It was the final day of E3, and MasterAbbott & Travis had a ton of sights to see as the event wound to a close. In the pictures below, you can get caught up at what was at E3 this year, with the likes of Tomb Raider, POWER RANGERS!!!!!!! (those exclamation points are...

E3 2011, MasterAbott had an opportunity to play through Super Mario Bros. Mii for the Wii U system. Courtesy of Wolf and himself, comes this gameplay video of the game. The game plays similarly to the earlier Wii and DS versions of the game, but also allows you to run through the game as your own Mii as...

A playable demonstration of the Wii U’s capabilities in motion, Battle Me, has recently been demoed at E3 by both MasterAbbott and Wolf (Phil and Travis – Lucky so-and-so’s). The game itself features players with Wii remotes who must navigate using the television to engage and take down...

Though the big three have already made their huge announcements at this year’s E3, the games are just getting underway. MasterAbbott & Travis were on hand for the second day on the Expo floor, and every publisher was out and about to promote the coming year’s line-up. In the photos below you...