Given that we’re being met with the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s most frequently shelved franchise this summer, I find that it’s often lost on people exactly what made these games in the Metroid franchise so great, as Samus only appears…
2016 Midyear Review: Best In Gaming
Now that the summer has reached it’s mid-point, we inch ever closer to the maniacal fall season of game releases. At this “checkpoint,” as it were, The Young Folks staff assembles their favorite titles of the first half of 2016,…
E3 2016 Nintendo: Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
Oh, Nintendo. Every time you show a new Zelda game, it’s like you’re owning another little piece of my soul. This Wii U game was previously demoed by lead developer Eiji Aonuma and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto at The Game…
Mr. Iwata & Nintendo’s Legacy
“On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” – Iwata GDC 2005 Nintendo’s president, Satoru Iwata, passed away on July 11th due to…
The Legend of Zelda: NES Retrospective
This article was written in 2015 before the release of Breath of the Wild. To see how the Nintendo Switch game harkens back to this game, check our review here: There’s really no other experience like The Legend of Zelda…
Telltale Game of Thrones Ep 1, Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD – New Games 12/2/14
The last of the 2014 fall season of releases trickle out in the first week of December, and Telltale surprises fans, yet again, with the launch of another new episodic series. Telltale’s Game of Thrones: Episode 1 “Iron From Ice”…