The SNES classic, Super Metroid, will be available on the Nintendo Wii U eShop tomorrow, May 15th, for the bargain price of 30 cents. When Nintendo announced the Famicom 30th Anniversary line up of games for the Wii U Virtual Console, many gamers (including me) immediately targeted Super Metroid for download. Personally, I consider it [...]
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Super Metroid available on the Wii U eShop May 15th for $0.30
May 14th, 2013 
Nickerous 
Posted in News, Retro, Wii-U 
Tags: 30 cents, eshop, Famicom 30th Anniversary, metroid, nintendo, sale, SNES, Super Metroid, Virtual Console, wii u 
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Today in History: April 28th 1989 – Super Mario Bros 2 Hits the Nintendo Entertainment System
April 27th, 2013 triverse 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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Zelda: A Link to the Past Sequel announced for 3DS
April 17th, 2013 Nickerous Nintendo surprised many gamers this morning by announcing a sequel to the SNES classic, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Details were scarce, but the big N did reveal that the game is set in the same world, but promises a new storyline and brand new dungeons. Link will also have [...]
Posted in 3DS, News, Retro Tags: 3ds, Holiday 2013, link, Link to the Past, New Zelda, nintendo, Nintendo Direct, SNES, Zelda No Comments »
Got An iPad or iPhone and Love Nintendo?
March 2nd, 2013 triverse Following up the success of the recent game collection apps article on Android devices, I thought it would be a good idea to listen the feedback from readers across the Internet and do a Nintendo centric version of the article. Here I have collected several Apps off of iTunes that cater to a different Nintendo [...]
Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior Dragon Punches the Super Nintendo – February 6th, 1991
February 6th, 2013 triverse Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior by Capcom, the game that arguably put the Super Nintendo on the map for many gamers (I lived through it and remember the scene vividly). While the SNES was not exactly hurting without SF2, it was like night and day when SF2 was announced to be coming to the [...]
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Wii U Virtual Console…did Nintendo get it right?
January 23rd, 2013 Nickerous So, as it turns out, Nintendo did announce the Virtual Console for the Wii U during their Nintendo Direct presentation today. NES, SNES, and even GBA titles were discussed. One key item the Wii U VC needed was off tv play on the Gamepad and, thankfully, Nintendo confirmed that this will be available. Unfortunately, this [...]
Posted in News, Retro, Wii, Wii-U Tags: 30th Anniversary, famicom, gba, nes, nintendo, Price gouging, sale, SNES, special, Virtual Console, wii, wii u No Comments »
