Tag Archives: Nintendo

The Nintendo DS is 10 years old

Posted on November 22, 2014 by frankeivind

Nintendo DS was well received, when it was first shown on E3 in May 2004. But Nintendo had allready given a hint of the a new console as early as January the same year. Nintendo DS was released in USA on … Continue reading →

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Sega 3D Classics Collection trailer

Posted on October 26, 2014 by frankeivind

I like the 3D conversion of classic Sega games on the Nintendo 3DS. As usual, the Japanese gamers allready have more Sega 3D Classics than us in Europe (and the US for that matter). And they will get more. On … Continue reading →

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Retron 5 review

Posted on September 13, 2014 by frankeivind

With Retron 5, you get a hardware that plays 9 different consoles out of the box: NES, Famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. And with the Power Base/Master System-converter, you … Continue reading →

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Discounted NES-games week 4

Posted on August 12, 2014 by frankeivind

So, it’s last week of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 14 and 21 August: Ballon Fight Donkey … Continue reading →

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Discounted NES-games week 3

Posted on August 6, 2014 by frankeivind

So, it’s week 3 of the NES discounted games on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console, if you are the owner of NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe. This game are discounted between 7 and 14 August: Tennis … Continue reading →

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Discount on Virtual Console NES games

Posted on July 22, 2014 by frankeivind

If you are the lucky owner of either NES Remix 1 or 2 and live in Europe, you are qualified for discounted NES games on the Wii U Virtual Console. In the next month (for four weeks), new NES games … Continue reading →

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Brain Training first DS game on Wii U Virtual Console

Posted on June 14, 2014 by frankeivind

Wayback in January, Nintendo announced that they would release Nintendo DS games on the Virtual Console on Nintendo Wii U. Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (also known as Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!) is … Continue reading →

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Mario Maker lets you make you own Mario levels

Posted on June 10, 2014 by frankeivind

At the Nintendo Digital Event at E3 2014, Nintendo announced Mario Maker. Appart from what was shown in the Mario Maker trailer, we know not much about the game. But it will let you create levels in the good old … Continue reading →

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Happy 25 to the Game Boy

Posted on April 21, 2014 by frankeivind

It was in 1989 on April 21 that the Nintendo Game Boy was released in Japan. That makes this small wonder 25 years old. The handheld was released in the US on July 31 the same year, while the Europeans … Continue reading →

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Gameboy Advance line-up on Wii U Virtual Console

Posted on March 27, 2014 by frankeivind

The Gameboy Advance games is soon to come on Wii U’s Virtual Console. Here is the complete game line-up for April: 3rd April Advance Wars (€6.99/£6.29/$7.99) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (€6.99/£6.29/$7.99) Metroid Fusion (€6.99/ £6.29/$7.99) 10th April Kirby & … Continue reading →

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