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Report: Nintendo Said “No, Thank You” To Project Natal Tech

Nintendo executives were reportedly given the option to snatch up the technology that powers Microsoft’s controller-free Project Natal but passed, worried that the camera tech was too expensive and not responsive enough for the Wii maker. CVG cites an anonymous source at Nintendo—specifically “a top insider (and we mean top insider)”—as saying that Nintendo bossman…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Uno!

Too late! I shouted it first, so you folks all have to draw two cards while I tell you all about this week’s releases for WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Wii Virtual Console. Can you guess what this week’s biggest WiiWare release is? That’s right! It’s “Aha! I Found It!” Hidden Object Game by Ateam Inc.…

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2010

Gaming: The Fifth Network

The very public, very messy late-night fight between Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and NBC didn’t just offer interesting insight into the inner workings of network television, it reminded everyone that the TV isn’t used only for watching shows anymore. Video games, right behind bad programming and bad decisions, are television networks’ biggest threat these days.…

By Brian Crecente Published January 25, 2010

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Over 10 Million Served

New Super Mario Bros. Wii has already propelled itself past Super Mario Galaxy. That’s not all, though. In the eight weeks since the title has been released, Super Mario Bros. Wii has reached the ten million units sold mark. The game has sold over 3 million copies in Japan, more than 4.5 million in North…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 25, 2010

‘Wii Dad’ Columnist Pens Response to Kotaku Commenters

“It’s clear most of these commenters can’t seem to conceive of a world where everyone doesn’t play video games all day long,” writes Chris O’Brien, whose column about returning a Christmas-gift Wii summoned a tempest of gamer fury . To recap: O’Brien, a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, thought he was penning “a…

By Owen Good Published January 24, 2010

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Has Already Outsold Mario Galaxy

I’m not sure if this is sad or impressive – probably a bit of both – but New Super Mario Bros. Wii has, in a little over two months, already managed to outsell Nintendo’s last Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. NPD figures reveal that while Galaxy has sold 4.1 million copies in North America since…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2010

The Wii Gets Its First Black Box, Maybe Its Best Box Art

Nintendo is letting another game that isn’t New Super Mario Bros. Wii break the tradition of white Wii game cases, giving Sandlot’s Zangeki no REGINLEIV a chance to stand out from its peers with a sharp looking black box. The gory, giant slaying action game Zangeki no REGINLEIV—formerly known as Dynamic Zan—is scheduled for a…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2010

Reviews

Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun

Dark Void Zero is built around not one, but two stories. One is a story of a jet pack wearing hero named Rusty trying to stop the invasion of Earth by aliens. The second is the fiction surrounding the game’s creation, a false history that claims the game is a remake of a classic NES-era…

By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010

Super Mario Bros., with Fake Boobs and Fake Bakes

To satirize self-styled guidos (and guidettes) who better than Mario and Luigi? Dr. Coolsex, the group behind Mario Kart: The Movie, give us this send-up of TV fad Jersey Shore, and introduce to our lexicon the phrase “star-stealing koopa f***er.” [via Gay Gamer]

By Owen Good Published January 20, 2010

Nintendo Trademarks Luigi’s Mansion (Again)

Nintendo of America has taken the somewhat unexpected step of reviving its Luigi’s Mansion trademark, either a sign of its very protective trademarking desires or a renewed interest in giving Luigi more face time with gamers. It may be nothing more than the former, as Nintendo already has seven Luigi’s Mansion trademarks—three “live,” four “dead”…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 20, 2010

Some WiiWare Developers Not Exactly Thrilled With Nintendo

Of all the major platforms and services out there, Nintendo’s WiiWare is probably the most under-promoted and under-utilised (PSP mini’s aside). Something developers are not happy about. “We feel that Nintendo is not doing enough to promote the service at all,” JV Games’ Jag Jaege (Pong Toss) tells GI.biz. “We feel that the vast majority…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010

Super Monkey Ball And The Most Appropriate Cross Promotion Ever

When you have a game like Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, which centers on collecting bananas, you couldn’t pick a better cross-promoting partner than the leading distributor of bananas in the United States, Chiquita. Starting next month, more than 180 million Chiquita bananas will feature stickers promoting Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll for…

By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2010

Fans Localize Fatal Frame 4

Nintendo’s decision to withhold Fatal Frame 4 from Western release didn’t sit well with fans, so a group of them has produced an English patch that translates the game for players in North America and Europe. Fatal Frame 4, known in Japan as Zero: Tsukihami no Kame, won’t see a U.S. retail release any time…

By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2010

Catch Ho-Oh Or Lugia When You Preorder Pokémon

Nintendo gets your Pokémon collection started with these figures of Ho-Oh and Lugia, yours when you preorder Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver for the Nintendo DS. Starting February 1st, select retailers will be offering these two limited edition figures for customers who preorder these latest Pokémon remakes, with HeartGold customers scoring Ho-Oh and SoulSilver pre-purchasers walking…

By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2010

Wii Balance Board Goes Forth In The Name Of Science

While the Wii Balance Board‘s usefulness as a fitness device are questionable, there’s no doubts over its ability to perform as a…rehabilitative “force platform”. That’s a device used by doctors to measure the balance of a person recovering from a stroke (or similar injury), employed when the patient is “relearning” how to walk. While lab-grade…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2010

Super Mario Bros Wii. Fastest Wii Title To Hit Three Million In Japan

Going on sale in Japan on December 3, 2009, Wii title New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold over 3 million games. In Japan, that’s not just fast for a Wii title, it’s the fastest. In its first seven weeks on sale, the game moved 3,002,753 units, making it the fastest title to hit the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 19, 2010

The Big Three All See Revenues Drop in 2009

Revenues were down for most video game companies in 2009, and the big three platform holders were no exception. Pretty clear, but if you need it spelled out a little clearer, nice graphs tend to do the trick. Put together by NPD fetishist Matt Matthews over at Gamasutra, it shows the decline in revenue all…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2010

Reviews

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up

Konami goes back to Castlevania’s roots with Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, as the series joins Gradius and Contra to get the Konami ReBirth treatment. Once again, developer M2 takes a long, hard look at a classic Konami franchise and produces a retro-styled rehash. This time around the game is Castlevania: The Adventure, the 1989 Game…

By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2010

Nintendo Spot Makes UK Most Irritating Ad List, But Isn’t That Annoying

A Nintendo DS ad took the number nine spot among the most irritating TV ads aired in the UK last year, as determined by England’s Marketing magazine. The ad doesn’t seem that annoying to me, but then I have no attachment to its stars, British comedians Ant and Dec. Now, the number one ad is…

By Stephen Totilo Published January 18, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Everybody Let’s Muscle March

Men (and bears) in tight bikini briefs invade the Nintendo Download this week, bringing Dark Void Zero, Starship Defense, The Secret of Shinobi, and more along for the wild ride. Namco Bandai’s Muscle March (500 Wii points) is one of the oddest titles to hit the WiiWare service so far. Thieves have made off with…

By Mike Fahey Published January 18, 2010