handheld gaming
New High-Spec Nintendo DS To Feature Motion Control?
January 6, 2010
I’m can’t say that I’m surprised to hear this as it was only a matter of time before they brought out a newer version of the Nintendo DS.
This time around however, the new Nintendo DS will feature high-spec graphics and motion sensing technology. The upgraded graphics, which could possibly be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra Tech, if so that could be quite good, and might entice bigger developers to make more games for Nintendo’s handheld gem, but the motion sensing technology on a handheld? I have my doubts.
Continue reading »Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D Review (iPhone App)
December 20, 2009
Fancy a bit of racing action on that iPhone or iPod Touch of yours? Look no further than Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, available on the AppStore for an incredibly cheap £1.79!
It’s an old schooler in AppStore terms, having been released over a year ago and racing to the top of the App charts. A year on, I’m still playing it, and loving it just as much as the first time I played it.
You can choose from a number of different game modes when playing Crash, including story mode, quick race and tournament modes. As you win each race and complete parts of the story you’ll unlock a new level, which total 12 in all.
Continue reading »Super Monkey Ball Review (iPhone App)
December 19, 2009
You may have seen that Super Monkey Ball 2 was released at the start of this month on the iPhone AppStore, but what about the original? Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone was one of the first major games that were available on the AppStore, and although it has its flaws, it’s thoroughly enjoyable and well worth the £2.39 price tag – when I purchased it I recall it costing me £5, which in itself is a bargain.
It isn’t all fun at first with Super Monkey Ball though, a lot of people complained about the extreme sensitivity of the accelerometer on the iPhone when playing and it proved rather hard to keep my chosen monkey on course for the goal! Once you get used to the controls, you’re left with one of the most entertaining games I’ve played; the concept is extremely simple yet rather challenging, especially in the latter stages where the courses become more challenging.
Continue reading »Sony PSP Mini Games To Be Playable On Playstation 3
December 9, 2009
Sony has announced that the Sony PSP Mini games will be making their way over to the PS3 before Christmas. A new firmware update will be released on 17th December which will have a Minis emulator which will allow people to download the games directly onto their PS3 and still be able to transfer them over to your PSP if you so wish.
For those that aren’t aware of what the PSP Minis are, they were released along with the PSPgo to rival the massive success of the games on the iPhone. But do be aware that it will be the ‘majority’ of the PSP Minis that you’ll be able to play on your PS3, so everything you download from the 17th December onwards will be fine.
Continue reading »Nintendo DSi XL (LL) Goes Bigger And Better?
October 29, 2009
When you need to come up with something new, a good starting point is to take what you’ve got and make it either bigger or smaller – most things in the world of technology seem to go that way (see TV’s for bigger, and mobile phones for smaller) and now the Nintendo DS has followed suit with the Nintendo DSi LL (XL), not long after we wrote about the rumours of a new Nintendo handheld gaming system in development.
The DSi LL is essentially the larger brother of the Nintendo DSi as it is exactly the same machine but 30% bigger, which interestingly gives it two 4.25” screens both of which are bigger than the PSP-3000’s measly 4” one. But why would Nintendo want to do this? Surely the future is in the miniature?
Continue reading »A New Nintendo Handheld Gaming System In Development?
October 19, 2009
This is never going to end is it?
I can’t remember the last time that we’ve had to wait more than 18 months before Nintendo or Sony have announced a newer version of either the DS/DSi or PSP handheld gaming systems. Well it’s Nintendo’s turn………….again.
I love my DS and don’t think I’ll ever get rid of it as I have some really great games for it and there’s still more to come out, or others I haven’t got round to buying yet.
Continue reading »‘Monster Hunter Freedom Unite’ Competition
July 10, 2009
We’ve recently featured a preview of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite in which we explained the basic premise and what the game entailed, this is certainly looking like a pretty impressive Sony PSP game both in terms of graphics and gameplay – these Monster Hunter games are huge in Japan and Capcom have now brought them to our shores for us to experience them for ourselves.
As part of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite release in the UK also involves the opening of the Monster Hunter Gathering Halls in Central London, a social gaming centre where Monster Hunters from all over can gather together to receive tutorials/training, content and questing events, all free of charge to anyone who has a Sony PSP and a copy of the game.
Continue reading »‘The Gathering Hall’ – Monster Hunter Gaming Centre Opened
July 7, 2009
To co-incide with the release of the Monster Hunter Freedom Unite game on the Sony PSP, Capcom have on the 3rd July 2009 opened the The Gathering Hall which is a dedicated gaming centre located in Central London – not far from Tottenham Court Road tube station in fact!
You might be wondering why they’ve done this, Capcom are trying to replicate their social gaming success that they’ve enjoyed with Monster Hunter in Japan where these games have over 3 million players and out-sold both Pokemon and Wii Fit last year – now you certainly don’t hear that kind of statistic very often!
Continue reading »GAME Voucher Code For Cheap Nintendo Wii Or DSi
April 29, 2009
Here at Zath we’re big fans of gaming and as such made good use of the last GAME voucher code (£5 off) that Game was offering as a discount for all us eager gamers to use on the GAME website.
Well we’re pleased to announce that GAME have released another voucher for us gamers to use exclusively on their website, clearly they’re in the bank holiday spirit already which is must be why given that this voucher code is only valid until the end of the bank holiday weekend – this voucher code expires at the end of Monday 4th May.
Continue reading »Taking Handhelds Seriously: Legitimizing Portable Gaming Through Controversy
March 11, 2009
The GTA series is notorious for being controversially progressive in the way it deals with issues previously deemed too sensitive for the video games medium. Be it shooting cops or encrypted sex mini games, whatever the case may be, renegade developers RockStar North deserve props for generating serious discussion on the inclusion of such adult themes in games, while at the same time inching the boundaries of the medium forward.
With the recent release of The Lost and Damned; a downloadable episode for GTA4, the developers included some brief scenes of full male nudity (yes, people get worked up about this supposedly) and as you might have assumed, controversy has sparked up again.
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