Nintendo Power Archive

Sakurai on Super Smash Bros. 4: “Patience will be rewarded.”

The last issue of Nintendo Power featured an interview with Masahiro Sakurai, in which he gave us an idea of Super Smash Bros. 4‘s progress. To put it bluntly, he still hasn’t put a development team together. But Sakurai assures us that the wait will be well worth it. I can’t really say anything until things […]

Rumour: Nintendo looking at bringing eBooks & iOS content to the Wii U

Today, a rumour surfaced from Forget The Box claiming that Nintendo are looking into bringing an eReader-style service to the Wii U that would offer a variety of content to its users. The source, an unnamed Los Angeles-based software developer, was apparently approached by Nintendo and “offered assistance in porting and publishing some software from iOS […]

Zelda Wii U will “challenge” series conventions

Many gamers (myself included) have been greatly enjoying The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword over the past couple of weeks, pleased with all the new and refreshing gameplay elements it brought to the Zelda franchise. However, in the newest issue of Nintendo Power, Eiji Aonuma revealed that Skyward Sword was only the beginning – Zelda Wii U is […]

Hideki Konno teases Mario Kart Wii U

Surprise, surprise – Nintendo are planning to bring Mario Kart to the Wii U. It doesn’t sound like the game has started development yet, but in the November issue of Nintendo Power that just arrived at my place today, Hideki Konno gave the first official tease that the game was on its way. I can’t […]