Posted: April 2nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Cave Story, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, MySims, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Sports, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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“The Apple iPad is one of the most interesting platforms for game companies to emerge in years. One reason it is that the device is squarely in the middle of the hardware markets. PC and console game makers can readily adapt their games to run on the…” |
| “Amazon Easter savings Nintendo Wii 2-for-$25 Video Game Value Bundle Nintendo Wii 2-for-$30 Video Game – Value Bundle Nintendo DS 2-for-$20 Video Game – Value Bundle link” |
| “Video Games | Ivy the Kiwi? | Japanese DS Platforming TV Spot XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “DSiWare 1 – Flipnote Studio 2 – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 – Faceez 4 – Extreme Hangman 5 – Aura-Aura Climber 6 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again 7 – Arcade Hoops Basketball 8 – Army Defender 9 – Arcade Bowling 10…” |
| “Do I even have to say it? Wii Sports is the absolute best Wii game for you and your parents/grandparents to get into. If your parents know absolutely nothing about video games, Wii Sports is going to be a dream come true for them. They won’t…” |
| “TimeSplitters 4 What’s going on with TimeSplitters 4? A whole lot of nothing, from what we hear. Now that Free Radical is over at Crytek as Crytek UK, it doesn’t seem like there will be much talk of TimeSplitters in the near future….” |
| “Grab yours here (thanks KirbyGCN!)” |
| “Monster Hunter Tri – Exclusive Tundra Gameplay Video Games | Monster Hunter Tri | Exclusive Tundra Gameplay XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Sniper: Ghost Warrior – Exclusive Debut Gameplay Trailer” |
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Dr. Mario Online Rx, New Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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“The equipment used for table tennis is so basic, you would think there was no way of streamlining it further… There’s a table, a net, a ball and two bare-bones paddles – what could you possibly get rid of? As it turns out, those paddles…” |
| “A portion of a GamesRadar review… You’ll love * Great characters brilliantly voiced * Good use of Wii-mote activated powers * It’s a beautifully designed world You’ll hate * You can’t die …” |
| “01. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 4: Ichinen Sensou – 71,000 / NEW 02. [DS] Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Mugen no Frontier EXCEED – 65,000 / NEW 03. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition – 48,000 / 191,000 04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 45,000 /…” |
| “NHL 2K11 Is Now Exclusive For Nintendo Wii Capcom-Unity Blog: Around the Web Warner Bros. Extends Deal On LEGO Games This Week in Imports Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Refresher” |
| “WiiWare 1 – Mega Man 10 2 – Pokemon Rumble 3 – Frogger Returns 4 – “Aha! I Found It!” Hidden Object Game 5 – Tetris Party 6 – Dr. Mario Online Rx 7 – Reel Fishing Challenge 8 – UNO 9 – Family Go-Kart Racing 10 – Pub…” |
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“EA Sports Active for the Wii, the third-party publisher’s sweatier response to Nintendo’s best-seller Wii Fit , has earned the company $125 million. Gamasutra reports that at the conclusion of Electronic Arts’ fiscal year (which is at the end…” |
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart DS, MySims, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, No More Heroes, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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“Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made a pretty bold prediction back in November. Prior to their respective releases, he said that New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell the 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by the end of…” |
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“Second verse, same as the first. Tonight’s January NPD numbers aren’t terribly surprising; most systems kept their relative positions. The obvious exception is the constant battle between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 squeaked…” |
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“Update: New concept art of Mega Man’s weapons and screens for his upcoming adventure have been added to our gallery.Original: Capcom has confirmed a staggered March release for Mega Man’s second, current-gen, 8-bit quest. Nintendo Wii fans will get…” |
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“Sure, last month’s NPD numbers post had all sorts of green arrows plastered all about its form — this month, we knew things would go down. Little known fact: Christmas never occurs in January, and this year is no exception. Without Consumermas…” |
| “Videos The Aussie Source – February 12th News Mega Man 10 Gets its Day in the US New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tops January NPD Sales Layoffs At Radical, Neversoft – Luxoflux Closes New Tony Hawk Will Ride Again “All You Need Is Love” DLC…” |
| “Video Games | Fieldrunners | Launch Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “PSP 43,163 Wii 36,149 DSi LL 28,080 PS3 25,450 DSi 19,116 DS Lite 5,410 Xbox 360 3,651 PS2 2,047 PSP go 1,738 Link” |
| “DSiWare 1 – Flipnote Studio 2 – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 4 – AiRace: Tunnel 5 – Arcade Hoops Basketball 6 – Army Defender 7 – Arcade Bowling 8 – Escapee GO! 9 – Extreme Hangman 10 – Dark…” |
| “Release dates straight from Capcom… WiiWare – March 1st – 1,000 Nintendo Points PSN – March 11 th XBLA – March 31 st Check out more weapon/screenshot details here Commando Bomb After launching the Commando Bomb, press up or down on the…” |
| “Despite inventory shortages of the Wii hardware, Nintendo systems came out on top at the beginning of 2010. Nintendo’s Wii™ home console and the family of hand-held Nintendo DS™ systems finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for the month of…” |
| “United States sales Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox 360 – 6,156,700 million units sold – PS3 – 3,249,000 million units sold New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 4,866,700 million copies sold Here’s where the problem comes in. Some people believe that Reggie…” |
| “- retail video game industry sales in the U.S. (software, hardware, accessories) were $1.17 billion, a 13 percent decrease from January 2009 – hardware made $353.7 million for the month, down 21 percent. – software made $597.9 million for the month,…” |
| “Music and Fitness Fail Whilst core gamers drove their respected categories to record highs, the Music and Fitness genres failed to deliver to last year’s standards. In fact, 90% of the decline in January software sales can directly be attributed to…” |
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“Danger. You are at risk of discussing January’s U.S. video game sales data without the proper analysis at the ready. Grab a marker and consider scribbling the following cheat-sheet notes on your hand. For the raw data, check out the NPD’s U.S January…” |
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“Wii fever swept the United States in January, another 465,000 units of Nintendo’s white wonder snatched up by consumers. Hey, when you’re selling that many copies of New Super Mario Bros. you’re gonna need a Wii to play it on. Nintendo once again…” |
Posted: January 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, MySims, Nintendo Points, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Virtual Console, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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“The Tales of Graces ‘Koakuma costume’ will be available in Japan on January 20th at 13:00. The costume will cost gamers 400 Nintendo Points. More screens here” |
| “A mashup between Korean Girl-Group “After School” and the theme from The Last Ninja, available on the Virtual Console. Direct link here (thanks Wait1minuteplz!)” |
| “DSiWare 1 – Flipnote Studio 2 – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 4 – Arcade Hoops Basketball 5 – Army Defender 6 – Arcade Bowling 7 – Touch Solitaire 8 – The Oregon Trail 9 – MySims Camera 10 – …” |
Posted: November 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Bit.Trip, Dr. Mario Online Rx, MySims, New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Music, WiiWare, World of Goo, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | No Comments »
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| “A video interview with Eiji Aonuma that you can’t miss. Aonuma touches on requests for a Wii remake of Ocarina of Time, discusses his personal attachment to Ocarina of Time, briefly talks about Zelda Wii, and deeply details his thoughts on the…” |
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“More here” |
| “As we saw from Nintendo’s press release earlier today, there are plenty of new Wii owners thanks to Black Friday. There will be millions more to follow over the holiday season. With so many new Wii owners out there, we should start spreading…” |
| “DSiWare 1 (1) – Flipnote Studio 2 (2) – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 (6) – Arcade Bowling 4 (N) – myNotebook: Blue 5 (3) – Bomberman Blitz 6 (8) – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 7 (N) – Castle of Magic 8 (5) – Crash-Course Domo 9…” |
| “Direct link here We need to see some more of New Super Mario Bros. Wii music on YouTube! I’m sure there’ll be a bunch of tributes a few months from now, and I’ll be ready to post them! Thanks to WowitsMike for the heads up!” |
Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Bit.Trip, Dr. Mario Online Rx, LostWinds, MySims, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, Pilotwings, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Virtual Console, Wii Remote, WiiWare, World of Goo, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | No Comments »
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“If you believe that the original Super Mario Kart is still the best, then you’re in luck. The classic racer will be available on Virtual Console next week, along with two other highly-requested games. GameSpot is reporting that Super Mario Kart,…” |
| “Super Smash Bros. and Pilotwings are also set to come out this holiday season.” |
| “This eco-friendly shooting game is compatible with the Wii Zapper.” |
| “Videos Tony Hawk: Ride Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers at IGN.com Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! News PSP go Falters in Japan Gamestop’s Black Friday Deals MTV…” |
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“Walmart will also be offering a bundle for $269 and $289, each featuring different games and accessories. Once again, you can find all the Walmart Black Friday deals here” |
| “Video Games | Tony Hawk: Ride | Review XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “Someone out there has to be able to explain this one. Worst and weirdest Super Guide video ever! Direct link here” |
| “Nintendo is a very odd company. For example, let’s take some news that just turned up a second ago. The Big N has confirmed that, after years of waiting, Super Mario Kart is going to be available on the Virtual Console this coming Monday. On…” |
| “DSiWare 1 (1) – Flipnote Studio 2 (2) – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 (8) – Bomberman Blitz 4 (15) – Electroplankton Hanenbow 5 (3) – Crash-Course Domo 6 (N) – Arcade Bowling 7 (5) – Battle of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition 8 (6) – Mario…” |
| “Direct link here (thanks NintenDaan!)” |
Posted: August 19th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Art Style, Brain Challenge, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, Mii, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Menu, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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This is going to have to be one of those cases of style over substance, because even though we know the trailer for Tower of Shadow looks quite pretty, we can’t make out a word of the strange moon man language attached to it. Seriously, what is that,…”
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Dell Home has the Nintendo Wii Game Console for $224.99 with free shipping. That’s tied with our mention from a week ago for the lowest total price we could find by $20. Sales tax is added where applicable. It includes the Wii console, Wii Remote…”
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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will release Hudson Soft’s innovative Wii title, The Tower of Shadow (working title), in Spring 2010. At the heart of The Tower of Shadow (working title) lies a mystery. The player controls the…”
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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced the ultimate party game in the form of Let’s Party for Wii. Developed by Groove Box Japan and due for release in November, Let’s Party is a stunning compilation of 40 mini-games, each of which is…”
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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is bringing its classic GTI Club racing franchise to Wii early next year, in the form of GTI Club Supermini Festa! (provisional title). Currently scheduled for a Spring 2010 release, GTI Club Supermini Festa! is…”
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DSiWare 1 – Flipnote Studio 2 – Nintendo DSi Browser 3 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 4 – Paper Airplane Chase 5 – Asphalt 4: Elite Racing 6 – Bird & Beans 7 – WarioWare: Snapped! 8 – Dr. Mario Express 9 – Art…”
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Check out screens and art from each game here”
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Check out videos for Ju-On: The Grudge, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Fullmetal Alchemist – Akatsuki no Ouji, Little King’s Story, LovePlus, Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS, Monster Hunter 3, Pop ‘n Music, Sea Farm, Super Robo Gakuken, Toeic Test…”
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Nyko’s latest Charge Station IC is a pretty unique idea in the otherwise ubiquitous design world of Wiimote charging stations. Holding two Wiimotes through the power of magnetism, the Charge Station can top off controllers via induction, whether they…”
Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Art Style, Bomberman Blast, Brain Challenge, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Mario Kart 64, Mega Man 9, Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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DSiWare 1 (1) – Nintendo DSi Browser 2 (2) – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 3 (3) – Paper Airplane Chase 4 (5) – Art Style: Boxlife 5 (4) – Bird & Beans 6 (8) – WarioWare: Snapped! 7 (9) – Dr. Mario Express 8 (7) – Mario Calculator 9…”
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“Hypothetically speaking, the Resident Evil 4 engine would work perfectly for replicating the gameplay but we would never be able to recreate the graphical quality. A gun shooting game like Darkside Chronicles makes much more sense for Wii so,…”
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Why in the world hasn’t their been a sequel to Gun? It was a fantastic game, and as far as I know, it sold pretty well. I thought a sequel would be a sure thing, yet here we are with nothing in sight. I guess I’ll just have to fire up…”
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eBook lovers rejoice! Amazon has lowered the price of the 6″ Kindle down to $299 (-%17). Some will find it to be still expensive, but going to the Sony alternative is only $20 cheaper and it doesn’t have the wireless connection… so what’s your…”
Posted: July 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Art Style, Brain Challenge, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Mario Kart 64, Mega Man 9, New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario World, Tetris, The Bigs, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Wii Remote, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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The New Ecology of Things Lab at Art Center’s graduate Media Design Program has released a new version of their NETLab Toolkit. This is a system for more easily connecting microcontrollers to computers, especially targeted at those who may be new to…”
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“Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord may have a name that’s similar to predecessor My Life as a King,” Andriasang writes, “but the two games are nothing alike.” So much for the dream of running an evil town full of evil…”
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July 1, 2009 – 2K Sports invites gamers and fans of The BIGS™ video game series to the Nintendo World Store in New York City on Monday, July 6 for The BIGS 2 Home Run Pinball tournament. Attendees will have the exciting opportunity to meet and…”
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These brief snippets come from the latest issue of Nintendo Power… – When Miyamoto is asked about the playable characters in NSMB Wii, he says that the characters we’ve seen so far are the only ones that are playable. Those hoping for a…”
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A portion of a Siliconera interview with Yu Namba, Project Lead at Atlus… S: Does he have a healing touch-like power? YN: Our main focus of this game is to be more realistic so things like the healing touch won’t be seen in this game. Maybe…”
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DSiWare 1 (1) – Nintendo DSi Browser 2 (2) – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 3 (3) – Paper Airplane Chase 4 (5) – Bird & Beans 5 (13) – Art Style: Boxlife 6 (4) – Mario Clock 7 (7) – Mario Calculator 8 (6) – WarioWare: Snapped! 9 (8) -…”
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I’ve never suffered any huge injuries from playing video games, and that includes all the movement that the Wii has you doing. Most recently, I’ve been feeling the ache in my shoulder from playing so much Tiger Woods, but that’s my…”
Posted: June 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Art Style, Bomberman Blast, Brain Challenge, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Mega Man 9, New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Tetris, WiiWare, World of Goo | No Comments »
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A portion of an IGN interview with High Voltage’s Eric Nofsinger… IGN: Now that the game is coming out, does the studio feel pressure to continue to make games that heavily use motion controls? Do you want to be known as the studio that…”
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DSiWare 1 (1) – Nintendo DSi Browser 2 (2) – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 3 (3) – Paper Airplane Chase 4 (13) – Mario Clock 5 (5) – Bird & Beans 6 (4) – WarioWare: Snapped! 7 (17) – Mario Calculator 8 (6) – Dr. Mario Express 9 (7) -…”
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Impressions here (thanks tearzspiritfall!)”
