| | Will Nintendo rename the Wii-U? | 
Gavin Mannion - March 20th, 2012 | Nintendo aren’t adverse to giving things stupid names, the Wii is a perfect case in point, but even now that I’m used to the Wii I can’t help but think of an ambulance when I hear Wii-U. Really am I the only one? Say this 5 times ... [»] | 
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| And this is why we love you Nintendo | 
Gavin Mannion - March 13th, 2012 | One of the oddities about Lazygamer in the local gaming scene is that we’re all classed as hardcore gamers and yet we still love Nintendo and the Wii. We know we’re in the minority here because we can view how many reads an article gets and Nintendo articles ... [»] | 
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| Are you in JHB, are you going to the meet up tomorrow? | 
Gavin Mannion - March 9th, 2012 | There have been a lot of community meet ups popping up around the country and as a rule we don’t generally cover them all otherwise you’re going to be swamped. However I’m making the exception today for two reasons, one it’s an incredibly slow news day right now ... [»] |
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| Binding of Isaac denied 3DS release | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 29th, 2012 | Dark indie roguelike The Binding of Isaac is based, loosely, on a biblical story. Its features Isaac, a young and naked child trying to flee his mother who's been told by "a voice from above" to sacrifice him. Touchy.
It seems it’s too touchy for Nintendo, who’s decided that the game won’t be gracing the 3DS’ eShop.“After a long internal debate Nintendo has decided NOT ... [»] |
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| Of course Brain Age is coming to the 3DS! | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 23rd, 2012 | Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training games were some of the most popular bits of software for Nintendo’s DS. Promising to help keep your mental faculties in tip-top shape, the series of word and number challenges were fun and engaging, even though they’ve mostly been proven to not really do much for brain health. Still, it’s headed for the 3DS.The game’s announcement came during Nintendo’s Nintendo ... [»] | 
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| Microsoft is 2011’s best game publisher, says Metacritic | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 13th, 2012 | You thought Sony and its PS3 were the king of exclusives, right? Not according to Metacritic, who’s crunched up the numbers and found Microsoft to be the best, most lauded publisher industry-wide - beating out both Nintendo and Sony. In fact, Microsoft’s the only publisher whose aggregate is over 75% across all their released titles for 2011.
Nintendo’s come in at 2, with Sony sitting with the bronze medal on the ... [»] |
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| 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 ... [»] |
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| 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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