Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports Resort, and more.

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

Wii news from around the web:

GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts – Pokemon SoulSilver review/preview by D3stiny_Sm4sher on GoNintendo
Oh man, what a tiring day. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I’ve had a weekend as jam-packed as this one in quite some time! Juggling the site work and moving out at the same time can be quite a pain! Actually, it’s just the…

Official PR – Thousands of Movies & TV Episodes from Netflix Now Available via Nintendo’s Wii Console (plus Gary and Allison show you how to take a Wii online) on GoNintendo
–> Direct link here REDMOND, Wash. & LOS GATOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo of America Inc. and Netflix, Inc. [Nasdaq: NFLX] today announced that Netflix members who own Nintendo’s Wii™…

ESRB updates on GoNintendo
Vacation Isle: Beach Party (Wii) – E The Last Airbender (Wii) – T The Last Airbender (DS) – E10+ Backyard Sports – Sandlot Sluggers (Wii) – E Disney Sing It: Family Hits (Wii) – E Galaxy Racers (DS) – E Pearl Harbor Trilogy – …

Japanese software sales – March 29th to April 4th (Top 50) on GoNintendo
01. / 00. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey III: Caller of the Starry Seas (Atlus Co.) – 87.765 / NEW 02. / 01. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Warriors (Koei) – 71.629 / 456.924 (-81%) 03. / 00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami) – 57.136 / NEW 04. / 00….


Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Wii Fit, Red Steel, and more.

Posted: April 8th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Perfect Shot for Wii $9.96 sss eligible @ Amazon on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 1 Posted By: MISURICK Views: 1884 Replies: 3 linkazon Product Features * Pistol-like grip comfortably fits in the hand and provides an ergonomic grip for extended game play sessions * Trigger button allows easy access to…

GameTrailers updates on GoNintendo
HAWP: Puzzle Quest Video Games | HAWP | Puzzle Quest XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Infinite Space – review Video Games | Infinite Space | Review XBox 360 | …

Japan – top 10 software sales for March on GoNintendo
* 1. Yakuza 4 (Sega, PS3): 480,626 * 2. Fist of the North Star Musou (Tecmo Koei Games, Ps3): 385,551 * 3. Pokemon Ranger Path of Light: 330,801 * 4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 167,875 (3,587,755) * 5. Friend…

GameStop’s placeholder date for Zelda Wii on GoNintendo
I want to make sure this is said before anything else. The only reason I’m posting this up is because so many people are sending it my way. I personally do not believe the date. With that said, here’s what GameStop has as the…

Pachter predicts decent sales for Red Steel 2, huge sales for Monster Hunter 3 on GoNintendo
“…Red Steel 2 and Monster Hunter are both exciting, and are both exclusives. Ubisoft recently said that they were going to de-emphasize the hard-core Wii titles, and I don’t think Red Steel 2 will be a huge seller (probably on par…

Capcom reveals Japanese release dates, more info on Sengoku Basara 3, Mega Man Zero Collection on GoNintendo
Sengoku Basara 3 (official wallpaper at site) – due out July 29th – ¥5,990 on Wii – ending theme entitled “Gyakkou”, to be performed by Chiaki Ishikawa – ending theme will express sadness and distress that await at the end of the…


Cave Story, WiiWare, Super Mario Bros., and more.

Posted: March 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts – Cave Story review by D3stiny_Sm4sher on GoNintendo
We’ve been talking about Cave Story for years now. I’m so happy that it’s finally out! Hopefully you guys are as well! Now you can get to see what our own D3stiny_Sm4sher has to say about it! You enjoy that read, and I’m…

Miyamoto at Japan’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii coin battle tournament – pictures on GoNintendo
More pics here

EA online store – $20 off Wii games coupon on GoNintendo
Start shopping here (Apply code PAXEAST842 at checkout) Link

Renegade Kid Wants Dementium on Wii on Cubed3.com News
In a recent interview, Jools Watsham, co and #45;owner at Renegade Kid, voiced his opinions on Dementium for Wii and the newly announced 3DS.

PAX East: Two games that belong on Wii on Infendo – Nintendo blog
While touring the PAX East exhibition floor, we had the pleasure of seeing two amazing games destined for much success: Limbo and Puzzle Quest 2. David labeled PQ2 a must buy that’s all but pre-ordered for his DS Lite, while I couldn’t…


WiiWare, Wii Play, The Legend of Zelda, and more.

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Reggie – Next-gen Nintendo console will come when Miyamoto wants it, finds Sony/Microsoft motion control race embarrassing on GoNintendo
“When Mr. Miyamoto goes to Mr. Iwata and says. ‘I have this great idea and I can’t do it on the Wii,’ that’s when there will be a next generation console. What that includes we’ll see. I think Mr. Miyamoto himself…

Club Nintendo – Intend to Buy update on GoNintendo
I know a lot of you are going to be picking this game up. I can’t believe it’s almost about to hit retail! Add in the WiiWare version, and I’m chomping at the bit for this one. Thanks to Chris for the heads up!

Pachter – Wii decline has to do with more than retail supplies, needs catalyst to bump up sales on GoNintendo
“Nintendo’s overall performance was well below our expectations, with software down over 30% and Wii hardware units down almost 50%. Nintendo had warned us that February would be a difficult month due to supply constraints, but we believe…

Nintendo’s Sakamoto: No Wii Kid Icarus now, but possible on Joystiq
[ VGMuseum ] If there’s a Kid Icarus reboot in the works somewhere at Nintendo, Metroid: Other M producer Yoshio Sakamoto , who worked on the original NES game, doesn’t know anything about it. “I don’t know personally about any project…

Liked Battle Chess? Meet Battle vs. Chess on Joystiq
Battle vs. Chess appears to bring Battle Chess to a new generation, with a similar hook and a name that just skirts a potential copyright lawsuit. With “upbeat combat visuals & mechanics,” the game sounds like a modern update of the classic…

Molyneux: Motion gaming is making devs ’sweat’ on Joystiq
You hear that, developers? You should be shakin’ in yer boots — motion-based gaming is going to force you to throw away everything you’ve ever learned about game design and start anew. At least that’s what Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux (not so…

Nintendo sells 1.9 million DS and Wiis through Feb. 2010 on Joystiq
Following last night’s NPD report for February, Nintendo has issued a press release lauding the amazing selling power of its own products. In typical fashion, the gaming giant that got your grandma into gaming has managed to sell a ridiculous…

Goodbye, CrunchGear. on CrunchGear
Hello John Biggs – I would like to be the CrunchGear intern. At 28 years of age I’d probably be the oldest, creepiest intern that CrunchGear has ever hired. That being said, I don’t look a day past 26. I should also tell you that…

The Next Wii Will Innovate, Nintendo Would Be "Embarrassed" If It Was Sony, Microsoft [Gdc] on Kotaku
# gdc In the wake of this week’s unveiling of Sony’s take on motion-controlled video gaming, and Microsoft’s push for their motion-controlled gaming well under way, Kotaku sat down with Nintendo of…

Build-A-Bear video games coming to the DS and Wii on Geek.com
Build-A-Bear Workshop is taking its fun-loving store of stuffed animal creations from the mall to the Nintendo DS and Wii, Activision announced in a press release on Friday.

Reggie – we don’t worry about competitors, hopeful for Zelda Wii this year, Wii2 when its ready, and more on GoNintendo
A portion of an IGN interview with Reggie Fils-Aime… IGN : My first impression of Sony’s Move controller is that it has a lot of promise, but it’s not quite there yet. But for the sake of this interview, let’s assume it…

‘Definite possibility’ Sam and Max: Season 3 could come to Wii on GoNintendo
Sam and Max: Season 1 hit the Wii, and Season 2 is on the way. It might actually be in stores right now. Is there any chance that Sam and Max: Season 3 is going to come our way as well? Right now, the deal is for Season 3 to hit PC and PSN. …

Suda – 2d shooter featuring Glastonbury?, if NMH3 hits it’ll be on Wii 2, and interest in a new retro game on GoNintendo
Suda absolutely loves talking about No More Heroes and the Wii 2. Every chance he gets, Suda says that if more No More Heroes is coming, it’s going to be on the successor to the Wii. Once again, we hear that blurb, but we also hear about…

Puzzle Quest 2 – debut trailer, screens on GoNintendo
Video Games | Puzzle Quest 2 | GDC 10: Debut Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here Screens here


Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, New Super Mario Bros., Wii Fit, and more.

Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

GameSpot updates on GoNintendo
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Screens, Videos Drift Street International hands-on, trailer (DSiWare) GDC 2010: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Wii Demo Easy Piano Hands-On Puzzle Quest 2 demo, hands-on

Japanese software sales – March 1st to 7th on GoNintendo
01. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki – 161k 02. [PSP] .hack//Link – 60k 03. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Ultimate Hits) – 41k 04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 41k/3452k 05. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 4 – 37k/108k 06. [NDS] Tomodachi…

Japan – Nintendo adding two more Wii titles to the ‘Everyone’s Recommendation Selection’ lineup on GoNintendo
Looks like Nintendo does actually have plans of continuing the Everyone’s Recommendation Selection in Japan. Two more titles are going to be added on April 22nd, and of course, they come with the budget price as well. Now, if we could only…

Wiimote or Playstation Move – lifestyle pics on GoNintendo
Well…can you tell the difference? GamesRadar has put together a bunch of pictures with the controllers blocked out, and it’s up to you to guess if the images are Playstation Move related, or Wii originals. Unfortunately GamesRadar…

Japan – hardware sales estimates (March 1st to 7th) on GoNintendo
PSP – 37,300 Wii – 33,200 PS3 – 27,800 DSi LL – 24,600 DSi – 15,700 DS Lite – 4,400 Xbox 360 – 3,400 PS2 – 1,900 PSP go – 1,500 link

Amazon/Nintendo Channel Data – New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort on GoNintendo
I can’t wait to see how well games like ‘Sports Champion’ do at retail, compared to Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. I honestly have no idea if people are going to buy into this ‘new platform’ or not. One…

Square-Enix – next Final Fantasy game will have more traditional RPG elements on GoNintendo
“Now that we have that base technology… The next time you see a Final Fantasy, we might be able to pack in more of those elements that existed in the past. And I also think that a game doesn’t need to have all of those items in the…

PlayStation Move Gets Its First Wii Port [Gdc10] on Kotaku
# gdc10 With the PlayStation Move looking , well, similar to Nintendo’s Wii Remote, you may have wondered how long it would take until it was announced a Wii game was being ported to the PS3. The…


Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and more.

Posted: February 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Jesper Juul’s New Book ‘A Casual Revolution’ (Moving Pixels) on PopMatters
Between the success of the Wii, Rock Band, and cross-over titles like Puzzle Quest, two once distinct genres and communities are now beginning to find commonality.


New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart Wii, Samurai Warriors 3, and more.

Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Japanese software sales – Nov. 16th to 22nd (Top 30) on GoNintendo
01./02. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo) – 55,000 / 3,036,000 (-12%) 02./04. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – 49,000 / 1,689,000 (-13%) 03./05. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 43,000 / 946,000 (-19%) 04./07….

Samurai Warriors 3 – Creator’s Voice feature (lots of footage) on GoNintendo
The latest entry in the Creator’s Voice series has popped up on the official Japanese Wii site, and this time the focus is Samurai Warriors 3. As will all of these features, there are tons of blue underlined portions of text. If you click on…

G4 features – Super Monkey Ball: Step and Roll preview, Holiday Buyers’ Guides on GoNintendo
Wii Games – E3 2010 – Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll PC Games – E3 2010 – Assassin’s Creed II Xbox 360 Games – E3 2010 – Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony Direct link here, here, here

Japan – Nintendo Channel updates (530 Eco Shooter trailer, and much more) on GoNintendo
Direct link and videos for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Rock N’ Roll Climber, Wii no Ma, Power Pro-Kun Pocket 12, Sengoku Musou 3, Tales of Graces, Yggdra Unison Momotarou Dentetsu 2010, Kaijuu Busters, Metal Fight Beyblade, and Kamen Rider here…

Puzzle Quest 2 revealed on GoNintendo
GamePro’s next issue is going to have the full scoop on Puzzle Quest 2, the sequel to one of the surprise hits of 2007. As you can see, there’s clearly an Xbox 360 version in the works, but GamePro isn’t going to spill all the…

So…what’s going on with the new paid video content on Wii no Ma? on GoNintendo
As we all know, the Wii no Ma paid content has launched in Japan, which brings with it more video features for people to mull over. We heard some talk of what the service will provide as the months roll on, but what’s out there right now? It…

The Curious Case of Sin & Punishment 2 on GoNintendo
Sin and Punishment 2 came out in Japan, and it sold millions upon millions of copies. The hardcore savior of the Wii has finally come! Man, I wish that were the truth. Instead we’re left trying to figure out why this game bombed in Japan, as…

Japanese software sales – Nov. 16th to 22nd on GoNintendo
1. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 55,000 / 3,036,000 2. [DS] Tomodachi Collection – 49,000 / 1,689,000 3. [WII] Wii Fit Plus – 43,000 / 946,000 4. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard – 29,000 / 635,000 5. [WII] Taiko no Tatusjin Wii:…

Wii and DS Screens for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on GoNintendo
Check out the rest here (Thanks Kadir!)

The Fold: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Gameplay Ep. 2 on GoNintendo
I love watching people play this game. I love to play it even more, but seeing the joyous fun that springs out of people as they play together makes me remember why I play games in the first place. Thanks Josh! Link

WiiWare Demo’s Seem to Sell More Games on GoNintendo
Finally Nintendo has gotten some demos out there on to WiiWare and I am glad that the sales of those titles have gone up. Now we may start seeing demos as a standard practice for all VC games. I’d love to buck a round of an old school classic…

Naruto Shippuden: Ryujinki NTSC-J Wii First Look Opening, Stage, Multiplayer and Boss Fight on GoNintendo
Direct Link (Thanks TheWon!) Multiplayer First Look


WiiWare, Virtual Console, Pikmin 2, and more.

Posted: May 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wii news from around the web:

Nintendo Wii Game Console for $212 + free shipping (updated) on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Dell Home has the Nintendo Wii Game Console for $249.99 with free shipping. Apply coupon code “NQVX4R5XXSVD0T” and it falls to $234.99. That’s one of the few times we’ve seen the Wii for below list price. Sales tax is added where applicable. It…
 

Insert Caption: Star Trek on Cinematical
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption — the game that attempts to go where no man no one has gone before. Last week we asked you to cough up some worthy captions for a photo from the new film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, which stars…
 

Mute Mic is the perfect addition to your next antisocial karaoke event on Engadget
You know how your voice always sounds better in your own head than it does on tape? Apparently, someone in Japan agrees with you. To that end, they’ve put together a little microphone with a silencer — so the next time you come home at 3 am, all…
 

Wii Gaming Console $212.49 and Wii Fit Balance Board $76.49 on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
Dell Home has the Wii Gaming Console for a very low $212.49 after… This is a content summary only. Please visit Slickdeals.net for the full details.
 

Dell Home – Nintendo Wii Game Console for $235 + free shipping + Save Additional 3% Discount for DPA Users ($228 SHIPPED after DPA Discount) on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
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Piko’s QuakeGX – 0.06 on Nintendo-Scene
Piko has updated his alternate build of QuakeGX. Gamecube and Classic controllers are supported, and several bugs were fixed. In the previous version, the TCP client was added to Quake. From the release notes: Piko GX 0.06 Gamecube controller…
 

Microsoft’s Full Body Motion Controller Revealed? [Rumor] on Kotaku
Microsoft says that it will “completely transform how people think about home entertainment” at this year’s E3. A newly rumored motion controller that detects “full body” movement may be what the company has planned. According to a report from…
 

NMag review scores on GoNintendo
Wii Little King’s Story – 8/10 Pikmin 2 NPC – 8/10 Don King Boxing – 6/10 WiiWare Snowboard Riot – 5/10 Family Table Tennis – 2/10 Virtual Console Zelda: Majoras Mask – 9/10 Mega Man 3 – 8/10 Super Punch Out – 7/10 DS Giana Sisters -…
 

Nintendo of Europe’s online campaign kicks off on GoNintendo
We heard that Nintendo of Europe was going to start pushing the online capabilities of the Wii in a big way, and it looks like that campaign has just started. Online advertisements are just a small part of the plan, with TV commercials and more on…
 

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