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Puzzle League
''Puzzle League'', known as in Japan, is a series of video games published by Nintendo for its various video game consoles. The series began with '' Panel de Pon'' in Japan, named '' Tetris Attack'' in North America, and has since been adapted to many other consoles. The core gameplay of each version is the same in each game, but branding, presentation details and console-specific features have varied. Gameplay In each game in the series, square blocks (or panels) of various colors are stacked in a well. The blocks align to an invisible grid, such that the blocks occupy distinct rows and columns. In most game modes, new blocks appear at the bottom of the stack, slowly pushing the stack upward. The player typically loses the game when any column of blocks touches the top of the well. The player controls a cursor that covers two squares horizontally in the invisible game grid. Blocks within this cursor can be swapped, or a block can be swapped with an empty space. If a block is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon Puzzle League
''Pokémon Puzzle League'' is a puzzle video game in the ''Puzzle League'' series developed by Nintendo Software Technology and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Released in North America on September 25, 2000, and in Europe on March 2, 2001, its ''Puzzle League''-based gameplay has a focus on puzzle-based strategy in the game's grid-based format. To advance to new levels, players are required to combat the game's trainers and gym leaders, similar to the ones featured in Pokémon Red and Blue, ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', and Pokémon Yellow, ''Yellow''. One of several games based on the Pokémon (TV series), ''Pokémon'' anime, it features lead protagonist Ash Ketchum, his Pikachu#In anime, Pikachu, his companions Brock (Pokémon), Brock and Misty (Pokémon), Misty, the Kanto Gym Leaders, and other characters from the series. As the development process of video games as a whole changed drastically from the 2D era of the fourth generation of video game consoles to the 3D e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligent Systems
is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games published by Nintendo with the ''Fire Emblem'', ''Paper Mario'', ''Wario_(series)#WarioWare_series, WarioWare'', and ''Wars (series), Wars'' video game series. The company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, and moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013. They were responsible for the creation of various development hardware both first- and third-party developers used to make games for Nintendo systems, such as the IS Nitro Emulator, the development kit for the Nintendo DS. History Intelligent Systems started when programmer Toru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the Nintendo Entertainment System, NES. Similarly to the origins of HAL Laboratory, the team became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo that provided system tools and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Color
The (GBC or CGB) is an 8-bit handheld game console developed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and to international markets that November. Compared to the original Game Boy, the Game Boy Color features a color TFT screen rather than monochrome monitor, monochrome, a Central processing unit, CPU that can operate twice as fast, and four times as much memory. It retains backward compatibility with games developed for its predecessor. The Game Boy Color is part of the fifth generation of video game consoles and primarily competed with the WonderSwan, Neo Geo Pocket, and Genesis Nomad. The handheld is slightly thicker, taller and has a smaller screen than its immediate predecessor, the Game Boy Pocket, but is significantly smaller than the original Game Boy. As with its predecessors, the Game Boy Color has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp Corporation, Sharp. The American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, American English spelling of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo Franchises
This is a list of video game franchises published by Nintendo. List of Nintendo video game franchises – This color indicates a sub-series of a larger video game franchise. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nintendo franchises * franchises Franchise may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Media franchise, a collection of related creative works, such as films, video games, books, etc., particularly in North American usage * "Franchise" (short story), a 1955 short story ... Lists of video game franchises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puzzle League
''Puzzle League'', known as in Japan, is a series of video games published by Nintendo for its various video game consoles. The series began with '' Panel de Pon'' in Japan, named '' Tetris Attack'' in North America, and has since been adapted to many other consoles. The core gameplay of each version is the same in each game, but branding, presentation details and console-specific features have varied. Gameplay In each game in the series, square blocks (or panels) of various colors are stacked in a well. The blocks align to an invisible grid, such that the blocks occupy distinct rows and columns. In most game modes, new blocks appear at the bottom of the stack, slowly pushing the stack upward. The player typically loses the game when any column of blocks touches the top of the well. The player controls a cursor that covers two squares horizontally in the invisible game grid. Blocks within this cursor can be swapped, or a block can be swapped with an empty space. If a block is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Leaf
A New Leaf or New Leaf may refer to: * "A New Leaf" (short story), by F. Scott Fitzgerald * ''A New Leaf'' (film), a 1971 film * ''A New Leaf'' (TV series), a 2014 South Korean television series * "New Leaf" (SpongeBob SquarePants), a 2006 episode of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' * ''New Leaf'' (Scheer), a 2007 public artwork by Lisa Scheer * '' Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', a 2012 video game * NewLeaf, a former Canadian virtual airline * New Leaf Market, California-based health food stores bought by New Seasons Market * ''A New Leaf'' (book), a 2004 non-fiction book about cannabis by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian {{DEFAULTSORT:New Leaf, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo 3DS
The is a foldable dual-screen handheld game console produced by Nintendo. Announced in March 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS, the console was released originally on February 26, 2011 and went through various revisions in its lifetime, produced until 2020. The system features backward compatibility with the Nintendo DS's library of video games. As an Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth-generation console, its primary competitor was Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation Vita. The most prominent feature of the 3DS is its ability to display Stereoscopy, stereoscopic 3D images without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories. Other features of the 3DS include its StreetPass and SpotPass tag modes that were powered by Nintendo Network, #Augmented reality, augmented reality capabilities using its Stereo camera, 3D camera system, and Virtual Console, which provides a method for users to download and play video games originally released for olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DSIWare
This is a list of games and applications, collectively known as DSiWare, for the Nintendo DSi handheld game console, available for download via the DSi Shop and unplayable on earlier DS models. An update released for the Nintendo 3DS in June 2011 added support for the Nintendo eShop The is a digital distribution service for the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2, and formerly available via the Nintendo Network for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Launched in June 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS, the Nintendo eShop served ... service, which contained nearly the entire DSi Shop library of DSiWare games at the time, with the exception of certain games and applications. There were over 200 downloadable games available in North America as of August 2010. DSiWare games and applications typically have animated icons, but some of them, such as ''Bejeweled Twist'', have static icons. The DSi Shop ceased activity on March 31, 2017. Despite the fact that the DSiWare games and apps on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch! Generations
is a brand created by Nintendo to denote games on the Nintendo DS and Wii that are intended to appeal to a broader audience (mainly adults and the elderly) than the traditional gamer. Nintendo originally introduced the brand in Japan in April 2005; it was subsequently introduced in North America and Europe in June 2006. Nintendo retired the brand with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, six years after its introduction. Despite this, some games that were introduced under the brand continue to receive follow-up entries on the contemporary and future Nintendo consoles. The ''Touch! Generations'' brand was initially conceived in Japan as a response to the country's faster population aging rate compared to Western regions, with Nintendo seeking to attract non-traditional gamers to supplement their shrinking target market of hardcore gamers. Games The initial line-up of ''Touch! Generations'' games in Japan, launched between April and June 2005, included ''Electroplankton'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo DS
The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom of which is a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless network, wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation Portable during the seventh generation of video game consoles. Prior to its release, the Nintendo DS was marketed as an experimental "third pillar" in Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance''.'' Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, competing against Nokia's N-Gage and Bandai's WonderSwan. The original model was followed in 2003 by the Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen and Clamshell design, clamshell form factor. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the SP with a backlight, backlit screen was released in 2005. A miniaturized redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. By June 2010, the Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enthusiast Gaming
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. is a Canadian digital media company specializing in video game journalism. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Menashe Kestenbaum, the company owned the websites ''Destructoid'' and ''Escapist Magazine'' from 2014 to September 2022, as well the gaming convention Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo (EGLX). The company went public on the TSX Venture Exchange in October 2018. In January 2020, the company's listing moved to the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company was also trading on the Nasdaq from April 2021 to October 2023. Enthusiast Gaming owns a number of websites and runs an annual convention in Toronto. Brands Websites * ''DiabloII Net & Wiki'' (acquired 2018) * ''Gaming Street'' (founded 2019) * ''Planet Destiny'' (acquired 2019) * Steel Media (''Pocket Gamer'') (acquired 2019) * The Sims Resource (acquired 2019) * Omnia Media (acquired 2020) * Vedatis (''Icy Veins'') (acquired 2021) * Tabwire (''Tabstats'') (acquired 2021) * ''GameKnot'' (acquired 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
