Nintendo was still new to the sequel rituals when they released Super Mario Bros 2 on the NES, and boy did they go away from the norm for what a sequel was supposed to be. Being almost a complete departure from the original NES title, in Japan the title used for the US SMB2 was [...]
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Today in History: April 28th 1989 – Super Mario Bros 2 Hits the Nintendo Entertainment System
April 27th, 2013 
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Today in History: April 27th 1990 – Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest on the Nintendo Entertainment System
April 27th, 2013 triverse Taking place seven years after the original Castlevania, this installment takes a rather large departure from what fans knew from the first title. Simon is on a pilgrimage to visit his family’s resting place and meets a lady that tells him that Dracula has placed a curse on the Belmont family (bummer). Unlike the first [...]
Posted in Articles, News, Retro Tags: action, adventure, april 27th 1990, castlevania, classic, dracula, konami, nes, nintendo, quest, retro, simon's quest No Comments »
The Walking Dead Survival Instinct in Stores Across the UK Today
March 22nd, 2013 triverse The Walking Dead, AMC Television’s hit show, now has another game to add to the short list, The Walking Dead Survival Insctinct for all major gaming consoles. Just hitting the streets of the UK today, Survival Instinct is set to continue the tradition of scares and a storyline that keeps gamers entangled in the game [...]
Posted in News, Wii-U Tags: activision, adventure, amc, first person shooter, fps, outbreak, survival instinct, television, the walking dead, uk, united kingdom, wii u, zombie No Comments »
Knill: A New Indie NES Title WIP
March 2nd, 2013 triverse Retro titles around here are all great and fun but we have tried to keep away from simply flooding the site with yet more reviews of titles that have been covered time and time again on countless other sites in favor of focusing on finding original content we think our readers will enjoy. Original content [...]
Posted in News, Retro Tags: action, adventure, development, homage, indie, knil, nes, nintendo, retro, role playing game, rpg No Comments »
Today in History: January 23rd, 1990 – Super Mario Bros Conquers the World on the NES
January 23rd, 2013 triverse What can really be said about Super Mario Bros 3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System that hasn’t been said already? This was Nintendo’s unofficial swan song of Mario games for the NES that really showed that the system still had “oomph” when taking on more powerful systems such as the Sega Genesis and NEC Turbo [...]
Posted in News, Retro, Wii Tags: action, advance, adventure, all-stars, classic, entertainment, gba, nes, nintendo, retro, super mario bros 3, super nintendo, system, three, wii No Comments »
Code of Princess Coming to Nintendo 3DS eShop (Spiritual Guardian Heroes Folks)
January 3rd, 2013 triverse Miss the days of Final Fight and Guardian Heroes and that whole beat the hell out of everything in front of you type game play? So does Atlus who are releasing Code of Princess onto the Nintendo 3DS eShop this week.
Posted in 3DS, News Tags: 3ds, action, adventure, atlus, code, digital download, eshop, nintendo, princess, role playing game, rpg, swords No Comments »
Gunman Clive Hits Nintendo 3DS eSHop Today
January 3rd, 2013 triverse Fans of Contra have been hard pressed for a new title in the style of Konami’s classic series- that wait is now over thanks to Gunman Clive on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
Review: Trine 2: Director’s Cut for Wii U eShop
December 30th, 2012 Nickerous Trine 2 is an action platformer from Frozenbyte studios that was released last year on the PC, Playstation Network, and Xbox Live marketplace. For the launch of the Wii U, a special Director’s Cut was created for the Wii U’s eshop. This special edition includes expansion modes and all new levels that the previous releases [...]
Posted in News, Reviews, Wii-U Tags: 2.5d, action, adventure, directors cut, frozenbyte, launch title, nintendo, review, sequel, side scrolling, trine, wii u, wizard No Comments »
Batman Arkham City Armored Edition Exclusive Screens on the Wii U
November 20th, 2012 GoNNews Going the extra mile here at Gaming on Batteries is just the normal way of life. We are not content with simply posting the same pics that PR sends out to EVERYONE that asks- no, we do some investigating and dig up great shots that no one else has. Check out those Catwoman pics, you [...]
Posted in Wii-U Tags: 360, 3rd person, action, adventure, arkham city, armored edition, batman, catwoman, joker, nintendo, pc, playstation, ps3, warner bros, wb games, wii u, wii-u, wiiu, windows, xbox No Comments »
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U – Latest Screens
November 20th, 2012 GoNNews Capcom just keeps dropping screenshot after screenshot on us here at Gaming on Nintendo. The latest batch includes some concept artwork to boot. Enjoy.
