Indiecade 2014 took place in Culver City this year. A great choice of location on their part. Parking was easy and extremely cheap and there were plenty of great restaurants in the area. Nintendo had a strong showing at this years Indiecade . Boasting 15 "Nindies" from different developers ranging from strategy to platformers to party games. Nintendo did a great job of focusing the attention on the games there. There was absolutely no mention of anything related to their big

Around a month ago we let you know about the Mario Kart 8 Happy Meal toys series, and since July 4th they've been available at your local McDonald’s. Today I'd like to share the outcome of our Mario Kart 8 toy hunt that took 8 days to get the entire collection. We were lucky enough to have three McDonald's nearby in our area. I heard that all the McDonald's around get a shipment of different toys once per week, so that's why it took us so long to get all the toys, especially

Ever since its first American appearance back in 1998, Pokémon has been a consistent source of some of the most finely tuned gameplay Nintendo has to offer. Between the careful balance struck with the type matchups, the incredible variance between different moves and abilities, and the surprising depth behind Pokémon stats, the battles are far less simple than they appear to be on the surface. That's a big part of what keeps players coming back again and again. Of course, the

My best friend and I have very different tastes in video games, but when it comes to the Mario and Luigi series, we have an unhealthy addiction to the zaniness, engaging gameplay, catchy music, and colorful cast of characters. You could imagine how excited we were to get our hands on the latest entry first to be on the 3DS. Taking place after the events of Bowser’s Inside Story, the Mario brothers, Princess Peach and her subjects are invited to take a vacation to a tropical g

It’s time once again for another StreetPass San Diego game review! This time around, we’ll be reviewing the newly-released Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. This game is an expansion to 2010’s Monster Hunter Tri, but even players of that game will find huge amounts of new content. In addition to Tri’s 18 large monsters, there are 11 more new and returning species, from Plesioth to Brachydios. And that’s not to mention the 19 new and returning subspecies, which are recolored versions

Just this last week, Bit.Trip SAGA was released on the 3DS eShop for $15. This compilation of games in the Bit.Trip series has been released as a physical cartridge in the past, but as it has just been rereleased digitally and at a lower price point, we figured this was a good opportunity to review it! The Bit.Trip series was originally released on WiiWare, and has since propagated to Steam, iOS, Android, 3DS, and even the Wii again. Bit.Trip SAGA, for the 3DS, has something