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Pokémon Suing Over Pictures Of Pokémon Cards

The Pokémon Company may have a fancy name, but it’s still part of Nintendo, and we all know Nintendo is good at two things: making video games, and suing people. Last week, The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit in the US against sports card company Beckett. Why? Beckett publishes Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector!, a magazine…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2010

One Day This Wooden NES Will Be a Real Little Boy

Hand-carved wooden NES (and flatscreen) sculpture, listed for $650 on eBay, minimum bid $250, received zero bids. Poor wooden NES. He’s also got swapped A and B, and Select and Start buttons. [Seen via Hot Blooded Gaming]

By Owen Good Published July 20, 2010

Metroid: Other M Creators Offer Rare Look At The Guts Of A Nintendo Game

The people behind Wii title Metroid: Other M provide an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the forthcoming adventures of Samus Aran in this 17-minute-long video that offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a Nintendo game. Series director Yoshio Sakamoto and Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi explain just about everything a Metroid fan…

By Michael McWhertor Published July 20, 2010

Microsoft’s Take On The Cost of Motion Gaming

This look at Microsoft’s internal take on the true cost of motion gaming, obtained by Kotaku, has its charm, but isn’t completely anchored in reality. Microsoft, it seems, makes the argument that you need all of the stuff shown from Sony and Nintendo to match the motion-controlling abilities of Kinect on the PS3 and Wii.…

By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2010

Microsoft Prices Kinect, Xbox 360 Motion Games

Microsoft’s Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 will be $150 and come with a copy of Kinect Adventures when the motion controller hits stores in November, the company said today. Kinect games will sell for $50 each. Microsoft’s news today confirms rumor about the price of the add-on that have been making the rounds since…

By Brian Crecente Published July 20, 2010

What Japanese Company Pays The Biggest Summer Bonus?

Ah, yes. Summer time. The beach. Watermelon. And money. With the sour economy not every Japanese company hands out summer bonuses to its employees, but this year the average bonus is up a slight 0.75 percent over the previous year. This is the first time in three years that the average summer bonus has increased…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 20, 2010

Mother Action Figures Won’t Need A Fan Translation

While these Mother figures aren’t as charming as those hand-made Mother 3 statues, they do have one advantage: they’re made by a toy company, so large numbers of people can actually buy them! Standing just under 5″ high, these figures from the first two games in the Mother series (known as Earthbound in the West)…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2010

Gantz, The Movie, The Trailer

Japanese manga Gantz is being made into a movie. Here is the trailer. You can watch it! The original manga debuted in 2000 and follows a pair of high school students, a mysterious black sphere and bionic body suits. Gantz was spun off into a successful anime series and into a 2005 third-person shooter video…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 20, 2010

Is It Hyrulean Fashion Week In New York?

Boomerangs, the androgynous adventurer’s must-have accessory this season, as we’ve learned from this Legend of Zelda-themed display at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, captured by The SinfulKnight.

By Michael McWhertor Published July 19, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Fishing, Felinez, And Furry Legends

Turn your Wii into a virtual aquarium, free Furland from the sinister Lord Squarie, and trap a helpless kitten inside your DSi, all in this week’s installment of The Nintendo Download. The classic games of the Wii Virtual Console are absent once again this week, but there are plenty of original titles to keep you…

By Mike Fahey Published July 19, 2010

Is Apple’s Solution Better Than These Other Hardware Fixes?

Free cases for all iPhone 4 users! How does Apple’s fix compare to some of gaming’s more recent hardware problem solutions? Let’s take a look. Wii Remote Straps The Problem: The flimsy Wii remote straps that shipped with early versions of Nintendo’s console weren’t quite up to the task of securing the controllers to the…

By Mike Fahey Published July 16, 2010

I Love Zelda, In Painting Form

As seen on Tiny Cartridge

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010

When All Else Fails, Try Selling Your NES for $35,000

Several months back, a rare NES game sold for more than $40,000. It’s not one of the 42 games offered along with an NES in this eBay lot but you know what is? The eternal thanks of the seller. Calling it the “Best Original NES Bundle Package on eBay,” seller ronald3868 says it’s going for…

By Owen Good Published July 15, 2010

No More Heroes Gets Heroic Box Set In Japan

Wii game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle was released this past January in North America. The game is *finally* coming out in Japan in October. Wait, shouldn’t that be backwards? No! While many Japanese games get released first in Japan and then localized into English eons later, No More Heroes 2 is doing things…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010

Why Are Consoles Banned In China?

Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there is a flourishing PC gaming culture. There has to be a reason for this ban. Turns out, there is. “Consoles have been banned in China since the year 2000,” Lisa Hanson from market researcher…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010

Zelda Coming In “Early 2011”

Last we heard from Nintendo, the next Zelda game was going to be out in 2011. That’s fine, but when in 2011? Producer Eiji Aonuma has a rough answer. “The basis we have now is very, very solid,” Aonuma told Official Nintendo Magazine, in response to a question on how the game was coming along.…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010

Layton Gets a New Date

Puzzle fans can look forward to enjoying the third installment in the Professor Layton series for Nintendo DS earlier than expected. Nintendo announced today that the launch date of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, a tale surrounding a time-traveling letter from 10 years in the future, has been moved up a week to September…

By Amber Nichols Published July 14, 2010

What Do Japanese Developers Think Of The Nintendo 3DS?

And not *just* Japanese developers, but some of the biggest names in the business. The upcoming issue of Japanese game Famitsu has collected the thoughts of various game illuminates as they discuss Nintendo’s upcoming 3d-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. Via games sites 1Up and Andria Sang, have a look: Atsushi Inaba (Bayonetta, MadWorld) “I’m being struck with…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2010

Nintendo Dates European Games

Europe, if you’d like to know when titles for Nintendo’s consoles will be out in your region, here are your games and dates

By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2010

Report: So Far, The Top Twenty Selling Games Of 2010 In Japan Are…

This year isn’t over. I checked the calendar, and it still said “2010”. Right now, we are at the half-way point. This could not be a better time to look at the top twenty selling games of 2010! Game magazine Famitsu has drawn up a list of the top twenty sellers for the first part…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2010