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Makers of Wii Bowling Ball Bring You Wii Rowing Machine
The brothers Markowitz at CTA Digital let Totilo inside their Wonkaland of Wii peripherals last November and promised they were working on some peripherals core gamers wouldn’t be embarrassed to use. Does a Wii Fit rowing machine attachment qualify? Well, Doug and Julie, two fit and attractive young adults, certainly think so. Of course, they’re…
By Owen Good Published May 18, 2010 -
New Zelda? “Easier To Play”
Nintendo is working on a new Legend of Zelda game. And according to Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the game will be easier to play. In an interview with German site Gaming Media (via website 1UP), Miyamoto said that Nintendo is “creating a new way to play the game”. Continuing, he added, “We are trying to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010 -
With The Nintendo 3DS Could Come 3DSWare, 3DSPlay
We’re just weeks away from getting our first official look at the Nintendo 3DS, promised to make its debut at E3. New trademarks could portend Nintendo 3DS related games that come along with it. Siliconera spotted recent trademarks for 3DSWare and 3DSPlay, registered by Nintendo, that aren’t surprising, but could be telling. As it did…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 17, 2010 -
Reviews
Looksley’s Line Up Micro-Review: Broken Promise
When we first saw the pseudo-3D wonder of Nintendo’s hidden object game Looksley’s Line Up in action, we wondered why we’d ever need a Nintendo 3DS. Now we know. Looksley’s Line Up is a hidden object puzzle game that works by showing you various scenes presented in a perspective-altering sort of pseudo 3D. While looking…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2010 -
Wii Games Will Sport American Heart Association Seal of Approval
Like a box of Cheerios, boxes for Wii, Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort will soon feature a seal of approval from The American Heart Association. That means, really, truly, these video games could be good for you. Nintendo and the American Heart Association leaders told reporters today in New York City that their…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2010 -
It’s A Dead Bird! It’s A Red Plane! It’s Super Scribblenauts!
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirms that the adjective-laden follow-up to 5TH Cell’s million-selling Scribblenauts is indeed Super Scribblenauts, due out this fall for the Nintendo DS. A listing for Super Scribblenauts briefly appeared on Amazon.com over the weekend, only to be quickly taken down. Between that and the domain registration for Superscribblenauts.com, we were pretty…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2010 -
The Nintendo Download Will Totally Blow Your Mind
Remember the pseudo 3D game, Looksley’s Line Up, that everyone thought was a demo for the Nintendo 3DS? It’s on DSiWare today, and Nintendo thinks it will blow your mind. I am eagerly awaiting Looksley’s availability, 500 DSi points in hand, ready to have my mind completely blown. Between that game and the latest in…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2010 -
The Growing Spectacle of Gaming’s International Spotlight
Last year featured Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tony Hawk and Stephen Spielberg. This year there will be Cirque du Soleil and perhaps others. Each year in the days leading up to E3’s international gathering of video game makers and publishers in Los Angeles, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo host press briefings to lay out the year’s…
By Brian Crecente Published May 17, 2010 -
Capcom: Japan Has No Hope In Hell Unless…
When Osaka-based Capcom isn’t making popular video games, it is doing something else entirely: ragging on the Japanese game industry. Last September at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom exec and Mega-Man designer Keiji Inafune declared the country’s game industry “finished”. Now it’s Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi’s turn. “If the Japanese games industry doesn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010 -
Nintendo 3DS Going Widescreen?
An FCC filing submitted by Nintendo and Mitsumi, an electronics manufacturer, seems to be for the new Nintendo 3DS handheld. There’s not much to it, but what there is should give hope to fans of widescreen gaming on the go. That pic above there is most likely a testbed for the Nintendo 3DS. Since the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2010 -
Nintendo Stresses “Glasses-Free” Aspect of Nintendo 3DS
While Nintendo possibly isn’t showing the Nintendo 3DS until the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, today in Tokyo, Nintendo provided vague hints about what is to come. Several insiders tell Kotaku that Nintendo Chief Financial Officer Yoshihiro Mori played things close to his vest, unwilling to divulge too much about the upcoming Nintendo 3DS.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010 -
A Mario Ending You *Might* Not Have Seen
It’s 2010. Hopefully by now you have beaten 1985’s Super Mario Bros. If not, please get off my lawn and go away. If you have, continue onward to spoilers! In 1986, a special, limited-edition version of Super Mario Bros. was given away by Japanese radio program All Night Nippon. The game is a hybrid of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010 -
A Short History Of Daisy Dukes
The female trainer for the totally new forthcoming Pokémon: Black & White is wearing, as website Tiny Cartridge points out, Daisy Dukes. But what are Daisy Dukes? Jean shorts, a shorter and literally cooler version of blue jeans, were worn in the 1950s and 1960s as cut-offs. And it was in the late 1960s and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010 -
Taking Issue With The Ten Most Important Video Game List
In 1998, Stanford University’s Henry Lowood began preserving video games and video game artifacts. Lowood, along with a four member committee, has announced a game canon, for the Library of Congress. Japan begs to differ. According to the New York Times, the canon is: Spacewar! (1962), Star Raiders (1979), Zork (1980), Tetris (1985), SimCity (1989),…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2010 -
The Marshal Of Mushroom County
As seen on Threadless
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2010 -
Nintendo’s Bamboo-Walled, Flower-Roofed Headquarters
With corridors made of bamboo, a roof layered with flowering sedum plants and buildings named after Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario, Nintendo’s new Redmond headquarters sounds every bit as fanciful as the games the publisher makes. The 300,000-square-foot-building sits on a 10-acre site on the Nintendo campus, home to most of the Japanese company’s…
By Brian Crecente Published May 16, 2010 -
Flipping Through The Nintendo History System
Artist Bill Mudron shipped out the first issue of The Nintendo History System this week, the first chapter in an 8-part series that offers a fun, historical look at the company’s rise from playing card manufacturer to video game giant. I ordered a copy of the prologue (which quickly sold out) and Mr. Mudron was…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 15, 2010 -
21 Stars Into Super Mario Galaxy 2, A Few Thoughts Come To Mind
You don’t want me to try to describe the surreal galaxies of the first three worlds of Super Mario Galaxy 2, so how about some more abstract impressions? I’ve spent one evening playing Nintendo’s next Mario game, collecting 21 stars across three of Super Mario Galaxy 2’s world maps. Each map contains several galaxies, which…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010