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The Nintendo Download: And The 500th Downloadable Wii Game Is…
What game could Nintendo have possibly chosen as the 500th downloadable title for the Wii? It would have to be something super, yet smashing at the same time. The mind boggles! Okay, I suck at giving subtle hints. The original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 is the 500th downloadable game for the Nintendo…
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2010: Looking Back on Kotaku’s Look Ahead
We’re 10 days from New Year’s but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming. This past week Kotaku put a comprehensive look into its crystal ball, breaking down what’s…
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Blank N64 Cartridge Challenges Your Manhood [Updated]
Meanwhile, in the make-believe land of eBayia, someone’s auctioning a “mysteriously blank Nintendo 64 cartridge” – promising only that the game works and doesn’t suck. “Are you man enough to buy a label-less N64 game?” No, but Saxton Hale is! “Yes, this game is missing its labels, leaving the games identity indiscernible. However, everything else…
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Is ‘WiiRelax’ the Vitality Sensor’s Debut Title?
In April, an Italian company announced “Wii Relax.” Siliconera notes that, not only is that company’s product site gone, Nintendo has now trademarked “WiiRelax” in Europe. Maybe they muscled in on the name after seeing I had shrewdly registered “WiiSittingOnOne’sAss.” The trademark filing Siliconera found is good in PAL territories. Naturally, one immediately thinks of…
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Shiren The Wanderer: Don’t Call It A Roguelike
Atlus’ upcoming Wii RPG Shiren the Wanderer has all the trappings of a roguelike dungeon crawler, but Atlus notes key differences that set it apart from other roguelike games. For instance, it’s much easier. I participated in an online demo for Shiren the Wanderer yesterday, with Atlus playing through the game while the company’s PR…
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Well, Excuuuuuse Me, Hulu!
The Legend of Zelda, that Friday special cartoon that ran on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the late 80s, is now on Hulu for your trip down memory lane pleasure. I feel kind of silly now, having bought the whole thing on DVD some years back. At the time I thought it…
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Dragon’s Lair Does DSiWare Next Week
Digital Leisure is bringing Dirk the Daring to the DSiWare service next week, with the DSi becoming the umpteenth platform to receive a port of Don Bluth’s classic laserdisc game Dragon’s Lair. t’s hard to say how many platforms exactly the game has been ported to already, with some computer platforms receiving multiple versions of…
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Robotic Hamsters Get Real Activision Games
Activision takes on EA’s Littlest Pet Shop with games based on Zhu Zhu Pets, robotic hamster toys with a life of their own. How was I unaware of robotic hamster toys? Zhu Zhu Pets are, apparently, one of the hottest toys of the holiday season, and I should probably count myself fortunate that I was…
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DSi LL Was Almost Called ‘DSi Executive’
Other names batted around for the big-screen handheld: “DSi Comfort,” “DSi Premium,” and “DSi Living.” And Shigeru Miyamoto proposed “DSi Deka.” that’s according to the latest Iwata Asks roundtable, discussing the DSi LL. There are more fun facts from this talk (translated from Japanese; the English transcript is not up yet.) Evidently Nintendo had been…
By Owen Good