Tag Archives: Nintendo
Update: Nintendo Reaffirms Stance on Same-Sex Relationships in Tomodachi Life
Last year Nintendo responded to a glitch found in their popular Japanese 3ds Title “Tomodachi Collection” that allowed players to enter into same-sex relationships with a patch. We discussed the issue a bit on here and it was admittedly … Continue reading
Lessons From The Social World: Classic Sonic The Hedgehog
“Gotta Go Fast” It’s time to once again dive into the murky waters of one of the most popular video game franchises of all time to search for their messages and outlooks on the social world. This time I’m delving … Continue reading
Wired – Nintendo’s New Key To Creativity: More Women
http://www.wired.com/2014/03/animal-crossing-director/?mbid=social_fb Wired has a new article this weekend about Nintendo’s new strategy for creativity in their development process: adding more women to their development teams. The article notes the success of Animal Crossing New Leaf, which has been an all … Continue reading
Twitch Plays Pokemon: Can Thousands Work Together To Be a Master?
The past few days a social experiment has taken over Twitch. Twitch, for those who may not know, is an interactive streaming website primarily focused on gaming. This past week, a user by the name of TwitchPlaysPokemon uploaded the 1996 … Continue reading
Nintendo UK creates the ” Nintendo Girls Club” on Youtube
A few months ago during E3 I asked the question whether Nintendo was being more gender inclusive after the inclusion of lead female characters in most of their E3 line-up. Yesterday, the Nintendo’s Girl Club youtube channel popped up on … Continue reading
Video Games to Celebrate Halloween With
As I said a few months ago with “Games that to Celebrate the 4th of July with”, if video games mirror aspects of society, then it’s only natural that they celebrate our customs and holidays. With Halloween only a few … Continue reading
IGN Has Created an Interactive Mario Museum Online
Online Video Game Museums: Mario This is just more of a fun link than anything else, but IGN has created an interactive online museum for the Mario Bros. franchise. Granted, it’s not as complete as many fans would wish it … Continue reading
Nintendo and Racial Under Representation
This is a picture of the character select screen from Super Smash Brother Brawl, a fighter featuring many of Nintendo’s main characters. You may notice it, but something is certainly lacking in this picture (No..It’s not MegaMan) Nintendo has been … Continue reading
Lessons on the Social World: Kirby
2012 Marked the 20th anniversary of everyone’s pink ball with an oral fixation: Kirby. This week I finally got around to picking up the Kirby 20th anniversary collection, and playing through some of the games got me thinking. What is … Continue reading
Club Nintendo Rewards: Why We Care
Today Club Nintendo released their 2012-2013 year prize list for members who had registered enough Nintendo products to make their way into their gold and elite membership statuses. Platinum and Gold members get to choose one free gift, as a … Continue reading
