December 5th Nintendo Direct NA Breakdown: Lego Iwata Loves Carrots

In today’s episode of “What’s going on with Nintendo?” we look at some gameplay footage and get a few release dates for big titles on the horizon for Wii U and 3DS among some other more… interesting things (like Lego Iwata, pictured above). Embedded will be the full-length video, with… Read More »

[UPDATE] Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Heading to New Platforms through VVVVVV, Cave Story Publisher Nicalis

In a postmortem by Edmund McMillen today in Gamasutra, he essentially announced the intent and confirmation of a remake of the PC indie hit Binding of Isaac for consoles and even possibly handhelds. In the article, he goes through a beautiful look at the road to Isaac, the decisions made that… Read More »

Month of Mario Kicks Off with Super Mario Bros. Discount on 3DS

As any reasonable gamer would, when I think August, I think Mario. Nintendo caught onto this fantastic concept and declared this August the Month of Mario… Okay so there really IS a reason for August as Month of Mario as any respecting Mario fan is likely frothing at the mouth… Read More »

HBG Asks: Where is The Future of Mobile Gaming?

Mobile gaming is a dicey issue. Depending on the person, a full on handheld system is required for entertainment on the go, however others are content with playing apps on their phones. It would seem as if we’re in the transitional period, an ongoing struggle between phones and handheld systems… Read More »

HBG Podcast 1: “Augmented Penis”

We finally begin our trip down the rabbit hole of a weekly podcast. Because of our wait from our E3 podcast, though, we’ve found ourselves with a LOT of subject material, especially after the great “HBG civil war” over the past week. So we ran fairly long, but we rarely… Read More »

HBG Podcast: E3 Edition

We could have filled your RSS feeds with post after post detailing every mudane detail about E3. We could have flooded your twitter feeds with tweet after tweet as things happened live. We didn’t, though. We saved it for one approximately hour long trip where we (Aaron and Christian) try… Read More »

Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Announced

On the heels of the reveal of Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, it seems our friends over with Sega didn’t want to feel too outdone. In what would be considered a Mario Kart or Crash Bandicoot-esque play style, Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed adds a bit of a new kink in… Read More »

Free Kid Icarus 3DS AR Cards For A Limited Time

If you are waiting on the edge of your seat for Kid Icarus Uprising you will surely be interested in what Nintendo wants to give you. Free 3DS AR cards to use with Kid Icarus Uprising. These cards are being sent out to Club Nintendo members who request them. Not… Read More »

The New Club Nintendo Coin Games For March

We’re only days in to March which means Club Nintendo members will have a new set of games to spend their coins on. While March doesn’t see any new rewards, not yet anyway, the number of games available has been increased by one. The games are Art Style: CUBELLO on… Read More »

Coming To America: 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors Sequel

There is almost no doubt that 999 for the DS got some really good buzz and that it wouldn’t be completely crazy to wait with baited breath for news on whether it’s sequel Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die would come out in the U.S. also. Well, good news. Aksys… Read More »

Mario Kart 7 Mobile Application Will Help You Make The Perfect Kart

There are people who are serious about Mario Kart. These people take the element of competition wherever they may find it and run with it. The new Mario Kart 7 may have thrown these competitors a curve ball though with all the kart customization and a lack of tools to… Read More »

Hulu Plus On The Wii Now!

If you remember way back in October of last year Nintendo came out and said that Hulu Plus was going to be on both the Wii and 3DS by the end of the year. While Nintendo and Hulu may be a little late it’s better late than never, right? The… Read More »

3DS Getting Full Pokemon Episodes In Nintendo Zones

News about the 3DS just seems to keep on coming and coming and coming. You have to start wondering if Nintendo is going to have any thing left for GDC or E3 the way things are going. Right now Nintendo is furthering what the 3DS is offering at it’s Nintendo… Read More »

ESRB Rates 3DS Bound Game Gear Games

It was all the way at last years Game Developers Conference that I first recall Nintendo mentioning Game Gear games coming to the 3DS Virtual Console (mentioned here @ the 9:43 mark). The next GDC is coming up early next month, March 5 – 9, with no sign of any… Read More »

New Club Nintendo Games And A New Reward

Let’s begin with the new slightly smaller crop of games made available to Club Nintendo members looking to trade coins for games, shall we? First is Art Academy: First Semester a DSiWare game on the 3DS for 150 coins, and then Mario Party 2 a Virtual Console game on the… Read More »

Pink 3DS Coming Next Month

Nintendo is is employing some strategy to the release of their pink 3DS next month that will appeal to the romantic gamers out there. Instead of getting your gal, or guy, sweets and love letters get them something that really shows you care. The pink 3DS will be coming out… Read More »

Mutant Mudds Soundtrack Available Now

Calling all 8-bit soundtrack, chiptune, and music fans! Do you need some new tunes? Renegade Kid has released the soundtrack to the 3DS eShop game Mutant Mudds that will will be coming out on Thursday this week. The tracks are up and ready to be downloaded on the Renegade Kid… Read More »

Original Prince of Persia Now Available on 3DS and Virtual Console

Run, jump, run, mistime jump, die. Ahh, the classic recipe that one of histories most pivotal platformers was based upon, with a healthy mix of sword-fighting action thrown in too! The 1989 classic is now available on the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii Virtual console for $7.50 and 800 points… Read More »