What Is The Best Console Ever Made?
The evolution of gaming has morphed from 8-bit 2D games to movie-like graphics, smooth gameplay and connectivity. Read on to discover the best consoles ever.
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Nintendo reveals new partnerships and first indie games coming to Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch console launches on 3rd March, and people can expect an exciting line-up of games on Nintendo eShop for day one and beyond. Nintendo has been working closely with independent publishers and developers to deliver a steady flow of unique and original experiences to Nintendo eShop. More than 60 quality indie games are … Read more
Nintendo 3DS – The choice is yours . . . what game will you play next?
With the arrival of the New Year and half term already on the horizon, parents will be looking for ways to entertain their children without splashing the cash. In answer to this, Nintendo is kicking off the New Year by reminding owners of Nintendo 3DS family systems – which includes Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, … Read more
Super Mario Maker levels created by Dick and Dom
I previously told you of the fun Curly has been having creating his own courses and playing them on Super Mario Maker. As well as playing his own games, the beauty of Super Mario Maker is that you can play other people’s creations too. Since it’s release, over 6 million courses have been created by … Read more
What Beanie Boy is playing on LeapTV
It can be difficult to know what to allow younger siblings to play with, especially when it comes to gaming. To all intents and purposes they feel like they are the same age as their older brothers and sisters but of course they are not. Beanie Boy is our classic example, he wants so much … Read more
How did we fare with the Eon #SwitchOffChallenge ??
Childhood for the Beans is very different from the childhood I remember, technology has moved on at such a pace that children as young as Jelly Bean know how to operate a tablet, it just becomes second nature to them. As a parent it can be difficult to get the balance right between letting them … Read more
What we’re playing on Nintendo #1
The older the children get, the more they are loving their Nintendo consoles. Thankfully we haven’t quite got to the stage of having to physically prise them from their fingers when they have been playing for too long but they love them enough that it’s a deterrent when we threaten to confiscate them if they … Read more
Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U
Mario Kart has long been our game of choice, it’s the game that Curly always wants to play against Daddy and I (probably because he knows that he can beat us) and it’s the one that the younger Beans have learned to enjoy too but as our ‘leisurely’ gaming family goes we do tend to … Read more
Designing our own Nintendo Karts!
As members of the Nintendo Family Blogger Network we are sometimes asked to do little challenges and the latest one revolves around the release of the fab new game Mario Kart 8. Maro Kart was perhaps one of the first games that I started playing on the Wii many moons ago and is still one … Read more