| | FFD: Is the videogame industry falling apart? | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 3rd, 2012 | Things aren’t looking especially good for the video game industry. THQ, one of the industry’s major publishers and developers is on the rocks - cutting jobs and devaluing by the second. If they do crumble, they wouldn’t be alone; the depressing list of developers who’ve shuttered their doors this generation is staggering.
Industry Giant Sony has reported its fourth consecutive year in the red, and even Nintendo - who spent the beginning of this generation ... [»] | 
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| Your guide to local game distributors and social media | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 3rd, 2012 | Here at Lazygamer we’re all about community. It’s all about you guys, the readers. We are - as some of you know, pretty active on social media - particularly Twitter, and probably not quite as active of Facebook as we should be. Did you know though, that most of the guys who bring you new games every week are also ... [»] |
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| Miyamoto wants to work on the next big hit for Nintendo | 
Darryn Bonthuys - February 1st, 2012 | If you were to take a look at the core games of Nintendo, such as Mario and The Legend of Zelda, you’d find the majority of those games were chart-topping hits whenever they debuted, no doubt thanks to legendary developer Shigeru Miyamoto.
But the man behind some of Nintendo's most beloved franchises isn’t content with his latest role in supervising these games, and longs ... [»] | 
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| The controller for the Wii U will include near-field communication | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 27th, 2012 | Nintendo fans, and parents of fans, I do hope that your wallets are quite deep. With the Wii U getting ready for a re-reveal at E3 2012, and reports stating that it will ship at the end of this year, just in time for Christmas mind you, the upcoming successor to the original Wii console is certain to have a few added hooks to lure consumers ... [»] |
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| Kirby’s adventure Wii review – Think Pink | 
Garth Holden - January 27th, 2012 | Kirby, King Dedede, Waddle Dee and Meta Knight - usually at each other’s throats - team up to try to save Magolor by rebuilding his Lor Starcutter, a spaceship capable of opening portals to travel vast distances. The pieces of the Puddlejumper Starcutter have been sprayed all over Pop Star, and it is up to Kirby ... [»] |
Score
7.0/10 |
| The Wii U will be here before Christmas | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 26th, 2012 | We’ve always known that the Wii U, Nintendo news tablet-controlled console would release this year - but we had no idea if that included us, here at the bottom of Africa of indeed that would include a Western release at all. That’s changed - because Nintendo’s harmless-looking, bespectacled president Satoru Iwata (who I suspect is actually capable of great wrath and golden-haired fury) has confirmed that ... [»] |
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| The Vita is selling worse than the PSP | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 23rd, 2012 | When the PlayStation Vita launched in Japan late last year, it sold like proverbial hotcakes. For its first week, at least. Since then it’s been on a steady decline, and to say sales are currently poor would be a fair bit of hypobole. In fact, according to Media Create - one of Japan’s sales tracking services, akin to North America’s NPD - ... [»] |
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| Amazing playable tribute to old-school Nintendo games | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 12th, 2012 | In the 80’s Nintendo nearly single-handedly resurrected the home console market after the fateful, ET and Pac-man induced crash of ‘83. If you’re like me, you grew up on a steady diet of all things Nintendo. Games like Double Dragon, Mega Man, Mario and the notoriously difficult Battletoads helped coin the term “Nintendo Hard,” which, surprisingly, isn’t a description of my elevated excitement when I hear that Shigeru Miyamoto’s working on a new game. If you have ... [»] | 
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| The 3DS continues to smash Japanese sales records | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 9th, 2012 | The market for dedicated handhelds, thanks to the proliferation of gaming capable smartphones and tablets, has shrunk to nothing. Nintendo, likewise, is doomed; their new 3DS has stalled at retail, proving itself to be a worthlessly unnecessary bit of tech. Only neither of those statements is true. We’ve reported ... [»] |
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| Shigeru Miyamoto reveals that he has a new project in the works for Nintendo | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 9th, 2012 | Well Nintendo receives a lot of love from the gaming community, it’s the kind of love you have for a favourite grandmother. Sure, Nintendo has begun releasing quite a few decent games once again, such as the brilliant Skyward Sword and the latest Mario Kart, but it’s done very little else to be truly innovative, recycling the same characters over and over ... [»] |
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| Rumour: The next generation PlayStation and Xbox both hitting this year’s E3? | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 6th, 2012 | According to the rumour mill, Nintendo won’t be the only company showing of its next-generation console at E3 this year. According to MCV - who seem to be pretty confident about this - both Microsoft and Sony will unveil their next consoles at E3 in June.They imply that external companies - Microsoft’s “partner’s” and Sony’s “Third parties” have indicated that the platform holders intend to show of their next-gen wares. If true, this will be ... [»] | 
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| Pokémon Rumble Blast Review – Gotta wind ‘em all up! | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 4th, 2012 | With Pokémon Black and White releasing to rave reviews last year, as it successfully recaptured the magic of the original games despite using the exact same formula for its design, players were left wanting more indigenous wildlife to capture than a hungry hobo in a zoo.
But while players wait for Nintendo and ... [»] |
Score
5.5/10 |
| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Handheld/Mobile Game | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 19th, 2011 | Sometimes you just can’t be in front of your PC or on on the couch, but that doesn’t mean that the gaming has to stop. Whether you’re a commuter, waiting in a queue or evacuating your bowels, there’s always something to play - whether it’s on a dedicated handheld like Nintendo’s 3DS, Sony’s PSP or on a mobile phone or tablet. Here ... [»] |
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| Who wants to win a Mario Mug? | 
Darryn Bonthuys - December 14th, 2011 | Whether you start your morning with a cup of coffee for that much needed boost for the day ahead, or prefer to engage the morning with some classy tea instead, you’re going to need a mug.
Now, personally, I have a cup with the Batman logo emblazoned on the porcelain, which keeps away that cowardly and superstitious lot of criminals from my stash of Lyptons tea, but not everyone is as fortunate as me to have ... [»] |
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| Zelda’s motion controls aren’t going away | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 13th, 2011 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword features some of the best motion controls in a game - marrying traditional and motion controls beautifully. Sure, the left-handed link has magically switched his dominant arm to cater for the waggling masses, but its resulted in what’s arguably the best Zelda yet. Nintendo hopes fans like those motion controls - ... [»] |
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