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Nintendo Lets You Paint Happy Little Trees On Your DS This Fall

Want to use your Nintendo DS as a virtual canvas on which to paint, a virtual art studio in which to learn? Good, because Nintendo of America will release Art Academy for the DS this October. Nintendo will be bundling the formerly DSiWare-only apps Art Academy: First Semester and Art Academy: Second Semester, throwing in…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2010

Of Course Nintendo Is Making The Wii’s Successor

Nintendo does not stop. The company has stated this on numerous occasions that it continues developing hardware. Meaning? Meaning right now Nintendo is working on new hardware. Right now! “We are of course studying and developing the next console to Wii,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said at a recent investors meeting. “However, there is a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2010

Play Mario…With Your EYES

The kids (and grown-ups) at Waterloo Labs in Austin, Texas have come up with a way for us to play video games with nothing but our eyes Blink, look left and look right replace things like press A and push left. Sure, it looks a little janky at first. And also looks slightly useless. But…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2010

Dancing Into The Video Game Business

Until last summer, 27-year-old choreographer Chase Brock didn’t know much about video games. Now he’s responsible for one of the best-selling Wii games in Britain. Broadway has been kind to Brock, but Ubisoft’s Dance on Broadway has been kinder still. Last year the young artist’s agent got him together with Longtail Studios, the developers of…

By Mike Fahey Published August 3, 2010

Wii Assist: Wii Can Make A Difference!

Attack of the Show‘s “Viewer Army” showcased engineering students from the University of Delaware who are attempting to help the disabled effectively use computers with the help of Nintendo Wii hardware. Us nerds can make a difference! With the help of a hacked Wii remote, some glasses that have been fashioned with infrared sources and…

Angelito Yambao Jr. Published August 3, 2010

Does Capcom Have Nintendo 3DS Release Plans For This Year?

Nope. At this year’s E3 gaming expo, Capcom showed off two still-in-development Nintendo 3DS games: Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and the tentatively titled Resident Evil: Revelations. Don’t look for them to be hitting your local game shop anytime soon, though. At a recent investors meeting, Capcom was asked whether it planned to release…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 3, 2010

One Share In Nintendo, Please

You hear a lot of talk about shares in Nintendo, but have you ever wondered what one actually looks like? It looks a little something like this. Thanks, Snacky

By Luke Plunkett Published August 3, 2010

The Nintendo Download: It’s Not BlazBlue, It’s BlayzBloo

Aksys plays it fast and loose with the names in this week’s Nintendo Download, with BlayzBloo: Super Melee Action Battle Royale for the DSi and Deer Captor, a game where you “capture” animals with guns and crossbows. I suppose Aksys is showing its range, but I suspect the DSiWare BlayzBloo: Super Melee Action Battle Royale,…

By Mike Fahey Published August 2, 2010

How Consoles Can Leave A Company Vulnerable To Hackers

At the Defcon security conference in Vegas last week, a pair of hackers have shown that the humble Nintendo Wii can leave large companies vulnerable to attack. How? Well, because many companies like to have a Wii in the office for downtime, that’s how. Seems a lot of offices know that controls need to be…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2010

Is Nintendo Missing Out On Developing Markets?

In an investor Q&A published on Nintendo’s website, president Satoru Iwata explains why Nintendo does not officially release games or systems in developing nations (think Latin America, India, South-East Asia, Africa, etc). And he seems to be missing something. “It is true that not only those in Japan and the other developed countries in North…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2010

151 Pokemon Used As Sexual Innuendo

A rap about knockin’ boots, but with Pocket Monsters for the dirty bits. Lyrics by Brandon Daley and music by Brock Chart. *applause*

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 2, 2010

Metroid: Other M To Include Two Hour Movie Version Of Game

Once you finish playing next month’s Metroid: Other M on the Wii, you can watch it. A “theater mode” will stitch the game’s cut-scenes and some pre-recorded gameplay into a Samus epic. This news comes from an interview with Other M creators in Famitsu, as translated by 1Up.com: The storytelling aspect of Other M continues…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010

All Three Dragon’s Lair Games At Once, All For Wii

Were Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, and Dragon’s Lair II: TIme Warp too hard for you? Then you’ll want Destineer’s Dragon’s Lair Trilogy for the Wii, featuring a beginner moves guide and Watch Mode, so you don’t even have to play. Dragon’s Lair property owner Digital Leisure continues to try and milk as much money from…

By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010

Six Colorful Minutes Of Pokemon Black & White

Kids! Pokemon! Dancing! Bad 3D! There’s all that and so much more in this lengthy new trailer for Pokemon Black & White, for the Nintendo DS. There’s also battles galore and some overworld action as well. If you feel like this game has been under-shown to date, this trailer should take care of that nicely.…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010

Pokémon Black May Be An Urban Legend, But It’s Also Creepy As Hell

Pokémon games are normally quite tame affairs. The worst that happens is some weird animal gets knocked out for an hour or two. But in Pokémon Black, there is death, nothing but death, and it is all around you. Pokémon Black is apparently a hacked, unofficial version of Pokémon Red, which Tiny Cartridge’s Eric Caoili…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2010

Wii Is Now a Registered Trademark

Attention trademark buffs! “Wii” is now a registered trademark. Nintendo filed the trademark in 2006 but only got it registered by the U.S. Government on Tuesday. So now if you infringe, they can go after you with even more weight.

By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2010

Nintendo UK Hints At 3DS Pricing

How much is the Nintendo 3DS? I dunno! Nintendo does, let’s hear what it has to say. Website Electricpig asked Nintendo’s marketing manager James Honeywell about the Nintendo 3DS pricing to which Honeywell replied: “Price, we haven’t made any kind of announcement at the moment, but for everyone who already knows, you know, the Nintendo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010

You’ve Got Metroid In My StarCraft II!

StarCraft II is all about the cameos! We’ve already seen the Diablo easter egg. Check out the Metroid nod. Do it! Thanks Josh for the tip!

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010

Masterpiece Painting On A Nintendo DS

To promote the upcoming retail release of the DSiWare series Art Academy in Europe, Nintendo Spain commissioned these classy videos illustrating the humble little program’s artistic chops. While it would take a deft touch and some serious focus to really emulate the classics – like those of Van Gogh and Carvaggio – the clip does…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2010

When’s Nintendo Revealing The Nintendo 3DS Release?

At this year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo showed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, for the first time publicly. It did not give the handheld a release date. However, the company stated today that it will announce the release period and the price this September. The exact date for this reveal…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2010