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On twitter tonight, Nintendo Canada announced that the Switch paid online service will start in the second half of September. We knew that the Switch paid online service would start in September, but we didn’t know when. Now we have a little bit more information: it will start in the second half of September. This still isn’t a specific date and hopefully we’ll get that soon. Nintendo is slowly rolling out details about its service. We know the pricing, about…

Yesterday, Nintendo announced their paid online service plans. I knew this might happen and so I waited till the last minute to write this weeks More Thoughts. I was hoping that they would wait till after I wrote my column and that way I could be totally proven wrong! Oh well. Todays More Thoughts will be about the service and what I think about it. We all knew that sooner or later Nintendo would make us pay to play games…

Nintendo announced their upcoming paid online service for Nintendo Switch tonight! We have Nintendo of America’s press release on the service below. Stay tuned to GamesReviews.com because tomorrow on More Thoughts From Me I’ll have my opinion on the service. “Nintendo’s upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service is an affordable, multi-featured paid service that lets users enjoy online play for compatible Nintendo Switch games, access classic NES games with added online functionality, back up save data for most games and use…

Captains Log. Stardate 485880028.1. There has never been a great Star Trek video game. There have been some fun ones, but for some reason, no one can ever get Star Trek games exactly right. This franchise has so much video game potential. I really need to talk to Starfleet about this. Oh wait. I think I’ll talk to my readers about my favorite Trek games and what Trek games I’d love to see instead! Yes, I’m a Trekkie. Or a…

One of the complaints about the NES Classic Edition, even before it came out, was that the controller cord looked too small. Why couldn’t Nintendo just make the controller cordless? Well, Nintendo didn’t do that, but a third party developer will be releasing a wireless NES Classic controller soon! A company called 8bitdo will be releasing a wireless NES Classic controller called the NES30 Classic Edition Set on December 16th. Here is how the controller is described at Amazon: ”…

August’s Geek Fuel was very much geared towards younger kids – apart from the Suicide Squad comic book – and my six year old son had a blast opening it up and seeing what was inside. Frankly, last month was a great month, and I wasn’t sure if this month could be as good. I was wrong. The Best: Geek Fuel Classic Cutting Board There is nothing better than getting geek items for use in your home everyday. Practical use…

Castlevania, the classic Konami franchise, has been around for awhile now. I hear its the game’s anniversary this year too. 30 years was it? I can’t remember. Thats not why I decided to talk about the series though! The reason I decided to talk about this series is because its October and that means Halloween coming up. And Castlevania is a great game to play around this time of the year. I want to tell you about my favorite Castlevania,…

Nintendo put out a release schedule for their upcoming games. However, it should be noted that this list may not be complete. The only games included on the list are games that Nintendo previously has announced. Nintendo could easily announce more games in an upcoming Nintendo Direct. As of now, the games listed below are the ones that we know are coming. I’ll post the lists and my thoughts on some of the games. The schedule that Nintendo released covers…

When Nintendo announced the NES Classic Edition, I freaked out! Ok, you already know that because of my recent More Thoughts From Me Special Edition! But I just have to say again how much I’m looking forward to this thing. And Nintendo is fueling that need even more with a new video about the system. We have the video below, plus my thoughts on it. The NES Classic Edition system is coming this November for $59.99. The system will have…

Sometimes, I forget that Nintendo likes their surprises. It’ll just seem like an average day and all of sudden, Nintendo of America will make some surprising announcement out of nowhere. Today, we get a big surprise from them. Nintendo announced that they are going to re-release the NES system as the NES Classic Edition. It is a small NES that comes with 30 games built into the system! I was stunned by this news and I can’t stop thinking about…