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Sunday, Jan 4
Wii's winners and losers in Japan
The top ten Wii games are not too surprising, including stuff like Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Brawl, and other big Nintendo franchises. The only third-party game on the list is Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, which, of course, is a Mario game!
Tuesday, Dec 30
Nintendo (mostly) owned Japan in 2008
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 2 507 400 / 2 507 400DS Pokémon Platinum (Nintendo) - 2 125 348 / 2 125 348Wii Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 2 024 113 / 2 889 790Wii Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 1 973 089 / 1 973 089 Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 1 808 709 / 1 808 709 DS Rhythm Heaven (Ninten...
Saturday, Nov 8
Wii Warm Up: Setting definitive boundaries - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Just because Wii may have more than its fair share of minigame collections, doesn't mean all minigames are shovelware. Just look at Mario Party and Raving Rabbids. These games have obviously had a lot of effort put into them and are ...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Disaster: Days of Nobody Buying It
Source: Brits prefer their Wii Fits Source: Ireland isn't biting Source: Holland bought more copies of Mario Party 8 last week Source: Norway says "nor way" to Disaster Source: Monolith's game knows only pain in Germany and Spain
Wii Warm Up: Your own multiplayer experiences - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Mario Party: The series gets criticized for a) being boring and b) being whored out every year, but in terms of the social aspect I would argue that Mario Party is the ultimate multiplayer game. Because of its gentle pace and lack of ...
Saturday, Jul 5
Another Week in Europe
01. (__) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 02. (__) Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 03. (29) Wii Fit (Wii) 04. (__) Big Beach Sports (Wii) 06. (08) Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 07. (__) Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3) 08. (02) Wii Play (Wii) 10. (06) LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures (NDS)
Friday, Jun 27
On sale at Amazon -- Nine cheap games for Nintendo lovers
8am-10am: "Set sail for waters unknown." -- (Our guess: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass)10am-12pm: "Defy gravity across wild alien terrain." -- (Our guess: Super Mario Galaxy)12pm-2pm: "Run, jump, and stomp your way through unimaginable challenges." -- (Our guess: New Super Ma...
Wednesday, Jun 25
Hospitals now less boring -- Fun Centers on the way
Filed under: NewsSick kids are in for some fun, thanks to Nintendo and the Starlight Foundation. The Wii is heading for hundreds of hospitals in North America and Canada, all bundled up in Fun Centers packed with awesome stuff. Rehabilitation seems to be the Wii's favorite word, as Nintend...
Friday, Jun 13
Obama and McCain face stiff competition
Yes, the joke's been done before (especially because of the nine thousand Mario Party games out there), but now it's on a t-shirt. Yet, that's not where Nintendo stops interfering in politics. Source: Mario-Luigi '08 shirt
Friday, May 16
Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/5-5/11
01.(01) [WII] Mario Kart Wii --- 107,000 (1,227,000) 03.(04) [WII] Wii Fit --- 53,000 (2,039,000) 08.(10) [WII] Wii Sports --- 21,000 (2,979,000) 11.(14) [WII] Wii Play 12.(16) [NDS] Mario Kart DS 18.(25) [NDS] Mario Party DS 19.(23) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. 27.(26) [NDS] Sim City DS 2
Wednesday, Jul 25
Nintendo releases Q1 sales results, thinks it's not going away
And what do you get when you remove those pesky production constraints? The company also confirmed nearly twice as many Nintendo DS' sold in the same period (nearly 7 million), and it now thinks it can sell another 19 million this year. Between the two systems and the confirmed million sale...
Tuesday, Jul 17
VC Tuesday: Dead moon over the demon castle
Like Castlevania, Power Sports and Dead Moon have both already arrived in the US (Power Sports as World Sports Competition), and Ichidant-R, a Bonanza Bros. spinoff, is the sequel to Tant-R, seen on the Sega Classics Collection. A multiplayer puzzle minigame collection, Ichidant-R is s...
Saturday, Jul 14
Mii Spotlight: A look ahead
Reader DiGamma had some good ideas -- "More glasses, and hairstyles. And styled shirts. Nintendo should just release packs, along with the regular VC updates. More hair colors, and accessories. Watches, hats... Nintendo's missing out on a gold mine."
Saturday, Jul 7
Wii Warm Up: Mario Party Hard
Being dedicated Wii players, have you managed to find a way to hurt yourself or your Wiimote playing Mario Party 8? Has the combination of Mario Party and projectile Wiimotes caused a deadly nexus of TV destruction and personal injury? Or is your thumb happy now that you've found a new way t...
Thursday, Jun 14
Wii used as therapy for wounded troops
So, not only is the Wii being used in retirement homes, but now the U.S. Army is utilizing the console to aid in the recovery of wounded soldiers. The best part? It's mandatory for them to play. It's their doctor's orders that every week they engage in playing with the Wii. We need a doctor like that...
Wednesday, May 30
Metareview: Mario Party 8
GamePro (90/100) finds fun in the multiplayer: "Played alone, against the computer, the game is barely worth popping out of its case. But, having even one other human opponent ups the fun exponentially--you just can't get the same satisfaction out of trash talking against a faceless com...
Tuesday, May 29
Mario Party 8 'party' TV spot
With the release of Mario Party 8 today in the United States, those "Wii would like to play" ads have a new one in rotation featuring Nintendo's latest game. Obviously, the ad plays up the whole party aspect of the game, as we're shown many a party-goer taking their turn in the game to find it is...
Rumor alert: Pretty much everything you could think of
Starfox Wii (Nintendo) Pokemon Wii (Nintendo) Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) Super Mario Sunshine 2 (Nintendo) Super Mario Stirkers (Nintendo) F-Zero (Nintendo) Donkey Kong Wii (Nintendo) Metroid Xterme (Nintendo) Yoshi`s Story 2 (Nintendo) Paper Mario 3 (Nintendo)
Friday, May 25
Friday Video: Massive NMS round-up edition
Filed under: Friday VideoThe Nintendo Media Summit may not have offered up the huge news, but it did give us one thing that's awesome -- a metric ton (less than a megaton) of trailers for all the games we'll be playing in the coming months. So we thought it might be a good week for a very special v...
Tuesday, May 1
"The big three" ARE coming in 2007 (to Japan) [Update 1]
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo confirmed that they do in fact plan to release Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl by the end of this year, as well as pretty much every Nintendo game announced for the Wii. This corroborates an IGN repo...
