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Wednesday, Dec 17
DS Pokemon, Wii Pikmin, Among Nintendo's 100-Plus Early 09 Release List
Among the titles is Pokemon Platinum for the DS, set for a March 22 release in North America, New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis and New Play Control! Pikmin for Wii, and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Personal Trainer: Math and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Nintendo DS.
Thursday, Oct 9
Big, Ugly Nintendo Roundup (Post Thursday 10/09)
Tetris Party, Boingz Coming to WiiWare, World of Goo Dated MadWorld Still Not Playable (In the US at Least) The Conduit - Still Going Strong Boingz: The Game Where You Play as a Condom Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop Makes Me Sad Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - Not a Looker, But She's Got Heart
Friday, Oct 3
Cave Story Confirmed for Wii [Wiiware]
Nintendo Announces 'Significant Increase' in Q4 Wii Supplies over 2007 Key games planned for Wii in 2009 include: Some Nintendo products available this fall for Nintendo DS include: Key games planned for Nintendo DS in 2009 include:
Thursday, Sep 18
Pokémon Platinum, Infinite Undiscovery Storm Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
11. Dragon Quest V (DS) 12. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) 13. Inazuma Eleven (DS) 16. Blue Dragon Plus (DS) 19. Wii Sports (Wii) 22. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. Hoshizora no Comic Garden (DS) 24. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 25. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 28. Wii Play (Wii)
Tuesday, Sep 16
Steve Ballmer's Desire To Buy Nintendo
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Battalion Wars 2, Dewy's Adventure, Elebits, Endless Ocean, Puzzle Quest, Blast Works, PES 08 (the best version of it this gen), House of the Dead 1&2, and other potentially lesser but still worthy games. ...
Thursday, Sep 11
Blue Dragon DS Lands In Japan, Japan Doesn't Care [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
02. Wii Fit (Wii) - 32,000 / 2,609,000 03. Blue Dragon Plus (DS) - 21,000 / NEW 06. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) - 17,000 / 222,000 07. Dragon Quest V (DS) - 15,000 / 1,164,000 09. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 14,000 / 1,748,000 10. Inazuma Eleven (DS) - 14,000 / 85,000
Thursday, Sep 4
How Did Too Human & Afrika Fare In Japan? [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
11. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) 12. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) 16. Sigma Harmonics (DS) 18. Wii Sports (Wii) 21. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 22. Mario Kart DS (DS) 24. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) 27. Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 28. Wii Play (Wii)
Friday, Aug 29
Japanese Gamers Love Soccer, Hate New Square Enix IP [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
15. Wii Sports (Wii) 17. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) 18. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 22. Mario Kart DS (DS) 25. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 26. Family Trainer: Atheletic World (Wii) 27. Wii Play (Wii) 28. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) 30. Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)
Friday, Aug 22
Rhythm Tengoku Has Its Revenge On Phantasy Star [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
03. Dragon Quest V (DS) - 74,000 / 1,092,000 04. Wii Fit (Wii) - 47,000 / 2,516,000 05. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 36,000 / 1,692,000 06. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) - 35,000 / 180,000 07. Band Brothers DX (DS) - 24,000 / 280,000 10. Wario Land Shake It! (Wii) - 18,000 / 76,000
Thursday, Aug 14
Tales of Vesperia Is Xbox 360's Fastest Selling Game In Japan [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
02. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) - 145,000 / NEW 03. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 130,000 / 343,000 06. Sangokushi Taisen Ten (DS) - 33,000 / NEW 07. Summon Night 2 (DS) - 30,000 / NEW 08. Wii Fit (Wii) - 27,000 / 2,470,000 09. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 23,000 / 1,656,000
Friday, May 23
A Week In Comments [Hyper Multi-tap]
The "hardcore" then claimed that Nintendo was abandoning the hardcore. Yet, in the past year and a half, Nintendo BY THEMSELVES released some of the most critically acclaimed games from their core stable. In fact, it was completely unprecedented that Nintendo could squeeze out a major Ze...
Friday, Nov 30
A Week In Comments [Hyper Multi-tap]
Comment by: aldo_14 Nominated by: skrame Sailorcancer: Does Japan have to worry about west nile virus? Trading in Games, Is It Worth It? Comment by: EndersGame Nominated by: edb87 Worked at EB a LONG time ago for five years. It's possible to make a "good trade in" when you trade in your games.
Sunday, Nov 4
Week in Games: Silent Hill Origins Edition [New]
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (WII) A dubious pairing. But who will win? Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (WII, X360, PS3, DS) Relive Star Wars through the blocky world of Legos. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (WII) Charge of the Dawn Brigade.
Saturday, Oct 20
Kotaku Originals: From Jack O' Lanterns To Halo 3 Pwnage [Original]
Medal of Honor Heroes 2 Wii Hands On Impressions Vs. Gizmodo: Halo Grudge Match Boo! It's A PUMPKIN! Duck Amuck Pandemic Shows EA Their Cock Burning Mushroom 2 Minutes With Battalion Wars 2 Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Hands On Impressions Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Hands On Impressions
Thursday, Oct 11
Nintendo's Holiday Release List Includes DS Assassin's Creed [Confirmed]
Sure Super Smash Bros Brawl has been pushed back into 2008, but there's still going to be a ton of games to choose from for the Wii and DS. Check out the full list of release titles on the jump and keep an eye of for Link's Crossbow Training on the Wii and Assassin's Creed on the DS to name a few. "Beca...
Friday, Aug 31
Fire Emblem Doesn't Only Get New Name
Localization tweaks are fascinating. Take Wii title Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn, which was released in Japan this past February. When it gets a North American release this November, the game will be retitled Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. No surprises there! Nintendo had previously announc...
Thursday, Aug 9
Mr. Robot Discussion Number Two
Crecente makes a great point. One of my old English teachers used to say that there are only a few stories in the world. Authors just disguise and retell them. Games may be like this gameplay wise, but I think they have one advantage: they are active entertainment and they combine storytelling...
Friday, Apr 27
Mario Party 23 Confirmed: 124 Nintendo Wii & DS Games In The Works
Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata told Japanese press yesterday that the company currently has 45 Wii games and 79 Nintendo DS games in development, with some of those titles scheduled for release this summer. Nintendo Develops 45 New Games for Wii, 79 Titles for DS Player [Bloomberg]
Sunday, Feb 25
The Giant Best Buy Sale
GameCube 1.99 GBA 9.99 Endcap games 1.99 GBA Banjo Pilot 1.99 GBA Dogz 1.99 GBA King Kong 1.99 GBA Lion King 1.5 1.99 GBA Madden NFL 2005 1.99 GBA Spiderman 2 1.99 GBA That's so Raven 1.99 GBA Video Sonic 4.99 GBA Barnyard 4.99 GBA Open Season 4.99 GBA Shark Tale 4.99 GBA Shrek 2 4.99 GBA The Sims 2 Nintendo DS
Thursday, Jan 18
Pirate Battle Rises From The Deep [Pirate Battle]
Well this is a relief. Pirate Battle is a little game that, ever-so-quietly, became the DS title I craved above all others last year. Seriously. Think Fire Emblem and Advance Wars. But with pirates. I know. Awesome. Pirate Battle still alive [Go Nintendo]
Tuesday, Dec 26
Japan Gets New Wii VC Titles, America Weeps
Nintendo has announced twelve of the Virtual Console titles they plan to release to Japanese gamers at some point during January '07, which will bring the total number of VC games for the Wii in that region to a healthy, jealous rage inducing 62. The announced games are:
Sunday, Dec 3
Home Made Wii Arcade Style Controller [Arcade Controller]
Some industrious gamer with a lot of time and some ingenuity has created his own arcade style controller for the Wii. Not satisfied with using his old Gamecube controller and unable to track down the elusive "Classic Controller", this guy decided to go for the full on arcade experience for...
Friday, Sep 1
Zombie City Tactics: Turn-Based Zombie Fighting!
How about Zombie City Tactics, a turn-based strategy game "about outsmarting and defeating massively superior enemy forces... perhaps!" Apparently, this is a prototype proof-of-concept for a further iteration on the idea, called Zombie City Survivors, which aims to combine "element...
Friday, Mar 31
What Will You Be Playing This Weekend?
So what will you be playing this weekend, Kotakuites? On my part, I finally managed to secure a copy of Disgaea, the PS2 strategy RPG. Yes, it's old, but I could never find it before. Initial impressions are pretty dang positive — I'm a sucker for Final Fantasy Tactics and the Fire Emblem games...
Tuesday, Jan 17
Real Video Game Award Finalists Announced
Silent Hunter III (P: Ubisoft, D: Ubisoft-Romania) Animal Crossing (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo EAD) k. Strategy Game of the Year Age of Empires III (P: Microsoft, D: Ensemble Studios) Civilization IV (P: 2K Games, D: Firaxis) Empire Earth II (P: Vivendi Universal Games, D: Mad Doc)
Friday, Oct 21
Nintendo Van Brings Viewtiful DS, WiFi Gaming
Nintendo GameCube Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Mario Party 7 King Kong XMen Legends 2 NHL 2006 NBA Live 2006 Nintendo DS Nintendogs Animal Crossing DS Mario Kart DS Trace Memory Advance Wars Dual Strike Castlevania Viewtiful Joe Sonic Rush Game Boy Micro/Game Boy Advance SP
Thursday, Oct 20
Interview: The Localization Team of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Alan Averill: That aspect of Fire Emblem is one of the things that makes the game unique and makes it different. You have a real investment in these characters because if they die, they're gone. Not only does that force you to think before your actions, but it forces us as localizers to make you...
