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You know that the end of the year is the time for many things - gift buying, game-marathon sessions, about two trillion awesome releases - and finally, lists! Who doesn’t love a good list - and GameDaily has the granddaddy of all things nostalgia and Nintendo. In the spirit of… Continue Reading »

Its always wonderful to see people coming together to help support a charity. The latest kudos goes out to GoNintendo and Ustream.TV, which are teaming up to create an eight hour “Best of NES” event to benefit Child’s Play. From 8am until 4pm EST on November 22, 2008, GoNintendo’s podcast… Continue Reading »

If you’re a serious Legend of Zelda or Final Fantasy fan, well, if you’re a fan of any major series, you’d probably love to own a special version of a game. A new auction on Shop Goodwill that just started today (August 4, 2008) is ready to accomodate you. The… Continue Reading »

It turns out that all the way back in 1987,  a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was tricking its unsuspecting users into exercise routines. Bandai’s Dance Aerobics is the spiritual predecessor to Nintendo’s Wii Fit and natural movement. The game features a few modes of following an instructor’s… Continue Reading »

It’s a good week for Nintendo products at Shop Goodwill. A lot today which has just come up on the site includes a working NES with the original box and package in nearly perfect condition. If that wasn’t enough, the system also comes with an extra controller, a light gun,… Continue Reading »

I can’t wait for my copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots but I don’t want to say goodbye to elite agent Solid Snake, whom we’ve grown to love while following his adventures. We pray that rumors of an end are not true and continue to pose… Continue Reading »

I love when big companies do something to help out those less fortunate. Nintendo Canada was doing some spring cleaning and found a warehouse filled with old Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Virtual Boy paraphernalia (mainly games). So the division made an eBay account (nocl604) and… Continue Reading »

This week, the Virtual Console is receiving two retro-tastic titles (as per the usual). We have King’s Knight on the NES and Genesis sports mash-up Powerball in a rather low-key lineup. I’m still waiting for Majora’s Mask, but hey, to each their own. All VC titles are available on the… Continue Reading »

One of the coolest displays at CES 2008 displayed the awesome powers of the Retro Duo and Gen X consoles from Innex. Okay, cool for people who were born sometime in the 1980s. The two consoles are the thing of dreams for gamers who owned the original Nintendo, Super Nintendo,… Continue Reading »

Finally, a retail console that will play carts from more than one game system. Unfortunately for younger gamers - and fortunate for us lder gamers who horde their old carts - the Gen-X Dual System plays both 8-bit NES and 16-bit Genesis games. The Gen-X has two top slots, one… Continue Reading »