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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…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 -
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…
By Owen Good Published January 10, 2010 -
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…
By Owen Good Published January 9, 2010 -
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…
By Owen Good Published January 9, 2010 -
Reviews
Trajectile Micro-Review: Testing Your Talent For Precision Demolition
Satisfying the unknown need for a thinking-person’s Breakout, Trajectile is (psst) a new DSiWare game from the veterans behind the acclaimed PixelJunk series and a brick-breaking breakthrough. It also might be the best non-golf golf game made in some time. Trajectile is the second DSiWare game from Q-Games, the small Kyoto-based company run by original…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010 -
‘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…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 -
What We Want From The Next Nintendo Handheld
Yesterday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made the first public mention of the company’s plans for a successor to the wildly-popular DS handheld. So we know, vaguely, what Nintendo want from the console. That’s fine. Here’s what we want. But first, some caveats! This isn’t pure fantasy. We’re not going to be asking for HD graphics…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2010 -
Giant LEGO Yoshi Is All Kinds Of Creepy
Dirk, the same guy behind that enormous giant LEGO Mario, has just applied the finishing touches to an enormous LEGO Yoshi. And it’s gross! Not for the quality of craftsmanship, no, that’s exemplary. It’s because you can see Yoshi’s insides. Like Dirk has hunted Yoshi, captured him, cut him in pieces and is making some…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2010 -
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…
By Owen Good Published January 6, 2010 -
LG’s Newest HDTVs Claim “Wii-like” Control Experience
How can television manufacturer LG Electronics make its latest batch of big black rectangles stand apart from the crowd? While CES is full of bigger-than-last-year TVs and high-def 3D displays, it’s LG’s new “Magic Wand” that intrigues us. The TV maker says that its new LE9500 and PK950 sets “incorporate a unique ‘Magic Wand’ remote…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010 -
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 Published January 6, 2010 -
Miyamoto Also Wanted Motion Control In A Nintendo DS
Earlier today, we reported that Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata told a Japanese newspaper that a motion sensor in the successor to the DS would be “necessary.” That reminded me of something Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto told me in 2004. Just days before the official start of the E3 gaming trade show that year, Nintendo’s chief game…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010 -
The Eleven Zelda Fan Finalists: Vote Now
Don’t forget to look over and vote for your favorite finalist in our Zelda contest. The prize for the lucky winner is a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a Spirit Tracks t-shirt, a $1,000 Nintendo World Store gift card, a Zelda’s “biggest fan” trophy and a white Nintendo DSi system personally signed…
By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010 -
Nintendo Breaking Records, Taking Names In Europe
Joining Nintendo of America today in their back-slapping and high-fiving are Nintendo of Europe, who have released a number of impressive tallies for sales of both hardware and software. Hardware first! The Wii has now sold 20 million units in Europe, with 9.6 million of those owning one of the two versions of Wii Fit.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010 -
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: A New Challenger!
Capcom unveiled a brand new character for their Wii 2D fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom yesterday. Sadly, that character is somebody only 2% of you will have ever heard of. It’s Ai-chan from Yatterman, otherwise known as Yatterman 2, who joins her partner Yatterman in the game to fight some crime and, where no crime is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010 -
Report: New Zelda Out By End of 2010, First DS Successor Details
In an interview with Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun, Nintendo Co., Ltd. president Satoru Iwata discussed some of this year’s goals, which include releasing the newest Legend of Zelda game. High on the Japanese exec’s list was increasing the number of DS WiFi spots across the country. In Japan, the company has a deal with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010 -
Nintendo President: Wii Not Out Of The Woods Yet
As 2009 rolled on, it looked like Nintendo’s Wii was finally running out of steam. But then Black Friday came along, and the console broke records. Same with December. Despite this, however, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is still urging caution. In an interview with Reuters following a rebound in the company’s share prices, Iwata said…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010 -
Capcom’s France Boss: “The Future is on PS3 and 360”
Capcom’s director general for France sounds very pessimistic about development for the Wii, feeling that its user base has “radically changed” into something that is no longer interested in core games such as the poor-selling Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. “The customer of [the Wii] has turned into something [of a] much broader audience. It…
By Owen Good Published January 5, 2010