Nintendo

New Metroid: Other M Trailer Super Heavy On CG, Zero Gameplay

Nintendo’s “dramatic new direction” for the Metroid series comes courtesy of Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja, who show off their cinematic skills in this new Metroid: Other M trailer. Don’t be surprised if you don’t spot any gameplay in this new Metroid: Other M cinematic. It’s lacking in Power Suits, Zero Suits and just about…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 2, 2010

Nintendo Lets You Play With Beyoncé’s Clothes

Nintendo’s partnership with pop diva Beyoncé comes to fruition, as five new pieces from her and her mother’s Deréon fashion line become available for download in Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS. Are you excited by the thought of your avatar wearing a Deréon Pop polo and “D’s Studded” skinny jeans? Should you accent your…

By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2010

The Nintendo Download: The Blue Bomber Returns

Eight new titles and eight new robot masters come to Nintendo’s DSi, WiiWare, and Virtual Console this morning, with Capcom’s retrolicious Mega Man 10 leading the charge. It used to be when a big name title hit WiiWare, Nintendo would hold back on the rest of the week’s releases to make sure said title got…

By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2010

Collateral Damage In The War On Piracy

Last month the worldwide effort to thwart the illegal copying and sales of video games took a turn to the draconian, with a number of publishers introducing new measures that often seemed to impact legitimate gamers as much as pirates. France-based Ubisoft rolled out a new form of digital rights management that require players of…

By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2010

Nintendo Has Sold Ten Million Wiis In Japan

The home team sure loves the Nintendo Wii. As February 28, Japan has purchased ten million Nintendo Wii consoles. But that’s not all. According to Enterbrain, 10,009,736 Nintendo Wiis have been sold, 4,766,408 PS3s have been sold and 1,235,049 Xbox 360s. For comparison sake, it has taken the Nintendo Wii 170 weeks to break the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2010

Collector’s Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale

There is a new Holy Grail of Rare Video Games, and it is Stadium Events. The auction on a factory-sealed NTSC version closed just minutes ago, and it was sold for $41,300, almost double the old record. Three days into the bidding the high offer had already eclipsed the record price ever paid for a…

By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010

An Unfortunate Pairing of Gestures with Double Entendres

An Australian morning news team catches up with curling, the latest It Sport, via Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. What’s the joke? Well, here it comes … here it comes! [thanks Ryan H.]

By Owen Good Published February 26, 2010

FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow

The Nintendo representative demoing upcoming Wii title FlingSmash, kept describing the game as an “active sidescroller.” While I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of that genre tag, I did find myself recalling Super Breakout and Boom Blox while playing this fun, frenzied, sorta-pinball game. Playing as Zip, a cross between Pac-Man and a fuse-topped…

matt cabral Published February 26, 2010

U R Not “Mr. Gay” In Super Mario Galaxy 2

Remember when someone stared at Super Mario Galaxy’s logo a little too long, deciphering the hidden message “U R MR GAY” cleverly encoded by Nintendo’s cheeky box art designers? Well, Nintendo has nipped that in the bud for the sequel. While the first Super Mario Galaxy logo featured twinkling star placement that some found suspiciously…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 25, 2010

The Wii’s Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Is Not a Ported Prince

Ubisoft’s made it very clear that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, being released alongside the Jake Gyllenhaal-starring PoP film, is not another lame movie-to-game adaptation. It’s also not a lame port of a superior 360 or PS3 entry. In fact, aside from sharing the same time line-the seven years between Sands of Time and…

matt cabral Published February 25, 2010

Game & Watch Reborn As Keychain

In the early 1980s, Nintendo began releasing a series of handhelds. They were created by Gunpei Yokoi, who would go on to create the Game Boy. And now they are keychains! Japanese toymaker TakaraTomy is releasing solar powered Game & Watch keychains. Since they are keychains, they are smaller than actual Game & Watch. The…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010

Europe Gets A Bunch of Nintendo Release Dates

First Australia had its Nintendo Summit and then America has its Nintendo Summit. Now Europe is having its…Nintendo Summit. For big titles like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Other M, Nintendo of Australia gave release dates like “mid-year”. Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released in North America on May 23, but won’t be out…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010

Nintendo: No New Hardware “Any Time Soon”

The Wii was released in November 2006. The GameCube was released in 2001. About time for a new home consoles, right? Um, no. “I don’t think it’ll [Wii successor] be any time soon,” Nintendo of America exec Cammie Dunaway told GameSpot at the recent Nintendo Summit. “Even though our installed base it, at this point,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010

Reviews

Nintendo DSi XL Review: Super Size Me

The Nintendo DSi LL, (DSi XL in the West) is the latest addition to the hugely successful Nintendo platform. “LL” is the Japanese equivalent of “XL”, or “extra large”. But is bigger really better? Released in Japan in late November, the Nintendo DSi XL features 4.2 inch screens that are 93 percent larger than the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 25, 2010

Metroid: Other M: A Change of Perspective

Team Ninja’s take on Metroid doesn’t just give the game a new look, it changes Metroid’s entire perspective, literally, and gives voice to a heroine we’ve never really heard speak. Following ten months of near-total silence on Team Ninja’s feverishly anticipated Metroid: Other M, I finally got to strap on Samus Aran’s arm cannon and…

matt cabral Published February 25, 2010

Nintendo Summit News Round-Up

The Nintendo Summit in San Francisco is positively bursting with news, with release dates for the Nintendo DSi XL, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, and plenty of information on the games coming in the first half of 2010. Nintendo of America’s Cammie Dunaway kicked off today’s festivities with the long awaited pricing and…

By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2010

New Metroid: Other M Screens, Story Details, Excitement

Nintendo has released all new media of Metroid: Other M, the Team Ninja and Nintendo developed Wii game that tells a more “revealing, personal story” than previous Metroid games, including Other M’s chronological predecessor, Super Metroid. What Nintendo calls a “dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2010

Nintendo Details Upcoming WiiWare And DSIWare Titles

As if Cave Story wasn’t enough, Nintendo has plenty more downloadable games coming out in the first half of 2010, from Art Style and WarioWare for WiiWare to a DSiWare fighter that puts you inside the game. If you’ve been keeping up with the flood of Nintendo news this morning, you’ll know that Cave Story…

By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2010

New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Looks Like Worlds Of Fun

Why does a man play Mario? This brand new Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer of the May 23-dated Wii game is may be the ideal answer to that question. It’s not just the drilling through planets in Galaxy 2 or the bigger than a moon dragon that Mario must battle. It’s the clever use of…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 24, 2010

Monster Hunter Tri Dated For April, Online Multiplayer Goes Free

It’s a Monster Hunter Tri information explosion, as Nintendo and Capcom reveal new information on the North American release of this eagerly anticipated title, including the release date, exclusive demos, preorder incentives, and the freedom of online multiplayer. Nintendo kicked off the Monster Hunter Tri information overload today at its summit in San Francisco, announcing…

By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2010