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Zelda’s Link Is Old, Ready For War And Running From Chickens
To help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the Legend of Zelda, some artists have got together and run a little competition paying homage to the classic series. While influences predictably focus on Ocarina of Time (for nostalgia’s sake) and Twilight Princess (because Link looked so good in it), there’s still room for…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2011 -
The Wii Does Not Need Water Cooling
Using water as a cooling solution for computer hardware is usually only required if you’re building a PC capable of time travel. You do not need it for the humble Nintendo Wii. Still, with spare time on his hands modder Angel OD figured he’d rig one up anyway, building an elaborate custom case for his…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2011 -
Not Ready To Study, These Kids Are Killing Time With The Wii
In north-eastern Japan, refugees are gathered in gymnasiums that have been converted into shelters for those displaced by the earthquake. Some shelters have enough books, paper and pencils so that displaced kids can study. Many shelters do not. One 14 year-old at a shelter in Fukushima’s Iwaki City tells Sankei News that his house was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 5, 2011 -
CultureIs This The Greatest Super Mario Bros. Playthrough Ever?
It may not be the speediest of speed runs. It may not dazzle with its exploitation of glitches. But this Super Mario Bros. speed run is notable because the player is also simultaneously beating Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels. This is the work of Japanese…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 4, 2011 -
Big-Headed Caveboys And Infinite Adventures In This Week’s Nintendo Download
While we patiently wait for the 3DS Virtual Console to arrive, Nintendo continues to deliver fresh new and old content to the Wii and DSi, with the ginormous cranium of Hudson’s Super Bonk headlining this week’s offerings. Yes, North America finally gets a Virtual Console release of Super Bonk, the side-scrolling caveman platformer that hit…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2011 -
New Super Mario Bros. Arrives In A New Setting
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is making the jump from the Nintendo Wii to arcades, and trading Wii Remotes for joysticks and jackpots. Dubbed Super Mario Bros. Wii: Coin World, the game is being reborn as a four player “medallion game”. Medallion games are arcade games in which players try to hit the jackpot and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 4, 2011 -
Why Nintendo Has No Interest in Mobile Phones
Though Nintendo has, notably, struck an arrangement with AT&T to provide free wireless Internet hotspot access, the company remains adamant that it isn’t entering the mobile phone business. “We don’t want to be in the phone business,” Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, told CNN. “We don’t see that as an opportunity. Phones are…
By Owen Good Published April 1, 2011 -
Sega Makes No Apologies For This Thor Wii Trailer
While the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the upcoming Thor movie tie-in game embrace the thunder god’s movie appearance, Red Fly Studios’ version looks a bit more like World of Warcraft exploded in New York City. Graphics aren’t everything, of course. I’ll take a fast-paced cartoony game to a slow and stuttering graphically…
By Mike Fahey Published April 1, 2011 -
The Wii Controller That’s Powered By Sweat
Got a bunch of Wii games? Want to exercise? Go outside and run around. But if you’re interested in ponying up cash for a peripheral… The U-Move controller is a fully functioning Nunchuck controller with an on-board pedometer that displays the number of steps players make and the amount of calories burned. It requires players…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2011 -
How’s Dragon Quest X Coming Along?
Back in 2008, Square Enix said it was working on Dragon Quest X for the Nintendo Wii. Then…silence Fastforward to 2011, and Square Enix is talking about the game. Well, kinda. “The next Dragon Quest game, Dragon Quest X, will actually be released on Wii,” Dragon Quest Yuji Hori tells Nintendo Power. “I feel that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThis Nintendo Was Inside A Television Set
I don’t know what it is about old Nintendo hardware that makes it so interesting. Maybe it’s because, outside of Nintendo’s home run successes, there are a lot of straight-up strange devices in the company’s history as well. Not weird in a bad way, mind you. Just in a “well, it’s awesome somebody thought this…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2011 -
Playing 3DS Augmented-Reality Games with a Whiteboard
Everyone’s testing the limits of the Nintendo 3DS augmented reality games, but it does seem that if you can replicate one of the cards it uses – preferably the question-mark box – you can start the game from anywhere, whether it’s on the screen of an iPhone or, now, a white board. Some guys at…
By Owen Good Published March 31, 2011 -
The Wii’s Xenoblade Finally Being Exported From Japan
Wii role-playing game Xenoblade (aka Monado: Beginning of the World) will no longer be a Japan-exclusive, thanks to Nintendo of Europe. The company is bringing the game to the Wii in Europe as Xenoblade Chronicles. Developed by Monolith Soft, better known for the Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos series, Xenoblade is an action-based RPG that tells…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 31, 2011 -
How To Put The 3DS Back Together Again
Screw warranties! Real men (and women) don’t need them. They are fearless when it comes to taking apart the 3DS with their bare hands. Putting it back together? Eh… That’s hard Here, a disassembled 3DS is reassembled with nothing more than tweezers and a screwdriver. Oh, a pair of hands, too. It’s a bit like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011 -
The 3DS’s 3D Is Easier To Understand Under A Microscope
We can toss around terms like parallax barrier to describe the Nintendo 3DS 3D effect all day long, trying to explain how the system alternates lines of pixels to trick your eyes, or we could just show you. Peter Silk of Nukezilla pulled out his pocket microscope and took a gander at the Nintendo 3DS…
By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2011 -
Nobody’s Calling Nintendo UK With 3DS Dizziness
Not everyone can stomach 3D like a pro. Some gamers might feel dizzy or even ill. According to British tabloid The Sun (yeah, I know), “HUNDREDS of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo’s new 3DS console – for making them feel ill.” Nintendo’s UK office is denying this, reports website MCV. “We’ve had zero calls on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2011 -
Talk Of Mother 4 Doesn’t Mean It Will Happen
Shigesato Itoi, who’s perhaps best known in Japan as a copy writer and TV personality, already said that there will be no Mother 4. Making Mother 3 was no easy task. That doesn’t mean there still isn’t hope – however faint that might be. In an upcoming issue of Japanese magazine “Brutus”, there’s a four…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2011 -
Nintendo Getting New Digs To Make Games
Starting January 1, 2012, groundbreaking will commence on a new Nintendo R&D center in Kyoto. Nintendo is pouring over USD$15 million into the new facility that will house over 1,500 employees. The site is adjacent to Nintendo’s current headquarters (pictured) and previously housed a golf center, which Nintendo had bulldozed in 2008. The goal is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2011