Tag Archives: Nintendo

Advance Wars on Wii U Virtual Console 3rd April

Posted on March 25, 2014 by frankeivind

Next week, on April 3rd, one of my favourite Gameboy Advance games will hit the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe. Advance Wars will be the first GBA game you can play on the Wii U. Prepare for battle! Advance … Continue reading →

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Dr. Mario on Wii U Virtual Console

Posted on February 13, 2014 by frankeivind

Dr. Mario was originaly released on the NES in 1990, but have been available on every Nintendo console since. So it’s no surprise that Dr. Mario is now (February 13, 2014) available on the Wii U’s Virtual Console in Europe. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Just got a Virtual Boy

Posted on February 4, 2014 by frankeivind

I’ve never ever played a Virtual Boy, but have allways wanted one. So I’ve just bought a Nintendo Virtual Boy on eBay and received in the mail today. Over the next couple of weeks, I will be testing the console … Continue reading →

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Get Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for free

Posted on January 24, 2014 by frankeivind

You still have one week to get Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for free. Remember the Nintendo 3DS firmware update in December last year? If you register a Nintendo Network ID, or link a your Wii U created account, on the Nintendo … Continue reading →

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Every NES ‘Press Start’ screen in a YouTube-video

Posted on January 22, 2014 by frankeivind

If you got the time, 2 hours and 50 minutes to be presise, you can watch the start screen of every NES games in the video  bellow. It’s Youtube-user NicksplosionFX that have put togehter a video of ‘Press Start’-screen of NES and Famicom games … Continue reading →

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Review: Nintendo FAMICOM MUSIC (music CD)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by frankeivind

I can’t remember last time I bought an audio CD. But it’s years ago. When I found out that Nintendo was releasing the Nintendo FAMICOM MUSIC CD, I had to get it. It’s only been released in Japan (December 2013), … Continue reading →

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Review: NES Remix (Nintendo Wii U)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by frankeivind

Out of nothing, in a Nintendo Direct just before Chrismas, they annonced NES Remix and the game was available for download right afterwards. If you played Wario Ware, you get the idea of NES Remix. You got 200 challenges from a … Continue reading →

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Retrocast #01: Tetris (Game Boy)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by frankeivind

This is the first edition of Frank’s Retrocast. I take a quick look at Tetris on Nintendo Game Boy. The game was released in 1989 (thou I say 1988 in the video). I’ve probably have a lot to improve in … Continue reading →

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Virtual Console (Wii U/3DS) release Thursday 24 October

Posted on October 25, 2013 by frankeivind

A new week and new (or rather old) games to surface on Virtual Console for the Wii U and 3DS. Donkey Kong 3 Wii U VC – NES Unique to the classic series, Donkey Kong 3 is a frantic action … Continue reading →

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Revisiting The Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker HD

Posted on October 22, 2013 by frankeivind

When I got The Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker on GameCube on release in 2003, it was the second Zelda game I ever played. I loved the game from the start, and enjoyed playing through it. But I’ve only … Continue reading →

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