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Nintendo: Vital to the The Video Game Industry

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If you pay attention to video game industry news, read the analysts and pundits, or glimpse at the dismal sales figures for the Wii U you’ll likely come away worrying about the future of Nintendo,...

Dismal Wii U Sales Move Nintendo Closer To ‘Game Over’

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With the successful launches of the Xbox One and the PS4, it’s been easy to forget that the latest console generation started in November of 2012 with a dud. Nintendo’s Wii U launched with what...
    






Why The 3DS Is Killing It And The PS Vita Is Still Struggling

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From perplexing, headache-inducing near-flop to something that Nintendo can now confidently call a “powerhouse,” the 3DS is one of the more impressive video game turnaround stories in recent years....
    






The Best Video Game RPGs Of 2014 And Beyond

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When it comes to roleplaying video games, it often feels as though the golden days are behind us. The MMO and the MOBA have risen, and the single-player RPG has been consigned to memory. But when you...
    






The Best Video Games Of 2013

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2013 was a really great year for video games. Maybe not the best year of all time, but a year packed with ambitious, surprising new titles. It was also a year of new benchmarks, with games like ...
    






The Best Video Game Publishers Of 2013

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Video game publishers are often seen as the Big Bad Wolves of the industry. That can be the case: Some publishers have been known to rush game releases, pumping out less-than-finished games, and...
    






Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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The Legend of Zelda: a Link Between Worlds is available for pre-order at Amazon for $39.99. Two worlds collide in an all-new adventure set in the world of Super NES classic The Legend of Zelda: A...

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Metallic Flake Nintendo 64 Casemod: Twilight Prince

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Link isn’t known for being flashy or even stylish, but fans still associate him and his series with bling, thanks to Nintendo’s tradition of releasing gold cartridges and systems for The Legend of Zelda games. The talented console modder Zoki64 and his customer steal that trick from Nintendo and then some by making a sparkly Ocarina of Time-themed Nintendo 64.

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Zoki64 gave the console a metal flake finish, causing it to twinkle in direct light like an angsty vampire.

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Put your shades on and skip to about 0:30 in the video below:

Zoki64 also made a more subdued gold Zelda casemod but with a Famicom console. Check that out and the rest of his eye-popping work on his deviantART page.

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Top 5 Wii U Games for the Holidays

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Nintendo has already announced to end the older Wii gaming consoles in favor of the latest Wii U ones. But no such events were organized by the company to promote Wii U this year. But it looks like...