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PokéPark 2: Beyond the World Hits Japan in November

On Nov. 12, PokéPark 2: Beyond the World will be released in Japan on the Wii. The Pokémon theme park spin-off is the sequel to the 2010 title. [Nintendo]

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011

Japan, Get Ready To Party with a New Wii Bundle

This November, Nintendo is rolling out a new bundle in Japan. The white or black Nintendo Wii will come with a regular Wii Remote Plus and a Nunchuk as well as a pink Wii-mote Plus and a copy of Wii Party All priced at ¥20,000 (US$260)—a good deal as the Wii console itself is priced…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011

Stupid-Looking 3DS Slide Pad Gets a Monster Box

Nintendo’s dumb-looking and uncomfortable 3DS Slide Pad will be sold separately as well as bundled with Monster Hunter 3 (-tri) G Nintendo is releasing two Monster Hunter 3 (-tri) G bundles in Japan. One comes with the slide pad and the game. It’s priced at ¥6,990 ($91) The other costs ¥20,800 ($271) and comes with…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011

The 3DS Now Comes In a Lovely Shade of White

Nintendo handheld colour change alert: come November 3, Japanese customers will be able to buy a 3DS in a shade called “Ice White”. It looks, pardon my French, shit hot. Love the contrast effect between the glossy white and the black. It’ll be the same price the 3DS is at the moment in Japan, which…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2011

Nintendo Will be at the New York Comic-Con

We’ll be at New York Comic-Con next week, starting next Thursday. So will Nintendo, because they want to show you big fall games, including Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Booth 1538.

By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2011

Zelda Lessons Learned: Never Bet Your Beard Against Zelda Williams

Occasionally bearded actor Robin Williams named his daughter after the oft-kidnapped princess of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda. That naming choice seems to have imbued young Zelda Williams with preternatural Master Sword skills in the recently released downloadable version of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Robin and Zelda continue to promote Zelda games…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 4, 2011

Monsters vs. Aliens Scares Up 3DS Content. Just in time for Halloween.

Nintendo revealed this morning that 3D video shorts featuring DreamWorks Animation slated for Oct. as well as another Blue Man Group video. That’s not all, 3net is also providing a handful of clips. DreamWorks Animation is creating two Halloween-themed shorts for the 3DS, premiering this month. The first one is available starting today, and it…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011

Zombie Luigi is Trying to Bite Mario’s Face Off

Custom toy creator KodyKoala, who you’ve seen here once or twice (or thrice!) , is back with another great piece based on the Mushroom Kingdom. And it’s a Mushroom Kingdom gone bad. Luigi has eaten a zombie mushroom and turned flesh-eater, depicted here trying to eat his brother’s face off and wear his guts for…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011

Skyward Sword‘s Motion Controls Feel Fine, Just Fine

Ever since Nintendo announced the Wii’s upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, there has been much debate and consternation over its control scheme. Skyward Sword will be the first Zelda game to use Nintendo’s more advanced Motion Plus controls for the Wii—players will either have to buy the MP add-on for their standard Wii…

By Kirk Hamilton Published October 3, 2011

€4.8 Million in Fines Issued Against Video Game “Pirates”

The Paris’ Court of Appeals last week issued €4.8 million in fines against a half-dozen companies importing and selling devices that can be used on Nintendo platforms to play homebrew and pirated games, Electronic Theatre reports. The report calls these devices “linkers” but says they’re also know as R4 cards or Magicom. The court imposed…

By Brian Crecente Published October 3, 2011

Your Cable Box Is Dying. Long Live the Game Console!

Your cable box is headed for obsolescence. It may not be within the next year, but it could be within the next three that having a box dedicated to TV programming sitting under or next to your television will no longer be the norm. Instead, more universally usable entertainment devices will become the hub for…

By Brian Crecente Published October 3, 2011

Here’s the 3DS Hacked and Running a 3DS Game

Shortly after its release in Japan, hackers demonstrated that, yes, the 3DS could run an R4 cartridge, the notorious piracy medium that has given Nintendo fits throughout the lifespan of the DS. That was to be expected, as the R4 is a DS medium, and the 3DS is backward compatible. The 3DS cartridge is a…

By Owen Good Published October 1, 2011

Zelda Creator Talks Up Skyward Sword (Now with Subtitles!)

Nintendo’s pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference was in Japanese. Now, weeks later, Nintendo of America has subtitled the bit in which Shigeru Miyamoto talks up The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Miyamoto’s Presentation [Edge] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2011

A History of Nintendo Handhelds On Beautiful Little Posters

Club Nintendo goodies, rewards offered by the company for serious and long-serving fans, aren’t usually that great (outside Japan, at least). But these Nintendo handheld cards, celebrating 31 years of portable goodness, they’re great Available for 300 coins, there are 12 in the set, each individual piece measuring around 6×4 inches. They even come with…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2011

Swashbuckling! Romance! Logs! These Skyward Sword Videos Contain All of Those Things

As I mentioned in my preview of the game’s opening hours, swordplay in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is intuitive and fun. This is largely due to the fact that it incorporates the Wii’s Motion Plus controller, allowing for much more nuance in how players swing the blade. In the tutorial video above, we…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 29, 2011

Zelda and Mario in One Nintendo Download? Is It Our Birthday?

After several weeks of completely forgettable downloadable game offerings, Nintendo drops a free Zelda game, a Super Mario sequel, and a particularly intriguing WiiWare title, all at once. I might faint! Technically the free Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition dropped yesterday, but I’m feeling charitable today, so we’ll accept its inclusion in the…

By Mike Fahey Published September 29, 2011

The First Two Dreamlike Hours of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

At times, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword feels a bit like a dream, one of those vivid ones that’s all colors and sunshine, freedom and flying. Earlier this week I played the first several hours of the game at a Nintendo press event and came away impressed with the complexity of the controls, the…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 29, 2011

Fall In Love with Zelda All Over Again with These Skyward Sword Screens

Dammit, Nintendo. Just when everyone is ready to write you off and declare the Wii as totally irrelevant, you do this This, of course, is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The Wii is showing its age, sure, and, yes, the graphics have jagded edges. But this is a proper Zelda game, and it shows…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2011

Skydiving and Swordplay Abound in Skyward Sword‘s Dramatic New Trailer

The newest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword teases many of the events and characters seen in the first few hours of the game — the village of Skyloft, the Wing Ceremony, Zelda and Link, and the general dream-like beauty of the game. It also shows a few things that I wasn’t able…

By Kirk Hamilton Published September 29, 2011

Nintendo’s Cutest Game In a Long Time is This Little Puzzler

One reason why we haven’t had a new Wars game in a while is that Nintendo studio Intelligent Systems has been busy working on other projects. Like Hiku-osu, this adorable puzzle game for the 3DS. There’s not much to it: you push and pull giant blocks around to build steps and platforms so that you…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2011