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Thank You Mario, But Our Princess Is In Another Game, Getting Kidnapped Again

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is released this weekend, continuing the proud tradition of Princess Peach getting her delicate bottom kidnapped by lizard creatures. Let’s explore her victimization record, shall we? Princess Peach gets kidnapped a lot. There are few women with more kidnappings under their belt than her royal mushroom highness, with only Daphne…

By Mike Fahey Published November 13, 2009

Reviews

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review: Go Buy A Wii

It’s been two years since we’ve had an all-new Mario Bros. game. Two years of fans waiting for a title that will not only reintroduce them to a beloved character, but could reshape the way we play video games. That’s a lot for a single title, one with more than 20 years worth of games,…

By Brian Crecente Published November 13, 2009

BBC iPlayer Gets Its Own Wii Channel

The UK’s iPlayer TV and Radio on demand server for the Wii gets an upgrade next week, graduating from Wii Internet Channel feature to full-on BBC iPlayer Wii Channel. Starting at 12:01am on Wednesday, November 18th, Wii owners in the UK will be able to download the new BBC iPlayer Wii Channel, giving them instant…

By Mike Fahey Published November 13, 2009

What The Captains Of The Industry Said Today

Four ideas popped out to me while attending a series of presentations from top executives in the gaming industry today: Ideas about price, women, mid-cycle relaunches and which games matter most to the bottom line. The following all came from half-hour presentations to investors and press today at the BMO Capital Markets 17th Annual Digital…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 12, 2009

The Mystery Deepens In Possible Hotel Dusk Sequel

Japanese blog Sinobi reports that there are retail listings for a Hotel Dusk sequel for the Nintendo DS titled Last Window: Midnight Promise (Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku). According to the blog, CING’s sequel is set in 1980s Los Angeles and will hit Japanese shelves January 14. A cursory search of Amazon Japan doesn’t turn…

By AJ Glasser Published November 12, 2009

You’d Better Watch This New Super Mario Bros. Wii Strategy Video

Because from what we’ve been hearing, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is no cake walk, especially in multiplayer games. Nintendo was nice enough to pass along some pre-release tips in video form, strategies that will definitely come in handy. While watching the creative use of Penguin Suit-spawned ice blocks and synchronized butt stomps, try not…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 12, 2009

PETA Releases New Super Chick Sisters

PETA returns to its Mario-parody Super Chick Sisters with the New Super Chick Sisters, switching gears from vilifying Kentucky Fried Chicken to vilifying McDonald’s. McDonald’s abuses chickens somehow, and it’s up to the New Super Chick Sisters to save Princess Pamela Anderson while learning about chicken abuse in this sequel to 2007’s Super Chick Sisters.…

By Mike Fahey Published November 12, 2009

The Mario Suits That Were, Are And Should Be

With New Super Mario Bros. Wii around the corner – a game that introduces yet more suits to Mario’s burgeoning wardrobe – we figured it was a good time to look back, and forward, at some of his sharper outfits. We’re not going to catalogue every suit he’s ever worn; that would be boooooorrrring. Instead,…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009

Turn Your DSi Camera Into A Slightly Better Camera

The DSi’s camera is OK for quick snaps but, like the early days of mobile phone cameras, it’s quite limited in what it can do. Which leaves a gap in the market for clip-on accessories like Thrustmaster’s Studio Kit. It includes a range of add-ons to help bring the camera up to speed, like a…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 12, 2009

The Nintendo DSi LL In Pleasant Four Player Action

Nintendo’s new DSi model—dubbed the DSi LL in Japan, DSi XL elsewhere—is huge. How huge? Nintendo of Japan’s new DSi LL promo video helps to illustrate just how huge, offering an attractive Japanese family to show scale. There’s not much to this recently released Japanese language clip, but it does show the Nintendo DSi LL…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009

Spain’s Plumbers Honor Mario For 28 Years Of Plumbing Accomplishments

Plumber and princess recovery specialist Mario has secured the year’s most coveted game award, a silver medal from ASEFOSAM, Spain’s professional plumbers association. How convenient, given this weekend’s release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. We’re not trying to accuse ASEFOSAM of glomming on to Mario’s highly anticipate Wii release, but to honor Mario for…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 11, 2009

Party at the Mushroom Kingdom, New York

Don’t forget: One of Nintendo’s biggest game launches this year will be turning the Nintendo World Store into Mushroom Kingdom this weekend. This Saturday, Nov. 14, Nintendo will be be bringing interactive gaming stations, costumed characters, trivia, prize giveaways and live tournaments to their New York store to celebrate the release of Wii must-have New…

By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2009

EA Boss A Little Bummed With Wii Performance

Poor EA. They bet heavy on the Wii and, of late, the Wii hasn’t been doing so well, contributing at least partly to EA’s recent fiscal/employee issues. Think boss John Riccitiello is happy? Well, no, he is not happy. “To be honest with you, I think the Wii platform has been a little weaker than…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2009

Study Finds Wii Fit Produces “Underwhelming Results”

Anyone who does proper exercise could have pointed this out, but it’s always nice to have it in writing; the American Council on Exercise have claimed that Nintendo’s Wii Fit produces “underwhelming results”. The group has released a report on the super-popular home fitness program, drawing on research performed by the University of Wisconsin. And…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 11, 2009

Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers

Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collect information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. As we posted previously, announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that import…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2009

The Nintendo Download: It’s Old Home Week

Familiar names and face populate this week’s downloadable Nintendo games, with appearances by Frogger, Excitebike, Bomberman, and more Electroplankton than you can shake a stylus at. Perhaps the most exciting game to come out as part of this week’s Nintendo Download is Excitebike: World Rally for WiiWare (1,000 Wii points). It’s not just because it…

By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2009

Does Store Renovation Reflect Current Japanese Game Market?

There are tons of stores selling Xbox 360 games and goods in Japan. Today, let’s talk about a store that has just renovated its game section. Think of it as a reassessment of where the Xbox 360 is in Japan. Or something. The 5th floor of Tokyo retailer LABI Ikebukuro is all DS and Wii…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2009

Europe Rates Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for Virtual Console

Pan-European Game Information has given Michael Jackson‘s Moonwalker, the iconic 1990 Sega Master System game, a 12-rating for Nintendo’s Virtual Console, raising hopes the King of Pop will make a posthumous return to video games. PEGI listed the game with a content indicator for “depictions of violence.” There is no ESRB rating as yet. The…

By Owen Good Published November 8, 2009

Fils-Aime: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Will Outsell MW2 — with One Stipulation

That stipulation is, it’ll beat either the 360 or the PS3 versions of the game, but not both, the Nintendo boss Reggie FIls-Aime told Gametrailers TV. Still, that’s a hell of a Pepsi challenge. Granted, New Super Mario Bros. Wii only releases on a single platform. Modern Warfare 2 is still expected to be an…

By Owen Good Published November 8, 2009

Plumbing? You Want-a Aisle 7

As seen on a Home Depot apron. [Thanks irishpnk323]

By Owen Good Published November 7, 2009