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The Problem With Microsoft’s New Way To Play Video Games
When Xbox 360’s controller-free Kinect add-on hits stores later this week it has the potential to redefine gaming in ways even the Nintendo Wii hasn’t yet done. It could just as easily fall flat on its face. While Nintendo’s motion-sensing Wii changed the way we use controllers, Microsoft’s Kinect completely removes the need to hold…
By Brian Crecente Published November 1, 2010 -
Wii Sports Resort Now Features Wii RemotePlus
Last year, Nintendo released Wii Sports Resort, and the bundle featured the Wii MotionPlus add-on. But in 2010, Nintendo is now phasing in the Wii RemotePlus with its on-board Wii MotionPlus. What does that mean for Wii Sports Resort? A new Wii RemotePlus bundle for Wii Sports Resort. According to the game’s Japanese site, it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2010 -
These Disks Are Not Toys (OK, Maybe They Are)
The whole “urban vinyl” craze has been on the slide for years now, but we can still spare a tip of the hat for misshapen plastic figures when they represent classic video game storage mediums. This is Squid Kids Ink’s “So Analog” line, featuring a NES cartridge (called “10-Doh!”), a 3.5 inch floppy disk (“A-Drive”)…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010 -
2010’s Global Console Sales At A Glance
Some supplementary information provided as part of Nintendo’s latest financial results has got something interesting tucked away amidst all the chest-beating: global home console sales data for 2010. That’s data for all three home console platform holders across the United States, Europe and Japan from January 2010 until around September. What’s interesting is that, considering…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2010 -
Hands On With A Mario Halloween Jumpsuit
It’s a-me, Brian Ashcraft. And I’m checking out the “Deluxe Super Mario” Halloween costume. This isn’t the regular one Super Mario costume. Oh no, it’s the deluxe one. The costume even has the Nintendo Seal of Approval. Nintendo approves!
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2010 -
Win Your Own LEGO Wii Remote, Build Your Own LEGO Wii Remote
Remember that cool LEGO Play & Build Wii Remote we showed you earlier this month? We’ve got three of them to give away this weekend and we’re throwing in three ProPack Mini Wii MotionPlus controllers as well. Both come from Power A and both go to three different winners. We’ll be drawing the three names…
By Brian Crecente Published October 30, 2010 -
Nintendo Says No Thank You To Building A Smartphone
Combining a phone and a games machine! Everybody’s doin’ it, right? Not Nintendo. “Certainly we are adding more and more elements to fill out the experience and take away more and more time from competing devices,” Nintendo of America boss Fils-Aime told Forbes. “But our handhelds will always lead with games.” “3DS content will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2010 -
New Wii Shopping Service Also Makes Phone Ordering Possible
The November, Nintendo is launching a shopping service for the Nintendo Wii. It will put countless stores and products at the fingertips of Wii owners. Very contemporary. One of its purchasing options? Less so. Besides purchasing online, ordering can be done via telephone. So if you are in the market for, say, a US$43 dollar…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Mega Man Legends 3 Loses Legendary Producer
Late last month, Capcom revealed Mega Man Legends 3 for the Nintendo 3DS. The game’s executive producer Keiji Inafune said, “I want it to be good, really good.” Inafune, however, is leaving the project. At the end of this month, Inafune is resigning from his position at Capcom. “I really don’t want to quit now,”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies
Yesterday, Pokémon writer Takeshi Shudo was rushed to the hospital after suffering a hemorrhage and collapsing at Nara Station. He has since passed away. Shudo was 61 years-old. Shudo created TV anime Fairy Princess Minky Momo and worked on various anime through the 80s and 90s. He became the chief writer for the original Pokémon…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Bad News? No Wii Price Cut. Good News? 3DS Events.
Today at a Tokyo hotel, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shot down talk of a Wii price cut anytime soon. This comes as Nintendo posted losses due to slow sales and the strong Japanese yen. “Of course, we cannot say it will never happen, but we are not thinking of it for the near future,” Iwata…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2010 -
Mushroom Kingdom Gothic
As seen on TShirtLaundry, via Gamefreaks
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2010 -
Super Mario All-Stars Coming To America
Already released in Japan, the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition will be making its way to the States this December, Nintendo of America revealed today. Priced at US$29.99, the Limited Edition comes with Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3 as well as a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2010 -
Nintendo DS Sales Fall Through The Floor
In the six months leading up to September 30, 2009, Nintendo sold 11.7 million DS units worldwide. In the six months leading up to September 30, 2010, that figure has dropped by nearly half, to 6.69 million. It’s to be expected, of course. Not only is the DS getting a little long in the tooth…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2010 -
The People Who Made GoldenEye Were Almost Purchased By The People Who Are Making GoldenEye
Rare owned by Activision? Could have been! Giant video game company Activision, who are publishing a Wii homage to GoldenEye next month, were thisclose back in the day to buying Rare, the studio behind the original 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, according to an interview in Develop. Former Microsoft executive Ed Fries, who was instrumental…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2010 -
These Animal Crossing Cards Are Lovely
Japan’s Club Nintendo members do really get the coolest stuff. Takes these Animal Crossing cards, for example. This is “karuta”, which is a Japanese card game that is typically played during the New Year’s holidays. As one of the cards is read, players try to grab the corresponding card. The person who does it the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2010 -
This Sony Cross-Promotion Might Be A Bit Much
These days, cross-promotions are all the rage in Japan. Monster Hunter in your Metal Gear Solid. Ace Attorney in your Professor Layton. This Tales of Graces collaboration might be overdoing it, though. In PS3 game Tales of Graces F, there is a downloadable “Toro” costume. Toro, aka the “Sony Cat”, is the company’s mascot character…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2010 -
Lots Of Footage Of People Playing Real 3DS Games
While we’ve seen plenty of screenshots and trailers for Nintendo 3DS games, one thing we’re short on is quality, real-time gameplay footage. Let’s fix that! We’re of course limited by the fact the 3D doesn’t work through a monitor, and that these are some pretty shaky shaky-cam shots, but they’re better than nothing! There are…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2010