Tag: Did You Know Gaming
News Metroid Prime Was Once A Third-Person Shooter About Eugenics
Did You Know Gaming? delves deep
Metroid Prime is one of the crown jewels in the GameCube's library as well as within the Metroid series. Prime combined exploration and first-person gunplay to expert effect, which was only possible due to Retro Studio's involvement. While this game is (rightfully) highly regarded, it's no secret that the development...
Video Did You Know Gaming? Pays Tribute to Satoru Iwata in Extended Episode
Never forgotten
We sometimes share videos from the Did You Know Gaming? channel as they can include a lot of interesting trivia and insight into classic games or franchises. This week, however, the channel has switched its tone a little. It's published a 19 minute tribute to former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, discussing and celebrating his...
Video Learn More About the 3DS and Nintendo's Earliest Experiments in 3D
Did You Know Gaming? does its thing
The 3DS has been an important success for Nintendo, helping the company eke out profits in recent years and hitting 60 million sales despite the challenging market in which it found itself. It's been an interesting generation, with the portable recovering from a bad start to establish itself as a mainstay in...
Video Did You Know Gaming Covers the Bayonetta Games
No one said you could touch
The Bayonetta games are arguably the most recognizable works to come from the talented Platinum Games; chock full of angel slaying action and over the top finishing moves. In more recent times, the series could almost be considered a Nintendo franchise, considering the significant collaborative effort that went into...
Video Did You Know Gaming? Covers Golden Sun
Still waiting on part 4, Camelot
As a few of you are likely aware, Nintendo has a small JRPG franchise called Golden Sun that's actually pretty good. It's developed by Camelot, a studio that also works with Mario sports spinoffs. Though there's only three entries in Golden Sun (technically two, due to how the first two were initially one game), the...
Video Did You Know Gaming? Explores The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Reminds us that it's due a replay
The Zelda franchise is often the source of many delicious and occasionally unlikely rumours, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has been at the centre of some in recent years. Some wanted it to be remade for Wii U, others thought it'd come to 3DS - or maybe New Nintendo 3DS - as a 3D remake, and in the end...
Video Did You Know Gaming? Explores the Fascinating History of the Wii
The surprising origins of Mii characters, original Remote designs and more
The Wii is Nintendo's biggest-selling home console in its history, out-performing lucrative predecessors such as the NES and SNES, while giving the company a lift after the relative struggles of the GameCube. It shook up the games industry - as the 'me too' reactions of Sony...