Animal Crossing: New Leaf Review
Silver AwardCharming As All Get Out Animal Crossing released in 2002 for the GameCube. It was unlike anything anyone had ever played before. However, the GameCube had its limitations. The multiplayer mode in Animal Crossing was dead on ...
Playing With Your Food: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Edition
Well stick a knife in me, take it out and put me in the fridge because I am jelly. The Big N hosted a special get-together of YouTube personalities who all share a love for video games and Nintendo. They had a potluck where eac...
The SpawnCast Episode 3: Beers, Bats, Battlestar Galactica
Hey Spawners! Welcome back to the third inebriated, and somewhat disorderly, episode of SpawnCast! Hosts Brian O’Donnell and Chris Vellucci throw caution (and their outlines) to the wind, and just let the beer do the talk...
Wii U Struggling
Nintendo’s first-quarter financial results have shown that only a mere 160,000 Wii U consoles were sold from the start of April to the end of June this year in the entire world. 90,000 units were sold in Japan, 60,000 in ...
Gunman Clive Review
Silver AwardOffbeat GemJust a Good Old-Fashioned Gunfight The 3DS eShop is the place to go to experience some inexpensive old school fun. However, the games offered that aren’t from the NES/SNES library are usually hideously awful games with su...
First Impressions: Pikmin 3
Nintendo is keeping everyone here at SpawnFirst as busy as a bee! With so many releases set for not only this holiday season, but Q1 of 2014 as well, we’re excited to bring to you yet another first impression. This past w...
The Ghosts of Consoles Past: Lessons from Gaming Systems of Yesteryear
This week I realized that I am, despite my best efforts, continuing to get old. After the initial panic that inevitably proceeds the realization one is in the twilight years of their twenties, my mind turned, as it usually does...
Nintendo Will Continue to Falter Without New IP’s
According to a Geekwire study of 2012 Q4 sales, worldwide sales of Sony and Microsoft consoles each outsold Nintendo. Nintendo was not only a full 1 million unit sales behind Sony, they were behind in the holiday season when th...
First Impressions: The Wonderful 101
This past week, Spawnfirst had an opportunity to try out the Wii U exclusive title, The Wonderful 101, set to hit shelves this September. It’s a creative new game that makes great use of the Game Pad, and really entertain...
You’re Welcome, Nintendo: My Idea For A Pokémon Game
Pokémon has been a crowd favorite for ages: I’ve been playing it for over 15 years now.  Versions Red/Blue came out and it was the most amazing, addicting, adventurous game I had ever seen.  But it’s been 15 years…...
First Impressions: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
We got a short exclusive opportunity to try out the new Wind Waker HD coming out to Wii U this year. After getting a chance to see Wind Waker on the Wii U there’s only one word that comes to mind: Smooth. A playable boss figh...
Ring in the New Gen: Top 10 Nintendo Exclusives
It should be apparent by now, but in case it's not, you'll be delighted to know that the next generation of consoles is right around the corner. Over the next three days, SpawnFirst will be counting down our ten best exclusive...
Top 5 James Bond Video Games
Top 5 James Bond Video Games James Bond video games have been showing up on consoles since the 80’s, and with a new generation of consoles coming out, one can assume that the world’s greatest secret agent will eventually fi...
Nintendo Teases Content of its Direct Conference
Nintendo Teases Content of its Direct Conference Nintendo has begun to tease what games will be coming in their E3 Nintendo Direct on June 11th. This comes after Nintendo set up their E3 2013 site, which is now live. The confer...
The Console Wars Continue, New Game Reveals Imminent
The Console Wars Continue, New Game Reveals Imminent Tomorrow will be a busy day for any Xbox fans. Not only is the Xbox reveal tomorrow, but Call of Duty: Ghosts will be shown at the event, as will the next-generation vers...
