A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Oyako de Asobo: Miffy no Omocha Bako (Wii, 2010) is a Japan exclusive game for younger players that can communicate with an empty Nintendo DS. Six different color book pages can be sent to a waiting DS and then colored using colored pencils. When finished, the DS picture can be sent back to the Wii […]
There were three Japan-exclusive WiiWare Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let’s Go! Stormy Adventure Squad, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad (fire, water, electric). This trilogy is often referred to as the Adventure Squad series (2009). Chunsoft included a unique feature […]
Geometry Wars Galaxies on Wii can be linked with Geometry Wars Galaxies on Nintendo DS (both released in 2007). If the handheld version is connected to the console version, the LAMBDA Galaxy gets unlocked. This exclusive galaxy consists of 7 new planets, aka stages, and each one has its own theme and gimmick. Also, the […]
Castlevania Judgement (Wii, 2008) can communicate with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS, 2008). If the DS game connects with the Wii game, two new fighters and two accessories get unlocked. However, Shanoa and Aeon can be unlocked through normal play so DS linkers can simply gain access to them soon. See it here.
Developed by the same team that created Club House Games on Nintendo DS, Slide Adventure MagKid (2007) was a Nintendo published DS game that turned the dual screened handheld into a computer mouse. By attaching the special mouse peripheral into SLOT-2 (the GBA cartridge slot at the bottom), players slide their DS like using a […]
Continuing my campaign of covering obscure (and sort of pointless) handheld accessories, please bear witness to the Nintendo DS Motion Pak. Only compatible with one game, Tony Hawk Motion, this accessory allows players to use gyro controls to control Tony as he stumbles through skate parks and snowhills. The DS, DS Lite, and DSi consoles […]
Nintendo consoles have never been shy about incorporating obscure accessories and peripherals for use with their hardware. In 2012, I wrote an article summarizing the DS Rumble Pak and can be read HERE. In that article I mentioned that the DS Lite saw an exclusive Rumble Pak that fits flush with DS Lite systems (not […]
The Nintendo DS wasn’t just a cool system because it had two screens, Nintendo implemented backwards compatibility with Gameboy Advance games via Slot 2 at the bottom of the console. Sometimes dubbed the “GBA Slot,” this extra port allowed for some creative uses in DS games. For example, if players inserted Final Fantasy Tactics Advance […]
Divide and Conquer Originally released in 2011 on the original DS and now available on the Wii U’s Virtual Console, Kirby Mass Attack is probably as close to playing a Pikmin game on Nintendo’s handheld as can be. Although some level designs can be rather cheap and the overall quest is lengthy, the ending is […]
Independent developer Drinkbox Studios announced that they will be bringing their colorful touch-enabled action game, Severed, to Nintendo’s Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Apple iOS. In Severed, players take the role of the one-armed warrior Sasha who explores a strange world filled with insidous evil as she searches for her family. Using combinations of swipe-based […]
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