Following on the heels of the launch of the Wii U console in North America, Nintendo has announced the launch of a new lightweight Wii for Canada. The aptly named Wii mini comes with a number of limitations: no Internet …
Wii mini for Canada
Gaming
Video games: one’s escape from reality to becoming a hero and saving the land from a dark malevolent force, or weaving between banana peels, and green shells. The video game sector is a tens of billions of dollars industry spanning the globe and crosses platforms from hand-held consoles to powerful PCs.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Get ready to put the pedal to the metal with your favourite blue hedgehog! Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is the follow up to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and not only introduces new vehicles but new characters as well. …
Tetsuya Nomura hints at Kingdom Hearts II remake
Ten years ago, a collaboration between Disney and Square Enix (then called Squaresoft) resulted in the birth of a video game franchise called Kingdom Hearts. Last month, Square Enix announced that it would combine the games Kingdom Hearts Final Mix …
Project X Zone promotional video
There’s a new cross over coming to the Nintendo 3DS; a simulation RPG titled Project X Zone (which is pronounced Project Cross Zone). Stocked with numerous characters from franchises owned by Capcom, Bandai Namco Games and Sega, some of which …
Hyrule Historia book to be released in English
Last year, Nintendo published a really neat book on the Legend of Zelda series. Cover-to-cover, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is chock full of colour illustrations, never before seen sketches, history and an official timeline of all the Zelda …
The Legend of Zelda Lego
Who hasn’t spent hours creating castles or a random structure or vehicle with those colourful little bricks? Flowing from an idea to have the Legend of Zelda video game series immortalized in Lego form. The Japanese web site Cuusoo has …
Roy returns to Fire Emblem
The latest game in the Fire Emblem series has a familiar face returning. Roy, the hero from Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi (The Sealed Sword or The Binding Blade) makes his return as a downloadable character in the Nintendo 3DS …
Video Games with larger warnings?
That might become reality if a bill proposed by two politicians in the United States House of Representatives makes its way through and becomes law. Rep. Joe Baca, D-California and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Virginia want video game developers to make …
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses in Vancouver
As the first Canadian city on the The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour, Vancouver Zelda fans were treated to a journey into Hyrule and through Termina and Skyloft. A magical adventure through the creation and destruction that …
The Legend of Zelda concert schedule
At long last, the music from the Sacred Realm of Hyrule has escaped and will be travelling through North America. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda video game series, Nintendo has arranged for an orchestral concert aptly …