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Art Style Digidrive was developed by Q Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DSiWare downloadable store on November 16. Retails for 500 Nintendo Points ($5.00 USD). Played three difficulty levels in single-player, tried touch mode, tried two-player Vs Mode against the comput...
Avid readers of The Japanese Hardware Chart weekly updates won't be surprised—especially after reading about the PlayStation family's software dominance—that Sony hardware is selling better than the competition in Japan. No change this week.
Xbox 360 Elite w/ Lego Batman, Pure, & Choice of Call of Duty 4 OR Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - $299PlayStation 3 120GB w/ LittleBigPlanet GOTY & God of War Collection - $299Call of Duty: World at War (360/PS3) - $39.99Batman: Arkham Asylum (360/PS3) - $39.99Forza Motorsport 3, Lef...
Basically, you can expect something for everybody,'' he said. "One of the most eagerly anticipated titles here is 'Final Fantasy,' which is very, very big in Japan, and that is very much geared to the adult market.'' Final Fantasy is a role playing-adventure fantasy game that will come wit...
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron was developed by Rebellion Developments for the PSP and published by LucasArts on November 3. Retails for $29.99 USD for the PSP as well as for the Nintendo DS. A copy of the game was acquired via PSN digital code for reviewing purposes. Played through sin...
Because if anyone from Nintendo of America had bothered to watch the latest episode of "Modern Family", they may have seen this kid. "Oh great!", they probably thought at first. "Free advertising!" Not that Nintendo would care to make the distinction.
Yesterday
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) BEST HANDHELD GAME Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo / AlphaDream) Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box (Nintendo / Level-5) Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive / 5th Cell)
The Japanese version of Club Nintendo flexes its clear superiority over its Western cousin with even more retro flavored fun for Platinum members. They're getting a real Game & Watch LCD game of Ball. Club Nintendo Member Presents [Club Nintendo of Japan]
Nintendo fans are in for more than just new Wii Vitality Sensor software at E3 2010. The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma says Nintendo hopes to show something "surprising" about Link's next Wii-bound adventure. Zelda Wii: Expect Surprises At E3 2010 [ONM UK]
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GameSpot, Joystiq, Official Nintendo Magazine
Activision already has a handful of other developers working on Call of Duty content, including Nintendo DS developer n-Space, responsible for three portable entries, and multiplayer map specialists Certain Affinity, who helped Treyarch out with Call of Duty: World At War. The publi...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii What Left 4 Dead 2 Boycotters Are Playing The Sports Authority Gets Its Wii On Frankenreview: Left 4 Dead 2 Nintendo Dissatisfied With Sales Of Some Games, Dates Vitality Sensor Showcase
Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe, overseer of all things Metroid, tells the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine that the company is "always planning to make new games in the Metroid Prime series." And while Metroid: Other M is penciled in for a Wii release next year, the Prime series may return to th...
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QJ.net - Wii, Official Nintendo Magazine, Vooks.Net, Nintendo DS
During my recent conversation with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, I asked for updates on Nintendo's MotionPlus and Vitality Sensor technologies, but before that we wound up talking about a common Nintendo fan complaint.
Monday, Nov 16
It's easy to make fun of Wii Music, but remember, it still sold over two million units. Which probably explains why Nintendo are still talking publicly about the possibility of more of the things. Exciting, no? Wii Music: You Haven't Heard The Last Of It [ONM]
14. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS, Nintendo) 15. WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 (360, THQ) 16. Tekken 6 (PS3, Namco Bandai) 17. Borderlands (PS3, Take 2) 19. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Sky (DS, Nintendo) 20. Mario Kart Wii / Wheel (Wii, Nintendo)
Nintendo Talks Mario Multiplayer And Keeping Zelda's Secrets A Room Full of Loot Frankenreview: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Resumes.. NOW (Levels 7-9) Reggie: Wii 2 Theories Miss Key Point
Miyamoto tells the Official Nintendo Magazine of the UK that he "cannot tell" whether the Super Guide's hand-holding assist will be included in Super Mario Galaxy 2. But the tech will be implemented in Nintendo games "wherever and whenever appropriate."
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Blogcritics, Cubed3, Official Nintendo Magazine, Eurogamer, Joystiq
I observed that even Nintendo's engineers and execs were discussing the prospects of the company getting into the business of making an HD-compatible console at a recent investors' event in Japan. And I mentioned that people like games financial analyst Michael Pachter and Game Traile...
I haven't had this much goodhearted, simple fun on a video game console since my days playing the original Super Mario Bros. snowed in at my house in Maryland. Sure, a lot of what makes a game like New Super Mario Bros. Wii so much fun for someone like me to play is the nostalgia factor. But there's m...
The Nintendo-funded study, led by the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Tokyo, measured the metabolic equivalent values, or METs, generated by participating in Wii Fit and Wii Sports activities. METs are a standard way of measuring energy expenditure, with moderate inten...
A fine lineup this week, and let's not forget the Virtual Console, where Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventure for the Super Nintendo (800 Wii points) and Street Fighter II Championship Edition for the TurboGrafx16 (700 points) both go on sale today. WiiWare Virtual Console
Best Buy's Black Friday catalogue has popped up online, and amidst the bargains is an interesting offer from Nintendo: a DSi console that comes with downloadable DSiWare pre-installed on the machine. Nintendo DSi Preloaded With DSiWare Games Coming On Black Friday [Siliconera]
Sunday, Nov 15
Course, we still have no idea what Nintendo have planned for their next handheld; it could be another two-screen device, it could be a return to the single-screen days of the Game Boy, it could be something else entirely. But hey, whatever it is, it's nice to know (if this info checks out) tha...
Yesterday, we gave you video of the makeshift Mario Museum Nintendo set up outside of its New York City store, commemorating the launch of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. But that video didn't quite capture the wild sights nearby. Click each image to enlarge, captions on the right
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review: Go Buy A Wii New Super Mario Bros. Wii In-Game Tips New Super Mario Bros. Wii Super Guide In Action You'd Better Watch This New Super Mario Bros. Wii Strategy Video Nintendo's Temporary Mario Museum, The Video Tour
Saturday, Nov 14
There was no Roker today, but there was Trinen and Ellis, providing the following tour. We shot this just before the museum opened to Nintendo fans. Attendees were able to buy New Super Mario Bros. Wii at the store today and enter a tournament featuring the game.
The shindig is more than just a line-up for an early purchase. Nintendo says it'll deck out the store with gaming stations, costumed characters, and a Super Mario Bros. museum showcasing Mario's history over more than a quarter century. Live gaming tournaments, trivia and prize giveaways...
Wii Price Drop Puts Nintendo Back On Top In U.S. What The Captains Of The Industry Said Today Dragon Quest VI DS Dated For Japan New Super Mario Bros. Wii Already Standing Out Here Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers The Dangerous Video Game You Weren't Supposed To Play
Friday, Nov 13
Final Fantasy XIII Hits North America March 9 The Story and Gameplay of Final Fantasy XIII Just Cause 2 Preview: Eat Your Heart Out, Spider-Man Nintendo Explains The Red Box, Dashes Hope For Yellow Ones New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review: Go Buy A Wii
A Few Discs: I met with Square-Enix people today to check out their holiday and early 2010 line-up. It was interesting to be with their U.S. PR reps just minutes after the release-date announcement trailer went live. One rep was happily refreshing GameTrailers, marveling at the rise in traff...
Nintendo and GameStop are co-sponsoring driver Denny Hamlin for this weekend's Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, forcing him to drive a New Super Mario Bros. Wii car in an oval Saturday, Nov. 14. Hey, that's the day before the game ships!!
Super Mario Bros. In Super Mario World, Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach again, only this time he does it using the power of the Super Nintendo. He parallax scrolls her away to Bowser's Castle for a lovely ride in the Koopa Clown Car. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Wii on Nov. 15. Retails for $49.99 USD. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played through the entire game, sometimes on my own and sometimes with others. Tested the Super...
Why is the next big Mario game the first Wii title to not come in a white case? Credit Japan, Nintendo told Kotaku today. And don't expect it to happen again. Nintendo HQ had determined that New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which launches Sunday, would be the first Wii game to come in a red case, rather t...
Our partnership with the BBC is another way in which Nintendo is looking to broaden the market for its products by offering compelling and relevant content to families. BBC iPlayer offers Wii owners another reason to turn their console on everyday and adds to the already established non g...
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Eurogamer, Nintendo World Report, Cubed3
Sadly, that art won't be needed for the game's impending re-release, with original developers Zoom Inc handling a port of the original Sharp X68000 - not the later SNES - version of the game for Nintendo's Wii. It'll be made available via WiiWare, not the Virtual Console, and will go for 500...
Thursday, Nov 12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for the Nintendo Wii on November 10. Retails for $49.99 and is compatible with the Wii Zapper. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Completed single-player campaig...
StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years" Coolest Gaming Biz Card Ever You'd Better Watch This New Super Mario Bros. Wii Strategy Video Wii Price Drop Puts Nintendo Back On Top In U.S. Uncharted 2, Wii Fit Plus & Borderlands Bow Big In October
Nintendo's late September price cut on the Wii in the U.S. had a big impact on October's sales, making the Wii the bestselling console in the country last month, after being outsold by the PlayStation 3 the previous month. Here's how October treated console makers Nintendo, Sony and Microso...
For a long time critics said that the video game industry didn't care about females." - Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, before saying that Nintendo has identified two "broad propositions" that work for that audience: 1) games that appeal to their personal interests...
LEGO Rock Band was developed by Harmonix and Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii. Retails for $49.99 USD. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played through complet...
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WiiNintendo
12. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 13. Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning (PSP) 15. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) 18. Dragon Quest IX (DS) 22. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Xbox 360) 23. Rune Factory 2 (DS) 27. Stein's Gate (Xbox 360) 29. Love Plus (DS) 30. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
The third in what is sure to be a long list of innovation awards for Microsoft's motion-sensing technology by way of time. The magazine's annual list of the 50 Best Inventions highlights Project Natal, along with less significant inventions like tank-bred tuna and teleportation. Xbox co...
LESS MARIO SUIT - Between games on the Wii, WiiWare, Virtual Console, DS and DSiWare, Mario's a little over-exposed these days. Future Mario games, therefore, would do well to feature this suit, which removes Mario from the game and replaces him with a Nintendo character due a little more...
Wednesday, Nov 11
The PlayStation 3 may follow in the Xbox 360 and Nintendo DSi's footsteps, adding Facebook integration to the console's Cross Media Bar, according to reportedly leaked images from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. We're following up with Sony to see when we can expect Facebook on the...
After being delayed by Enix for a year plus, the game was originally released on the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the West) in December 1995 for the rough equivalent of US$100, going on to sell 3.2 million copies.
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Cubed3
Singer Lady GaGa has a new music video. Sister site Jezebel already analyzed the heck out of it, but missed one important detail: A gaming peripheral. Reader Gerard noticed what looks like the Nintendo Wii Nunchuk in the video. If that is a Nunchuk, not quite sure what it's doing.
Tuesday, Nov 10
Rockstar released sandbox title Bully on the PlayStation 2 back in 2006 and later ported the title to the Xbox 360, Windows and the Nintendo Wii. Set in a school environment, the PS2 version sold 1.5 million copies. But is it working on another Bully?
Club Nintendo of Japan is offering a new present to its Nintendo-loving fan base, announcing Wii de Ultrahand for WiiWare. The two-player Wii game is based on the Ultrahand toy released by Nintendo in 1966. Wii de Ultrahand [Club Nintendo Japan]
What makes old Doug worthy of standing alongside Sony's Ken Kutaragi and Nintendo of America founders Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa? Lowenstein founded the ESA, the industry's most important and influential trade body, which helped establish video games as a respected cultural...
Look what showed up at Kotaku on Modern Warfare 2 launch day. It kind of stands out. According to Nintendo, all copies will come in red. It ships on Sunday. More pics — and a note from Peach — follow.
Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collect information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. Today, Nintendo announces that the information collected by this website has been "extremely usefu...
Sunday, Nov 8
Pan-European Game Information has given Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, the iconic 1990 Sega Master System game, a 12-rating for Nintendo's Virtual Console, raising hopes the King of Pop will make a posthumous return to video games.
Wednesday, Nov 4
If there's a good Nintendo and a bad Nintendo, then the release of five linked, downloadable games on the DSi represents that latter corporate personality at its worst. 1) Take five mini-games from what must have been an underwhelming 2002 Game Boy Advance game.
Friday, Oct 30
Nintendo DSi LL is going to offer a new play style, where those who are surrounding the game player can also join in one way or the other to the gameplay," Iwata told analysts. "When you look at the home console video games you can understand that the fun of great games can be conveyed to and shar...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Spector Tells Us How Disney Epic Mickey Will Challenge Gamers GTA: The Ballad Of Gay Tony Review: Out With A Bang Dementium II Preview: A Mature DS Game With "Hell Moments" Modern Warfare 2 Features Skippable Scene of Atrocities This Week In Video Game Comics
Friday, Oct 9
No Zelda: I was able to write a few posts about New Super Mario Bros. Wii thanks to Nintendo demonstrating the game in New York on Monday. I had anticipated writing some posts about The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks as well, because I was sure that the E3 build Nintendo had shown in June in L.A., la...
One Fine-Looking DS Title: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days features some of the best 3D graphics I've seen on the Nintendo DS. To the hardcore graphics whore it might not look like much, but the fluid movement of the characters and the amount of detail Square Enix managed to maintain without the g...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Wii Fit Plus is an enhanced version of the game that saw people who normally wouldn't be caught dead in a video game store flocking to them in droves. Along with all of the original game's content, Plus adds 15 new balance board activities, strength training and yoga, a calorie counter, work...
Monday, Oct 5
I hope I didn't just spoil a major plot point of Final Fantasy for you guys, but after playing it on the Nintendo DS, PlayStation, NES, PSP, and Gameboy Advance, I'm prepared to burn a few bridges, secure in the knowledge that the king will just rebuild them when the next set of nameless orpha...
Monday, Sep 21
Our interview was conducted over e-mail, with questions sent to Nintendo a few weeks ago and responded to by members of the Nintendo-owned Retro Studios in Austin, Texas as well as by the game's Japan-based producer, Kensuke Tanabe. The team had just finished the development of Metroid P...
Friday, Sep 11
Apple Takes Swipe At Nintendo DS, PSP In Portable Game War Comment by: Innis Nominated by: Curse lily Obama Namechecks Xbox Once Again In Speech To Kids Comment by: Nulls Nominated by: bwwardiii Tokyo Game Show Final Fantasy XIII Demo Impressions Comment by: Commenter 2415A5Q-66A
Wednesday, Sep 2
Call of Duty: World at War continues to rise, reaching an hours mark that vastly exceed the length of its campaign. That is likely a testament to the game's offline and online multiplayer. Since last month, Animal Crossing has advanced to the number two spot and looks like it has a shot at pass...
Sunday, Jul 26
Credit for the inclusion of a certain famous Nintendo character as an opponent, however, came from an executive at Nintendo of America, with support from Next Level. Tanabe revealed to Kotaku that he had a different idea for who to include from Nintendo's library of icons: "Princess Peac...
Thursday, Jul 23
This November, Activision's Vicarious Visions studio will release its fourth music game for the Nintendo DS. Band Hero DS follows a trio of shrunken Guitar Hero games that were playable on Nintendo's handheld with a bundled guitar grip that plugged into the Nintendo DS' Game Boy Advance...
Thursday, Jul 2
The Conduit has everything going for it. It's an exclusive first-person shooter for a console that generally only sees second-rate ports. It features a compelling story of conspiracy, betrayal, and alien invasion on the streets of Washington D.C. And it also delivers a robust multiplayer...
Monday, Jun 29
For those of you who'd rather not even deal with the simulated outside, there's always the classic Sega Master System shooter Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (500 Points) for the Virtual Console, or Agetec's WiiWare offering, Silver Star Reversi (500 Points). WiiWare Virtual Cons...
Saturday, Jun 27
Nintendo How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New The Little Things Noticed At Our Nintendo Demos Why Guys Should Care About Girl-Game Style Savvy Fifty-Seven Flights Up With New Super Mario Bros. Wii Comix This Week In Video Game Comics
Tuesday, Jun 16
Nintendo and Level 5 to the rescue, then. This bundle, timed to coincide with Father's Day, is being offered in the UK for around £120 (USD$195), and includes a black DS Lite, a copy of Professor Layton and the Curious Village and probably the best bundle box art we've ever seen.
Monday, Jun 15
Following on the test program Nintendo launched in Tokyo last spring, the Kyoto-based game company and the fast food giant announce "Mac de DS". Way back in 2005, Nintendo of America teamed up with McDonalds to offer free WiFi in the United States. This new nationwide service is a first for J...
Friday, Jun 12
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again was developed by Nintendo's NST group and published exclusively for download on the Nintendo DSi. Released on June 8th. Retails for 800 Nintendo Points ($8). Played through the game's 40 campaign levels, 17 post-"ending" levels and four that I downl...
Thursday, Jun 11
In an interview with Kotaku, the president of Nintendo of America discussed the Wii's new motion-control competition, and an array of topics that included some E3 rumors that didn't come true: Wii Netflix and DSi Virtual Console.
Tuesday, Jun 2
Trinen: [in Japanese] Woah, we can't say that? [laughs] Miyamoto: [in Japanese] It's okay for us to say it. Trinen: [in Japanese] It's okay to say? Then okay. Miyamoto: [in Japanese] Let's say it. Miyamoto: [in Japanese] In the New Super Mario — Nintendo PR: Nothing has been said at this point.
Monday, Jun 1
The rest of this week's Nintendo download is pretty fair, however. We've got Digital Leisure's Texas Hold Tournament for WiiWare (500 points), which brings online multiplayer poker to the Wii; Boulder Dash for the Virtual Console, which is a re-release of the Commodore 64 version of the...
Sunday, May 31
But a release like Pictobits proves that Nintendo has multiple facets. It proves that whoever at Nintendo keeps letting the likes of Pictobits-maker Skip develop artsy throw-back video games still has a lot of love for what got this whole Nintendo thing rolling forward in the first place.
Tuesday, May 19
Nintendo has a better track record than most at re-creating old games according to new standards. Mario, Metroid, and The Legend Of Zelda all enjoyed iconic rebirths in 3D. With Punch-Out!!, however, Nintendo skipped the redesign process in favor of glossing up the established formula. T...
Mario and Zelda Folks At Work Animal Crossing Is Coming Wii Speak Is On Its Way Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils Aime says: "Animal Crossing is on its way to Wii by the end of the year with the Wii Speak option." Next Victim: Sony.
Nintendo revitalizes Punch-Out!! after a 15-year-long break with the Wii re-imagining of the NES original. Little Mac and Doc Louis return, as does the original Punch-Out!! cast, for a decidedly old-school, but carefully updated homage.
Monday, May 18
The rest of the Nintendo Download isn't too shabby either. The DSi gets a new Art Style game in Pictobits (500 DSi Points), and WiiWare gets the second helping of Final Fantasy-themed defense gaming with Crystal Defenders R2 from Square Enix (800 points), along with Agetec's Silver Star C...
Friday, May 1
Cooking Mama, What's Cooking with Jamie Oliver and Personal Trainer: Cooking all got a good head start on an official Food Network video game. But with each new game for the Wii or DS that features a virtual kitchen with virtual people making virtual food, it looks like we're getting closer...
Wednesday, Apr 8
In 2004 Nintendo released the little dual-screen handheld that could, the Nintendo DS. Two years later they trimmed down the fat with the sleeker, shinier DS Lite. Now the third version of the handheld has made it to North America, and Nintendo fans all over the country are taking pictures o...
Nintendo has been on a winning stream since their original DS hit stores in 2004. That was followed by the redesigned DS Lite and then the insanely popular Wii. Perhaps the bigger question for Nintendo fans isn't if they should buy a DSi, but when.
Friday, Apr 3
Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven is the beat-matching Nintendo DS sequel to a Game Boy Advance title that never made it out of Japan—but did somehow manage to get an arcade port. Rhythm Heaven was developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, released on April 5th in North America. Retai...
Tuesday, Mar 17
Rockstar Games brings murder, mayhem, and a miniature Liberty City to the Nintendo DS with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the developer's first outing on the mega-hit dual-screen portable platform. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was developed by Rockstar Leeds, published by Roc...
Sunday, Mar 8
Nintendo has given Western audiences a chance to experience the very first entry in the 19-year-old series with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, a remake of Fire Emblem, originally released on the Famicom. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon was developed by Intelligent Systems, published by Ninte...
Thursday, Jan 22
Spore will make its highly-anticipated debut on the Nintendo Wii with Spore Hero, an all-new adventure game focusing on creativity and evolution that was built from the ground up for the unique controls for Wii™. Spore Hero takes players on an exciting adventure through a beautiful, col...
Monday, Jan 19
Welcome to the Family is a series of three letters that will run this week from the heads of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. To: New Wii owners From: Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Wednesday, Jan 14
Anyone who has browsed the Nintendo Wii section of their favorite video game retail outlet lately has to agree with 2K Games global president Christoph Hartmann - the Wii market is flooded with crap. ‘There are too many crappy games on Wii’ [MCV]
Saturday, Jan 10
Bundles of Joy: Valkyria of the Battlefield Goes Budget Priced Japan Getting Resident Evil PS3 Bundle, Console Japan Getting Star Ocean 4, Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 Bundles Limited "Dragon" PlayStation 3 Console Is For Japanese Eyes Only
Thursday, Jan 1
Surprise! The most popular involves nudity! Most Commented On Liveblogging Microsoft e3 2008 Press Conference Nintendo E3 08 Press Conference Liveblog Sony E3 08 Press Conference Liveblog Clearly No One Black Worked On This Game" Final Fantasy XIII Coming To Xbox 360
Wednesday, Dec 31
Q Entertainment has given its Nintendo DS puzzler Meteos new life on Xbox Live Arcade with Meteos Wars. Why the "Wars" distinction? It's certainly no bloodier than the standard Meteos (or even Meteos Disney Magic.) Meteos Wars was developed and published by Q Entertainment, released on D...
Thursday, Dec 18
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia gives the Nintendo DS its third "let's borrow liberally from Metroid" Castlevania entry, this time putting the lovely empty vessel Shanoa in the Dracula-slaying lead. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia was developed and published by Konami, released in No...
Thursday, Nov 27
Initially I was just going to review the game, but then I decided it would be fun to video myself using the DS to cook a meal... while drinking... heavily. So maybe it wasn't such a great idea, or maybe I should have read the recipe all the way through before I started to cook a meal for that night. Oh well,...
Tuesday, Oct 21
Nintendo has created a piece of software that has brief flashes of fun, but little in the way of long-term enjoyment. In group settings, it will likely entertain for its impossible-to-fail gameplay and the resulting cacophony. Outside of morbid (or genuine) curiosity, it's hard to recom...
Thursday, Sep 18
Nintendo is hoping that "blue ocean" lightning strikes thrice with the October 20th release of Wii Music in North America, the rhythm game that, according to the company, "builds on that inclusive legacy" of Wii Sports and Wii Fit and translates into runaway sales. With more than 60 instr...
Tuesday, Sep 9
You could make that argument, sure. I'd daresay Nintendo, Sony, and sales figures might have something to say about it as well, but feel free to make that argument all you want. Me? I'm still waiting for my Zune to blossom into a powerful gaming machine. *pokes Zune with stick and sighs*
Thursday, Aug 28
But the team were able to get Nintendo approval to allow them to have their DS and Wii versions of the game sync up with a special website where players will be able to download and upload approved courses. That means that if you have either title you will be able to download gamer created cours...
Thursday, Aug 14
The 'proper' versions of Spore for the PC & Mac will be accompanied by Spore Creatures for the Nintendo DS. iPhone owners will get their callused multi-touching fingers on Spore Origins on September 4th.
Friday, Mar 14
Team Twiizers, the software enthusiasts behind the Twilight Hack (a Wii exploit stemming from Twilight Princess) have announced that their hardware-modless software can now load homebrew apps from the SD card slot in your Wii. Just imagine a world in which the Nintendo Wii could play yo...
Wednesday, Jan 16
About Nintendo: The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearl...
Sunday, Dec 30
Friendly Nintendo Help Desk Lady: "No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the phone line but not hard enough to damage the remote" Russ: "You're sure?" Friendly Nintendo Help Desk Lady: "Yes, sir." Crazy (real-life) Wii Remote tech-support call.. [GeekDad]
Monday, Dec 10
Nintendo Wii owners may notice a haunting, pulsing glow emanating from their tiny white consoles tonight, as updated system software and Wii Shop goodies have arrived. The gift-giving feature that allows for Virtual Console games and Wii Ware titles to be sent to online friends is now av...
Tuesday, Aug 7
Nintendo just issued a press release confirming something we heard about back on July 23rd from about gajillion online retailers, but it is always good to see official word. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day is coming bundled with a special crimson and black Nintendo DS. The bundle...
Wednesday, Aug 1
Bullshit, Pachter. The 'HD Wii' will be the successor to the Wii. How exactly can you go about adding HD resolution to a machine that was designed without them in mind half-way through its life? Why would Nintendo want to spend a fuckton of money upgrading the Broadway processor (which was ba...
Thursday, Jun 7
The final goal is to have the stores GBA-free within the month and fill the space the Nintendo handheld was taking up on shelves with DS. The real question now is how long before Nintendo stops manufacturing and shipping the handheld. Brian Crecente
Wednesday, May 30
Mario Party 8 is the latest incarnation of the series, as well as its first appearance on the Wii. But as for its trademark minigames...those have seen more Wii than Paris Hilton. How does Mario Party 8 stack up against its predecessors? Hit the jump for our Frankenreview: (almost) every review...
Friday, Mar 2
Snapped this picture of an internet cafe (which has been around since 2006!) that says it has DS Lites and Wiis. Actually, there is a small post-it saying the Wiis have been sold out! It also claims to have Final Fantasy XII playable, which does make sense at these internet cafe type places.
Thursday, Nov 2
Nintendo has made mention of MP3 playback previously, indicating that custom soundtracks would be available during Wii Photo Channel slideshows. This makes the muddin' hayseed within want to fire up some Mountain or Skynyrd... hell, any southern rock will do... and pick up Excite Truck at lau...
Wednesday, Aug 30
When Final Fantasy III went on sale last week in Japan, Square Enix and Nintendo also sold a special FF III bundle, which included a copy of the game and a special Final Fantasy DS Lite. The US $200 bundle, needless to say, sold out quick. The bundle is available to RPG-crazy Japanese gamers—fo...
Thursday, Mar 30
BoingBoing points to site with instructions on how to take the Nintendo NES game of your choice (I prefer Duck Tales) and turn it into a USB hard drive. No word on whether you need to blow into the end of the HD to get it to work. HOWTO convert an NES cartridge to a hard-drive [BoingBoing]
Tuesday, Feb 28
Electronic Arts' Spore team is looking for an "experienced designer that will be responsible for designing, creating and maintaining game systems and content for SPORE Handheld titles." Notice that "s" on the end of the word title? So, you would think that someone as creative as Will Wri...
Thursday, Jan 19
You will also start the game with a rare ring.Disney’s Kim Possible: KimmunicatorKim PossibleUnlocks the "Bueno Nacho" outfit. Kim Possible 2 - Drakken’s DemiseUnlocks the super spy "Commando" outfit. Kim Possible 3 - Team PossibleUnlocks the white & blue "Super Suit".Project Ru...
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