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It’s Not Even Out, And Already, A 3DS Game Has Been Cancelled
Well, that was fast. Despite the handheld not being released yet, Electronic Arts has already canned one of its first games for the Nintendo 3DS. My Garden was one of the first titles ever shown off for Nintendo’s upcoming handheld, and also one of the first “proper” games for it we ever got our hands…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Mario, You Look Great In A Giant Mechanised Battle Suit
You’ve never seen Mario like this before. Not unless you dreamed he was in a game developed by Epic for the Xbox 360. This amazing re-interpretation of the humble little plumber is by artist Marat Ars. His humble little friend Yoshi has been replaced by a hulking mecha suit, quaint fireballs switched out with what…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011 -
Samurai Warriors is a Big Hit with the Ladies
One of the launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS will be Samurai Warriors Chronicles, a series whose devoted fan base is 40 percent female, says publisher Koei. Hisashi Koinuma, the developer overseeing the Samurai Warriors series, quoted the figure to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Koinuma said he thought the series was appealing because the development…
By Owen Good Published February 16, 2011 -
The Nintendo 3DS Doesn’t Want Your Nintendo Point Cards, Sorry
Nintendo Points are Nintendo’s virtual currency for the Wii and the DSi. Players can purchase point cards or charge them on their credit card. You might have some left over prepaid point cards you’re hoping to use on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. Tough crap. Current Nintendo Points cannot be used on the Nintendo 3DS. On…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 16, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallNintendo’s War On Blood, Nazis, Religion And Puppy Dogs
While these days it’s not that hard finding violent, mature titles on Nintendo consoles, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, that wasn’t the case. And when you did find them, well, some “changes” had been made. As anyone around in and gaming during the time can probably remember, it was a strange era for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2011 -
One Last Chance To Own Super Mario All-Stars For Wii
Nintendo is cutting off your supply of the Wii version of Super Mario All-Stars, the limited edition collection of four NES era Super Mario Bros. games with a 16-bit makeover. But it’s also giving you one last chance to buy it. Nintendo of America said today it’s producing its “final run” of the Super Mario…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 15, 2011 -
Nintendo “Blackmail” Attempt Ends In Handcuffs
Data on thousands of gamers swiped. Nintendo threatened with blackmail. Rest easy, because the man accused of these crimes has been nabbed in southern Spain. The BBC report that according to Spain’s Interior Ministry, an unnamed individual was supposedly able to gain data on 4,000 individuals from online databases. He apparently threatened to contact Spain’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011 -
Why They Still Make Pokémon Movies
The easy answer, of course, is that the Pokémon movies still make money. The longer answer is slightly more involved. Since 1998, there has been a new Pocket Monsters anime in Japan every year, like clockwork. And not only are they released each year, but they are always released during the same month: July. There…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011 -
The Bizarre Legend of Zelda Controller We’ll Never Play With
You could have played GameCube (and Wii) game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with a very rare video game controller feature: a belt buckle. This is the never-produced Legend of Zelda controller from Nubytech. Nubytech is the company that made unusual products like the infamous Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller and a Shadow the…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 14, 2011 -
Finally, We Can Play The Legend of Zelda On An Oscilloscope
You finally have a purpose for all those oscilloscopes that have surely piled up in your basement, now that one man has hacked together a way to play your original Game Boy games using its monochromatic powers of display. Craig of Flashing LEDs has a very in-depth and technical walkthrough of the NintendOscope—including his source…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 14, 2011 -
The Nintendo Download Spreads The Love With Ninja Kisses
It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: It’s time to kiss your favorite ninja. And should your favorite silent killer prove too elusive, Nintendo has you covered with a WiiWare ninja kisser. They’re so thoughtful! Or maybe they were just grasping for straws, trying to find anything remotely Valentine’s Day related to release.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2011 -
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone!
Artwork by Brandon Reese
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Hologram Is A Vision Of The Future
On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS is going on sale in Japan. It’s hitting North America in late March. That might sound like the future. Technically, it is. But it’s hardly the future. Nintendo held a Nintendo 3DS event in Bristol over the weekend, giving UK gamers a chance to check out the upcoming handheld.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2011 -
How The Nintendo DSi Stopped A “Killer”
On February 6, an anonymous message appeared on a Japanese bulletin board, predicting a random attack. Memories of the Akihabara Massacre came flooding back, and the police moved into action. “On February 11, at 9pm sharp, there will be random slashing at Shinjuku Station’s highway bus entrance,” the message read. “You might want to sit…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2011 -
Mario Checkers, Mario RC Cars, Mario Memory Game??
By the time I saw some Mario and Luigi Halloween costumes at Toy Fair in New York City today, I was done taking pictures of Mario merchandise. There’s a lot of Mario stuff being made by a battalion of the world’s toy-makers. Perhaps you’ve seen some of it. Around many corners at Toy Fair there…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2011 -
Mario Bros. As A Cheesy Adult Film
A plumber. Laying pipe. A lady in a pink dress, and oh, those mushrooms. Super Mario Bros. is not a dirty movie, but if it were, it’d probably look something like this, complete with obligatory Dr. Mario gag. This is the latest parody from YouTuber DrCoolSex, whose previous parodies include Super Mario Bros: Jersey Shore…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2011 -
An Invasion Of Mario, Donkey Kong and Kirby Toys
This line of Yoshis are just a fraction of the population of Nintendo toys and figures at Toy Fair 2011. These guys are from Global Holdings, a company that gets Nintendo items onto the shelves of Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, GameStop and other shops. A video tour of all the vinyl and plush Nintendo stuff…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 13, 2011 -
Remi Kart 2 Offers More Real-World Mario Kart Madness
As promised, Mario Kart loving prankster Rémi Gaillard takes to the streets of France with kart, Mario costume and huge balls in tow, running from the cops and tossing banana peels and plush turtles at mini-vans. In the follow-up to Gaillard’s hugely popular original Remi Kart, the real-life Mario Karter takes the race indoors—and almost…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 11, 2011 -
One Small Step For Kinect, One Giant Leap Toward A New Robotic Operating Buddy
Most Kinect hacks don’t serve a societal good, right? Who needs the Xbox 360’s wonder sensor to detect your breasts or make beautiful art? But a Kinect hack that lets us control a robot arm brings us closer to a Kinect version of R.O.B., the ridiculous robot that was sold with the original Nintendo Entertainment…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2011 -
If John Hughes Made The Legend of Zelda…
…instead of Shigeru Miyamoto, it would look something like this, a blend of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, in which Link, Zelda and… err, Tingle go looking for love. Created by the same team behind the equally great God of War indie movie and Inglourious Plummers, this Legend of Zelda…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2011