Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Overlord: Dark Legend, Punch-Out!!, and more.

Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Wii / Space Chimps $8.99 shipped @ Buy.com on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 1 Posted By: MISURICK Views: 490 Replies: 2 RED.com Features 13 Levels Including 3 Bosses! Alternate Between Playing Ham and Luna exchanging humorous banter between the two acrobatic chimps. Battle 2-Player Co-op Style or Fight as…

Gamefly – Free Shipping on Select Used Games on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 1 Posted By: ezwrighter Views: 401 Replies: 3 All of the following have free shipping: GameFly Store – Xbox 360 Prototype $9.99 Left 4 Dead 2 $19.99 NCAA Football 10 $19.99 Brutal Legend $9.99 Rock Band Country Track Pack $9.99…

NEWS: Frogger Returns Announced for DSiWare on Nintendo World Report Headlines
After making a grand return on WiiWare, Frogger continues his street crossing adventure on DSiWare.

NEWS: Wii Netflix Service Begins Today on Nintendo World Report Headlines
Wii players with a Netflix account can finally see their movies on the system today.

Casual Game Design: Designing Play for the Gamer in ALL of Us on FlazX Last 10 Links
From Windows Solitaire to Bejeweled to Wii Tennis, casual games have radically changed the landscape of games. By simplifying gameplay and providing quick but intense blasts of engaging play, casual games have drawn in huge new audiences of players….

Wii Controllers Do Not Infringe Patents on 1UP RSS feed
Nintendo’s video game controllers do not infringe on a patent by Anascape Ltd., according to a court ruling today. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Nintendo’s controllers — including the Wii Remote, Nunchuck, Classic…


Punch-Out!!, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and more.

Posted: April 2nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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A tale of two iPad game developers: Telltale and SGN attack market from different directions on VentureBeat
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, Walmart.com – game deals on GoNintendo
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

Ivy the Wiki – commercial on GoNintendo
Video Games | Ivy the Kiwi? | Japanese DS Platforming TV Spot XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

Top 20 WiiWare/DSiWare/VC of the week on GoNintendo
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…

Best Wii Games to Play with Parents & Grandparents on GoNintendo
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…

19 incredible games you’ll never play on GoNintendo
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….

GameStop – Wii With Free Wii Sports Resort/MotionPlus on GoNintendo
Grab yours here (thanks KirbyGCN!)

GameTrailers updates on GoNintendo
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


Super Mario 64, Wii Sports, Mario Kart DS, and more.

Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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NPD Fallout: Where Does the Mario vs. Call of Duty Challenge Stand? on 1UP RSS feed
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…

January NPDs: Mass Effect 2 Nips at Mario’s Heels on 1UP RSS feed
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…

Mega Man 10 gets staggered March release [update] on Joystiq
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…

January NPD: Mass Effect 2 debuts at #2, hardware is down on Joystiq
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…

IGN Updates on GoNintendo
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…

Fieldrunners – launch trailer on GoNintendo
Video Games | Fieldrunners | Launch Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

Japanese hardware sales – Jan. 1st to 7th on GoNintendo
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

Top 20 WiiWare/VC/DSiWare of the week on GoNintendo
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…

Mega Man 10 to debut first on WiiWare (March 1st), plus weapon/easy mode/challenge mode art and details on GoNintendo
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…

Official Nintendo PR: Nintendo Systems Retain Top Positions in January Sales on GoNintendo
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…

Reggie VS. Keighley – New Super Mario Bros. Wii Vs. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: the final tally on GoNintendo
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…

NPD – industry-wide figures (total software/hardware comparisons) on GoNintendo
- 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,…

EEDAR analysis – NMH: Desperate Struggle sells less than 30k in week 1, music/fitness genre failing, healthy-looking quarter on GoNintendo
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…

NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note [Npd] on Kotaku
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…

Nintendo Is January’s Hardware Winner Once Again [Npd Group] on Kotaku
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…


Virtual Console, Metroid Prime, The Conduit, and more.

Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Nintendo Said No to Natal in 2007 on Cubed3.com News
According to sources close to Nintendo, the Wii creators were offered technology similar to Natal for the console back in 2007.

Innex announces distribution agreement with Performance Designed Products on GoNintendo
Innex, Inc. has announced that it would be a distributor for Performance Designed Products LLC (PDP) gaming accessories in the United States. PDP is the top manufacturer of gaming peripherals in the world. PDP currently develops state-of-the-art…

RUMOR – More NPD stats from December on GoNintendo
These statistics cannot be verified, but they happen to come from someone that tends to get their information right on the money every time. Keep in mind, these stats are for December’s numbers, or show total sales with December’s sales…

Europe – This week’s DSiWare/WiiWare/VC releases thus far on GoNintendo
Might not be the full list, but these are the games that are confirmed for release in Europe on Friday… Virtual Console: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES, 800p) WiiWare: 530 Eco Shooter (1000p) DSiWare: Legends of Exidia (800p) Electroplankton:…

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood to hit VC soon, but won’t be in English on GoNintendo
The ESRB confirmed that Castlevania: Rondo of Blood was coming to North American Wii owners via the Virtual Console, and many a gamer couldn’t be happier…myself included. Since the ESRB rating has been up for a few days, Konami decided…

Will Apple’s iPad Change Mobile Gaming? on Mashable!
Apple made gaming a big part of its iPad tablet announcement today. That wasn’t a surprise; Apple has had its eye on the gaming market since it launched the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch.The company announced that iPhone and iPod…


Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Kart, and more.

Posted: January 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Tales of Graces – ‘Koakuma costume DLC’ on GoNintendo
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

Weirdness of the Day – The Last Ninja theme mashup on GoNintendo
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!)

Top 20 WiiWare/DSiWare/VC of the week on GoNintendo
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 – …


WiiWare, Super Paper Mario, MadWorld, and more.

Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Nintendo sez DS successor will sport motion control, better graphics; Wii Vitality Sensor in July on Engadget
In an interview with Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata provided some rare commentary on what we might expect from a DS successor – not just another DS revision, mind you – whenever the gaming giant gets the urge to upgrade…

New line of LG plasma HDTVs feature NetCast, slim design on Engadget
The fact that LG presented 39 new LCD HDTVs today and only eight plasmas is telling of the times, but videophiles are just happy to still have the option to choose picture quality over features. For you Mr videophile, LG has eight new plasma models…

Japanese Gamers Give Their Picks for ‘10 on 1UP RSS feed
During last December, Japan’s Famitsu magazine asked its readers to give it their top picks for 2010 in games, companies, and game creators. Some of the highlights: – By far, the game Japanese players are looking forward to the most this year is…

Iwata Says Zelda Coming in 2010, Hints at DS Successor on 1UP RSS feed
Nintendo usually holds its cards close to the chest, but a new wide-ranging interview with president Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s plans for 2010. The interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun (via Kotaku) revealed plans to release the…

We’ve No Objection To Phoenix Wright WiiWare Next Week [Wiiware] on Kotaku
Phoenix Wright finally makes it to the big screen next week, when Capcom releases a port of the DS game that started it all on Nintendo’s WiiWare. 1,000 Wii points is all you need to score the first four chapters of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on…

What Parents Think Their Kids Learn From Video Games [Influence] on Kotaku
One parent has put Modern Warfare and Halo to educational use for their four-year-old. Another believes Okami teaches values. These are the things the parents among you told us about what games do — or don’t do — for children. Yesterday,…

What To Do When The Baby’s Barfy [Note] on Kotaku
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Goodbye Again Roll up the rug! Micro-Bash has been sick for most of the week. Thanks goodness for plastic buckets. (T_T) That’s a sock at the bottom of the slide. I think. What you missed last night Report: New Zelda…

These Were Some Of 2009’s Most Popular Games To Trade [Updated] [Retail] on Kotaku
Game-trading outlet Goozex have released some charts revealing what their most popular titles of 2009 were on the service, and included are comprehensive charts for each major video game platform. And, as you’re about to see, the lists are a little…

Uncharted Developers “Not Interested” In Motion-Controlled Nathan Drake [PS3] on Kotaku
With Sony’s motion controller due later this year, some of you may be thinking ahead. To the future. A future with killer robots, alien overlords and an Uncharted 3 that maybe uses motion controls. We don’t know about the chances of the first two,…


Wii Sports Resort, Super Mario Bros., The House of the Dead: Overkill, and more.

Posted: December 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of 2009 on TorrentFreak
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 broke records this year as the biggest ever entertainment launch in history. With 4.7 million units sold in the US and UK during the first 24 hours, it pulled in revenues totaling $310 million. In five days the…


New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, and more.

Posted: December 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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8 things Nintendo needs to do with their next console on GoNintendo
I think Nintendo did a pretty damn good job with the Wii. They managed to set an industry precedent with motion control…something that competitors are only now scrambling to become a part of. The Wii also set all sorts of industry records,…

NBC news report – Family-friendly Wii games on GoNintendo
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video. Direct link here

2010: The Year Of Better Wii Games? on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
The Wii had a good 2009, thanks to the arrival of Nintendo fan-pleasing releases like Punch-Out!! and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. But 2010 should one-up this year’s showing thanks to Nintendo and third-party publishers.

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Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort, Super Mario Bros., and more.

Posted: December 12th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Weekly Specials going on now at Best Buy on BensBargains.net Latest Headlines
Welcome to BestBuy’s weekly specials through 12/12. Free shipping on many select items, but they no longer offer general free shipping. Select in-store pickup to avoid shipping charges. Check out this week’s Computer, Digital Cameras, Home and…

Weekly Specials going on now at Target on BensBargains.net Latest Headlines
Here are some of the weekly specials available through 12/19 at Target.com. Also check out their Daily Deals. Free Shipping on $50 for Accessories, Appliances, Baby, Bath, Bedding, Cosmetics & Fragrances, Electronics, Furniture, Hardware, Holiday,…

Is Star Wars Battlefront III still in the works? on GoNintendo
This note comes from a commercial casting director… “After casting over 200 commercials and various projects in NY and LA, including most recently Star Wars: Battlefront 3 with Lucas Arts,” So…a casting call for Star Wars…

Wii pops up on the Big Ban Theory again on GoNintendo
Thanks to Mohan for the heads up!

Spike TV VGA – Nintendo-related winners on GoNintendo
Best Wii Game * Madworld * New Super Mario Bros. Wii * Punch-Out!! * Wii Sports Resort Best Music Game * DJ Hero * Guitar Hero 5 * LEGO Rock Band * The Beatles: Rock Band Best Soundtrack * Brutal Legend * DJ Hero * Guitar Hero 5 * The Beatles: Rock…


Wii Sports, New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., and more.

Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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BBC iPlayer for Wii – impressions on GoNintendo
Impressions here

Nintendo Channel data update – EA Sports Active, Punch-Out!!, The Conduit, Wii Sports Resort on GoNintendo
How many of these games are you still plugging away at? I think pretty much every title but Punch-Out!! still has a reason to be played, as they either feature online or some other form of replay aspect. I’m still going with Wii Sports…

What Are You Playing This Weekend? [Lazy Sundays] on Kotaku
It’s once more into the Nexus, friends, as I revisit Demon’s Souls this weekend—hopefully to wrap the things up—so that catch-up review can be written and so the world might be mended. So the world might be mended. I’ve also got some more…