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  Rhythm Paradise Brings Most Exciting Keynote Slide of the Year

  Follow up to the cult portable series Rhythm Heaven, Rhythm Paradise is coming to Wii this summer. We don’t know much beyond that it designed to be played “only with buttons”. But it’s clear from the slide a whole world of spaghetti stabbing awaits. Nintendo Heaven Financial Results Briefing (March 2011) [Nintendo.co.jp] Update: It has…

  By Joel Johnson Published April 26, 2011
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  Star Fox 64 3DS Remake is ‘Newly-Arranged’ and Motion-Controlled

  Star Fox 64 was one of the Nintendo 64’s best video games. It was a fantastic on-rails shooter, it introduced rumble to Nintendo console gaming and it gave the world one of the best pieces of advice ever delivered by software: “Do a barrel roll.” How in the world do the people re-making the game…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2011
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  It Sure Looks Like Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is Coming to the 3DS

  The magazine scans reader David points us towards are ridiculously blurry and the images vague, but three things are certain: That spiky-haired character is holding a Pokéball, the game is on the 3DS, and that’s Agate Village from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness For more than a decade now, Pokémon fans have been clamoring for…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony PlayStation Tablets’ Touchscreen D-Pad In Real Life

  A virtual d-pad has worked better on tablets and phones than many have expected, but mostly for games designed with those limitations in mind. [Impress Watch] One thing hasn’t changed: Sony knows how to make pretty hardware. The slate-style tablet isn’t as thin as you’d think. Sony’s New PlayStation Tablet is a Sexy Beast Today…

  By Joel Johnson Published April 26, 2011
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  Error-Riddled Mortal Kombat Guide Won’t Get Reprint Due to “Economics”

  Strategy guide maker Prima Guides told visitors to their website that the error-riddled strategy guide for Mortal Kombat likely won’t be seeing a second printing to correct the mistakes. “Economics makes a second printing unlikely, unfortunately,” a spokesperson wrote in response to fan’s displeasure with the new guide. Prima will printing corrected character quick reference…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 26, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Another week, another Tuesday—and what have we all got to say for ourselves? ShinLord has struck again, and proves that you can never have too much Minecraft (unless, of course, you’re the dead kid in the picture). Think you’ve also got some mad Photoshop skills? Submit your own handy-work at #TAYpics (Read this thread for…

  By Drew Cohen Published April 26, 2011
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  This Lady Is Dance Central

  FOOTLOOSE | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft shows off Dance Central. Nice stripes. (Photo by Game Watch Impress) You’ll Never Guess How Much These Drawings Cost Dreaming of Nintendo’s Next Console You’ve seen our buddy Sam Spratt give us his take on the next Nintendo console’s controllers and appearance, but what about you, dear reader? What about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  The Coolest Looking Nintendo 3DS Is The Customized One

  Deza Egg is a Japanese after market game hardware customizer. So if you’re not happy with the 3DS colors Nintendo is offering, Deza Egg can help. Deza Egg has sixty colors that users can choose from, and users can either send in their 3DS to be painted with prices starting at ¥19,980 (US$244) depending on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  No PSN Also Means No Street Fighter Costume Pack

  The PlayStation Network’s outage impacts more than PSN games and online play, it also holds up DLC. Capcom was planning to release a Super Street Fighter IV “Ultra Complete” costume pack today, but that’s not happening, obviously! The pack is delayed. [via Capcom]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Is WINtA Worth Warming up to?

  The father of music games, PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, is bringing his innovative rhythm game sense to the iPhone. Again. Masaya Matsuura developed an iPod game a few years. This time, he’s back with another music game for the iOS, titled WINtA, which is inspired by the Marvin Gaye lyric “War is not…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  This Year’s Most Bizarre Gaming Cameo

  Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game that should have been more exciting, is getting a sequel. With very young girls. And Keiji Inafune. In 2010, Keiji Inafune, best known for his work on Mega Man and Dead Rising, became an internet iconic in Japan. He’s opinionated and quotable. That’s not all—he appears to be a summons in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Dreaming of Nintendo’s Next Console

  You’ve seen our buddy Sam Spratt give us his take on the next Nintendo console’s controllers and appearance, but what about you, dear reader? What about our more talented reader’s takes? I put a call out last week for those handy with PhotoShop to drop us a line and send us some classy, realistic mock-ups…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  This Portal Turret will Snuggle its way into your Heart

  This hand-crafted Portal turret may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts. And that’s in its fancy motion-sensing capabilities, meaning whenever you mess around with this plush, it reacts just like an in-game turret would. Short of opening fire with live ammunition, at least. [via Super Punch]

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  The Air Force is Loaning out its PS3 Super-Computer

  When its not crunching data brought back by spy plane missions, the US Air Force’s PlayStation 3 super-computer (nicknamed “Condor”) is now being loaned out to universities so they can crunch slightly less dangerous data. One of those institutions is the University of Dayton in Ohio, where it’s being put to work creating “artificial neural…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony is Helping out Devs Affected by PSN Downtime

  While customers wait to hear, well, anything of substance from Sony regarding the continued PlayStation Network downtime, at least somebody is hearing from the company, and that’s developers affected by the prolonged outage. Mad Blocker Alpha is a game that was supposed to have been released on the PSN last week, but because of the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  See Some Actual LA Noire Gameplay Footage

  LA Noire was shown off behind closed doors earlier tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was a strictly no-cameras kind of event, something YouTube user Darkskater7991 seems to have overlooked. See it before it’s gone! And if it’s gone by the time you’re reading this, well…the sun will come up tomorrow. Tomorrow.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Why Is Nintendo Releasing a New Console?

  Well, besides the fact that Wii sales are on a downward slide, Wii games don’t look good on HD televisions and the console is starting to show its age. Besides all that, there must be a reason. “It’s become hard for software makers to surprise customers with the current Wii,” Nintendo honcho president recently told…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Walt Disney Presents…Metroid

  Atlantis aside, Disney’s animation arm would never actually come up with something this cool. Disney Samus by villainzekes

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  What New Nintendo Games Can We Expect in 2011?

  It’s April. Soon it will be May. And to fill out the rest of 2011, Nintendo is going to release games. Most of them have already been revealed, but here’s a handy list of titles Nintendo plans out putting out in 2011. Here’s a rundown, courtesy of Nintendo. Some titles, such as Paper Mario, are…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Goodbye, Blue Screen Of Death!

  It’s been a hallmark of PC gaming (and, well, PC using) for years now: when Windows really does something wrong, users have been greeted by the dreaded “blue screen of death”, crashing their system. No more! Instead, it appears as though the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 8, does something similar to the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011