In between the unveiling of Pokemon Conquest (look for my review of that on June 18th or around that time frame) and rumored details on Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, it’s an exciting time to be a Pokemon fan.

Watch this space for more details as they come

From the press release:

Nintendo has revealed new details about the storyline and single-player game play in Kid Icarus™: Uprising, which will launch exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™ system on March 23. More than 25 years after the launch of the original Kid Icarus game for NES™, Kid Icarus: Uprising brings the action and adventure of this beloved series to new heights. (more…)

From the press release:

Hand-held gaming fans with a taste for scary stories and paranormal activity have something special to look forward to this year. Nintendo of America has confirmed plans to launch Spirit Camera™: The Cursed Memoir, an immersive, horror-themed game developed exclusively for the portable Nintendo 3DS™ system, across North America on – when else? – Friday, April 13. (more…)

So here we are in 2012, and I’m sure you noticed there was no Midnight Run this year.

The reasons for this are twofold:

A. I couldn’t even access MonsterVine for some time
B. Couldn’t find a worthy game to play

So to make up for it, would you want me to a belated Midnight Run with a classic game?

Now that we’ve recovered (more or less) from the holidays, here’s another Classic Game That Never Was:
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From the press release:

Pokémon™ fans can enjoy a special Victini “double feature” this weekend. Starting Saturday, December 3rd, Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video game players can receive the Victory Pokémon Victini in their game via a special distribution, and discover it’s ready for battle with a set of very powerful moves! (more…)

It’s no doubt that The Legend of Zelda has been a series that has touched all of our hearts as gamers. I could bore you with all the memories I have had with Link as I have watched the series grow and evolve with each new generation (but that is another post for another day), but even if you don’t know who Link is, you have to admit that Zelda, like Mario, pioneered many ideas and items we now take for granted such as battery backups (the original game on the NES), top down views (the original game, again), a large, non-linear world (once again, the original game), and a targeting system (Ocarina of Time), to name a few examples. (more…)

Our first Classic Game That Never Was this week is Mystic Guardian, a Gauntlet clone released on the SNES that tried to add a bit of story to the hack n’ slash RPG. (more…)