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RE: Chime In - Selling Third Party on the Wii

We had some guys from EA around the table, some of whom had worked on SSX Blur for the Wii. SSX Blur was basically a launch title (February 27, 2007), and Nintendo told them they had to use the Wii controller to its fullest. So they did, here’s a description of the controls from Wikipedia:

Monday, Nov 16

The Museum of Mario Merch

A new Mario game is out, and boy, it is fantastic. Main-line Mario titles are pretty rare, and to celebrate the new (new) Super Mario Bros, the Nintendo World Store in New York has set up a museum of Mario merchandise. Any child of the 80s probably had a Nintendo-themed lunchbox and read the Mar...

On The Shelves This Week 11.15

Safe to say that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is leading the pack around here though, it has Yoshi’s! Pokémon Rumble (WiiWare, 1-4players, 1,500 Wii Pts) DSiWare Art Style: DIGIDRIVE (1-2players, 500 DSi Pts) Arcade Bowling (1player, 200 DSi Pts) Robot Rescue (1player, 200 DSi Pts)

Tuesday, Nov 10

Image of the Day - Super Mario Galaxy HD

I hate to be one of those guys, but I really wish that Nintendo would put out that fabled Wii HD already. I sigh a little inside every time that I boot up a game and have to wonder if I remembered to put my glasses on. NeoGAF user theox2g6 posted a bunch of shots of Super Mario Galaxy up-converted to 1...

Thursday, Nov 5

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Has an Awesome Japanese Site

Although many of us won’t be able to read most of it, the Japanese site for New Super Mario Bros. Wii definitely deserves a nod - and I hardly ever notice sites for games, seems like there’s about 20 launching every hour. It’s both a great looking and detailed site, with more to be revealed as [...]

Tuesday, Nov 3

Games Rebels Play — October

On the DS, I finished up Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. It was fantastic! The writing is hilarious, and the game has some of the best 2D sprite-work that I’ve ever seen. I’ve also been having a ton of fun with Scribblenauts. The controls are incredibly frustrating, and most of the pu...

Friday, Oct 30

Image of the Day - Itsa us, Mario?

By now, you American rebels have probably recieved your Club Nintendo rewards. The majority of you, being sane, rational people put the hat on some shelf or some place where your friends would make little comments about it. Greg: Jody:

Wednesday, Oct 28

4cr Impressions - Wii Fit Plus

Maybe I’m just a Nintendo fanboy - I even liked Wii Music, but it seems to me like these Wii ___ games are just getting better and better. I think Nintendo has finally found out how to best use their own control schemes, as shown with Wii Sports Resort, and now with Wii Fit Plus.

Thursday, Oct 22

An Eight-Bit Jazz Odyssey

I have many, many loves, and this Hartford-based duo has hit on two of the major ones - Nintendo and Jazz. Saxophonist Ben Golder-Novick and pianist Scott Bradlee have put together the wonderful Eight Bits of Jam. This all-too-short video features jazzy renditions of tunes from Zelda, Pun...

Sunday, Oct 18

While We Were Distracted - Super Mario Tin Envy

GoNintendo posted images last week of Europe’s limited edition New Super Mario Bros. Wii - which is entirely important because they get this awesome tin. Assuming my eyes aren’t wrong and this includes a proper release case within a tin, this might be my new favorite packaging idea for a lim...

Monday, Oct 12

Opinion: 4cr Plays - Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

I did earnestly expect more from the central concept of switching between Bowser and the Mario Bros., which is necessary for changing the environments within Bowser, and in aiding him in accomplishing tasks spread throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. It takes a really long time for this to de...

On The Shelves This Week 10.12

Wii October 12 Cars Race-O-Rama Squeeballs Party October 13 A Boy and His Blob Ju-on: The Grudge Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Where the Wild Things Are Virtual Console / WiiWare Final Fight 2 (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Pts) Gravitronix (1-8 players, 500 Wii Pts)

Sunday, Sep 27

Wii Deals on Amazon

Want a few games for the system? The astonishingly awesome ExciteBots dropped down to a cool twenty smackers today. No idea how long the sale will last (it’s not the deal of the day), so get on that. Twenty bucks is a great price for what is the best racer on the platform. Since you’re pretty much g...

Saturday, Sep 19

Maestro the Musical Platformer

It’s certainly a unique concept, and it looks and sounds fantastic. Hopefully this French-developed platformer will make its way to other countries. Click past the cut to see the trailer, a seven-minute gameplay video, and a few screenshots. source: NeoGAF

Thursday, Sep 17

4cr Review: Groovin’ Blocks

Most puzzle games have catchy soundtracks. It’s a psychological thing - use a thumping tune to set the pace of the game. You couldn’t get into a puzzle game that had a calm, fluffy soundtrack. You get pulled into the game by the frantic immediacy of its techno beats. Groovin’ Blocks is no differe...

Monday, Aug 10

Games of the Decade - The New Markets

To further illustrate the wackness of this situation let me tell you that my mom looks like she was taken straight out of one of Nintendo’s Wii target audience stock photos. She’s a very Mexican 4′10″ Sexagenarian with a lot of white hair and a bad case of engrish. Her exposure to videogames fo...

Monday, Jul 6

4cr Review - Tales of Monkey Island (Episode 1)

I grew up with Guybrush Threepwood. No exaggeration there. While other kids obsessed over names like Sonic and Mario, I went wild over Sam and Max, over Bernard, Manny, and LeChuck. The name LucasArts didn’t just bring up the prerequisite pictures of Star Wars and Indiana Jones in my mind, it...

Friday, Jun 12

Super Mario World and The Great Divide

Michael Tucker’s recent article about his impressions of New Super Mario Bros. Wii has opened up a discussion on the direction Nintendo is moving Mario in when it comes to the 2D platform sense. While I have yet to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii, I’ll admit that its introduction at Nintendo’s E...

Tuesday, Jun 9

Impressions - New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Despite being a complete throwback to the timeless gameplay of the original Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. on the DS ultimately left me feeling unsatisfied. The game was very good, sure, but it didn’t introduce enough interesting new elements to make me forget that I’ve been playing the...

Sunday, Jun 7

[PL] The Super Mario Galaxy 2 Discussion

Very interesting stuff. I’m of two minds on the whole issue. Clearly Galaxy was amazing and more of it is a good thing. In fact, I think with Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo finally figured out how to really really do Mario in a 3D universe. The mechanics in Galaxy feel like the most pure interpretati...

Tuesday, Jun 2

Opinion: E3 Thoughts - Other M & Galaxy 2

So there we had Super Mario Galaxy 2 and at first I was a bit disappointed that Galaxy 2 is so close to Galaxy. Then it dawned on me that Nintendo may have figured out the prefect way to present Mario in 3D with this series. Mario isn’t about having a large open world to roam around in, spending his t...

Tuesday, Mar 17

4cr Review - TrackMania DS

Don’t have any ideas for your own tracks? TrackMania also has an awesome puzzle mode. Puzzles in a racing game? Yep, the puzzle mode builds off of the track editor by giving you a certain number of pieces and challenging you to complete the track. It’s a neat bonus mode and actually serves as a p...

Friday, Oct 24

4cr Review - Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Score: Sonic as an RPG is kind of a strange concept to me. It’s not the same as Mario starring in an RPG, I can deal with that. I guess my main problem is due to Sonic’s focus on speed. Sonic runs, that’s what he does. And that just goes against the very nature of Japanese [...]

Tuesday, Oct 7

4cr Interview - David Ellis (Vicious Cycle)

Sure, all of that is great, but you know what is even cooler? Dave loves classic games so much that he turned his garage into an arcade. He’s spent over $13,000 on his collection and has completely restored both a Donkey Kong and a Mario Bros. cabinet.

Tuesday, Sep 30

Trackmania DS – Hands on Impressions

The game that made me want a DS was a racing game: Mario Kart DS. While it is a fun cart and while I do consider it the best of that series, its many quirks, power-ups, and moments of computer players cheating prevent it from being a solid racecar game. Despite its fun factor, there’s no denying th...

Friday, Sep 5

Games Rebels Play — August

In Mario Kart, I finally got as far as I’m going to get — I unlocked all but the expert ghosts. They’re just too tough for me, so there’s little use in trying. It was a love-hate experience in my case, but just the same, a fun way to spend my gaming time during the summer.

Wednesday, Aug 20

4cr Review - Summer Athletics

Presentation-wise, the game isn’t terrible. The main menu is actually very nice, and better than most games out there. It’s quick and easy to do anything because of the Wii pointer controls, the music is pleasant (and reminiscent of National Treasure), and there are absolutely no load tim...

Monday, May 19

Chime In: Was Gaming Better in the 90’s?

Was Gaming Better in the 90’s? Andrew Sztein gives ten reasons why it is, and I agree with pretty much everything he says. I love old games and most of the time I’d rather play them than newer releases. Older games had to strive to set themselves apart from the others and had to rely more on cool ga...

Tuesday, May 6

YEE-HAW! Mario Kart’s Cowboy Jed is Moseyin’ To Your Wild Wild Web!

Oh, I know what you’re thinking. Yeah, you with the speedy finger tips! Put down your palms for a minute where I can see ‘em. Mario Kart’s Cowboy Jed isn’t done taking over your airwaves – now he’s circled the wagons right around the intaernet (that’s the British way of spelling it). Cool? Cool.

Friday, Mar 28

Games Rebels Play — March

Like the rest of the crew, Brawl has consumed a large chunk of my gaming schedule. I did start a new game of Summon Night 2, but that’s on hold. As much as I like RPGs, it’s easy to get burned out on them! The trailer for Sonic Unleashed raised a lot of hype, so I decided to pick up a copy of Sonic Mega Co...

Monday, Mar 24

Chime In: Sunshine vs. Galaxy

“With Sunshine I had… a feeling. Everytime I played that game I was overcome with feelings of exploration and relaxation. Mario was on vacation and so was I.” I agree completely. Galaxy is technically a far better game, and I love it somethin’ fierce, but when all is said and done, I feel closer t...

Wednesday, Aug 1

First Impressions: Mario Strikers Charged

The difficulty seems to be oddly arched for a Nintendo sports game. Instead of being fun but way too easy like most of Nintendo’s sports games (excepting Toadstool Tour, damnit), the game starts playing rough really damn quickly. On the game’s own list of difficulties, “Professional” ran...

Tuesday, Jul 31

Games Rebels Play — Hot July

The only Nintendo game I have been playing recently is Yoshi’s Island DS which is fantastic as well. Suikoden V has been my main focus though. Screw you, Gizel Godwin! Mario Strikers is coming out soon, and that should consume my gaming time for the next month… till Metroid Prime 3: Corruptio...

Tuesday, Jul 10

E3 Link Dump: Pre-show

Nights may be catching a lot of flack for its so-so texture quality and the like, but I think it looks pretty awesome myself. Can’t wait to see how it plays. Same goes for Mario & Sonic — sweet motion controls and I’m there. More soon, so stay tuned! It has begun! In addition to the Trauma Cente...

Thursday, Jun 28

Games Rebels Play — Busy June

Enjoying your summer so far? Most of us on the 4cr crew were so busy in June that fun and games were put on the back burner. Still, we managed to squeeze in a little Nintendo time here and there, and one of us (drum roll) even likes Mario Party 8! Read on for more, and make sure you let us know what’s b...

Friday, Jun 15

Smash Brothers Roundup: Week 4

Looking at the Yoshi’s Island stage pics, I couldn’t help but long for a true 3D iteration of the classic series on Wii. Imagine how cool it’d be: a gorgeous hand-drawn graphical style lifted straight from the above pic, 3D Mario platformer controls, and pixel-perfect Wiimote egg aiming. I...

Monday, May 28

Games Rebels Play — Almost Summer

Super Paper Mario – The game started off slow and I almost didn’t want to keep going, but much like both previous Paper Mario games, once you get a couple hours in the game picks up and the charm grabs you and doesn’t let go. And this is a perfect game for me right now as the puzzles are clever, but i...

Friday, May 25

Smash Brothers Roundup: Week 1

Also, as you’re likely aware, the list of musicians is mind-bogglingly massive. For a detailed who’s-who, check out Peer Schneider’s blog at IGN, where the editor has talked about each and every composer. Apparently, each of them is handling the music for a different stage. Awesome The Sma...

Wednesday, May 2

Link Dump

Next up, if you haven’t already heard, Nintendo has announced its 2007 Wii lineup for Japan, and it’s packed to the brim with heavy hitters, including Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Smash Brothers Brawl, HAMMER, Distaster, and more. Quite an awesome list, and I really hope all the titles o...

Sunday, Apr 29

Opinion: Games Rebels Play — Good Times in April

With the massive double-whammy that was Super Paper Mario and Pokemon, April was a month that made us happy. Happy enough to go crazy on daddy’s drums even, not unlike Baby Edgar here. In’ee cute? Super Paper Mario — Haven’t had much time to play it, just beat the first boss this week. I love the g...

Wednesday, Apr 25

Who is this Character?

In the Jeux France Mario strikers video, the “secret” captains are shown. Bowser Jr., who was recently revealed as being playable in the new smash bros., is clearly visible. So the full list of 12 captains is: 1. Mario 2. Wario 3. Bowser 4. Bowser Jr. 5. Luigi 6. Waluigi 7. Peach 8. Daisy 9. Donkey Kong

Monday, Apr 23

New Mario Strikers Charged Info

Video and interview with Next Level Games Jeux-France got invited to “Next Level Games” showing of Mario Strikers Charged for the Wii. In the video footage presented on Jeux-France, we learn that Mario Strikers will be featuring the following: * 12 Captains, with each their own attribut...

Saturday, Apr 7

Funny Smash Brothers Vids

First up is the great hand-drawn SSBB animation pictured above, in which Flint from the Mother series royally puts the smack down on our favorite Nintendo mascots. Hilarious stuff, and an awesome little piece of animation to boot. Man, watching this stuff makes me crave SSBB for Wii even mo...

Tuesday, Apr 3

Mario Strikers Online Confirmed!

Mario Strikers: Charged hits the UK on May 25th, Nintendo hasn’t announced release dates for the rest of the world yet. Not only does this mean that the UK gets the game before us, it also means that they will have online Wii titles before we do.

Wednesday, Mar 28

Games Rebels Play — Almost April

Edgar: Bombs: Drew: Benny: Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) — Yeah, it’s Sonic + Waggle… but it’s good Sonic. I really wish the game was more cohesive. The way its organized now… it’s very choppy. You’re booted out to the crappy menu music WAY to often… surprisingly decent gameplay though.

Monday, Mar 19