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Nintendo All Started Right Here
As seen on Kirainet. There are directions too in case you’d like to go!
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 22, 2009 -
Suda Clarifies What No More No More Heroes Means
When Goichi Suda said last month that No More Heroes 2 would be the last of the series on Wii, he didn’t mean that was its end with Nintendo. Suda expects a “Wii 2”, and NMH to continue on that. Although, speaking to 1Up, Suda also made clear that “I’ve finished the story for Travis…
By Owen Good Published September 21, 2009 -
What Wii Accessory Made It Into the MoMA Store?
Cruising through the posh shops of Tokyo’s Omotesando area didn’t net much in the way of interesting game-related finds. But during a stop in the Museum of Modern Art store, we did spot one Wii find. A battery charger. Yes, Sanyo’s Eneloop line of Wii Remote battery chargers — comprised of stand, battery pack and…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 21, 2009 -
Metroid Prime Team Discusses Their Decade Of Samus, Ponders Series’ Future
Following the recent release of Metroid Prime Trilogy, members of Nintendo’s development teams in Texas and Japan answered Kotaku’s questions about what the Metroid Prime series got right, what it missed and more. They even hinted at Prime’s future. Our interview was conducted over e-mail, with questions sent to Nintendo a few weeks ago and…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: You, Me, And The Cubes
There’s tennis, a last ninja, a little strategy, and a shot of MySims in this week’s Nintendo Download, but once you get past those it’s just Me, You, and the Cubes. You, Me, and The Cubes is a puzzle game for WiiWare from Kenji Eno of D and Enemy Zero fame. Shake your Wii remote…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2009 -
Rare: “We’re Long Past the Stage” where Goldeneye Deal is Feasible
The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, or Xbox Live Arcade, appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper. Addressing a reader question about Goldeneye ever getting an agreement between Nintendo and Microsoft, releasing it to current generation consoles, Rare said, alas, no. That was some time…
By Owen Good Published September 20, 2009 -
‘Special Announcement’ Teased on Scribblenauts’ Facebook Page
What is it? Who knows? That’s why the verb “tease” was used in the headline. “Get your rooster hats ready! We have a very special announcement coming very soon …” says the page. DSiWare? iPhone? Pure conjecture. Also, this seems like as good a place as any to mention this. Reader Soniking points out that…
By Owen Good Published September 19, 2009 -
Nintendo Allegedly Confirms Wii Price Cut, Effective Sept. 27
Nintendojo has reported that Nintendo, in a conference call with retailers, confirmed that the Wii’s price will be cut to $199, effective Sunday, Sept. 27. Nintendojo says one of its staffers was on the line during this call. I’ve emailed our Nintendo of America PR contact to ask if they’d like to add anything. Likely,…
By Owen Good Published September 19, 2009 -
Frankenreview: Scribblenauts
Your vocabulary is your power in Scribblenauts, 5th Cell’s innovative new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS in which write makes might. We’ve been enthralled by the concept of Scribblenauts since we first received word of the game in December of last year. Your goal is simple: help Maxwell collect the Starite in each level…
By Mike Fahey Published September 17, 2009 -
Mario’s Voice Actor Recalls His Rambling Audition
While speaking to The Press of New Zealand recently, long-time Super Mario voice-actor Charles Martinet only occasionally slipped into his Mario voice. But he did so long enough to re-create the lines he spoke that won him Nintendo’s top role.: Hello, ima Mario. Okey dokey, letsa make a pizza pie together, you go get somea…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 17, 2009 -
Target Circular Adds Fuel To The Wii Price Drop Fire
An anonymous tipster sends us this picture of an alleged Target circular for the week of September 27th, joining Wal-Mart and Toys R Us on the $199.99 Wii price drop bandwagon. Sure it’s blurry and only a partial picture of the full page, but the information in this picture coincides with the information we’ve seen…
By Mike Fahey Published September 17, 2009 -
Britain Looking For Wii Ambassadors, Giving Away Free Virtual Console Games
Nintendo UK must be having trouble getting Wii owners to realise that the machine can be connected to the internet, because they’re launching an incentive program aimed at doing just that. It’s called the “Connection Ambassador Promotion”, and rewards people with 500 Wii Points for every new console connected to the internet: 500 points for…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2009 -
Racial Term in DS’ Scribblenauts? Unintentional, Developer Explains [Update]
Nintendo DS title Scribblenauts has players solve puzzles by writing words. The game has a database of tens of thousands of words — writing words causes objects to appear on screen. So what happens when you write “sambo”? You get what appears to be a watermelon. The word “sambo” is in the 22,802 wordlist we…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2009 -
Konami Reflects On DSiWare
Konami throws its hat into the DSiWare ring with Reflection, a puzzle platformer from Intrinsic Games that has the player controlling one character twice over. Reflection stars Kirra, a young adventurer tasked with retrieving the pieces of a broken magical mirror that has ripped reality in two. Kirra herself is split in two as well,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2009 -
Nintendo Makes New Company To Improve Quality
Nintendo Seal of Quality is going out on its own. The Kyoto-based company is splitting its quality control branch off into its own, separate company. The name of this Nintendo company is the appropriately named “Mario Club“. Contract employees and part-timers will see work conditions improve, and contract employees will become full-time, full-fledged Mario Club…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2009 -
Nintendo Updates Holiday Lineup, Reveals New Games
Nintendo of America has laid out its plans for the upcoming holiday shopping season—and a little bit beyond—dating a ton of Wii, Nintendo DS, WiiWare and DSiWare games, while also subtly announcing a few new ones. The list is long and likely full of third-party goods for both the Wii and DS platforms that won’t…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2009 -
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Confirmed By Nintendo
Konami’s Wii-imagining of Game Boy Castlevania: The Adventure, as leaked by the ESRB this weekend, has just been confirmed by a newly updated release list from Nintendo. The better news is that it’s coming, like, this month. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth has a (potentially subject to change) release date of Q3 on WiiWare. And that…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2009 -
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Arriving In December
Nintendo’s next Legend of Zelda adventure will be making a stop at retail just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks has been dated by Nintendo of America for December 7th. Spirit Tracks was officially unveiled at this year’s Game Developers Conference, but it wasn’t until this year’s E3…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2009 -
Reviews
Scribblenauts Review: Embrace Your Inner Geek
Riding on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex into a crowd of robot zombies: It’s a pretty powerful image, one that taps into the basic instincts of most geeks and screams “Buy this game.” Scribblenauts is out to prove that it’s more than just a clever, a really clever, game mechanic and that the “Write…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2009 -
Nintendo Updates Own Wii Channel
You may have noticed, you probably hadn’t, but the Nintendo Channel on your Wii has been updated, and it’s for the better. Take a look at that new UI! It’s clean, it’s useful, it’s a sign of what should be going down on all the Wii’s channels. And, behind the scenes, probably is. Updated Nintendo…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2009