The Nintendo Switch, with over 92 million units sold in just four and half years, is on its way to becoming Nintendo’s most successful ‘Home’ console (though it is a portable). Nintendo’s Switch Online subscription service was seen as a great opportunity for the company to entice gamers into its ecosystem with Nintendo’s amazing back…
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Throwback Bit Thursday: Quest 64
The Nintendo 64 was not known for its RPGs. While it’s best three are some of the greatest games of all time (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, and Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber), apart from those, all that we are left with is Quest 64,…
Is Zelda a JRPG?
A strange topic of discussion has arisen over the past couple of decades within gaming forums: The dispute of whether or not, The Legend of Zelda (series) should be classified as an Action-RPG (which would make it a Japanese RPG), or an Action Adventure, or perhaps, both. The argument has driven many to question whether…
The Five Best Selling Home Video Game Consoles of All Time
Since 1983’s Nintendo Entertainment System, console gaming has grown from “kid hobby” into an integral part of entertainment in homes around the world. Some of these consoles have been very successful, and others have fared badly. Today, however, we list the very best selling home consoles of all time. Keep in mind that we will…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Game for Game, The Legend of Zelda is my favorite video gaming series. I don’t think I have ever handed out as many 10/10, and 9.5/10 to as many games in any other series. My favorite game of all time is a Zelda game (Ocarina of Time). My favorite gaming universe of all time is…
The Nintendo 64 Turns 25 Today…Yes, We are Getting Old and it is Good
I have written plenty on Nintendo, and the Nintendo 64’s blunders in losing ground to Sony’s PlayStation in the mid to late 1990s. But today, it is about honoring Nintendo’s last cartridge based console, as it is, undoubtedly, my favorite Video Gaming system, ever. 25 years ago I was 11 (about to turn 12) The…
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Prince’s Edition Out Now on Switch
The newest entry in the Ni No Kuni Series (Cross Worlds) is a mobile multiplayer game. Level-5 (Ni No Kuni, Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy) announced a few months ago that it was leaving the U.S. market in order to focus on the Japanese market, and the rapidly growing mobile gaming space. The move has paid…
Top Ten Best Nintendo 64 Games Ever According to NER
Unlike our previous ‘Best Nintendo 64 Games‘ list, which was mostly objective (we just listed the game based on professional critic averages score). Today’s list is -nearly – fully subjective. These are my personal favorite Nintendo 64 Games. The criteria used for the placement of these games is the following: How good (and impactful in…
The Top Five Nintendo 64 Role-Playing Games According to Metacritic
This was a tough list to compile. The reason for that is that when you search for Nintendo 64 “RPGs” you only get two hits on Metacritic.com. Simply put, the N64 did not have many traditional RPGs released on the U.S. and you could (quite literally) count them on one hand…even if it was missing…
The Top Five Best Selling The Legend of Zelda Games of All Time
The Legend of Zelda has sold over 118 million games over the course of its 35 year old life span. These numbers make it one of the most commercially successful franchises of all time. Apart from its commercial success, The Legend of Zelda, is renowned for its actual greatness as a gaming franchise. Has there…