Official GC controller to Wii U adaptor announced

I love USB retro controller adaptors. It'll connect to the USB ports in front of the console and is primarily made for playing the new Smash Bros.

The pillowy shoulder buttons on the GC controller are SHIT. I've never liked them and always wondered why anyone would bother.

Mario Kart 8 out today... GoNintendo tournaments

It begins... the Mario Kart craze happens yet again. GoNintendo are also doing weekly tournaments so that's quite nice.

Pullblox World coming to Wii U

Not as exciting as the Chibi-Robo! news but nice nonetheless. Over here there's also a discount if you bought the previous Pullblox games on 3DS.

Chibi-Robo!: Let's Go, Photo! coming to Ireland!

Horray! When this game was announced for America on Nintendo Direct I felt sad because there was no mention of it on our region's broadcast. Now it's confirmed to come out here! Very happy about this because I'm a big fan of the original Chibi-Robo! on GameCube!

James and Mike play Nintendo Land

http://cinemassacre.com/2014/05/26/nintendo-land-james-mike-mondays/

So this time the lads play this. The game's a curiosity of history at this stage so it's fun to see it explored like this.

The Mysterious Murasame Castle debuts in Ireland on 3DS VC

Known in Japan as Nazo no Murasame Jo, it's one of Nintendo's other franchises that's usually known only in culturally celebratory articles. Hmm... I wonder if I should make a label for this?

Anyway the game is getting its first official release in Ireland on 3DS VC this week. I can only assume it's gonna be in 60 Hz.

Other cool stuff about Ace Attorney 5

Taka is the cutest bird of prey ever and Juniper Woods is a dote as well with her sunflowers. Her crush on Apollo makes the sunflower thing quite clever.

Playing Ace Attorney 5

Well I'm finally playing it. The language mistakes are pretty bad at times but it doesn't ruin the experience and it remains a pretty good read. I'm more accommodating toward the 3D effect too because of the game's static nature.

Watching Bit Block's Tomodachi Life videos in an attempt to understand more of it

Josh Thomas is doing a little vlog of sorts at the moment chronicling his time with Tomodachi Life. It's quite nice to watch and I'm really able to get a good impression of what the game is gonna be like as he plays.

Mario Kart 8's battle mode on normal tracks seems interesting

This was one thing that wasn't explained for a long time but it seems interesting. Not everybody is crazy about the idea of that change but I think it might be cool to go exploring and find hiding spots on normal tracks before surprising an opponent with shells. There are finally some videos around that show the concept off as well so have a dig around for those.

So, Dragon Quest XI won't be for smartphones? Yay!

Just heard that Yuji Horii said that he won't be making the next Dragon Quest for smartphones. Horray!

Hey! Please sell me more Dragon Quest games for my Nintendo systems!

"Look at Smoking World" is a stupid name for anything

Noticed this 3DS title and had a look at the trailer for same. It's about generic anime characters doing poses and er... heck I dunno.

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams coming to VC

Another GBA game from Namco is coming to VC, this time it's Klonoa. Never really bothered with this series but now's a nice time to give it a go.

Wii Sports Club getting a physical release in japan

Interesting. It'll have all the sports that the original game had, including the shitty boxing game. Of course the online multi-player will surely be there too.

Nintendo's E3 2014 thing is happening on 10th June

Their Digital Event is happening on this day so mark the ol' calendars.

Kirby Triple Deluxe out today in Ireland!

Horray! This game seems to be as good as the last Wii outing Kirby's Adventure Wii. It's finally out here now so it's there to enjoy! It'll probably be better than Yoshi's New Island too.

Homebrew solution for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection? Bring it on!

As we know, this service will be halting soon. Someone is working on a homebrew solution though so that the games may continue online!

We've been hoping for this kind of thing for a while now! Hopefully it will catch on.

Mr Driller 2 coming to Wii U VC

Some third party games like this are gonna be showing up. This is the GBA version.

An attempt to understand Tomodachi Life by comparing it with Wonder Project J2 for N64

Wonder Project J2 is my unrequited love. I say that because I fell in love with it when I read about it in Nintendo magazines in 1996 and the game was never released in Ireland.

I'm watching an English fan-translated walkthrough by a nice German YouTuber named hasew to make up for all the times I've longed to play the game but couldn't for some dumb reason or other.

As I watch him play I begin to see similarities with the gameplay I've seen for the upcoming Tomodachi Life!

Of course they differ in many ways too; Wonder Project J2 features the darling Josette and a big storyline, whereas Tomodachi Life features the user-generated Miis having all these silly misadventures based on their individual statistics.

They're similar in the way that you spend time with characters from both games in their homes that affect how they'll behave in the outside portion of their little worlds. Then, when you go out and choose an area it'll play out a scene or event in which your characters take part and you'll see the result of what your interaction has contributed.

For the sake of their common concepts and as a tribute to Wonder Project J2, I'm rooting for Tomodachi Life's success in Ireland!

"Shard of Nightmare" eh?

The rumoured Zelda title for Wii U as we approach E3 2014! It sounds like something from the "good vs evil" theme that runs in the Kirby series or a frivolous Castlevania subtitle. It also stirs memories of Twilight Princess wherein the mirror shards were sought.

Diddy Kong Racing on Classic Game Room

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM7Er0HtwQM

Here Mark reviews Diddy Kong Racing. Great to see it featured because I love the game so much. He's wrong about it not being the best kart racer ever (though it's generally accepted that Mario Kart 64 has better multi-player) and he completely forgets to talk about the bosses, the silver coin challenge and doesn't see the appeal in the Adventure mode unfortunately.

Also, hold R when flying the plane and let go of the accelerator before getting a speed boost!

Classic Game Room returns to YouTube with N64 Week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0lrGQxRrs

Horray! This is great news on both counts because the N64 is amazing(and better than the Vectrex) and because Dailymotion isn't that great.

Another Moon Chronicles trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9aA4x8uMIo

Here it is. It's kind of interesting and it looks like it has that N64 graphical feel to it.

Game Grumps discover the taunt in Mario Golf 64!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANizuqjTc-M

YES! In today's fourth episode of their Mario Golf 64 versus match Arin makes Plum go "Hurry up!". I've been waiting for this to happen!

Donkey Kong Land 3 is now on the Japanese VC

Unfortunately for them it's the rubbish colourised version that makes all the map screens static and garishly coloured.

But yeah, they have the whole GB trilogy now! I'd love to see them on our VC (except for this GBC remake of course)

Denpa Men 3 out this week

Nice little series of RPGs this is turning out to be. I'll be getting it because I like them even though I need to play them more.

James and Mike play NES Remix!

http://cinemassacre.com/2014/05/05/nes-remix-wii-u-james-mike-mondays/

Man, these guys are totally mah bros! I dunno what James sees in Dr. Mario though. I much prefer Wario's Woods.

Everyone seems to like Child of Light

It's an RPG made by Ubisoft and everyone seems to be glowing with praise for it. Someone even made a video that says "Child of Light Isn't Shite".

It's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylzDevF_w8M

Well I dunno but it's the hot new RPG of the moment. Maybe we'll see an emerging sub-genre called FRPG!

That there Courier game sounds interesting

http://www.couriergame.com/

I like the concept behind this. The main character seems like he could be a supporting Zelda character, like the postman featured in Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess among others. In Twilight Princess for example you see him running toward you in the big dangerous Hyrule Field and for a moment you wonder what his adventures are like.

Here's this game then where you play as a courier.

I haven't really explored HTML5 with regards to playing games and stuff like this is making me curious as to what's out there and what can be done with Nintendo's Web Framework thingy.

It's Kirby Triple Deluxe month!

Horray! This isn't out here for another couple of weeks or so but they have it over in the U.S. now and they're enjoying it. Can't wait.

Hope the Puzzle Swap thingy comes soon too. I've just finished the Yoshi's New Island jigsaw.

Patent for Nintendo portable thingy with swappable d-pad and buttons!

Wowee look at this from GoNintendo:

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/227397-nintendo-files-portable-game-system-patent-featuring-swappable-d-circlepad-and-buttons

The subject of that kind of thing came up before but here we see it with all four of the d-pad/left analogue/buttons/right analogue components being 100% interchangeable!

It sounds like a crazy cool idea though I can picture those bits and pieces going missing by people who won't take care of their stuff before moving it on to a second-hand shop.

But wait... depending on what those things are like, maybe they could be 3D printed! That's just my imagination going a bit wild but... how futuristic would that be!