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 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Metroid Prime, Punch-Out!!, The Conduit, Virtual Console, WiiWare | No Comments »
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| “According to sources close to Nintendo, the Wii creators were offered technology similar to Natal for the console back in 2007.” |
| “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…” |
| “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…” |
| “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:…” |
| “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…” |
| “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…” |
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: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Call of Duty: World at War, Dragon Quest X, MadWorld, Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Points, No More Heroes, Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The House of the Dead: Overkill, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, WiiWare | No Comments »
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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,…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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,…” |
Posted: December 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mario Power Tennis, New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros., The House of the Dead: Overkill, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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“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…” |
Posted: December 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros. | No Comments »
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| “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,…” |
| “View more news videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video. Direct link here” |
| “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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Posted: December 12th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros., The Beatles: Rock Band, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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| “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…” |
| “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,…” |
| “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…” |
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“Thanks to Mohan for the heads up!” |
| “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…” |
Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros., The Conduit, Wii Menu, Wii Sports | No Comments »
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“Impressions here” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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 25th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros., The Conduit, Wii Menu, Wii Sports | No Comments »
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“No data for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Reflex Edition just yet. I guess Nintendo is holding back on that info! It does look like The Conduit took a hit though, which I’d think is related to Call of Duty. Link” |
| “Direct link here SAN FRANCISCO – November 25, 2009 – Ubisoft® today announced that its innovative dancing game, Just Dance(TM) exclusively for the Nintendo Wii(TM), is now available at retail locations nationwide at the manufacturer’s…” |
| “Video Games | Tales of Monkey Island: Rise of the Pirate God | Exclusive Story So Far Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “Video Games | Holiday Gift Guide 2009 | Nintendo DS XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
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“Have you purchased any of the Cooking Mama games? Between Wii, DS, cell phones and iPhone, I’m sure you’ve grabbed at least one installment in the series. If you have, you’ve helped contribute to the 7 million units sold that the…” |
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“Looking for Wii/WiiWare games to pick up/ask for for the holiday season? Well you have a ton of goodies to look forward to! While the year may not have been the best for first-party releases, there were a ton of great third party efforts on the…” |
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“Deadly Creatures Deadly Creatures is a game that should have gotten a lot more attention than it did. THQ didn’t advertise the game in any way, shape or form, so it’s not surprising to see that the game bombed. If you can find this one…” |
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“1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony PlayStation 3. Mature) Naughty Dog/Sony. This game could have been a tired sequel in the tired action adventure category, as with ethical treasure hunter Nathan Drake returning and two women contending to be his…” |
