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Spectrobes Now In Convenient Novel Format

Disney continues to stand behind their answer to the Pokémon, releasing a series of junior novels based in the Spectrobes universe. Disney’s enthusiasm for the series they had created from the ground up is admirable, and there tenacity is something to see. They aren’t just fostering a video game franchise, but attempting to sow the…

By Mike Fahey Published June 30, 2009

Nintendo Patents WarioWare Take On Othello

The last time we unearthed a big new Nintendo patent, we found hints of a video game paradigm shift. This time, Nintendo may have locked up a multiplayer mode from a 2004 GameCube game. On June 23, the United States granted Nintendo patent number 7,5489,923 a more than 11,000-word patent invented by WarioWare director Goro…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 30, 2009

Wii Sports Resort Is The Third Best Selling Wii Title

Last week, sports game collection Wii Sports Resort went on sale in Japan. Loads of people bought it. The game launched on June 25, and in its first four days, the title moved 353,827 copies. Sales-wise for the first four days, that puts Wii Sports Resort behind Mario Kart Wii (608,000) and Super Smash Bros.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2009

Reviews

The Conduit Review: A Bland, But Enjoyable Shooter

In Sega’s The Conduit, you play as a pawn in a vast conspiracy involving aliens, shadowy government agencies, and the president of the United States. But the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter hopes to win gamers over not with its plot and known voice talent, but its nuanced controls and solid multiplayer gaming. With the ability to…

By Brian Crecente Published June 29, 2009

The Nintendo Download: Summertime In The Fantasy Zone

It’s summertime, and on top of the usual crop of random puzzle games and a return to the Fantasy Zone, Nintendo has a couple of games available for download today that accurately simulate being outside. What’s outside, you ask? No earthly clue. As far as I am concerned my world ends at that heavy curtain…

By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2009

Reviews

Art Style Boxlife Micro-Review: Smart Misery

It’s a 2009 phenomenon: some of the smartest and most artistically adventurous games released on any of the big platforms come from Nintendo’s Art Style line. Enter Boxlife, the first good game about boring factory work. (Sorry, Shenmue!) What makes you laugh as a gamer? A joke? A line of dialogue or a sight gag?…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 26, 2009

What MotionPlus Adds to Tiger Woods Golf

I spent some time late last week messing around with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 on the Wii to see what MotionPlus brings to the experience. Quite a lot, it turns out. As you can see in this video, the biggest addition to the game is the ability for it to detect your wrists position…

By Brian Crecente Published June 26, 2009

If New Super Mario Bros. Wii Was In Fact Old Super Mario Bros. Wii…

What if, instead of looking a lot like the DS version of Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii looked more like the NES versions of Mario? Or the SNES version? Well, then it’d look like this. Gotta say, that Super Mario World one looks pretty damn hot. [Mama Robotnik @ NeoGAF]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2009

Watch Professional Poker Players Compete In… Excitebots?!

Despite positive reviews for the Monster Games-developed Wii game, Nintendo’s Excitebots: Trick Racing didn’t burn up sales charts, moving a meager 13,000 copies in its first month on sale. Odd, considering it features playable poker and SUPER SANDWICHES. Speaking of playable poker in a racing game, you ever wonder what an Excitebots match between four…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 25, 2009

It’s Cave Story Time, Kids

Nintendo did some in-house promo vids during E3 for upcoming games. One of them is Cave Story! It has loads of gameplay footage! And appropriate recognition for the original developer! So let’s watch.

By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009

Captain Legomar And His Blocky, Danish Pikmin

LEGO and video games. They go together like milk and cookies. Angelina and other people’s babies. And…LEGO and Pikmin. These delightful LEGO Pikmin are the work of Norwegian Filip Felberg. These are some of the highlights, but to see more of Captain Olimar and his sentient vegetables – along with Felberg’s other Nintendo-related LEGO sets…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009

Kid Icarus “Clone” Changes It’s Name To Something Less Icarian

Since Nintendo won’t be releasing a Kid Icarus game on the Wii any time soon, OTT Games decided to release something very similar in Icarian: Kindred Spirits. Turns out it might have been too similar. Despite the fact the WiiWare game has been reviewed by several outlets, and despite the fact it’s already out in…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009

Roll Metroid Prime Trilogy Box Art Up Into Your Life

Nintendo’s Metroid Prime collection for the Wii is due to land in North America on August 24th in a snazzy “collector’s edition” form that bundles up three games, a Metroid Prime Trilogy art booklet, special metal packaging and more. By more, we really mean a paper sleeve in which to slide the Metroid Prime Trilogy…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 24, 2009

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Preview: Pigs Might Fly

We get a new Zelda this fall, as Link gets a train, a phantom friend to do some of his dirty work and a new species of animal to enrage. This week, we played more. Announced at the Game Developers Conference in March, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was first playable for us at…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2009

Reminder: About Your Club Nintendo Status

Hey there Club Nintendo of America members, your status is about to reset! On June 30th, to be specific. If you want to reap the benefits (free stuff!) of elite status in Nintendo of America‘s customer rewards program, pay attention. You have until next Tuesday to rack up the required “coins” to ensure you’re of…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 24, 2009

How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New

Some people who tried to download the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong game Nintendo recently placed on its DSiWare store might have been scared off by a pre-purchase warning about recycled content. Nintendo’s told us how much wasn’t original. In my review for Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: March of the Minis I made the educated guess…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2009

Box Of Old Zelda Games Redefines Definition Of “Case Fresh” [Update]

We don’t post about video game auctions very often here. When we do, it has to be something that’s pretty amazing. This cardboard treasure trove of Zelda fits that bill. It’s a box of sealed copies of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The original SNES release. Like the wounded body of…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009

Not One New Tingle Title, But Two

Everyone’s favorite 35 year-old green-tights-wearing bachelor is getting not one, but two spin off titles. That’s right, two Tingle games. First appearing in Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Tingle will starring in Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip, the sequel to 2006’s DS release Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. While the theme…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009

The Little Things Noticed At Our Nintendo Demos

All day, we’ve been bringing you new impressions of Nintendo’s big holiday games, but allow us to note some little things of possible importance from our time with those titles. Small things I observed: –MotionPlus Shouldn’t Stay Attached: Like the Nunchuck, Nintendo’s MotionPlus Wii Remote add-on can get in the way while playing some games.…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009

Why Guys Should Care About Girl-Game Style Savvy

Nintendo’s women’s-fashion-shop game for the DS was called “Girls Mode” in Japan, signal enough that it’s not for macho men or the gamers who want to play as one. But there are design ideas in Style Savvy any gamer should know about. Style Savvy is a fully localized upcoming Nintendo-published DS game that’s sure to…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009