News Tagged: Drama

Sunday 22nd November, 2009 - 22:27 GMT

News: Nintendo Blocking Third Party Releases On Virtual Console?

Nintendo Blocking Third Party Releases On Virtual Console?

If your title is in direct competition with a Nintendo one, you may be screwed

If you like to moan about the apparent lack of quality titles coming to the Virtual Console then you may wish to direct your anger at Nintendo itself rather than third party publishers, if this recent piece of news is anything to go by. A poster on NTSC-UK forum has replied to a thread about the upcoming release of Super..

83 comments | In Virtual Console, Drama, Mario Kart, Developers.

Monday 21st September, 2009 - 08:52 BST

News: Rare: Fate Was Against Us With Goldeneye

Rare: Fate Was Against Us With Goldeneye

UK developer sees little chance of a Virtual Console release

A while back we got rather excited about the prospect of seeing the N64 classic Goldeneye on the Virtual Console. Such enthusiasm was perfectly understandable - it's still one of the best FPS games you're ever likely to play - but sadly legal wrangles between Nintendo, Microsoft and current Bond license holder Activision seemed to scupper..

49 comments | In Retro, Drama, Disappointment, Rare, Goldeneye, Virtual Console.

Tuesday 18th December, 2007 - 21:39 GMT

News: Stars Points For Wii Points Debacle

Stars Points For Wii Points Debacle

The Wii points exchange dream is slowly turning into a nightmare...

A few days ago we reported on the news that long suffering PAL Wii owners had wanted to hear since the machine hit European stores: Nintendo had at long last given us the chance to trade our (generally useless) Stars/VIP points for Wii points! The result? Nintendo's new-look site promptly collapsed under the rush of gamers hoping..

4 comments | In Virtual Console, Drama.