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Just To Be Clear — NBA Jam’s Wii Version Has No Online Multiplayer
Not shocking news, but apparently it hadn’t been put on the record yet, and some folks were wondering if NBA Jam for the Wii would have online multiplayer support over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Answer: No. EA Sports Vancouver confirmed it today, but I swear I’d heard it before. Maybe it’s because of the Wi-Fi…
By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010 -
World’s Greatest Samus Cosplayer Goes For Zero
Last year, top tier Samus Aran cosplayer Thaís Jussim promised to strip down from Metroid’s famous Varia Suit to the infamous Zero Suit introduced in Metroid: Zero Mission. Looks like the Brazilian Metroid fan’s made good on that cosplay promise. Jussim, responsible for the most faithful, most technically impressive Metroid cosplay we’ve seen to date,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010 -
A Wii Remote Suited For Doctor Who
Playing a Doctor Who Wii game with a Wii-Remote could be fun. This is better. This fall, the British sci-fi series is getting a Wii title called Doctor Who: Return To Earth. The BBC has teamed with a peripheral maker to create a Sonic Screwdriver Wii controller. A Sonic Screwdriver stylus will also be released…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
Super Mario Bros. Gets 25th Anniversary Logo
This year is the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Time for a special logo. Kyoto-based Nintendo has filed a trademark for the pictured anniversary logo. This is it. The logo could be used in the Super Mario All-Stars reissue or any other merchandise Nintendo is planning for this year. For the game’s 20th anniversary,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 7, 2010 -
Nintendo’s Next Console Will Leave You With Your Mouth Open
Is your mouth open? If it’s closed, watch out, because Nintendo’s next console will make you all slack jawed. But relax, we’re a few years off. Go ahead, shut your yapper. Whether it’s been portables, controllers or even 3D, Nintendo has been a trailblazer. And according to Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto, that doesn’t look like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
Have Your Revenge On Nintendo’s Virtual Boy
For all its cult appeal, people sometimes forget why the Virtual Boy failed: because it sucked, and worse, because it caused us physical pain. It’s time to get one back on the cruel little hndheld, by ripping its guts out. iFixit got their hands on one of the old things, and rather than cherish it…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2010 -
It’s Hard To Predict The Future, Even For Mario’s Creator
Shigeru Miyamoto is a video game pioneer. He entered the industry in 1977 and has been instrumental in changing the way we play games. He knows where we’ve been, but does he know where we are going? “Thirty years ago, I couldn’t imagine the technological innovation that there is today,” Miyamoto said at a recent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
What Nintendo 3DS Games Is Japan Excited About?
The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s 3D-glasses-free portable, isn’t out yet. Nintendo has only said it will be out before next April. Yet, Japanese people are excited to play games on it. But which games? Website 4Gamer polled over 21,000 of its readers about which Nintendo 3DS games they were most excited about. Here are the results…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
A Famicom Dissected
Whenever new hardware is released, it is common for folks to rip it apart and then take photos of the innards for the entire internet to ogle. This time is different. This time it’s a Famicom, released in 1983 and built by nice ladies As Gizmodo points out, here is a list of the chips…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
Super Mario Dumpster
As seen by reader Jonathan.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
New Kirby’s Epic Yarn Trailer Is So ~Cuuute~ :D
Because the world was in need of something particularly soft and precious right now, Nintendo of Japan has released a new trailer for its hyper adorable platformer adventure Kirby’s Epic Yarn. (It’s perfectly acceptable to squeal now.) Diabetics may want to look away, for the latest preview of Kirby’s next game for the Wii is…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2010 -
Nintendo’s Verbally Abusive Wave Race Easter Egg Finally Unearthed
Nearly nine years after the game’s release on Nintendo’s GameCube, an Easter Egg that unlocks a verbally abusive asshole mode in Wave Race: Blue Storm has been discovered. The code, publicized by NeoGAF forum-goer RaoulDuke, changes the normally enthusiastic and informative pit crew voices heard in the jet skiing game into that of a total…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2010 -
Report: Wii Getting Super Mario All-Stars
According to a report from a Japanese retail event, Nintendo is planning on bringing Super Mario All-Stars to the Nintendo Wii. On sale October 21 for ¥2,500 (US$30), the compilation will mark the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The game first went on sale in Japan in September 1985. It went on sale the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2010 -
Apple Boasts iPod touch The ‘#1 Portable Game Player’
Some gamers may not consider Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform a viable video game device, but the company’s CEO sure does, calling it “the number one portable game player” on the market, just before introducing the iPod’s latest iteration. CEO Steve Jobs claims the Apple device has “50%+ the marketshare for portable game players…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
Frankenreview: Metroid Other M
After all these years of spelling Metroid a certain way, Nintendo and Team Ninja go and pull an Other M on us. How will the assembled video game critics handle this new consonant? Of course there’s more to the new Metroid than another M. The team behind Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden are on…
By Mike Fahey Published August 31, 2010 -
Feeling Down? Watch A Kitten Play Duck Hunt
Sure, she’s cheating by standing so close. But you try playing Duck Hunt with no opposable thumbs. It’s a fairly good effort, especially later in the clip as “Claire” begins to learn she’s only supposed to be clawing madly at the ducks, not the dog as well. [via Go Nintendo]
By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2010 -
And Finally, Years Later, My Wii Is Online
The Nintendo Wii launched in 2006. For one reason or another, I wasn’t able to get my Wii online, save for a brief spell when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released. Today all that changed, and my Wii is online. This morning, a wonderful fellow at Nintendo was kind enough to walk me through the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2010