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A Painfully Permanent Way to Never Lose Your 3DS Augmented Reality Cards
IHeartChaos’ Cranberryzero was so impressed with the Nintendo 3DS augmented reality cards that he decided to have one permanently stabbed into his skin. What could be better than this augmented reality tattoo? I have a few suggestions. Since the release of the Nintendo 3DS, people have been putting images of its augmented reality cards everywhere,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
At Least Two of Thor‘s Norse Gods Love Mario Kart
They might be at odds in the live-action Thor movie and its accompanying video games, but there is one thing Norse god of mischief Loki and earth goddess Sif agree upon, and that’s Mario Kart GamerLive.TV has posted a series of interviews with the stars of Thor, asking the cast of this week’s big comic…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
Nintendo Concedes the Wii Struggled with Online, Promises to Improve
Last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he regretted going it alone with the Wii, which was an odd regret given the machine’s massive success. Was something lost in translation? Today, we get a look at how Nintendo itself translated Iwata’s remarks. Suddenly the regret is more clear… and more understandable. The specific problem, Iwata…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011 -
Hairdressing, Rival Turf, and the Excitement of Bingo
Style your hair on your DSi, clean up the streets in the Virtual Console, or gather your crew for a non-stop Bingo Party, all in this week’s Nintendo Download. How many times has one of your parties been ruined by the lack of a circular metal cage filled with numbered balls? The sport of depressingly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
When Mario Meets The…Figure Skating World Championships
This is Russian pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, competing at the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 held in Moscow. They didn’t just break out the Mario Bros. theme: they won the silver medal to boot.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Classy Documentary Charts the Early History of Video Games
Playing the Revolution is an upcoming documentary series by Italian outfit Junk Food, which chronicles “the Spacewar! milestone to the rise of the 16-bit era”. It’s not some cheap retrospective. This is an in-depth series, each episode an hour long, and is full of interviews with some of the most important founding fathers of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Hey, This Mascot Looks Really Familiar
This month, a sweets festival is being held at Kanazawa Castle. The mascot character looks very familiar. Japanese netizens are quick to point out the Kirby resemblance, even adding that the mascot character looks like Kirby mated with Starfy Kirby and Starfy? That would be some hot fucking action right there. 任天堂は金沢市を訴えるべき [2ch]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Nintendo, Wary of Bargain-Binned Spirit Tracks, May Give Ocarina of Time a Small Shipment
When the DS’s The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks showed up in bargain bins four months after release, for less than the price of lunch at McDonald’s, it was rather embarrassing for Nintendo. Rumor has it the 3DS’ Ocarina of Time will get a small shipment to avoid such a fate. The comes from Sinobi…
By Owen Good Published April 30, 2011 -
If Only This Star Fox Limited Edition 3DS Were Real
There’s a fancy, custom PSP for just about every game ever released on the system. It’s a shame Nintendo doesn’t follow suit. Especially when you see this fan mock-up of a tribute to the classic shooter. No crass logos, no ridiculous colour schemes…just a nice silver 3DS with a classy Star Fox graphic on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011 -
The Entire Bit.Trip Saga Is Coming To Nintendo 3DS
The adventures of Commander Video are served six ways in the new Bit.Trip Saga, the Nintendo 3DS compilation that will included every Bit.Trip game released by developer Gaijin Games. Not only do you get Bit. Trip Beat, you get Core, Void, Runner, Fate and Flux That’s more than two years worth of Bit.Trip releases on…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2011 -
This Ridiculously Easy Game Show Question was Good for $100,000 Today
Ridiculously easy for us of course. I’m sure when some neckbeard gets to $100,000 on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and goes deer-in-the-headlights when asked “Which Pope commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling,” every snark on the art history blogs is all lolwut and SMFH and such. Yes, “I don’t think it’s…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011 -
Even If Yoshi Is Gay, Where are the Other Gay Video Game Heroes?
Can an egg-laying dinosaur without sex organs be gay? IGN’s Jack DeVries makes the case that Mario‘s green dinosaur steed with the prehensile tongue is “dating”-in the strange, largely irrelevant backstory that frames the series-Birdo, the pink, bow-wearing dinosaur first seen in Super Mario Bros. 2 Birdo, according to official Nintendo lore, is male. The…
By Joel Johnson Published April 28, 2011 -
Why Is Apple Allowing Mario Clones on iTunes?
Trademark red cap and white gloves, big mustache and floating coins. There’s no confusing this iPhone game: It’s Super Mario Bros. Only it isn’t. [Update] Monino by developer FeYingInfo popped up on iTunes for a penny shy of a dollar earlier this week begging the question: Why in the world did Apple approve it? This…
By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011 -
Not Everyone Can Smoothly Finger the Wii Vitality Sensor
The Wii Vitality Sensor, which supposedly sensors your vitals, debuted at the 2009 E3 gaming expo. Then, it was too mellow for E3 in 2010. What about this year? Don’t hold your breath! At a recent meeting, an analyst asked Nintendo president Satoru Iwata about life-science doohickey, and the exec replied that the release date…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2011 -
Nintendo Likes Buttons and Won’t Ditch Them
Nintendo is making a new video game console. Rumors state that the console has a touch screen—something Kotaku has confirmed with its own industry sources. During a recent meeting, an analyst asked Iwata for his opinion of tablets. Iwata acknowledged their appeal, drawing comparisons between the Nintendo DS’s touch interactivity. “Whenever we make a new…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2011 -
How the Japanese Media Dragged Nintendo into the PSN Breach
The PSN breach is a Sony issue. But when the evening news in Japan wanted to explain how credit cards can possibly leak in a situation like this, it didn’t use the PlayStation. It used the Nintendo DS. PSN users and gamers will immediately spot the discrepancy, but with non-gamers? Japanese parents might think the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2011 -
Ganon, You’re Such A Boar!
The evil Ganon takes on his boar form in Hanzo Steinbach’s excellent “Hyrule’s Most Wanted” entry for IGN.com You can see more IGN / Zelda submissions HERE Related Rampages: Metal Gear Moogle | He-Man Zelda-Beast Ganon by Hanzo Steinbach / MetalHanzo (Facebook) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2011