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The Perfect Wii Accessory For When You Miss Your SNES [Gaming]

The Wiimote is cleverly designed so that when turned on its side it functions as a classic videogame controller. But if you've filled your Wii with classic 16-bit titles from the Virtual Console, you owe it to yourself to pick up this instead.More »

Nintendo posts first annual financial loss as casual gaming continues to shift to Apple and iPhone

Nintendo recently posted their full-year financial results, which included their first operating loss amounting to a deficit of $458 million. Over the whole year, Nintendo sold 13.5 million 3DS portable systems worldwide; to put that in perspective, Apple sold about 9 million iPhones in the U.S....

Nintendo reports first annual operating loss, Apple to blame

Nintendo has reported its first annual operating loss ever. The company lost US$454.4 million from 2011 to 2012. The Wii is a few years old now, and the company's latest handheld, the Nintendo 3DS, hasn't been selling near as well as it was supposed to. Nintendo claims it'll turn sales figures ar...

NES Controller Tables, Blinking Lego(ish) Bricks, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Video]

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.More »

Pizza Boy: Your iPhone's Super Mario Bros Substitute

Nintendo fans still yearn for the day when their favorite titles will finally grace the screens of their phones. Until then, Nintendo-loving developers have created many clones to titles like Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros or The Legend of Zelda. Of course, some of these clones are somewhat decent,...

Swordigo: 2.5D Fun

Last week, during our normal Game Friday Roundup post, Marius mentioned Swordigoand said, “The fluid, 2.5D environment is gorgeously rendered in a colourful art style, and the controls are unobtrusive as you plumb the depths of dungeons and best your foes.” I remember stuttering when ...

Apple Could Be Working On A Physical Game Controller For iOS Devices [Rumor]

Gameloft's Modern Combat series of first-person shooters would be so much better with a physical controller. As a gamer, I’d love nothing more than to see a proper physical controller for my iOS devices. Sure, the touchscreen works great with titles like Angry Birds or Words With Friend...

Man Flies Like a Bird Flapping His Own Wings (Update 6) [Video]

I'm really amazed by this video, because I always dreamed about doing this. Watch Dutch mechanical engineer Jarno Smeets take off and fly just by flapping wings of his own invention—like a real bird! It's uncanny. More »

Man Flies Like a Bird Flapping His Own Wings (Update 3) [Video]

I'm really amazed by this video, because I always dreamed about doing this. Watch Dutch mechanical engineer Jarno Smeets take off and fly just by flapping wings of his own invention—like a real bird! It's uncanny. More »

Legos and Gameboys and Transformers Collide in This Toy of Our Childhood Dreams [Lego]

If I had to sum up my favorite things from my childhood, this would be it EXACTLY. Lego: the best kid's toy—bar none. Soundwave: the awesomest and most imitated Decepticon. And Game Boy: the first handheld gaming system that didn't suck. (I'm looking at you Tiger Electronics.)More »