Call of Duty: World at War, Pikmin, Arc Rise Fantasia, and more.

Posted: February 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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The Ghostbusters Peripheral We Should Have Had [Wii]Kotaku on “cool” via Recommendations in Google Reader
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…

Rock Band Weekly Gets Disturbed, Adds Silversun Pickups & More [Rock Band] on Kotaku
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…

Review Round Up: Micro Zombie Invasion [List] on Kotaku
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…

PlayStation Wins, Places In Japan’s Weekly Hardware Race [Console Taisen] on Kotaku
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…

Transformers: War For Cyberton Preview: A World Without Michael Bay’s Robots [Impressions] on Kotaku
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…

Arc Rise Fantasia Is As Pretty As Eight New Pictures [Screens] on Kotaku
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…

FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow [Impressions] on Kotaku
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…

Disney’s Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really. [Impressions] on Kotaku
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…


Rock Band 2, Wii Menu, Wii Sports, and more.

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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The 10 Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of Feb 1) [Wii] on Kotaku
Welcome to a month of declines. Every month we at Kotaku show which Wii games have racked up the most playing time, per player, since launch. And this month, all but two of the 10 declined or were flat. (Click the chart to enlarge) Rune Factory…


Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort, and more.

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

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Spectrobes: Origins for Nintendo Wii $10 shipped at buy.com on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
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Wii Fit Ultimate (Accessory) Bundle: $24.99 + FS @ Buy on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
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MASSIVE amount of Target Clearance finds! Videogames, golf sets, etc! YMMV on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 11 Posted By: Butcherboy Views: 8110 Replies: 10 clearance yesterday at Target (Voorhees NJ) YMMV , YMMVPS3Battlefield Bad Company $4.98 (was $19.99)Demon’s Souls $41.98 (was $59.99)Scene It, Bright Lights Big Screen $27.98 (was…


The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, and more.

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle – review on GoNintendo
A portion of a Hanafuda Times review… With its retro style, it’s practical use of the classic controller, and it’s more-than-amazing boss battles, Desperate Struggle is yet another masterpiece from the Quentin Tarantino of video games: Suda…

New shovelware coming to Wii from UFO Interactive on GoNintendo
Man, this game is going to be horrible. You don’t even need to see any screens or hear details to know that. I love Chuck E. Cheese, but I think I’ll stick to the brick and mortar locations instead of the game. Thanks to Hero of Legend…

Norwegian top 20 VC/WiiWare/DSiWare – week 4 on GoNintendo
WiiWare 1 (1) – Pokémon Rumble Demo version 2 (3) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord Demo version 3 (2) – World of Goo Demo version 4 (4) – NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Demo version 5 (5) – BIT.TRIP BEAT Demo version 6 (6) -…

Amazon – Top 5 software sales worldwide, per platform on GoNintendo
Nintendo Wii North America: 1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) 2. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) 4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo) 5. Just Dance (Ubisoft) Japan: 1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) 2. Wii…

GoNintendo and GameDaily feature – Nintendo’s most under-appreciated games on GoNintendo
When you think of Nintendo, your mind is automatically filled with years and years of fantastic memories. The Mario outings, the Zelda adventures, the Kirby journeys, the Metroid missions…and so much more. There’s no shortage of…

Nintendo’s Iwata dismisses iPad on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Mario Factory president says Apple’s latest device offered “no surprises”; marginalizes HD gaming; rules out HD Wii, motion-sensing DS.

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
The Dell Adamo is back at a nice price, Panasonic’s VIERA is a superb choice for an HDTV, and if you’re hankerin’ for some sublime bear and unicorn action then today’s Hobomodo is a must for any iPhone owner. Top Deals: • 13.4″ Dell Adamo Laptop…


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

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

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Wii Price Cut Nicks Away at Nintendo’s Profit on E-Commerce Times
Nintendo, maker of the hit Wii game console, said profit for April through December fell 9 percent after price cuts and the rising yen tarnished strong holiday sales. Nintendo reported Thursday a $2.1 billion profit for the nine months through Dec….

eForCity Deals (Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board Skin $10.99) at Eforcity on Techbargains.com
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Wandering About With Shiren The Wanderer [Clips] on Kotaku
Atlus’ Shiren the Wanderer for the Wii might not be a roguelike RPG, but if it were, it would sure be an attractive one, as this walkthrough video demonstrates. The video tells you everything you need to know about Shiren the Wanderer, from the fact…

Nintendo Asks You To Get LOST on Wuhu Island [Pop Culture] on Kotaku
You know, pop-culture referencing television show Lost isn’t the only form of entertainment that includes island fun. With the final season of the show kicking off next week, Nintendo wants to remind you about that OTHER island. With more than 4.2…

New Super Mario Bros. Beats Out Valkyria Chronicles 2 In Japan [Sales Get] on Kotaku
After giving up the first place spot to Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for a couple weeks, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii returns to the top of the weekly Media Create sales charts. It was still a pretty good week for PSP software, however,…

Why A Man Plays Mario [Feature] on Kotaku
I’m 33 and, with mixed emotions, I play games that star Super Mario. The people who sell Mario games would say it’s great to play Mario games. Mario is for everyone. My gut tells me that playing Mario, the adventures of a fat plumber in a Mushroom…

The First Perfect Game on MLB 2K10 Wins $1 Million [Sports] on Kotaku
2K Sports is offering a $1 million prize to the first player to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10, laying down the bounty as a statement of confidence in the authenticity of their game’s revamped pitching controls.The million-dollar prize is believed…

The 2010 Zelda Of Your Dreams [Art] on Kotaku
Nintendo’s refusal to step into the “next” generation of hardware means we’re years away from seeing a high definition Zelda game. Still, a man can dream… These images were generated by Zelda fan Ryu-Gi, using Garry’s Mod, a PC utility which allows…

Nintendo Game Sales: Mario, Pokemon, Zelda Selling Millions (Millions!) [Nintendo] on Kotaku
It wasn’t just hardware and money Nintendo was dealing with today; software sales were also announced as part of the company’s latest financial report. All figures listed are lifetime sales. If you’re wondering why a particular game isn’t listed,…

Nintendo Reveals Lifetime Hardware Shipment Figures [Nintendo] on Kotaku
Nintendo today released its financial results for the period between April 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. And after the money stuff was all done with, the company announced some lifetime hardware shipment numbers. Those numbers are as follows: Wii -…

Nintendo Games Dominate Overall Wii, DS Sales [Business] on Kotaku
Sure, that headline reads like “sky is blue”, but retail data firm The NPD Group today released figures showing just how reliant Nintendo software sales are on, well, Nintendo games. For the 2009 calendar year, total revenue for games sold on…

What do Indie Gaming’s All-Stars think of Apple’s iPad? on Boing Boing
Before Steve Jobs had even brought yesterday’s iPad-announcing keynote to a close, I called together a quorum of indie gaming’s Justice League — a handful of the best and brightest developers pushing the medium forward across every new device — to…

How Many Computers & Consoles You Really Need? on GameProducer.Net
Sometimes it makes me wonder how many computers & consoles developers have. In our home, we have three computers. I don’t have a console nor a smart phone. I have been pondering getting a bigger screen (and who knows what kind of PC…


WiiWare, Rock Band 2, No More Heroes, and more.

Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Tatsunoko vs Capcom, No More Heroes 2, and Uno highlight New Game Get on Infendo – Nintendo blog
The Wii has it going ON this week with Tatsunoko VS. Capcom and No More Heroes 2 coming out. I have to admit that Uno for WiiWare is enticing since it uses online multiplayer. Plus there’s a LucasArts SNES game I’ve never heard of. And…


Rock Band 2, Nintendo Points, and more.

Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , | No Comments »

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The Best Video Game Costume & Character Design Of 2009 [Editors Choice] on Kotaku
Not having played every game on every platform, I was hesitant to issue genre/platform awards for my “Best Of” individual editor picks. Instead, I opted for one aspect of games that rarely gets award-level attention—costume and character…

Rock Band Messin’ With A Sonofabitch Next Week [Dlc] on Kotaku
MTV Games and Harmonix are bringing cowbell classic “Hair of the Dog” from Nazareth to Rock Band next week alongside a batch of classic and arena rock from Hawkwind, Motörhead, Blue Öyster Cult and more. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 owners can enjoy…


Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Virtual Console, Red Steel 2, and more.

Posted: January 20th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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NPD: Wii Play is best selling ‘game’ of all time in the US on Joystiq
If there’s a statistic measuring how well a game sold, you’re likely to find Wii Play lingering in it somewhere. It’s not only been the best-selling game of 2009, but also just recently made itself known as the top seller for the last decade. Now,…

Sega Ultimate Genesis Collection bringing official Genesis emulation to iPhone, pain to your wallet on Engadget
After packaging and re-marketing to us our childhood over Nintendo’s Wii Virtual Console and in a multitude of other forms, Sega is putting another platform to good use in its eternal quest to make us poor: the iPhone. Due for the App Store next…

Harmonix Opens Rock Band Network Public Beta on 1UP RSS feed
Great news for musicians who want to see their songs in Rock Band 2: After what seems like ages in closed beta testing, the Rock Band Network is now open to the public. Though the in-game Rock Band Network store isn’t yet available, aspiring track…

Red Steel 2 coming Mar 23 to Wii on Infendo – Nintendo blog
Red Steel 2 doesn’t deserve the coverage it’s gotten so far, because the first game underwhelmed. But many Nintendo fans remain interested because it’s one of the few grittier games on the horizon. And it’s coming March 23,…


Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Mario Kart DS, and more.

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

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Amazon top 50 of the week – NA/Europe/Japan on GoNintendo
North America’s Top 50 1. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii) 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) 3. Wii Play with Wii Remote (Wii) 4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Wii) 6. Wii Sports Resort with Wii…


Rock Band 2 and more.

Posted: December 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: | No Comments »

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Rock Band Takes A Gamble On Even More Country [Harmonix] on Kotaku
Harmonix, clearly knowing when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em, has gone all in—in terms of bringing exactly seven new country tinged tracks to Rock Band next week. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 owners with a taste for twang should count their…