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250 Foxconn Employees Poisoned By Pesticide

This time it isn’t an employee falling off a roof or out of a window. This time, it’s pesticide. Foxconn, the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics, is responsible for assembling the Xbox 360, the PS3, the Wii, the iPhone and more. After 250 workers at the company’s Chennai, India plant were hospitalized, Foxconn had no…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2010

Metroid: Other M Trailer Goes Shooting, Gets Chatty

This is a “story” trailer for Metroid: Other M, the upcoming franchise reinterpretation from Team Ninja. You won’t get much story out of it if you don’t speak Japanese, but it’s still awfully pretty to look at. Highlights include a David Beckham cameo at 55 seconds, as well as an absolute wealth of gameplay footage,…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2010

Dragon Quest 90210

90210 actress Jessica Lowndes undergoes Nintendo’s Dragon Quest IX Experience at the Wired Cafe during Comic-Con 2010.

By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010

What Is Nintendo’s “CrossPass”?

Nintendo has registered several trademarks in Japan, including the titles 3D Challenge, 3D Paddleball or 3D Hopper. Those could be actual games (mini-games?) or they could be tech demos for the upcoming 3D-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo also registered CrossPass, CrossPass Mode, CrossPass Network, and CrossPass Connection, which sound as though they are related to the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010

Meet Pokémon Triple-Zero

Say hello to Victini, a brand-new Pokémon coming in the upcoming Black and White games with a very special number: #000. Those familiar with Pokémon and Pokédexi will know that the pocket monster list for any Pokémon game generally starts at #001. This would seem to indicate that there’s something special about Victini, other than…

By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Who Wants Some Pie?

Who doesn’t love pie? Wholesome, delicious goodness, wrapped in a buttery, flaky crust. This week’s Nintendo Doesn’t contain pie, but if it did, it would taste like Aero the Acrobat and Hamsterz. Yum! I’m sorry about tempting you folks with pie. I had to do something to make this week a little more interesting, but…

By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2010

Night Of The Living Mushroom Kingdom

He feasts on the flesh of the living (mushrooms). By mrksaari, via Game Informer

By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2010

Teasing The Virtual Boy On Its 15th Birthday

It was 15 years ago this month that the ill-fated Virtual Boy, Nintendo’s only real failure in the video game hardware market, was released in Japan. To celebrate, here are mock-ups of some games that never appeared on the system! Pixel Joint are running a contest this week to drawp up what it would look…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2010

The Nintendo Game You Control With YOUR FACE

Controlling a video game with your hands? Check. Controlling one by swinging your arms around? Check, Nintendo’s done that. Controlling one with your feet? Ditto. Controlling a game with your face? Nintendo has done, too. The title of DSi Ware game “Kao Glider” (Face Glider) says it all: you control a hang glider with your…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2010

Reviews

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Review: Do Good, Inc.

Be a hero. Be yourself. Do good in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, a game in which you play a fallen angel trying to help other people down on their luck. As the mute warrior that will bear whatever name you’ll give him or her, you’ll join a randomly generated squad of…

By Michael McWhertor Published July 23, 2010

The Kids Of Today Play The Games Of Yesterday

Kids today, with their FAQs and their very easy modes, they’ve got it made. Let’s see what they think of games from a time when boys were men, ate nails for breakfast and had hair on their backs. They’re…quite polite, actually. Though I think the finer points of Starfox elude them… Click to view See…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2010

Worker At Foxconn Affiliate Falls To His Death

An employee at a Foxconn affiliate has fallen to his death at a company dormitory building, reports the Xinhua news agency. Foxconn manufactures electronics like the Wii, the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the iPhone. Its Shenzhen plant has suffered ten suicides this year, causing the company to ditch its suicide compensation and look into…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2010

New Zelda Is An Ocarina Of Time Prequel (Of Sorts)

You may think that the concept of a coherent timeline for the Legend of Zelda games is either a sick joke or a…joke, but Nintendo maintains there is one. And that the upcoming Skyward Sword fits neatly into it. In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, series overseer Eiji Aonuma says, “Yes there is a…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2010

These Are The Games Going To Comic-Con

Video games have a huge presence at this year’s Comic-Con, with offerings from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Capcom, Activision, Konami and more. Going by the long list of games in this post, it may be the biggest ever. If you find yourself at the show, stop by these publisher and developer booths to get your hands…

By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2010

You Won’t Impress The Ladies Stealing A Nintendo From A Little Girl

If I didn’t have enough money to impress a girl, I’d, I don’t know, make her something. Write her a poem. Sing her something. 17 year-old Anthony Etienne took the easy route, and stole some poor kid’s DS. It’s alleged the boy, from West Brighton in New York, figured stealing a DS from a little…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2010

Pokémon Suing Over Pictures Of Pokémon Cards

The Pokémon Company may have a fancy name, but it’s still part of Nintendo, and we all know Nintendo is good at two things: making video games, and suing people. Last week, The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit in the US against sports card company Beckett. Why? Beckett publishes Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector!, a magazine…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2010

One Day This Wooden NES Will Be a Real Little Boy

Hand-carved wooden NES (and flatscreen) sculpture, listed for $650 on eBay, minimum bid $250, received zero bids. Poor wooden NES. He’s also got swapped A and B, and Select and Start buttons. [Seen via Hot Blooded Gaming]

By Owen Good Published July 20, 2010

Metroid: Other M Creators Offer Rare Look At The Guts Of A Nintendo Game

The people behind Wii title Metroid: Other M provide an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the forthcoming adventures of Samus Aran in this 17-minute-long video that offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a Nintendo game. Series director Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi explain just about everything a Metroid fan…

By Michael McWhertor Published July 20, 2010

Microsoft’s Take On The Cost of Motion Gaming

This look at Microsoft’s internal take on the true cost of motion gaming, obtained by Kotaku, has its charm, but isn’t completely anchored in reality. Microsoft, it seems, makes the argument that you need all of the stuff shown from Sony and Nintendo to match the motion-controlling abilities of Kinect on the PS3 and Wii.…

By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2010

Microsoft Prices Kinect, Xbox 360 Motion Games

Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 will be $150 and come with a copy of Kinect Adventures when the motion controller hits stores in November, the company said today. Kinect games will sell for $50 each. Microsoft’s news today confirms rumor about the price of the add-on that have been making the rounds since…

By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2010