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News – Bloodstained Wii U Version Officially Cancelled

22/03/201716/08/2017 Sophia Aubrey Drake 139 Views 0 Comments Bloodstained, Indie, Kickstarter, Koji Igarashi, Metroidvania, Nintendo Switch, Wii U

Last week we reported on the seeming confirmation that there was a Nintendo Switch version of the hotly anticipated Metroidvania Bloodstained:

RetroVision – Do Breath of the Wild and the Original Legend Of Zelda Take Place in the Same Hyrule?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 117 Views 2 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Breath of the Wild, Famicom Disk System, Hyrule, Link, NES, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Zelda

The Legend of Zelda is one of the all time greats of video gaming. With its roots in the 1986

News – Retro Receiver Makes NES Wireless

13/05/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 118 Views 0 Comments Controller, Fightstick, NES, News, Nintendo, PlayStation, PS3, PS4, Retro Receiver, SNES, Wii, Wii U

If there’s only one criticism that can be levelled at retro gaming, it’s having to go back to controllers with

News – Train On!

01/02/201620/02/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 375 Views 0 Comments 3DS, 8-Bit, 90s, Advert, Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Super Bowl, Wii U

Super Bowl 50 may still be just under a week away, but The Pokémon Company have already revealed their multi-million

News – Pokémon @ 20 Years Old

14/01/201628/09/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 143 Views 8 Comments 3DS, 8-Bit, 90s, Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Nintendo, Pokémon, Pokémon Go, Super Bowl, Trading Cards, Wii U

Pokémon is 20 years old, well on 27th February to be precise. Can you believe it? Despite 1996 only feeling like

Retrovision – Naming the Koopalings

Sophia Aubrey Drake 596 Views 0 Comments 16-Bit, 3DS, 8-Bit, Bowser, Famicom, Koopalings, Mushroom Kingdom, Music, NES, Nintendo, Smash Bros, Super Famicom, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Nintendo, Wii U

We’re back from our Christmas break here at Rings & Coins, and it’s all back to normal, delivering you all

News – Super Star Wars Returns

16/11/201510/12/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 140 Views 2 Comments 16-Bit, 90s, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Jedi, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, PlayStation, Princess Leia, PS4, Star Wars, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo, Virtual Console, Vita, Wii, Wii U

As Star Wars fever begins to grip the entire world, one classic 16-bit title is getting a most welcome return. Originally

Nintendo Appoints New President in Tatsumi Kimishima

18/09/201518/09/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 140 Views 1 Comment DS, Genyo Takeda, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto, Minoru Arakawa, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tastusmi Kimishima, Wii, Wii U

Following the tragic death of industry legend and one of my personal heroes Satoru Iwata, Nintendo went into a consultation period,

Retro Weekly Roundup – 12th September

12/09/201512/09/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 97 Views 0 Comments 20th Century Fox, 30th Anniversary, 3D Classics, EGX, Famicom, Mega Man, Movie, NES, Resident Evil, Retro Weekly Roundup, Rockman, SEGA, Streets of Rage, Super Mario, Super Mario Maker, Wii U

So let’s not waste any time eh, and get straight down to all the news from the world of retro

Japan/Import RetroVision

RetroVision – Super Mario Bros., Saving the Best for Last…. & First

Sophia Aubrey Drake 143 Views 3 Comments Atari, Cartridge, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, NES, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Famicom, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Maker, Super Nintendo, The Lost Levels, Wii U

Super Mario Maker is out later this week exclusively for the Wii U, and this year is the 30th Anniversary