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NBA Jam Sets The Wii On Fire In 2010
There were jams and rumors of jams, but now it’s official – EA is bringing back Midway’s classic arcade basketball game this year with EA Sports NBA Jam for the Nintendo Wii. Midway’s NBA Jam took arcades by storm in 1993, it’s over-the-top arcade basketball action and colorful commentary packing in the crowds at the…
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The Nintendo Download: Something, Something, Ace Attorney
It must be tough for lesser-known games when the Nintendo Download contains a big-name title like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but Chronos Twins DX, ShadowPlay, and the rest of this week’s offerings put up a good fight. Good fight or no, it’d be hard for any title to compete with a port of the original…
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If Football Awards Were Named for Tecmo Bowl Legends
Maybe the NHL names every award for someone, but the NFL gives blandly titled honors. Pigskin Doctors concocted awards named for players from Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl, giving them to current players who most resemble their performances. No, Bo Jackson is not on this list. (Most are from TSB). But I love it…
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Namco Files Patent for Wiimote Drumming Game
A pair of attachments would turn two Wiimotes into a set of sticks, presumably for an air-drumming game, according to a patent filed recently by Namco Bandai. While the patent doesn’t specifically reference the Wiimote, the drawings do look awful familiar, and so far it’s the most notable example of a rectangular control with an…
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Just How Much Punishment Can a NES Cart Take?
Inspired by a three-year-old Kotaku article, Canadian blogger Rinry subjected eight NES carts to varying forms of torture to see just how durable the goods were. Seven of them were still fully playable. This is a long, but very watchable (and well made) video. Plus you get to hear Rinry say “out” and it’s always…
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Metroid Prime Trilogy No Longer Published or Shipped
Four months after its release, Nintendo has stopped publishing and shipping the Metroid Prime: Collector’s Edition. A company rep told an interested gamer the only way to find it now is through the second-hand market. “[It] is no longer being shipped,” Nintendo told the blog Coffee With Games. “When first introduced, it was announced that…
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‘Green’ Cases Don’t Do Much for Greenpeace Rankings
Doesn’t look like cutting a bunch of plastic out of the standard game cases did much for anyone’s Greenpeace ratings. The environmental advocacy group released its quarterly rankings of electronics companies, again tsk-tsking Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo, I guess because it goes whaling in its spare time or something, again clocked in with a…
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Nyko’s Wand+ Has Wii Motion Plus Built Right In
Nyko does what Ninten-didn’t with the introduction of the Nyko Wand+, a Wii remote alternative with Motion Plus support built right in. Debuting today at CES in Las Vegas, the Nyko Wand+ features Full Motion Technology, offering the same 1:1 movement tracking capability as the regular Nintendo remote with the Wii Motion Plus add-on attached.…
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The Harvard Lampoon Skewers Twilight, Sega
In The Harvard Lampoon’s literary parody Nightlight, potential vampire Edwart Mullen warns the naive Belle Goose that he won’t always be around to protect her from Sega. Bookstore gift certificates are wonderful things. My older brother gave one of them to me for Christmas, which I used to purchase several fine publications. I picked up…
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Motion Control on a New DS — How Might That Work?
An oblique reference to a DS successor helped turn Satoru Iwata‘s interview with Japan’s leading newspaper into a full-on bombshell. Specifically, the Nintendo chief said such a device must be enabled for motion control. What could they be working on? Motion control in a handheld is trickier proposition because, of course, you’re manipulating the thing…
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Gentlemiis, Start Your Engines …
So, the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing gets Banjo (and) Kazooie as playable characters. What’s the Wii version offering? Well, you, of course. And by that Sega means Mii. Sega announced on its official blog today that players’ Miis will be part of the racing lineup, likewise taking advantage of special…
By Owen Good