Date archives for July, 2011

July 21st, 2011
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Nintendo Refuses to Confirm GameCube Downloads on Wii U

No denying either

Yesterday we reported that GameCube games could come to Wii U via WiiWare, and Nintendo has now released an official (and very carefully worded) statement to Destructoid:

To clarify the capabilities of the Wii U system: As correctly stated, Wii U will not play Nintendo GameCube discs, however Nintendo has not made any announcements regarding downloadable content.

Both statements of fact, of course: Wii U doesn't use GameCube discs and Nintendo has said nothing about WiiUWare or Virtual Console for Wii U, but could the two dovetail together?

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Nintendo Brings Star Fox 64 3D Forward to 9th September

Barrel roll with it

Star Fox 64 3D will buck Nintendo of America's regular trend for releasing games on Sunday, and will instead see release on Friday 9th September.

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July 20th, 2011
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Have finished Harry Potter now. Even for a total HP ignoramus like me that ending was a massive anticlimax. Really shoddy stuff.



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And what's a Horcrux?



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Game developers, please stop making maze-like forests. They are not as much fun as you think they are.



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First Impressions: Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking

Welcome bwaaa-ck

Kinect's advanced innards should make augmented reality easy, but so far we've only seen the mediocre Fantastic Pets combine live video with computer graphics. Ubisoft's preparing itself to have a go now with Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, a collection of minigames, microgames and sections probably best described as 'toys'.

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Playing Harry Potter again. I've said it's really bad haven't I? Because it is.



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First Impressions: Sonic Generations

Making us blue

June was Sonic's 20th anniversary, and later this year Sega celebrates with Sonic Generations, a project that aims to combine the hedgehog's best and, admittedly, worst moments. 3DS owners get a very different version to PS3 and 360 fans, both for better and worse.

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Pyramids is a New Game Coming to the 3DS eShop

So be happy!

We know you're bored of not being able to download any new 3D games to your beloved 3DS, and that any announcement of future 3DS downloads is like a faraway carrot, but indulge us anyway.

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Pyramids is a New Game Coming to the 3DS eShop

So be happy!

We know you're bored of not being able to download any new 3D games to your beloved 3DS, and that any announcement of future 3DS downloads is like a faraway carrot, but indulge us anyway.

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