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Remembering Cruis’n USA
Ah, Cruis’n USA. Such pretty graphics, such awful everything else. It probably won’t be remembered as a significant title by many of you, but for one guy, it was important enough to justify writing a comic about it. What I like about this is that I’d imagine many, if not most of you could remember…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010 -
It’s Dangeous To Go Alone? There’s An App For That
By Shane Parker, as seen on Super Punch
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010 -
Report: German Paper Dates Nintendo 3DS
This week, Nintendo is slated to make the Nintendo 3DS’s release date public. German newspaper Bild claims to have the jump on the goods. According to Bild, the Nintendo 3DS will go on sale in Japan on November 11. It will then “probably” go on sale in Europe in spring 2011 and is priced at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010 -
Mario Creator Says Making Mario Games Is Easy, Rubik’s Cubes Hard
Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario, reflects on the past 25 years of his creation in a new interview with fellow creator Shigesato Itoi, explaining how creating Super Mario Bros. and the Mario games that followed was the “easy” way out. “When there are several possibilities, I choose the easy one,” Miyamoto explains to the…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 24, 2010 -
Triple Miyamoto
A pair of artists recently drew and painted Donkey Kong daddy and Mario maker Shigeru Miyamoto. Why did the candy turn into creepy Kirby? Why did they make Miyamoto creepy? (Click the triptych to enlarge.) The photo on the left was included in a 2004 interview between Miyamoto and Next Level games, during the pre-Wii…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 24, 2010 -
Report: There Is A New Wii-Remote
And it is apparently called “Wii Remote Plus”. The box art for upcoming Wii title FlingSmash seems to be bundled with a new Wii Remote. The box notes, “Bonus Wii Remote Plus Inside!” The game is compatible with Wii MotionPlus, the motion add-on peripheral for the Wii Remote. The Wii MotionPlus was released in 2009…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 24, 2010 -
Japanese Nintendo Pitchman Leaves Showbiz
Takashi Okamura starred in one of the greatest Japanese ads Nintendo Co., Ltd. has ever created. The ad appeared back in late 2005 and early 2006 as part of Nintendo’s “Hot Mario” campaign. It starred Osaka comedians Okamura as Mario and his comedy partner Hiroyuki Yabe as Luigi. While the vast majority of Japanese commercials…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 24, 2010 -
NES Head: ‘A Quasi-Self Portrait Of My Formative Years’
“1985” by Mike Mitchell, an accurate visual representation into the young mind of a Nintendo Entertainment System owner who knew nothing but the pack-in joys of Super Mario Bros., now 25 years old. Via SuperPunch
By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2010 -
Donkey Kong Country Pre-order Bonuses Are Bananas
Wii owners who have already earmarked funds for Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii may want to fork over some of that cash to GameStop, especially if they want to encase their Wii Remotes in banana pouches. GameStop is offering the Wii-owning banana fan something cute and clever with which to dress up their…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 23, 2010 -
ReviewsSwords Review: It Slices, It Dices, It Sucks
Of all the ways to play using motion-detecting video games, swordplay seems to offer the most potential for fun. The give and take of fencing and Kendo seem like easy rules to mimic in a video game and the slashing motion of using your sword to attack and block seem like the sort of big…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2010 -
The Game Menus Of The Future Will Be In 3D
We know games are going 3D, but did you ever stop to wonder what would happen to game menus? Scaleform are some of the development community’s unsung heroes, responsible for the user interfaces and menu systems for many of today’s biggest games. In this clip, they demonstrate how those menus will look runing in 3D,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2010 -
Happy 121st Birthday, Nintendo!
Irrational Games was founded in 1997. Lucasarts in 1982. Sega in 1940. Each of those three companies may feel like old-timers relative to their field, but they’ve got nothing on Nintendo, which todaycelebrates its 121st birthday Yes, it was on September 23, 1889 that Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a company that at the time specialised in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 23, 2010 -
Professor Layton Covers Up New York Metro’s Sex Issue
The sharp-eyed bloggers over at Aggrogate noticed something amiss with today’s issue of freebie New York newspaper Metro. Instead of a sexy cover for the pub’s Sex Issue, the Metro was wrapped with a faux cover dedicated to the panic in London caused by puzzles. That’s right, Nintendo took over the New York paper with…
By Brian Crecente Published September 23, 2010 -
The Onion On Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary
Nintendo is celebrating the 25th birthday of Super Mario Bros. on the original NES in its own way, but the investigative reporters at The Onion offer piercing insight into series you won’t read anywhere else.
By Michael McWhertor Published September 22, 2010 -
Donkey Kong Country Returns Introduces Us To Rambi
Meet Rambi, the rideable, sleepy-eyed rhinoceros who doesn’t mind stepping on a few thorns in the name of giving Donkey Kong a ride in Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii. Frankly, Donkey Kong Country Returns looks so incredibly straightforward there’s not much more to add here, other than we hope that Miney the Mine…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 22, 2010 -
She’s In Complete Control
Toronto-area model and psychedelic artist blackfeatheredcrown shows her devotion to Nintendo in a very appealing fashion. Catch the whole set on her Flickr page. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published September 22, 2010 -
Monster Hands or MiniChuk?
These pack of diminutive Wii remote and nunchuk is too cute for words… so I shot a video instead. The Miniremote has LED illuminated action buttons, a textured rubber grip and is a third smaller than the much less cute Nintendo remote. The MiniChuk has a click-free thumb button and formed rubber grip. The pack…
By Brian Crecente Published September 22, 2010
