Top 5 Castlevania Games Vampires, bats, whips, spells, castles…what’s the first thing that comes to mind when hearing these words? Elder Scrolls maybe? Twilight perhaps? Of...
Revisiting ActRaiser You know what happens when you don’t check in on your Animal Crossing town for a while? Replace a little village with the whole...
There’s not much more to say than this podcast celebrates the 30th birthday of one of the greatest games ever made. A practically flawless masterpiece that...
This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast, Cameron Daxon, Marc Kaliroff, and Campbell Gill take a moment to celebrate 30 years of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, one of the most important...
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System at 30! Thirty years ago this month, the Super NES was unleashed in North America on August 23. While the console had...
Games You Haven’t Played Part 2: Metroid ROM Hacks Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on June 25, 2017. The world of ROM hacks can...
Let’s Discuss Mother Brain from Super Metroid There’s a moment in the Super Metroid finale, somewhere in between being brain-blasted by a creature that looks like it escaped...
Super Metroid smash cuts to credits with no time to mourn the Metroid or even process Zebes’ annihilation. But it works and undeniably ends the story...
The Legend of Zelda made history recently by breaking a pretty significant world record, that being the esteemed title of the highest-selling video game of all...
What is the best Nintendo 3DS Design? Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on October 3, 2017. **** The Nintendo 3DS has had a lot,...
10 Years Later: Donkey Kong Country Returns stands head and shoulders above the rest! The idea of bringing back older games and genres from the dead...
The Virtual Boy proved to be a dismal failure for Nintendo but in many ways, it was ahead of its time. The Nintendo DS came at...
“If there is evil in the world, it lurks in the hearts of man.” From action to turn-based, JRPGs to WPRGs, the Super Nintendo was the...
A Link to the Past Laid Out the Framework for Other Entries to Follow I’ll never forget the moment I first booted up A Link to the...
Chrono Trigger, 25 Years Later It’s sometimes mind-blowing to look back at the past and consider the versions of you which have existed thus far. One...
Donkey Kong Country: 25 Years Later Back in 1994, Nintendo was struggling with their 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which wasn’t selling as well as they’d...
Considered one of the greatest video games of all time, Secret of Mana is the second entry in the Seiken Densetsu franchise but the first to...
Nintendo has released a bevy of interesting, innovative, and imaginative consoles over the years. The tech behind them deserves a deep dive.