Posted: February 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Call of Duty: World at War, Pikmin, Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Resident Evil, Super Mario Galaxy | No Comments »
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“Last night a hunk of plastic no one ever played set a sale price record for rare video games. In 1987 it retailed for $30. And people complain about $60 price points and used sales today. The week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Kotaku Talk…” |
Posted: February 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Arc Rise Fantasia, Call of Duty: World at War, Nintendo Points, Pikmin, Resident Evil, Rock Band 2, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Wii Remote, Wii Sports | No Comments »
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“When your officially licensed movie tie-in game is a bit of a disappointment, who ya gonna call? Nobody. It’s too late to fix that. But oh, how things could have been different if this Wii Proton Pack had been sold. It’s the work of modder Jack…” |
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“Next week’s batch of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and LEGO Rock Band downloadable tracks leads with mood rockers Disturbed, who bring more of The Sickness to Harmonix and MTV Games’ music game. A three pack of Disturbed tracks will come to various Rock…” |
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“It was a week infested with zombies, Nazi zombies and micro-reviews, the smaller format reserved for Kotaku reviews of downloadable video games and downloadable game add-ons. It was also the week that featured our first massive-review. That would…” |
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“The PlayStation family bookends this week’s Media Create hardware sales chart thanks to strong sales of Biohazard 5 Alternative Edition and God Eater , as well as dwindling sales of the PlayStation 2 and PSPgo. Sony’s PSP and PlayStation 3 secure…” |
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“No humans. No Michael Bay. Two campaigns. Three-player online (only) drop-in/drop-out co-op Transformers with a link to the past and a Gears of War amount of gunfire. Happier? Last week, the developers of Transformers: War For Cyberton began the…” |
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“Ignition Entertainment is gearing up to release “the definitive JRPG for the Wii” this summer, and eight new screenshots show us how much that looks like a Namco Bandai Tales of Something title. That’s not a bad thing, of course. In truth, Luminous…” |
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“The Nintendo representative demoing upcoming Wii title FlingSmash, kept describing the game as an “active sidescroller.” While I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of that genre tag, I did find myself recalling Super Breakout and Boom Blox while…” |
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“Wii owners who have suffered through countless me-too mini-game collections and lame party games often consider the term “family-friendly” the kiss of death. But Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie), the studio recently acquired by Disney…” |
Posted: February 8th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mii, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, Pikmin, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Virtual Console, Wii Fit | No Comments »
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“Hey there, mixed messaging! As Netflix makes the case to Wii owners that they really aren’t missing anything by not streaming HD, word from CNET is that Netflix instant streaming is making the jump to 1080p, with 5.1 audio. UPDATEDCNET doesn’t have…” |
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“We’ve stacked today’s dealz a mile high with a great Dell Inspiron and a roundup of some superb 360 games. Set your alarm and get up early tomorrow for a free Grand Slam at America’s top desperate singles locale, Denny’s. Top Deals: • 15.6″ Dell…” |
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“Are you still in love with Nintendo’s Wii gaming console? You might be getting a new lover from Nintendo sometime in the near future perhaps, as during the Annual Japan Media Arts Festival, Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, mentioned something…” |
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“From website 4Gamer.net comes the news that Nintendo is developing new hardware, and Shigeru Miyamoto is working on a new Wii Motion Plus game. The news is from a recent symposium in which Miyamoto discussed things like hamsters. 4Gamer does not…” |
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“Nintendo sent out a press release today triumphantly boasting of victory in an Australian court over a man accused of pirating New Super Mario Bros. Wii. And how this single man now owes the mega-rich company $1.5 million. Last November, Nintendo…” |
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“Visceral Games’ Dead Space 2 may not be the next game you play in the sci-fi franchise. Recent surveys point to an Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network port of Wii misfire Dead Space Extraction and something brand new, Planet Cracker. One…” |
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“Gamers need Valentine’s Day gifts. If you plan to buy a February 14th present for a gamer – or are a gamer and need to drop some hints — please consult this, our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for Gamers For most people, the best Valentine’s Day…” |
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“Blaster Master Overdrive, Fieldrunners DS, and Princess Tomato shine their love on The Nintendo Download this week, with a new format making it much easier to see what you might be spending your Nintendo points on.I’ve been doing The Nintendo…” |
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“LucasArts and TT Games continue to tear apart the Star Wars universe and rebuild it brick-by-brick with LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. I am continually amazed by the success of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a stylized cartoon version of the events…” |
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Cave Story, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Pikmin, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Virtual Console, Wii Remote, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “Originally thought to be a Japanese exclusive the reworked Classic Controller, named the Classic Controller Pro, is set to see a release in the U.S. come April. The new controller is meant to be a big improvement over the original Classic Controller…” |
| “All consoles get hacked, it’s a fact manufacturers have to deal with and all they can do is delay and update their machines often to block such hacks. But this generation of consoles has had one stalwart in the form of the PS3. Although the…” |
| “With modern video game consoles like the PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii, you would have to do something really impressive to get gamers these days to notice an old school portable like a Nintendo Game Boy. As unlikely as it seems, however, a chip…” |
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“This past holiday season, my wife and I remodeled our basement putting in a relatively nice media room with fancy in-the-wall speakers, A/V receiver, big LCD TV, Blu-ray player, AppleTV, and Nintendo Wii. All of those components having their own…” |
| “A while back on a recording of Infendo Radio I mentioned that Capcom and Nintendo teamed up to develop the Classic Controller Pro. Which was done for the game Monster Hunter due to the fact that Monster Hunter was original developed for the…” |
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“Can we agree that Modern Warfare 2 was an average shooter, just one that happened to be backed by a gigantic marketing budget? It wasn’t bad, certainly, but the story was bat-shit crazy—Red Dawn was more plausible—and No Russian was…” |
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“Duke Nukem Forever is dead and gone (I think.) Its possible successor on the great video game milk cart of missing games, Alan Wake, is on the verge of release. So what, then, is the New Duke Nukem Forever? Here are some candidates: Black…” |
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“Too late! I shouted it first, so you folks all have to draw two cards while I tell you all about this week’s releases for WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Wii Virtual Console. Can you guess what this week’s biggest WiiWare release is? That’s right! It’s…” |
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“The very public, very messy late-night fight between Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and NBC didn’t just offer interesting insight into the inner workings of network television, it reminded everyone that the TV isn’t used only for watching shows…” |
| “To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Just letting you know… Monday. MONDAY!! What you missed last night Get Mass Effect 2’s DLC For Free (Free!) New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served Mass Effect 2 Has Some Fancy Disc-Swapping Action Who Can…” |
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“Those who looked longingly at the black Classic Controller Pro Capcom released in Japan for Monster Hunter Tri will be happily to know that the hardware is coming Stateside. The bundle was originally released in Japan for ¥8,490 (US$94) when the…” |
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“Not much has changed in a week in the UK. Wii games keep on selling, Modern Warfare keeps on shooting and Just Dance just keeps on dancing. And at the bottom of the charts? Welcome back, Grand Theft Auto IV. It’s been a while. Hopefully Mass Effect 2…” |
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“New Super Mario Bros. Wii has already propelled itself past Super Mario Galaxy. That’s not all, though. In the eight weeks since the title has been released, Super Mario Bros. Wii has reached the ten million units sold mark. The game has sold over 3…” |
| “Modern-day redux of classic platformer sells over 3 million units in Japan, nearly 3 million in EU, and more than 4.5 million in North America.” |
| “Capcom’s online action game given April launch window, $60 bundle with North American debut of Nintendo’s updated pad.” |
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Arc Rise Fantasia, Battalion Wars 2, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Power Tennis, Mario Super Sluggers, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, New Play Control!, New Super Mario Bros., No More Heroes, Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Samurai Warriors 3, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Taiko no Tatsujin, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Fit, Wii Menu, Wii Music, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “Now remember, we don’t know if Nintendo is going to release another round of budget gmaes in Japan. If they do, these are the games that are eligible, according to the budget lineup guidelines. Gold Tales of Graces New Super Mario Bros Wii Wii…” |
| “Dante’s Inferno isn’t coming to the Wii, but it does happen to be in the top 100 best-selling books list. It makes you wonder if more people would enjoy seeing literary classics get shifted into the video game realm. There are plenty of…” |
| “A portion of a Eurogamer interview with PomPom Games’ Michael Michael… Eurogamer: So in terms of all these different platforms – PC, the iPhone, the console downloadable services including things like WiiWare – which is the most promising…” |
| “DS Demos * Disney the Princess and the Frog (distribution ends 1/10/2010) * James Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game (distribution ends 1/10/2010) * Bakugan Battle Brawlers (distribution ends 1/10/2010) * Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop…” |
| “The modified controller will be bundled with Monster Hunter Tri.” |
Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: City Folk, New Super Mario Bros., Pikmin, Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Sonic Unleashed, Super Mario Bros., Wii Fit, Wii Remote, Wii Speak, Wii Sports, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “Amazon has the Retro USB Nintendo NES Classic Controller for $8 with free shipping on $25. Plugs into your computer’s USB port and allows you to play emulated games with a much more authentic feel. Minus the tube TV. [Compare]” |
| “Buy.com has the Nintendo Wii Speak hands-free microphone for $20 with free shipping. Mount this on your sensor bar and communicate with your friends in Animal Crossing: City Folk and the Wii Speak Channel. [Compare]” |
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“I was ready to like Avatar: The Game, the official video game of the movie like I’ve liked no other movie-game before. I said so when I reviewed the movie last month. And then, well… I feel I owe readers of that review an update. How was virtual…” |
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“Nintendo’s decision to withhold Fatal Frame 4 from Western release didn’t sit well with fans, so a group of them has produced an English patch that translates the game for players in North America and Europe. Fatal Frame 4, known in Japan as Zero:…” |
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“We’re not just debating the best video game of 2009 this week. We’ve got other awards to dole out. Today, I declare which ‘09 game had the best cut scenes and which was the runner-up. Winner: Little King’s Story The obscure Wii-only Japanese…” |
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“Going on sale in Japan on December 3, 2009, Wii title New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold over 3 million games. In Japan, that’s not just fast for a Wii title, it’s the fastest. In its first seven weeks on sale, the game moved 3,002,753 units, making…” |
| “Rating: 3 Posted By: Logician1313 Views: 479 Replies: 3 NES Retro Classic Controller $7.99 + Shipping at Amazon$7.99 plus $4.98 shipping for non-prime members, due to release on Feb 1. Features compatibility with Nintendo and NES replica systems…” |
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| “Fans do what Tecmo didn’t. Japanese Wii horror game Fatal Frame IV (Project Zero 4) has been translated into English by a determined group of…” |
| “Dates for Wii, DS, WiiWare and DSiWare. Nintendo’s revealed the Q1 2010 release schedule for all games arriving on Wii, DS, WiiWare and DSiWare. We spy a…” |
| “Namco Bandai’s quirky WiiWare arcade/action game full of sweaty, strong men has stomped over to the US and #45; debut trailer inside.” |
| “Thanks to both the Wii and DS, multiple magazines are covering video games. We’re talking about magazines that never talked about video games otherwise. Womens’ magazines seem to be really taking a liking to some of the games out there,…” |
| “The gang over at 2ch have put together their own game voting to pick the absolute worst games of 2009. Wouldn’t you know, it a bunch of Wii games made the list. Takara Tomy’s Game of Life (WiiWare), Nippon Ichi’s Full Blast…” |
| “Looks like there’s some more Pac-Man karting on the way, but we don’t know what platform it’s going to land on. The Wii seems to make logical sense for that type of game. We’ll have to see if we get an official announcement…” |
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“As a reminder that Sushi Go Round is on its way to both Wii and DS, I received this in the mail… This is the first time I’ve been sent a piece of sushi in the mail. Doesn’t seem very safe, does it?! Well it’s perfectly…” |
Posted: January 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Big Brain Academy, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Endless Ocean, Excite Truck, Excitebots: Trick Racing, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Mario Strikers Charged, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, New Play Control!, No More Heroes, Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Music, Wii Remote, WiiWare | No Comments »
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| “(AP) — It’s a triple crown for Netflix. Beginning in the spring, the Wii will become the last of the three current video game consoles to get instant viewing of Netflix movies and TV shows over the Internet.” |
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“Remember Stonekeep? If so, you’re going to be delighted and vaguely confused by this news! If you don’t remember the game, you’ll just be vaguely confused. Interplay (remember Interplay) just announced that it’s reviving the 15-year-old PC RPG…” |
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“Hey humans! So Hastings was telling us the truth after all — the Nintendo Wii will be joining the other two game consoles to stream Netflix starting some time in early Spring. Like the PS3, a special Netflix “instant-streaming” disc will be required…” |
| “Videos First Look: Tatsunoko VS Capcom Ultimate All-Shooters No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle Videos Transformers: War for Cybertron Rewind Theater Transformers: War for Cybertron Trailer Deca Sports DS Trailer News Reggie: New Zelda Wii Title…” |
| “It looks like Nintendo of America has finally broken down and given a full list of games that they aren’t shipping anymore. * Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree * Donkey Kong Barrel Blast * Endless Ocean * Excitebots: Trick Racing …” |
Posted: January 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Pikmin, Super Mario Bros., Virtual Console, Wii Fit, Wii Menu, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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“New Super Mario Bros. Wii is going to have some insane numbers put up by the end of the year. You can already see that it’s going very strong. Which of these three games have you put the most time in with? Link” |
| “Another round of the IGN Nintendo Voice Chat podcast has come in. I’m sure many of you have already listened, or have decided to shy away from the show for its recent changes. Either way, you can find a summary of the show at the link below. …” |
Posted: December 11th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Boom Blox, Guitar Hero World Tour, Mario Kart Wii, Metroid Prime, NBA Live series, New Super Mario Bros., Pikmin, Resident Evil, Rock Band 2, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Bigs, The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “To: Someone, anyone! From: Totilo Re: Two Big Santa Differences Just received a last minute whisper of an assignment to write a Day Note. Assignment came from Down Under from a B. Crecente, a former newspaperman who has been battling the inferior…” |
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“Easing concerns that New Super Mario Bros. Wii selling 1.39 million copies in its first two weeks on U.S. store shelves might somehow not be impressive enough, Nintendo has announced that the game has since crossed the 2 million mark. Nintendo’s…” |
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“There may not be any special handshakes or furtive high signs for it, but make no mistake: Video gamers are part of a secret society. Sure, nowadays billions of people from all walks of life enjoy the occasional video game. They play Farmville on…” |
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“Only two days after his big debut, Mega Man 10’s Sheep Man has already generated more fan art than you can shake a shepard’s crook at. We’ve only known about Capcom’s retro-riffic Mega Man 10 since Nintendo Power revealed the WiiWare title on…” |
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“After months of so-so weekly sales in Japan, the Wii returns to the top of the country’s hardware sales charts, its best weekly tally since the release of Monster Hunter 3. Thank New Super Mario Bros. Wii for that! Japanese Wii sales more than…” |
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“After the blissful torment of 30-plus hours spent in the world of Demon’s Souls this past week, I’m going to need something a little more cheerful for my weekend. And New Super Mario Bros. Wii isn’t too hard, right? Truth be told, I’ve yet to…” |
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“On Wednesday, EA CEO John Riccitiello provided evidence — in chart form — that his company published the most well-reviewed games of 2009. Wanting to test his assertions, I dug into the data and found some surprises. The EA chart was…” |
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“Target’s goes video game bargain crazy this Sunday, with gift card cash back on the Wii and DSi, $88 bundled games, and select Nintendo DS titles for only $25 – including The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Why did we rush out on to retailers on…” |
Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mega Man 9, New Super Mario Bros., Pikmin, Super Mario Bros., The Beatles: Rock Band, WiiWare | No Comments »
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“An ESRB rating has revealed a new Wii game published by Disgaea creator NIS America, with the catchy title of “Viral Survival.” The ratings board describes a game “in which players direct small ‘cartoony’ DNA-strand creatures around a game board,”…” |
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“Assassin’s Creed 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, Borderlands, Brutal Legend, Dragon Age: Origins, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii. There, are we done? For the majority of top 10 of 2009 lists…” |
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| “No frills, just platform thrills. Capcom has announced another retro-style Mega Man game for WiiWare. Mega Man 10 consists of another eight 2D platform…” |
