Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: MadWorld, Resident Evil, Wii Remote, Wii Sports | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 – a way to use motion to play…” |
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“Click for the gallery of Champions You might think it derisive to call Sports Champions (working title) the Wii Sports of PlayStation Move , but it’s really intended as a compliment. Although the collection of sports-themed games are…” |
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““The Shoot” is a pretty fun title. The on-rails shooter propels you through a series of cheesy movie sets, populated by cardboard cut-out civilians, antiquated B-movie aliens and hulking robots. And then you shoot them … on the shoot . See? What’s…” |
| “Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Sony just revealed its new PlayStation Move motion controller. The new controller is similar to the Wii controller in that it moves seamlessly with the user, with Sony…” |
Posted: March 7th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Resident Evil, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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“Think twice before you say that using a game console to watch TV will never go mainstream because according to a survey from the Yankee Group , more people have a gaming console at home than a cable set-top box — in fact the survey says that 2…” |
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“This is Final Fantasy XIII’s week, as the game arrives in North America on PS3 and Xbox 360. Other releases of note: Assassin’s Creed II, DRM and all, on the PC, BlazBlue on PSP, and the BioShock 2 DLC. Let’s not forget Mega Man 10 on the PS3,…” |
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Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: MadWorld, Mii, New Super Mario Bros., Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, WiiWare | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “[NDS] RPG Maker DS (Enterbrain) [NDS] Phonics de Minitsuku Eigo (Meister Hero) [NDS] Steve Soresi no Business Eikaiwa PeraPera DS Training (IE Institute) [NDS] Steve Soresi no Eikaiwa PeraPera DS Training (IE Institute) [NDS] Gakken Europa 4:…” |
| “It appears that there have been some updates to the Wii services today, at least over in Europe. There are now updates available for the following channels… – Nintendo – BBC iPlayer – Today and Tomorrow – Mii Contest – Internet Thanks…” |
| “PSP 37,338 Wii 36,241 PS3 27,763 DSi LL 24,605 DSi 15,586 DS Lite 5,029 Xbox 360 2,510 PS2 1,912 PSP go 1,296 Link” |
| “A portion of an NWR interview with Jason Vandenberghe, creative director… NWR : Was there ever any thought to rebranding the game as a new franchise, considering the poor reputation of its predecessor and the completely different track this…” |
| “Direct link here Just one more reason to get yourself ready for the Netflix launch on Wii. Soon you can stream this baby right through Nintendo’s little white box! So good…so bad… Link” |
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“More screens here * GameTitle: Jr. League Sports * Developer: Data Design Interactive * Publisher: XS Games * Genre: Sports * Platforms: Wii * Release Date: March 2010 * Price: $19.99 * Rating: E for…” |
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“Seriously…MadWorld for $10. A retail Wii game that is costing less than the most expensive WiiWare games available. If you don’t have this game, but are old enough to purchase M-rated games, you really shouldn’t turn this deal…” |
| “This will be my last Daily… until the week after GDC. I know, scared you there didn’t I? Actually we’re not entirely sure what we’ll be doing about the Dailies next week, considering all but two of the Daily editors will be at GDC. I just realized…” |
| “The neverending story. The rumours are true. Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 isn’t anywhere near as impressive as it is on PlayStation 3. The real kicker is that it’s a lot worse than it should have…” |
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“Sony’s PlayStation Portable is still the bestselling (and worst selling) piece of hardware in Japan, moving another 37,000 PSPs of standard variety and nearly another 1300 of the “go” variety. The PSP secured the top spot on the hardware chart once…” |
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“The benefits of the Wii and exergaming to patients in hospitals and elder-care facilities has been discussed nearly since the console’s release. Researchers in San Diego now say that Wii games can combat the onset of depression in elderly persons. A…” |
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“Tough guy simulator Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou is Japan’s bestselling video game, the latest entry in the series that has made its way stateside under the name Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. It dethrones Capcom’s Biohazard 5 re-release this week. …” |
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“In January, Harmonix launched the tools needed for artists to publish their songs on the Rock Band Network . Today, the Rock Band Network Store opens to the public, with more than 100 new songs for fans to purchase and play. The Rock Band Network…” |
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“On March 4, 2000, Sony unleashed the successor to their wildly successful PlayStation on an unsuspecting world. Ten years later I’ve still got PlayStation 2 games on preorder. And to think I didn’t even care until 2002. In 1999, I was still new to…” |
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 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: No More Heroes, Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Resident Evil, Super Mario Galaxy | No Comments »
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“Welcome to the February 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, features, weekly columns and more, from Kotaku. Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s DICE summit, where video game…” |
Posted: February 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Sports | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “01 (__) [WII] Just Dance - 184,000 02 (02) [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 111,000 03 (01) [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 90,000 04 (__) [360] Mass Effect 2 - 90,000 05 (04) [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 61,000 06 (03) [WII] New Super Mario…” |
| “Direct link here Coming from Mr. Keighley’s Twitter… Great Reggie interview today….coming soon to GTTV. Find out if he has played the new Zelda for Wii or not.” |
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“Dead Space: Extraction is the only tile of the three that I’ve played, but it was darn good. I was very skeptical at first (as usual), but I really ended up enjoying what the game had to offer. Keep in mind, that is a gamer who dislikes on…” |
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 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Red Steel, Red Steel 2, Resident Evil, Super Mario Galaxy | No Comments »
Wii news from around the web:
| “Nintendo has confirmed there will be dedicated European online servers for Monster Hunter 3 on Wii.” |
| “Three-dee displays make me dizzy. I want to see real 3D without eyeglasses, which is exactly what this new Nintendo DSi game does. It opens a world to a new dimension by tracking your face with the DSi camera. Its name is Rittai Kakushi e…” |
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“I never owned a Nintendo 64, and that was totally fine. See, I lived within biking distance of a Blockbuster. Despite its gradual decline on account of downloadable demos and general console popularity (if you don’t have one, one of your friends…” |
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“I remember the good old days, when 2 or 3 guns was all a man needed. The Secret Armory Of General Knoxx Opens This Week MORE GUNSSSSS!!!! Kotaku-Tan, The T-Shirt For The Kotaku Fan Nice work by Meatbun . Super Mario Galaxy 2:…” |
Posted: February 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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“Don’t expect new console hardware from Nintendo in the near future. When asked “When do you think it’ll be time for new hardware?” in a recent interview with Gamespot, Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway replied, “I don’t think it’ll be any…” |
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“The re-release of Resident Evil 5—aka Biohazard on that side of the Pacific—looks like it has already paid for itself, the zombie hunting adventures of Chris and Jill delivering another 143,000 scares to Japanese gamers. This week also…” |
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“If there is one franchise that shouldn’t be overdone, it is Ghostbusters. I mean, it had one glorious film in 1984 that is still funny, though the special effects look fake. It is a shame that the Ghostbusters II wasn’t the beginning of…” |
| “Pour out the sands and check out some screens and artwork from Ubisoft's upcoming Wii title.” |
