Moto announced five new snap-on Mod accessories today for its Moto Z family of phones, making good on its promise to release at least 12 new Mods in 2017. The company is actively wooing developers to help create its ecosystem of Mods. 1. Game pad The most aggressive new Mod takes on the Nintendo Switch, …
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I’ve played Zelda games on the Nintendo 3DS, and DS and Game Boy Advance. I’ve played Zelda games on the GameCube, Wii and Wii U. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild arrives as an unusual launch game for the Nintendo Switch, because the Switch isn’t exactly a pure handheld or TV console. It’s a tweener. As I played …
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Have you even taken a video and thought to yourself, “man, this would be way better with a holographic meme?” Well, eccentric videographer, Los Angeles-based 8i has just the app for you. Holo, scheduled for release later this year, lets you impose holographs of celebrities, memes and more atop pictures and videos taken by your phone’s camera. You can see …
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Super Mario ran. Pokemon went. And then there was Fire Emblem. It’s on Android and iOS right now. What is Fire Emblem, and since when is it a thing? Remember when we got all weepy for ’80s nostalgia and it finally convinced Nintendo to join the modern era by bringing Pokemon Go and Super Mario Run to phones? Fire Emblem …
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Perhaps you’ve tried Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo’s new mobile strategy game. Perhaps you’ve crashed and burned. Perhaps you’d like a few tips so you can impress your friends and generally avoid sucking? I’m a Fire Emblem fan who’s pretty much beaten the entire game so far — as well as the last seven or so Fire Emblem games before that. …
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Valve, the famous video game developer behind Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and DOTA 2, doesn’t make a lot of games these days. When it does, they’re typically uber-popular, critically-acclaimed hits like the names above. So imagine our surprise to learn that Valve is working on not one, not two, but three new games right now — and …
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If you were planning to use your Nintendo Switch to surf the web when it comes out March 3, you’re out of luck. The Switch won’t have an internet browser upon launch, Nintendo’s president, Tatsumi Kimishima, revealed in an interview with Time this week. “In terms of the internet browser, since all of our efforts have gone toward making Switch …
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In Fire Emblem Heroes, your default heroes, well, suck. Unless you spend literally months leveling them up, they won’t have any of the epic stats and game-breaking abilities of the ones you can buy with orbs. Yes, I said game-breaking abilities! You can get heroes that can soak up loads of damage, counterattack at any distance, pull friends out of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Fire Emblem: Heroes trailer 1:22 Fire Emblem Heroes is the latest game in the Fire Emblem series — and the first for iOS and Android phones. As a summoner, you must rally heroes to fight beside you to save your people from a rival kingdom. (But what is Fire Emblem, you say? Read our awesome FAQ.) …
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The wait is over. You can now download Nintendo’s third big mobile release*, Fire Emblem Heroes, in app stores around the world. It’s a free download for Android and iOS smartphones, and you’ll find the download links to the iTunes App Store and Google Play right here: Click me for iOS Click me for Android But what is Fire Emblem, …
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