There is always a sales push leading up to the holiday period, and for Nintendo this Christmas is no exception. However, Nintendo’s upcoming release of the Wii U won’t be the sole focus of the companies festive advertising push, with a … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Nintendo DS
How The Vita’s First Week Sales Compare To Other Handheld Launches
Reports suggest that the PlayStation Vita saw poor sales when it launched in Japan in December, but have these fortunes changed since the handheld was released in the rest of the world in late February? We take a look at some charts … Continue reading
Scribblenauts Review
My enthusiasm for all things DS has waned considerably over the last eighteen months or so. Not even the best efforts of Beyonce Knowles and Girls Aloud on those ‘elegantly lounging about on the sofa’ telly adverts managed to unsheathe … Continue reading
GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra Review
Those of you heading towards the big 3-0 will recall the days most of our toys came hand in hand with a cartoon. Just about every franchise worth its salt had its own TV show designed to push more and … Continue reading
Line Rider: Freestyle Review
Since the Nintendo DS’ inevitable exposure to a massive mainstream audiences it has gone on to become a excellent platform for numerous third parties to earn exposure for original and often innovative titles. Before hand these titles would have remained … Continue reading
Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure Review
If there’s one question we here at GB Towers ask ourselves more than ‘when is the next comic going to be finished’ it’s ‘why oh why aren’t there more leading English game characters’? Despite playing a major part in creating … Continue reading
Chrono Trigger DS Review
When Chrono Trigger was released on the SNES way back in 1995 it was a true landmark title, not just in terms of its technical ability or gameplay innovations (more on those later) but also because of its core development … Continue reading
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Review
Despite coming from one of Nintendo’s most consistently highly-rated internal studios (Intelligent Systems) and plugging one of their biggest genre gaps (the strategy RPG), the Fire Emblem series never gets the support it deserves from its own publisher. The only … Continue reading
Sex And The City Folk…Or How We’d Spice Up Animal Crossing
If you’ve read our review of the latest Animal Crossing you can probably tell we’re just a little disappointed by the lack of innovation in what is one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises. Not ones to rest on our shiny laurels, … Continue reading
Professor Layton And The Curious Village Review
Having found huge success with their expanded audience titles like Brain Training, Nintendogs and Wii Sports Nintendo were keen to introduce so-called ‘bridge’ titles – games that would lead non-gamers into more traditional video game territory. So far Mario Kart … Continue reading
Nintendo Reveals New DS Bundles
Surely every person on the planet has a DS by now? Well, just in case you have any family members or pets who have yet to sample the delights of Nintendo’s little dual-screen gizmo and are looking to get one … Continue reading
Nanostray Review
Nanostray is a game with a lot to prove. As the first scrolling shooter on the DS, it has a certain level of expectation. Unfortunately, what could be a decent game has been badly damaged by some dubious design choices … Continue reading