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Let’s Compare A DSi LL And a PSP-3000
You may not yet really know how big a DSi LL is, but you know how big a PSP-3000 is, right? It’s not “LL” (extra large) for nothing! Another bonus comparisons include DSi and DSi LL box sizes. 本日発売! 「ニンテンドーDSi LL」。画面サイズ拡大はどのような恩恵をもたらすのか? 実際に試してみる [GAME Watch]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 23, 2009 -
DSi LL Goes On Sale In Japan
Over the weekend, Nintendo’s jumbo-sized DSi, the DSi LL, was released in Japan. With “LL” meaning “extra large” in Japanese sizes, the DSi LL launch begs the question: Were the lines LL? By the time the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara opened, the line was approximately a hundred strong. At the Bic Camera in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 23, 2009 -
Rebuffed PSN Plaintiff Lashes Out at Xbox Live, Nintendo
Seems like gaming’s found its Jonathan Lee Riches – the inmate who sues anyone and anything, largely for comedic effect. In this case, Erik Estavillo, who already had a suit against Sony tossed, has taken aim at Microsoft and Nintendo. Estavillo’s suing Microsoft for an RROD on his 360, claiming that a disability means he…
By Owen Good Published November 22, 2009 -
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Glitch Discovers Fountain of Coins, Youth
So far, it’s not known how if this glitch is repeatable or what circumstances would force it, but, dang, that box is barfing infinite coins and, thus, infinite lives, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. New Super Mario Bros. Wii Glitch Causes Infinite Coins/Lives [Go Nintendo]
By Owen Good Published November 21, 2009 -
Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler Has Left The Building
Nintendo’s vice president of corporate affairs, Denise Kaigler, has announced that she’ll be leaving the company after less than two years in the position. Some may know Denise as that lady who replaced Nintendo fanboy icon Perrin Kaplan in the job. Others may know her as that lady who played splish-splash with Totilo, as both…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2009 -
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Snow Temple Preview: Ditching Zelda
Two of the major selling points for The Legend of Zelda: Spirits Tracks have been the train and the addition of Zelda to Link as a companion character. But what can you expect from the rest of the game? I sat down at Nintendo’s Redwood City office to get a good look at the single-player…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 -
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Multiplayer Preview: Spreading The Phantom
It seems like nobody noticed (except of course the developers) that Link’s newest adventure has a multiplayer mode. Too busy paying attention to trains and a ghostly Zelda along with Link for the ride, I guess. But anyway, Spirit Tracks has multiplayer. Boy does it ever have multiplayer, and boy did we ever play it.…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 -
Reviews
Art Style Digidrive Micro-Review: The Superiority Of Video Games
I’m sure opera, movies and cave paintings are fine forms of entertainment, but can any of them derive fun from such a mundane activity as directing traffic? After a several weeks of inactivity, the Art Style series has returned to North America’s DSiWare shop with Digidrive, an abstract puzzle game about directing traffic that can…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 20, 2009 -
Nintendo Takes Over Malls Across America
As if the mall couldn’t be any scarier this holiday season, Nintendo is setting a Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience for shoppers to try out mid-mad dash. The Mall Experience is intended to make “it easier than ever for holiday consumers to sample the year’s most sought-after games” for the Wii and DS/DSi. Demo stations will…
By AJ Glasser Published November 20, 2009 -
TV Family Enjoys A Spot Of DS Homebrew?
Nintendo love to scour the dirtiest, most distant corners of the globe for people pirating their DS software. But do they ever check their TV sets? Because if anyone from Nintendo of America had bothered to watch the latest episode of “Modern Family”, they may have seen this kid. “Oh great!”, they probably thought at…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2009 -
Stick Professor Layton On Your Shelf
With a new Layton movie due out in Japan next month, it’s time to start cashing in! And there’s no better way than with a line of small, neat little action figures. These are “FuruFuru” figures, which basically means “bobblehead”, only more subtle, with everyone’s proportions in order. There are two available – the good…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2009 -
How Nintendo Is Selling New Super Mario Bros. Wii In Japan
Hey, it’s Nozomi Ohashi, that girl who sings the Ponyo song! And she’s wearing some sort of tutu, sitting in some sort of abstract white environment and playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii. That’s how Nintendo is selling the game in Japan — roping in Japanese celebrities to play the game. Not the most exciting…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2009 -
Here’s What Phoenix Wright Looks Like On The Wii
How much you enjoy the upcoming WiiWare port of Phoenix Wright may depend on how big your television is. This is a port of a GBA/DS game, kids, not a HD remake. I’d imagine such low-res textures will look worse the bigger your screen. And, in case you missed it, that grey border isn’t just…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2009 -
Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
The Japanese version of Club Nintendo flexes its clear superiority over its Western cousin with even more retro flavored fun for Platinum members. They’re getting a real Game & Watch LCD game of Ball. Yes, a real Game & Watch, not the digital version as seen in the previous Club Nintendo exclusive Game & Watch…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 18, 2009 -
Nintendo Plans “Surprising” Zelda Showing At E3 2010
Nintendo fans are in for more than just new Wii Vitality Sensor software at E3 2010. The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma says Nintendo hopes to show something “surprising” about Link’s next Wii-bound adventure. Aonuma tells the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that the Zelda team has been trying “something new in terms of…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 18, 2009 -
Phoenix Wright Pleads WiiWare
Not that the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle are ever wrong when it comes to leaking game news early, but still, it’s nice to get confirmation (via the latest issue of Famitsu) that Phoenix Wright is on its way to the Wii. The series will be released on Nintendo’s WiiWare service, with Ace Attorney out in Japan on…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2009 -
Nintendo May Have More Metroid Prime Primed For DS
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may have wrapped up the GameCube-to-Wii trilogy, but fans of first-person adventuring in the suit of Samus Aran may be able to look forward to future Prime games. Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe, overseer of all things Metroid, tells the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine that the company is “always planning to make new…
By Michael McWhertor Published November 17, 2009 -
The Sports Authority Gets Its Wii On
As we first reported earlier today, The Sports Authority is getting in the Wii-selling business in a big way. While the national sports retailer won’t be officially announcing the Wii push at their stores until Thursday, some of the chain’s locations started getting their Wii on last weekend. The Colorado store pictured here received their…
By Brian Crecente Published November 17, 2009 -
Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii
Starting this month, Nintendo’s Wii gets its own section and pitch people at The Sports Authority stores nationwide, part of a movement to help make the country more fit, the fitness chain’s president told Kotaku this morning. Sports Authority president David Campisi says that the Colorado company, which operated about 450 stores, has been working…
By Brian Crecente Published November 17, 2009 -
This Throne Is Hallowed, Ancient
Yup, those are Famicom carts. As seen on Erick Kwiecien, via Gizmodo.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 17, 2009