When should you buy a next

Though there's very little that could dissuade the most hardcore tech enthusiasts from picking up a next-gen console later this month, there's plenty of precedent to support the practice of patience.The abnormally long lifespan of the current console generation has made the arrival of the next one a highly anticipated event for some. Based...

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Retro Thursdays: 90's Game Commercials

Welcome to the 2 nd edition of Retro Thursday! Every console generation has those commercials that you'll never forget and with the next-generation of consoles, Playstation 4 and Xbox One, launching in just 2 weeks, the internet and television is flooded with game marketing. So in light of that, I thought it would be fun to look back at some...

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Nintendo acknowledges lack of virtual console titles, hopes to fix that

Iwata has told investors that the Wii U and 3DS virtual consoles are not being used to full advantage and he hopes to correct that.While the Wii had a very robust virtual console over the course of its life, virtual console releases for the Wii U are getting off to a very slow start. Aside from the 30 cent promotion that took place earlier...

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Rumor: Nintendo considering giving Nintendo 64 games the HD treatment

A new unsubstantiated rumor suggests that Nintendo could be seeking to give Nintendo 64 games the HD treatment. This should be taken with a huge grain of salt as it's basically unsubstantiated rumor, but according to an anonymous source, Nintendo may be seeking to give seven Nintendo 64 games the HD treatment in a new effort called 'reUmagined'....

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Metallic Flake Nintendo 64 Casemod ...

Link isn't known for being flashy or even stylish, but fans still associate him and his series with bling, thanks to Nintendo's tradition of releasing gold cartridges and systems for The Legend of Zelda games. The talented console modder Zoki64 and his customer steal that trick from Nintendo and then some by making a sparkly Ocarina of Time-themed...

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The Best Video Game Music from the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation 1 Era

1992, Nintendo made a mistake that haunts them to this day.They broke off their deal with Sony to make the Nintendo Play Station, a CD-Rom based console that would follow the Super Nintendo. Instead,they went their separate ways - while Nintendo made the Nintendo 64, a cartridge based console with a strange, 3-pronged controller, Sony released...

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Nintendo 2DS Sales Spike 64% Following Price Cut – Wii U Renaissance ...

Yep, that's no typo in the title...there's more good news for Nintendo this week as the firm's new portable console has been flying off the shelves.Over in the UK, a modest price reduction slapped on the 2DS not long after its launch seemed to do the trick nicely and led to a massive spike in sales during the lucrative half-term school holiday....

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