Pac-Man coming to Super Smash Bros.
In the closed-door Super Smash Bros. developer roundtable hosted by Nintendo last night, Masahiro Sakurai announced that Pac-Man would be joining the battle in many forms.
The character's main form will be t...
Nintendo’s NFC tech is called ‘amiibo’
At their Digital Event this morning, Nintendo unveiled amiibo (no capitals), their near-field communication (NFC) platform for Wii U and 3DS.
The technology, which many associate with Skylanders figures or m...
E3 2014: What Will, What Might, and What Won’t
In our annual series, 'E3: What Will, What Might, and What Won't', we take a look at our predictions for the gaming event of the year. This time around, rather than break everything down by company, we're going...
The Eggplante Top Five: Best Video Game Soundtracks
There’s been an ongoing trend happening to my past few posts. It’s not an intentional thing nor is it my ultimate goal to become known for this on Eggplante- I’ve been writing about music. In my previous post I...
Super Smash Bros. Direct Roundup
It's been a long time coming, but Nintendo has finally dropped loads of solid info on what kind of experience we can expect from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. While we alre...
E3plante! 2014
Here we go again! It may only be April, but that means that E3 2014 descends upon Los Angeles in just over two months! In fact, we depart Toronto for the City of Angels in precisely nine weeks, and we've been p...
The Biggest Gaming News of 2013
We'll make this simple. Our biggest titles of 2013, all wrapped up into one tidy little package.
This was a fantastic year for gaming, and it took a bit of work to get narrow some of these down to be on this...
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS to be released in May 2014?
Retailer NewEgg has put up a product page for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS listing a May 16, 2014 release date.
Nintendo News conjects that, while placeholder release dates are common, May 16th is an o...
Wii U sales hit record low, Nintendo still turns a profit
Things are looking really bad for the Wii U right now...
Nintendo's troubled new console moved just 160,000 units worldwide during Q2, or between April and July in layman's terms. To add perspective to that ...
Super Smash Bros. Director talks characters, stages and more!
In case you missed the Nintendo Direct presentation that substituted for Nintendo's press conference at E3 2013, Nintendo capped off the broadcast by not only formally drawing back the curtain on their upcoming...