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Sorry, Justin Bieber, Even Nintendo Hates You
Obnoxious teen sensation Justin Bieber – or, at least, his people – wanted to use the iconic Super Mario Bros. theme in his upcoming movie. Curiously, Nintendo said “nothankyou.jpg”. Love him or hate him, this kid is one of the biggest things in entertainment right now, and “Never Say Never”, his movie/promotion vehicle due to…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Day The Mario Bros. Saved George Bush, Democracy And America
Despite the majority of their adventures taking place in the mythical Mushroom Kingdom, for one day in 1990, the Mario Bros. forgot about saving a princess and had to save the President of the United States instead. Between 1989 and 1990, Nintendo had two different Super Mario Bros. cartoons made, as part of the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2011 -
Virtua Tennis Returns With Rare Triple Crown In Motion Gaming
Virtua Tennis 4 will support Kinect when it arrives this spring, making it just the second sports title with versions supporting all three motion gaming flavors: Wii, PlayStation Move and Kinect. By my reckoning there is only one title with currently available versions supported by all three devices – and that’s Zumba Fitness. Brunswick Pro…
By Owen Good Published January 20, 2011 -
What We Know So Far About The Nintendo 3DS
The 3DS is coming in March, and while the picture is far from complete, we’ve compiled what we know about Nintendo’s latest handheld into one handy post. We’ve got the basics covered here, from launch dates and prices to the initial software line up. We’ve even got some technical details sprinkled here and there for…
By Mike Fahey Published January 20, 2011 -
Star Fox For Nintendo 3DS ‘Ups The Star Fox Mania’
There’s a new old Star Fox coming to the Nintendo 3DS, a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic that, according to Nintendo, “ups the Star Fox mania” with a pair of new features, seemingly designed for Star Fox maniacs It’s not the improved take on Star Fox 64’s multiplayer mode, though that’s in the 3DS…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2011 -
How To Teach Math Using A Nintendo Wii
Teacher Robert Drewnowski had only $300 in grant money to help him develop a more effective way of teaching math to fourth graders. He used it to buy a Wii. The $300 came to the Bacon Elementary School teacher as part of a special science and math grant doled out by New Jersey’s Millville Board…
By Mike Fahey Published January 20, 2011 -
Short Cords, Long Friend Lists And Other Burning 3DS Questions Answered
We’re on the verge of the release of Nintendo’s first major new gaming system in a half-decade, the 3D capable 3DS. It’s the seasons, then, for both excitement and lots of little nagging questions. From Nintendo, we’ve got (some) answers. When are the games actually coming out? Two months out from the 3DS’ release, Nintendo…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 20, 2011 -
Will Nintendo And Hollywood Get It Right This Time?
While Hollywood and Nintendo haven’t exactly hit it off (remember that Super Mario Bros. movie?), that doesn’t mean Tinseltown is soured on Nintendo. It’s totally excited about the 3DS. In a recent roundtable (via Edge), Nintendo present Satoru Iwata talked about how excited Hollywood was about the Nintendo 3DS. “When we show Nintendo 3DS to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011 -
The Price Of The 3DS Is Too Damn High (And Other Complaints)
Hey, Nintendo: this whole 3DS launch thing may be the talk of the town this week, but when you peel back the hype of a new handheld what’s left beneath isn’t all high fives and back slaps. No, beneath the new things and smell of fresh plastic there are gripes. And here are my biggest…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011 -
How To Get Hot Hardware Like The 3DS…Easy!
Japanese gamers lined up early this morning to place pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS. I didn’t. I didn’t leave the house until after many stores were already selling out. Yet, I had no problems getting my pre-order. So what’s my trick? Photos from this morning showed long lines in Tokyo’s Akihabara and Shinjuku. According to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011 -
Hands-On With Kid Icarus Uprising, A Superb-Looking 3DS Game
It might be a little hard to appreciate how good the 3DS’ Kid Icarus Uprising looks in this video. All games look better in person and not under funky lighting. But, surely you can see? Kid Icarus was the best-looking game I played on the Nintendo 3DS at today’s New York City pre-launch event. I…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Capcom’s Seth “S-Kill” Killian walks us through the controls for 3DS’ upcoming Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. The game will have the same stages, costumes and moves found in the console version. The game will have two different control modes: Pro and light. Light mode enables you to set up macros, essentially, into the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
There’s A Little Metroid In Dead Or Alive For 3DS
Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the Nintendo 3DS entry in the long-running, extremely jiggly fighting game series, is coming from Team Ninja. That’s the same team behind Wii game Metroid: Other M. Now the two are coming together. How? A new video of Dead or Alive: Dimensions shows off two Metroid cameos, one from mini-boss Ridley…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With the 3DS’ Picture-Morphing, Monster-Seeing Freebies
Nintendo walks us through all of the many apps built into the 3DS. This is what you get out of the box for free the day you buy the system. We already knew about the ability to take amazing, 3D photos and look at them live. But that’s not all you get when you pick…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
How Does The Nintendo 3DS Price Stack Up?
Nintendo has revealed the launch price of the Nintendo 3DS, the company’s priciest portable yet at $249.99 USD. How does Nintendo’s stereoscopic 3D gaming handheld compare to the competition and its ancestors? The cost of buying into Nintendo’s latest and greatest portable gaming systems has been on the rise since the launch of the DS…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011 -
The 23 3DS Games You Can Play By June
By this summer, three months after the Nintendo 3DS hits the U.S., there will be more than 30 games to play on the system, according to Nintendo. Here’s 23 of them. Reggie Fils-Aime today defined the 3DS’ launch window as between March 27 and June 7, when E3 kicks off, and said that more than…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011