Too Much Awesome

Every year we find ourselves in the same place here, writing up on the big companies of the year and judging how well they did or didn’t accomplish the goal of being a video game company. Gus took a strong Pro Sony stance with his 2011 Sony Wrap Up, Brian was less thrilled about Microsoft’s- [...]

If there’s one thing I love, it’s Pokemon. The series, despite doing its best to stagnate, is just as good as it’s always been. However, there’s one place that it’s still lacking entirely: A real Pokemon game on a major console rather than a handheld. We’ve got a few tries, such as Pokemon Stadium 1 [...]

I mentioned a few weeks ago that while at PAX I spent a lot of time over at Nintendo’s booth and said that eventually I’d give a rundown of their holiday 2011 lineup. Well hey! Guess what I’m doing today! I’m still enamored with the Big N, so here is a brief preview of a [...]

Today is a special occasion for me here at Toy-Too Much Awesome. Today is my 300th post (according to my backend stats), so I wanted to celebrate by writing something very near to me as both an interest and part of my identity. For my last milestone I talked all about my greatest Pokemon accomplishments [...]

Nintendo just launched their newest handheld, the 3DS, last week in the United States. At the launch party, the main focus was very obviously the system itself, but a pretty important announcement was overshadowed to the point that only a few individuals are aware of it. This was due to a private screening involving a [...]

I grew up with the original Nintendo. I was a fanboy back then just like the rest of us, long before “fanboy” meant what it means now. Nintendo could do no wrong during that time and depending on who you ask, that’s still true today, but I beg to differ. The NES turned me into [...]

Mario on his own usually never misses a beat. Place Mario in a sports setting and things start to become hit-or-miss at an alarming rate. Hand the property to Square-Enix and you’re nearly promised things won’t end well. Nintendo has done just that with Mario Sports Mix, the newest Mario-themed sports game for the Wii. [...]

Can I just go ahead and be a bit of a Nintendo fanboy for a minute and say that Nintendo kicked so many butts during 2010? I have so much good to mention that I’m not sure how to contain myself. However, as with anything, they hit a few major stalls, just like the other [...]

We’ve only just got our feet wet with the holiday season but already we have to start looking at the next few weeks as too little time yet to plan for Christmas. Video games, naturally, are going to be high on your list of purchasable items, especially when you’re talking about kids. There’s one game [...]

The Donkey Kong Country Trilogy stands as one of the best grouping of video games you can possibly find, and certainly one of the best platforming experiences next to the holiness that is Mario and early Sonic. Nintendo set out to recreate the glory of DK’s finest hour, tasking Retro Studios with the job. Did [...]