Playing Donkey Kong Country online: Vine Valley (World 3) 19/09/2014
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Welcome to Vine Valley
No pretty official artwork for this world I’m afraid, so a map of Vine Valley will have to do. Check out that 16-bit sunset. Two new courses are introduced in Vine Valley, the pine forest and the tree top village. In the latter part of the world we see the return of some of my favourites (temple and jungle) and some of my ambivalents (water stage). I have fond memories of Vine Valley overall and our replay does not disappoint: plenty of different challenges to keep up the interest and no particular rage-quit moments.
Playing Donkey Kong Country online: Kongo Jungle (World 1) 04/09/2014
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Booting up Donkey Kong Country is the equivalent of an instant time warp. Watching the Rareware (Rareware!) logo appear, followed by a huge, shiny fuck-off Nintendo billboard sign while a 20th Century Fox-esque fanfare plays, I am instantly transported to the simpler times of Christmas ’94. THIS is how you let players know you mean business from the very first credits:
How to Play Donkey Kong Country online: A Prologue 24/08/2014
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After deciding to revisit Donkey Kong Country on a co-operative multiplayer mission with my friend Aldara, we set out to find out the best way of doing so. The English Channel between us means the original (and preferred) option, my slightly oxidated Super Nintendo with my trusty 20 year old DKC cartridge slotted in, is sadly out of the question. The DKC trilogy, although available on the Wii Virtual Console for a long time, is now conspicuously absent from the Wii U’s and in any case VC games do not offer online play, just local multiplayer. So yes, Nintendo’s inability to offer a truly competitive online experience for their back catalogue is forcing us to resort to SNES emulation via our PCs.
10 thoughts on how to play Mario Kart 7 online 19/02/2012
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Rev up those thumbs because Mario Kart is back to help Nintendo pull ahead in the tight portable console race against the new Sony kid on the block. With a new stereoscopic paint lick but a largely unchanged chassis, all eyes are set on Mario Kart 7′s online multiplayer to determine whether it will give the 3DS an easy lead or leave it lagging behind. Has Nintendo learnt from their noob mistakes of previous online experiences? Is the game still fun, infuriating, or a bit of both? Here are 10 things you will learn about life, yourself and Mario Kart 7 when you play it online.
Nintendo E3 2011 Conference: Live blogging (with a hint of Dark Coffee) 07/06/2011
Posted by jspanero in Live Blogging.Tags: 3DS, e3 conference nintendo, nintendo, nintendo e3 2011, Wii U
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Of all videogame companies, Nintendo is by far the one that inspires the most heated debates. Loved with the same intensity as it is criticised by others, the only thing you can’t say Nintendo doesn’t do is leave anyone indifferent.
Wii U? Non Mii? WTF?
With E3 2011 unofficially kicking off with their keynote, and considering previous sections of their past presentations have become the stuff of legend on the Internet, let’s have a look at some of the highlights of their 2011 conference (times are GMT throughout, 5pm = 9am Pacific Time):
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