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Yesterday Nintendo announced the next console in the 3DS line

The 3DS XL :

Compared to the 3DS the main things that have changed are the overall aesthetics
For a start the top screen is larger, it is 4.88 inches from corner to corner compared to the 3ds' 3.53 inches. The touch screen is 4.18 inches making it 1.16 inches larger than the 3ds' touch screen(which is 3.02 inches).

Many people were expecting the introduction of the second circle pad but as you can see no such hardware is included. Instead the "Start" "Home" and  "Select" buttons have become fully fledged buttons rather than the pressure pad buttons on the 3ds.

the material bordering the screens has been given a matt finish like the DSi as many thought  the shiny finish on the 3ds allowed for too many finger prints when touched.

The 3DS XL is being released in Blue Silver and Red colours.

Behind the scenes a few changes have been made too. The battery has been improved to allow for more game time but beware with 3d on full you will only be able to squeeze about half an hour extra out of the system.

The SD card that has been upgraded from a 2GB card to a 4GB card to allow for more storage.

Over all I think it looks like a good system and if you havent got a 3ds already i would reccomend you buy this. But if like me you already have a 3ds I dont think theres anything new here that we havnt seen before.

Poke' Remake

With Pokemon Black and White 2 approaching fast a lot of people have been speculating about the next game in the series.

So far the Hoenn Region is the only region that hasn't been remade, so many fans think that we may be in for a new instalment of the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald games.

Personally I would love to see a remake of the generation III games, my first pokemon game was Sapphire and Ive loved them ever since. Hoenn is by far my favourite region and it has my favourite pokemon, I would love to see it all rendered in 3D.

With the new capabilities that we have seen in the previews for Black and White 2 if they were to remake gen III I bet it would look stunning.

Wii U Price WAR

ONM (Official Nintendo Magazine) has announced that an online retailer has set the price to pre order a Wii U at £279.85

I was expecting about £250 but I might be prepared to pay this much if it comes bundled with a game like nintendo land for example.

What do you guys feel about this price?

Nintendo Dissapoints Fans

At E3 this year a lot of us were disappointed with the lack of content shown during both of Nintendo's conferences. I was admittedly one of these people but that does not mean I wasn't impressed with some of the new things shown like some of the Wii U games.

Personally I was MEGA disappointed with not a single mention of Animal Crossing 3DS. This game was the main reason I wanted a 3DS, Sure Mario Kart and 3D Land are great but I've practically finished them and I need something new to pass the time.

As a big fan of the Professor Layton games I was also disappointed with the lack of Professor Layton And The Miracle Mask info. I wasn't that impressed with The Spectres Flute so I was looking forward to a new mystery to solve (this time with an ending that is at least plausible). Also the crossover game with Phoenix Wright wasn't mentioned either.

A lot of people were looking forward to a new monster hunter game, but again another no-show at E3 along with Super smash Bros 3D.

The two Mario games that were shown have received mixed attitudes towards them. While I am looking forward to the Wii U version I don't think that an additional player drawing blocks on the screen is that innovative really, I think something like the 2nd player Luma in Galaxy 2 would have been a better option. The addition of Flying Squirrel Mario is nice but don't you feel Nintendo has milked the flying power ups by now. The amount of coins that can be collected in the 3DS version has also caused disapproval as many people have said that we will gain too many lives and the game will be less challenging.

The Lack of Wii U features surprised me also. Luckily Nintendo uploaded a video outlining some of the Wii U's features but I'm actually shocked that they didn't showcase it much on stage. The Mii-Verse seems an interesting idea and I'm glad that a kind of Nintendo social network has been created. We still do not know all about the Wii U and I think Nintendo missed an opportunity to really show it off at E3.

Hopefully we wont be left in the dark for too long and I hope that the next Nintendo Direct is soon because I'm itching for new information

E3 Nintendo (3DS)

As well as multiple Wii U games the 3DS was given a mini conference all to itself.

At the show we saw various titles:

New Super Mario Bros 2
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon


New Super Mario Bros 2 is all about the coins! The game has new items that allow you to collect coins like never before. The gold flower lets you shoot fire balls that torn all items they touch into coins. There is a gold ring that turns all surrounding enemies gold allowing you to jump them and turn them into coins. Lastly there is a box that when jumped at from underneath sits on mario's head and spews out coins as you walk. The reason for this endless coin collecting is to enable a new mode that uses street pass. This mode allows you to challenge people you street bass to build up more coins than you during the level, this

Next up  is Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Returning with all of the charm that we love from paper mario, Paper Mario: Sticker Star takes a whole new gameplay technique where you have to collect stickers, by peeling them of the scenery, to use in game and mainly in battles. You can also find real world items like a fan that you can transform them into stickers to use in battle and to change the environment.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is back for a long awaited return of our fraidy-cat hero. Luigi can now travel around multiple mansions each with  their own haunting tasks. The "Poultergust" has had an upgrade and can now shoot a multi coloured beam to find secrets in each room. there are more types of ghosts too including a dog ghost which i think is soo cool. The game has many funny cut scenes with Luigi looking as scared as he ever has, Keep your eyes out for these games.

Other third party games have been announced for the 3DS: a Kingdom Hearts game, a Lego Batman, a Hero's of ruin and a Raving Rabbids game.

Sadly no Animal Crossing : Jump Out news im afraid. guess Nintendo are still keeping us in suspense

E3 Nintendo (Wii U)

Nintendo was the press conference I was most looking forward to. The convention was centred mainly around the Wii U console which will be hitting stores near Christmas.

The games shown were:

Wii fit U
New super mario bros U
SiNG (working title)
Pikmin 3
Nintendo Land
Panorama View (working title)
Game & Wario (working title)


Wii fit U is here. A new and improved version of the Wii fit you know and love. At E3 new fitness games were shown like Trampoline Targets which sees you standing on the Wii balance board and extending you legs to jump as high as you can on a trampoline. There is also a Luge game where you lie on the balance board and tilt your body to direct yourself down the snow slide. A big addition is a pedometer that you can take on a run with you and then upload your run via the game pad to the game.

New super mario bros U is continuing the New super mario bros franchise. The game features a new power up ,which is being called the acorn mushroom, that turns mario into "Flying squirrel mario" and allows him to glide around the scenery. Another new item is the "Baby Yoshi". These come in 3 varieties, a pink one that turns into a balloon to allow you to float, a blue one that blows bubbles that trap enemies and a yellow one that glows in the dark. A new game play mode was also revealed where as well as players playing on screen another person can use the game pad to add blocks to the scenery to help the players jump ac cross holes and reach new places.

SiNG will be a fun game to play in a group with friends and family. Take to the stage using the Wii U game pad as you lyric screen and SiNG for stardom. The TV has a dance for the rest of the room to do and sing along lyrics too. You also get things to shout out to the audience on the game pad like "Clap" and "lets Dance". This game seems like a real party please and is defiantly on my wish list.

Pikmin 3 Good old Pikmin is back and its better than ever. The brand new HD makes the individual Pikmin all move clearly and smoothly and the scenes look amazing. A new species of Pickmin called the rock pikmin are available, and they can break hard objects like rock and ice. You can play traditionally using the Wii remotes and use the game pad as a map to view the whole area. Or you can use the game pad alone and command 4 different Pickmin leaders around the map for extra strategic play. This mode is a mode I realy want to try out as it shakes up the game play and adds a bit of interest to the game.

Nintendo Land is hitting our screens along with the Wii U release. You will be playing in a nintendo theme park featuring 17 attractions each based on a nintendo franchise. the ones we know about are:

• Animal crossing Sweet Day - Defend your garden of candy from candy loving animals
• Donkey Kong Crash Course - Ride your truck round a mad obstacle course
• The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest - Battle against goblins with swords and a Wii U cross-bow
• Takamaru's Ninja Castle - Ninja stars go flying in this mad ninja star shooter...thing

A racer game, a mario game, a yoshi game and others have also been seen but not named.


Panorama View turn your living room into the ultimate viewing screen with this cool game. Use the game pad to look around the room and view the stunning scenery your in. Not much about this game has been revealed


Game & Wario will be a sucsessor to the WarioWare games. It includes a range of minigames like Ski, Fruit, Shutter and Arrow. Other games will also be revealed. the idea of the game is to ear medals throughout the game by playing the minigames.

E3 Ubisoft

Ubisoft have hit E3 again this year with a range of games I think you'll want to play:

Assassins Creed III
Farcry 3
Splintercell Blacklist
WatchDogs
Zombi U
Just Dance 4
Rayman Legends



Ubisoft took to the floor with a range of new shooters/action games that they have revealed at E.
Some very interesting titles were shown and I'm sure fans of the Assassins Creed and Farcry games will be happy with a 3rd generation of the games.

Splintercell is also another game that has taken off with a brand new story involving you and some terrorists. you are instructed to put a stop to what ever plans are brewing, its that simple... of corse its not.

Zombi U uses the wii U as its main console. you are in a world where a Zombi virus has broken out in london and you have to try and survive using the wii U as your survival kit. if gore, scares and nightmares are your thing, then look no further.

WatchDogs is the game that most stood out to me. You are a man who has the ability to use the ctOS system to complete your goals. using the ctOS you have the means to jam communications, find a file on anyone nearby and to hack electronics like security cameras and traffic lights. The mechanics of this game do look amazing so I think its well worth checking out.

As a softcore gamer myself that prefers goofing around rather than ripping someones head off, the next two games realy grabbed my interest.

Just Dance 4 is here and it looks EPIC. This is a game me and my Friends play a LOT and I can tell you that the next instalment is already on my wish list. The game will include all of your favourite dance styles like Duets and Dance Crews with the addition of a new Battle Mode and an upgraded version of the sweat mode. If your playing on the Wii U you can set up playlists via the game pad and you can alter the dance moves of the players to shake things up a bit. You can unlock alternative choreographies for the 40 songs available in order to spice up your game play. The dance screen is now clearer as one bar is used for your scores with all 4 players on the bar so you can clearly see who is beating who. The stars are making a return so I hope that means the return of the Mojo points.
A full preview of this game will be on the blog as soon as more is released, for now here is a list of confimed songs:

• Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
• Disturbia – Rihanna
• Good Feeling – Flo Rida
• Maneater – Nelly Furtado
• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
• Rock Lobster– The B-52’s
• So What – P!nk
• Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
• You’re The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White
• What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
• Wild Wild West – Will Smith

Rayman Legends is appearing on our Wii U's and it looks better than ever! It is a sequel to Rayman Origins and uses the same gameplay with the same beautiful artwork as seen in its predecessor. The big addition to the game is having Murphy as a playable character on the wii U game pad. Murphy can see things the character on the screen cannot and he can also help with things like cutting ropes and collecting items. Ive never been a fan of the Rayman series but im starting to become one, this is defiantly a game which I will be playing.
Full preview will be being blogged soon

E3 2012

From the 5th to the 7th of june E3 is happening in LA and all of teh gaming gossip will be revealed

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Origins of a man

Here is a fun new game to keep us playing through the summer.

Yes Rayman Origins is coming to Nintendo 3DS on the 8th of June.

The game revolves around this bazaar storyline that while the gang were sleeping in the snoring tree the noise of their snoring disturbed a grandma in the world of the livid dead. She sends darkness into the glades by sending numerous Darktoons after Rayman and the gang.

I want a sip of whatever the bloke who rote this story was drinking!

The game play is 2D side scrolling similar to the original Rayman games with the artwork being drawn BEAUTIFULLY! The entire world looks sketched and foreground and background objects move with the game too to give the 2D world a feel of 3D dimensions.

Through the game players can gain new abilities allowing them to run up walls, glide in midair, swim and shrink in size to reach new areas. The game features a four player multilayer mode where you and three others can play co-op together though the game.

The music and artwork in this game make Rayman Origins a fun and humorous, and I can't wait to play it in the coming months

Full Review Coming Soon