Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Overlord: Dark Legend, Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil, The Beatles: Rock Band, Wii Remote, WiiWare | No Comments »
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| “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…” |
| “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…” |
| “After making a grand return on WiiWare, Frogger continues his street crossing adventure on DSiWare.” |
| “Wii players with a Netflix account can finally see their movies on the system today.” |
| “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….” |
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“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…” |
Posted: April 6th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: The Beatles: Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda | No Comments »
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“Click to transform into gallery Playable versions of Decepticons Shockwave and Demolisher are part of Activision’s pre-order bonuses for Transformers: War for Cybertron . Squishy humans who pre-order through Amazon will receive an unlock…” |
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“Whether you’re drowning in peripherals or relatively new to the music simulation racket, Amazon’s got two options for you to jump into The Beatles: Rock Band . As part of the retailer’s Deal of the Day, the — wait a minute . Have we written this…” |
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“After popping up on the ESRB and OFLC rating websites, a game called ” Transformers: Cybertron Adventures” for Wii led some to wonder whether it was a new, unannounced game. An Activision representative tells Joystiq that it’s “the Wii version”…” |
| “It really is. With over 2 million copies sold since its November release, Ubisoft’s Just Dance has become the fastest-selling new intellectual property from a third-party publisher on Wii… ever.” |
| “In the year 2010, I firmly believe that of all the criticisms you can level at the Wii, the one thing you can’t say is that it doesn’t sport a unique and fulfilling library. In fact, the year 2010 seems to be the year that the Wii finally provides…” |
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“[ By Marc in Games & Gaming . ] Few video games fly off of store shelves, and of those that do, only a small minority have a successful sequel. Despite the difficulties, there are some games that strike a chord with gamers to…” |
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“We’re not sure what to make of this thing. On one hand the design is clearly out of the box in a way Nintendo tends to think, but the twisting and turning seems just a tad too far from the norm to be real. But the Japanese site says it’s…” |
Posted: March 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Guitar Hero World Tour, Nintendo Points, The Beatles: Rock Band | No Comments »
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“Harmonix has another full album of DLC queued up for the Rock Band music store, and this one’s a real doozy: Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is coming to the music sim next week, along with the title track off Hendrix’s upcoming…” |
| “Netflix is finally available on the Wii, with subscribers now receiving their start up discs in the mail.” |
Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: New Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Super Mario Bros., The Beatles: Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda, Wii Fit, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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| “The BAFTA awards represent a rare opportunity to get the thrill of watching your favorite high-profile games rack up more plaudits long after the end of the year. They also represent the opinions of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,…” |
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“Has it been a while since you last took Wiimote in hand and waggled the hours away with a hot new game? Perhaps you’ve just been waiting for the right occasion before investing in a new title — if that’s the case, you’ll want to turn your gaze upon…” |
| “Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games amazon.com U.S. Current Rank / [Previous] / Title / (System) / Company 1. [na] Walk It Out (Wii) – Konami 2. [2] Just Dance (Wii) – Ubisoft 3. [9] Heavy Rain (PS3) – Sony 4. [na] The Beatles: Rock Band software…” |
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| “6:00 AM PST: Go behind closed doors and into the recording studio with rock legends. (Confirmed: Beatles: Rock Band) 9:00 AM PST: Join your favorite Toy Story characters in the shooting gallery. 12:00 PM PST: Lose weight, win challenges and stay…” |
| “Hey look, it’s some Nintendo Power tips that you can actually use today! A little helpful set of hints for Blaster Master were stuck on this Nintendo Power promo back in the day. Man, remember when Nintendo was all about the NES, and wacky…” |
| “EDISON, N.J., February 16, 2010 – Leave the quarters in the piggybank and relive the arcade era’s best titles from the comfort of your couch! Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass…” |
| “- 1st quarter 2010: All Star Karate (Wii) – 1st quarter 2010: Beat City (NDS) – 1st quarter 2010: SpongeBob’s Boating Bash (Wii, NDS) Link” |
| “A portion of a CVG interview with Headstrong studio head Bradley Crooks… CVG: What was the key to making an adult Wii game like Overkill a success? What do you think separated it in the eyes of consumers from less successful adult Wii…” |
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“As you see in the BBFC listing above, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is going to be a rather cut-scene heavy affair. Hopefully those 90 minutes are entertaining! If not, you might be able to switch over to Prince of Persia: Classic, which…” |
| “BURBANK, Calif., Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Disney Interactive Studios today officially announced development of Toy Story 3: The Video Game, supporting all major platforms and featuring a fun, new way to enjoy the Toy Story universe….” |
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Super Mario Bros., Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The Beatles: Rock Band, Wii Fit, Wii Remote, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort | No Comments »
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“Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii had a big January, following its 2.8 million copies sold in December ‘09 with another 650,000-plus copies to Mario-hungry Wii owners in the United States. The one game that came closest to Nintendo’s super popular…” |
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“In Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Ultimate All -Stars, players select from among 26 characters plucked from the universes of Tatsunoko Productions and Capcom to create a tag team to brawl their way through waves of paired-off fighters. Much has been made of…” |
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“The Beatles’ classic “All You Need is Love,” once exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band, is finally making its way to the PlayStation 3 and Wii, with its charitable intentions intact. Released for the Xbox 360 in September of…” |
| “It might not be GoldenEye, but Rare is almost set to release Perfect Dark on the Xbox Live Arcade. Earlier today, at Microsoft’s X10 event, it was announced that Perfect Dark would be among the four Arcade games released in March as a part of the…” |
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“Overall U.S. video game sales fell 13 percent in January to $1.17 billion, according to market researcher NPD. Game hardware sales fell 21 percent to $353.7 million, driven by both so-so sales in January and higher hardware prices a year ago….” |
| “Infographic: Rob Vargas One happy consequence of last year’s rough economic season was that more people had more time on their hands–and instead of playing Wii all day (though there was, undoubtedly, plenty of that, too), they decided to chip in,…” |
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| “KTRK-13′S DEBORAH WRIGLEY reports that the Lakewood/Osteen self-help congregation has started a drive-through faith-healing service. Can the Lakewood Remote Faith-Healing editions for the Wii and iPhone be far behind?” |
| “Here’s something that’s definitely worth taking note of. In the most recent IGN Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, we learn that IGN got themselves a copy of Endless Ocean: Blue World a few days back for review. IGN got a review copy of a…” |
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: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Bit.Trip, Nintendo Points, The Beatles: Rock Band, WiiWare | No Comments »
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“Xbox 360 owners have had plenty of alone time with the Microsoft-exclusive, charity-benefitting “All You Need is Love” DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, but it’s about time PlayStation 3 and Wii users had a crack at it. Harmonix announced this morning…” |
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“Gravity Crash developer Just Add Water has announced a brand new game for PSP, PS3 and iPhone. Vektar Beat is a “rhythm/puzzle game” that will presumably feature vector-styled graphics. Taking a page from WiiWare’s Bit.Trip franchise, Vektar Beat is…” |
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: Nintendo Points, The Beatles: Rock Band, Wii Remote | No Comments »
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“All you really need to know about Rock of the Dead is that it’s — as the developers at Epicenter (Real Heroes: Firefighters) describe — Typing of the Dead meets Guitar Hero. Judging by the build demonstrated to IGN, the game allows you to use a…” |
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“The Beatles: Rock Band single “All You Need is Love” will bounce on trampolines over to Wii and PS3 on February 16 and March 4, respectively. The song was initially released exclusively on Xbox 360, with proceeds from purchases going to Doctors…” |
Posted: January 31st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: The Beatles: Rock Band | No Comments »
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| “*Wii & Gamecube – 2.4GHZ ShockWave Wireless Controller (White)* This is a content summary only. Please visit Slickdeals.net for the full details.” |
| “Amazon.com offers Harmonix’s The Beatles: Rock Band for Nintendo Wii (game only) for $30.89 with free shipping. That’s $9 under our mention from last month and the lowest total price we could find by $6. Note that this is the game only and does not…” |
Posted: January 30th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Wii | Tags: NBA Live 09, Resident Evil, Super Mario Galaxy, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda | No Comments »
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“The following guest post was written by Edo Segal (@edosegal). Earlier last week, as the day was coming to an end and I was speaking with my 5 year old at bedtime we shared the highlights of our day. I started by telling him the company that created…” |
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“There have been a lot of mixed signals from Nintendo about whether fans should expect The Legend of Zelda Wii this year: First Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said the game was “not committed” to 2010, then Nintendo president Satoru…” |
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“In what may be the best symbolic example yet of Nintendo’s current phase of prosperity, president Satoru Iwata announced that lifetime sales of the Wii have surpassed those of the NES, and the DS has outsold the Game Boy — making them, respectively,…” |
| “No real theme to this week’s deals, but that means there’s a wide array of cheap stuff being offered out there – some of it meh, most of it good.Hardware • 360 console update: Best Buy has the Elite with free Madden NFL and an extra controller ($76…” |
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“Apple’s unveiling of a tablet PC threatened to crowd out the rest of the games and devices news this week, but we didn’t let that stop us from delivering our usual slate of reports, reviews and rumors.iPad Hands On With Apple’s iPad, Everything But…” |
