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BBFC: Sega compiling Sonic games for DS
According to the rating, it'll feature Sonic 1-3, plus Sonic and Knuckles -- with the ability to virtually "Lock-on" and play as Knuckles in the older games. Also included in the shockingly specific list of in-game content: Sonic Chronicles and "The History of Sonic" video content and th...
Hands-on: Dementium 2 (DS)
Having not played Renegade Kid's first survival/horror-FPS on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, Dementium: The Ward, I had few expectations going into my recent hands-on with the game's sequel, the aptly titled Dementium 2. I knew that the first game enjoyed critical acclaim for more than ad...
European Nintendo downloads: Pokemon Rumble, Shootanto, demos
Pokemon Rumble (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,500 Wii Points)Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)Army Defender (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)A Little Bit of ... All-Time Classics: Strategy Games (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)myNotebook: Blue (D...
Shiren the Wanderer turns up in February minus online features
Despite our best efforts, the North American version of Shiren will not include the Rescue, Versus, or Item Transfer online features," Atlus's Aram Jabbari said in the announcement. "However, the downloadable dungeon content from the Japanese version will be included on the disc." Jab...
Zelda producer teases surprises for next title at E3 2010
Our absolute favorite thing about the Zelda series is how much it saves us on strategy guides. See, you can pretty much follow the walkthrough for Link to the Past to beat every installment in the franchise released thereafter. (Get the sword! Get the shield! Beat the Forest Temple! Get the p...
Yesterday
Nintendo Mall Experience tour heads cross-country next week
On the Wii side, Nintendo will show off its top three games for the holiday season: Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Fit Plus. For the handheld crowd, Nintendo will be pushing the new Style Savvy, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Track...
Square Enix's new Lufia game is a Lufia II remake
Last week, Square Enix announced a new entry in Taito's long-dormant Lufia(or Estpolis) series for an unknown platform. As it turns out, it's not entirely new, though enough is being changed that it might as well be. The new Lufia is, in fact, a remake of 1995's Lufia II, redone in 3D for the DS.
Club Nintendo Japan sending Game & Watches as Platinum gifts
Nintendo is producing a new run of the classic handheld Ball, specifically to give away to Club Nintendo members who accrued 400 points or more in the last year. It's a replica of the original, with a Club Nintendo logo added. Like the other Platinum awards, this doesn't cost any points (so Pl...
Again and Monster Rancher DS also headed to Europe
Monster Rancher DS, of course, is a game about creating and training monsters -- in this game, monsters are generated either by speaking into the microphone or drawing. Again is an adventure game about an FBI agent who investigates crime scenes in both the past and the present.
Joyswag: Super Saiyan prize pack
At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for Wii ($50 ARV), Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans for DS ($30 ARV) and an Instant Anime Character Costume ($20 ARV)For a list of complete rules, click hereJoyswag: Super Saiyan prize pack o...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Phoenix Wright judged appropriate for WiiWare re-release in Japan
The latest issue of Famitsu confirms what a USK rating hinted: Phoenix Wright is coming to WiiWare. Capcom is porting the DS games (or, if you'd rather, the Game Boy Advance games) to Wii one at a time, to be released in Japan starting December 15. Judging from what we can see (which isn't much -...
Monday, Nov 16
Nintendo's Fils-Aime: 'effectively marketed' third-party titles can sell on Wii
Despite slow to non-existent sales for several high-profile third-party Nintendo Wii titles, the company's US head, Reggie Fils-Aime, still believes that third-party publishers on Nintendo's console can be successful. Speaking with Kotaku, Fils-Aime says he's "extremely disapp...
VC in Brief: Street Fighter II' Champion Edition (TG16) and Indiana Jones (SNES)
This week, the Virtual Console dumptruck has unloaded two new games onto Wii consoles. One is a fighting game with a superior version already on the service, while the other is a pretty good Factor 5 joint for the SNES. If you fancy yourself an Indy fan (not that kinda Indy), then you'll defini...
New Super Mario Bros. Wii advertised in Japan with less-than-super play
While we're all playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii, tossing our friends into bottomless pits and reacquainting ourselves with the Koopalings, Japanese Wii owners are still waiting for the game's December 3 release date. For now, instead of the game, they get ... these commercials, featuring...
Miyamoto: Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be 'really difficult'
Much like he did for the just-launched New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Shigeru Miyamoto has announced that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be "really difficult." But will it be so difficult as to require Nintendo's new in-game life preserver, the Super Guide? Miyamoto isn't so sure yet. "In general," M...
Sunday, Nov 15
DSi-exclusive 'Monster Finder' is now 'Foto Showdown'
Foto Showdown is suddenly not the only game in town when it comes to monster generation on the DS. This game, with its camera-based monster system, is now in a showdown of its own -- with Tecmo's just-announced Monster Rancher DS. Via Siliconera]DSi-exclusive 'Monster Finder' is now 'Foto...
Friday, Nov 13
SouthPeak earnings report reveals acquisition of ... something involving TNA Impact
The "acquisition" is first noted in the report's "Highlights of the Quarter" section. "Acquired in bankruptcy certain assets owned by Midway relating to video games based on the TNA iMPACT wrestling brand." We asked SouthPeak who would be in charge of developing the next game in that seri...
Reggie ain't sweating Project Natal, 'Sphere'
In the dilapidated, war-torn streets of the gaming industry, the Console Wars[TM] have taken their toll on not only the landscape, but also the inhabitants of this once peaceful land. With war mongerers Sony and Microsoft preparing their next wave of battle tech -- motion control device...
European Nintendo downloads: My Zoo, Ninja Gaiden, Rock N' Roll Climber
My Zoo (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)Rock N' Roll Climber (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)Ninja Gaiden (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)A Little Bit Of .... Nintendo Touch Golf (DSiWare, 800 DSi Points)European Nintendo downloads: My Zoo, Ninja Gaiden, Rock N' Roll Climber origin...
BBC iPlayer relaunching as a dedicated Wii Channel
The BBC iPlayer, only available in the UK, is proof that streaming video can work on the Wii -- like the Wii no Ma service, Minna no Theater Wii, and the Nintendo Channel. Well, maybe not that last one, given the stuttery playback of Nintendo Week whenever we attempt to watch it.
Thursday, Nov 12
Nintendo takes the fun out of discovery with New Super Mario Bros. Wii tips video
Remember all those secret areas and level-skipping tactics from way back when you first played Super Mario Bros. on NES? Back before you could watch videos created by Nintendo showing off those very same tricks passed from friend to friend by word of mouth - before the internet was even a gl...
Metareview: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex
Nintendo Dpad (85/100): "Overall, the game is just what you would expect from an HD game like Call of Duty 4 being ported to Wii. Everything is there, from the great multiplayer and single player modes, to Wii specific controls that really trump those found on other consoles. The only real ba...
Phalanx headed to WiiWare in Japan
Space shoot 'em up Phalanx will make its way to WiiWare in Japan sometime this winter. It will be based on the Sharp X68000 and not the Super Nintendo iteration, according to GamerBytes (translated from GameWatch). The game will cost 500 Wii points and currently has no announcement of a worl...
Sanyo's new Wii remote charger accepts MotionPlus
Best of all, the charger has no actual contacts, so you just have to pop the remote into the cradle to start charging, no connection required. It's even licensed by Nintendo. The only problem: Thus far it has only been announced for Japan. Until Sanyo decides to offer it elsewhere, savvy impor...
Hands-on: Dawn of Heroes (DS)
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Rumor: Hotel Dusk sequel coming to DS in Japan early next year
The blog Sinobi seems to have found some retail listings for two new Nintendo games due in the first quarter of 2010 in Japan. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (Last Window: Midnight Promise) is a sequel to CING's DS adventure game, Hotel Dusk, set in Los Angeles in the 1980s. It will apparen...
Wednesday, Nov 11
Hands-on: Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (DS)
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EA says Wii software performance weaker than anticipated
Certainly, no one can say EA hasn't been trying. Dead Space Extraction was praised by most critics, but managed a mere 9,000 units in first-month sales. "I really do think that the opportunity exists to find different ways to partner with first party in this case to sort of help establish in t...
New Hudson survival horror trailers are Calling
Hudson released a pair of trailers for Calling, due out in Japan on November 19. We don't know if this will reflect on the actual scare content of the game, but the trailer above is creeeepy, bearing all the hallmarks of Japanese horror -- by which we mean terrifying little girls getting in yo...
Tuesday, Nov 10
ESA founder Doug Lowenstein receives AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award
Previous recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Nintendo of America founders Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa, as well as PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi. But do any of them know Jack as well as Lowenstein does?ESA founder Doug Lowenstein receives AIAS Lifetime Achie...
Buy Wii Fit Plus, get free water
According to its official website, "Hint is a pure healthy water lightly infused with natural flavors. Unsweetened. Lightly flavored. No calories." If you're into that sort of thing, you can send in a digital scan of your Wii Fit Plus receipt to hintwater@5wpr.com. You'll be able to choose fro...
New Super Mario Bros Wii launch event in NYC this Saturday
The event takes place from 3-7PM and NSMBW is available to purchase early from the Nintendo World Store during that time. The game officially launches the following day, November 15. If getting it a day early seems worth the trip, remember to add NYC's lovely (8.875%) sales tax to your budget....
EEDAR predicts Nintendo dominance, weak GTA and Brutal Legend performance in October sales
EEDAR has released its predictions for October sales charts in North America. Analyst Jesse Divnich expects year-over-year declines for every console except the PS3 -- but also expects the Wii to regain its place at the lead, with an estimated 600,000 units sold. Divnich predicts that th...
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Street Fighter II', Panel Connection
There's no WiiWare this week in Japan, but there is the best 8-bit adaptation of Street Fighter II ever. Not that the PC Engine version has much competition outside of pirate Famicom cartridges and the terrible Game Boy port. But the PC Engine's SF2 holds up respectably against even the Gene...
Interview: Wicked Studios president Yves Bordeleau on Dawn of Heroes (DS)
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Monday, Nov 9
VC in Brief: Wonder Boy III (SMS) and Cybernoid (C64)
This week's Virtual Console update is quite the doozie, giving us one obscure C64 title and one game we've played a billion times. We don't mean to sound bitter, but we're pretty sure there's a baker's dozen Wonder Boy games littering the lands of the Virtual Console. Check 'em out above!
ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility
More interesting yet, it seems that Mr. Johnson shopped around the idea for a Nintendo DS multiplayer ToeJam & Earl game - though his pitch unfortunately met with deaf ears at "pretty much all of [the game publishers]." Check out some images of what could have been in the gallery below an...
This Week on the Nintendo Channel: It's a New Super Mario Bros. world
Nintendo has unloaded a pair of TV spots for upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii and they're pretty slick. Each features a foursome of gamers playing the new Nintendo title while surrounded in what seems to be a convergence of the Mushroom Kingdom and reality -- not unlike the plot of the horri...
Portable GameCube hack brings Sunshine everywhere it goes
The disc drive out back may be a bit precariously placed, but 'Hailrazer"'s portable "NCube" reeks of everything we'd want in a handheld version of the last-gen Nintendo console (except for wireless multiplayer, of course). Engadget spotted the 90-hour-in-the-making portable GameC...
Nintendo extends Ultra Hand to Japanese Club Nintendo members
We're enjoying our DS game cases , and our other DS game cases, and all, but we can't help but be a bit jealous at the latest gift available for Japanese Club Nintendo users. Wii de Ultra Hand is an exclusive Wii game based on the classic extendable grabbing toy -- specifically, Nintendo's own...
NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and more
It's a very exciting day for Nintendo downloads, thanks to one very thrilling two-wheeler. But Excitebike World Rally is far from the only offering this week. In fact, there are multiple games available for WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare, which seems like a rare feat for Nintendo o...
Sunday, Nov 8
PEGI: Moonwalker throwing a magical hat into Virtual Console
Somehow, Sega has done the impossible: reacquired Michael Jackson's likeness rights for a digital re-release of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. At least, that appears to be the case, because the game has been re-rated by PEGI for release on Virtual Console. To give you an idea of the ridicu...
Nintendo 'hasn't committed' to new Zelda for Wii in 2010
We all know that home console Zelda games take longer to develop than most small, fledgling nations -- still, we'd secretly hoped that Nintendo would pull a hat trick next year, releasing new Wii installments in the Metroid, Mario and the aforementioned Triforce-centric series. Sadly,...
Friday, Nov 6
Lego NES really undersells system's graphics
Video games and Lego go together like peanut butter and chocolate. We've seen wonderfully bricky homages to Donkey Kong and cuddly little Pokemon, an ingenious way to make your own Zapper and even recreations of other Nintendo consoles -- and now, a full NES set courtesy of MOCpages.
Tuesday, Mar 17
Metareview -- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Eurogamer (10/10): "Those hoping for another gritty, complex narrative spine bound in the flesh of an openworld action-adventure may be disappointed by the rather more frivolous and silly antics of the Chinatown Wars cast, but even cynics should be converted by the huge, densely pack...
Wednesday, Jan 28
Podcast: Is Islam the light for DS Baby Pals?
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DSLast fall, controversy about Fisher-Price's Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll rocked the local news circuit, when the doll was discovered to utter some kind of gibberish that sounded kind of like "Islam is the Light" if you were listening hard enough for t...
Friday, Jan 16
Metareview -- Moon (DS)
IGN (85/100): "When it comes to making a purchase decision on Moon, I encourage anyone that loves FPS games on DS to check this one out, as its technical offering, story, design, style, and control are all amazingly well done. The game can certainly get repetitive at times, as a few bosses ar...
Monday, Dec 22
Podcast: 2008 holiday card blowout, now with exclusive music!
It's that time of year: delayed travel, cold weather, spiked egg nog, and holiday gaming cards from the video game industry. They range from Konami's fairly plain jane attempt (No Snake? No Hideo?), all the way up to the custom old-school card created for us by The Minus World. What, no $20 gi...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Dec 11 - Dec 17
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First of all, check out some giveaways currently going down at DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy. Here is your chance at a pair of Tecmo titles, and here is your chance at Animal Crossing: City Folk. Hit up those posts to find out how to enter.
Wednesday, Nov 5
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 30 - Nov 5
Before you check out the juicy links below, be sure to pop in on our latest giveaways. We're hooking some lucky readers up with MySims Kingdom on the Wii and DS. Here's the DS contest post and here's the Wii contest post. After you enter in each giveaway, head back here and peep the latest from the...
Wednesday, Oct 29
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 23 - Oct 29
Well, folks, we've got plenty of goodies for you this week. First of all, on DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy, we've got reviews for a ton of games. On top of that, you'll find our regular weekly and bi-weekly pieces, all organized via the tried-and-true bullet point format. Enjoy!
Tuesday, Oct 28
Metareview: Guitar Hero: World Tour
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm This week marked the debut of a second contender in the full-band-simulator genre. It's hard to find a review for Guitar Hero: World Tour that utters Rock Band less than a half dozen times. Compar...
Thursday, Oct 23
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 16 - Oct 22
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First of all, check out our latest giveaways. On DS Fanboy, we're giving away one copy of Kirby Super Star Ultra. On Wii Fanboy, one lucky person will walk away with a free copy of SimCity Creator. Best of luck to you all!
Tuesday, Oct 21
Metareview -- Wii Music
1UP (A-): "Wii Music may have a hard time winning over the skeptics who just want to laugh at it, but give the game the chance it deserves. You just might realize it's pretty damn fun being in on the joke."Kombo (50/100): "Initially, there's an element of novelty to Wii Music. Admittedly, it's k...
Wednesday, Sep 24
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Sep 18 - Sep 24
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First up, we're giving away a copy of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Hit up the original contest post by clicking on the image above or hitting this link. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff: links!
Monday, Nov 26
'Everybody's Nintendo' Wii channel launches in Japan, offers videos and DS demo downloads
It had to drop sooner or later, and it seems that today was the lucky day for Japanese Wii owners. With little to no fan-fare, the "Everybody's Nintendo" Wii channel has launched in Japan, offering release date information, promotional videos, and -- finally -- streaming DS demo download...
Saturday, Jul 21
How To: DIY Nintendo DS Lite rumble pak
Got an old Pokemon Pinball cart laying around? Then you, friend, have a one-way ticket to frugal gaming fun ... with rumble! Xyzzy has just posted a tutorial on Instructables on how to build a rumble pak that fits smoothly into your DS lite GBA slot. Yes, Nintendo released a smaller version of th...
Thursday, Jun 28
Podcast: Freelance musician Virt to compose Contra 4 soundtrack
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, ActionJake "Virt" Kaufman, founder of the videogame remix site VGMix, gets to add another shining star to his resume: composer for Contra 4. The freelance musician has worked on game soundtracks before, including Scurge: Hive and WayForward's own ge...
Saturday, Jun 16
Harry Potter website unleashes a little magic
EA has just launched the official website for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix videogame. While we only grudgingly admit our penchant for Potter and pals, this latest game looks like it might contain real magic after all. Sandbox-style mission-based gameplay "inspi...
Thursday, Apr 26
Podcast: Kojima says Smash Bros. Brawl "very complete"
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Fighting, Competitive GamingThe next game in the Super Smash Bros. saga may be ready sooner than later. At a recent gathering of Japanese game developers, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima reportedly got a chance to play a version of the game with Smash Bros. d...
Monday, Mar 12
Podcast: SXSW: Game Perverts
At first glance that panel title sounds like a very special episode of Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator," but the subtitle makes it a bit clearer ... for some: "A Robot, a DS, and a dot-matrix printer menage a trois." This panel was all about hacking and homebrewing, and we saw some pretty cool...
Wednesday, Jan 31
Wii VC's Mario Kart 64 to remain ghostless
Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Driving, OnlineNintendo has no plans to address players' inability to save time trial ghost data in the just released Wii Virtual Console port of Mario Kart 64 (the original game required a Controller Pak to record the data). "Due to unavoidable technic...
Sunday, Jan 28
XNA opens up NES emulation on Xbox 360
Filed under: Hacks, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360There's simply no escaping NES games these days. If you're not downloading them from the Wii shop, you're likely playing them on an emulator (because you own the original ROMS, right?) or quite possibly, the Xbox 360. An XNA enthusiast h...
