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Pokemon Sells Nearly 1.5 Million In Two Days
DS titles Pokémon Soul Silver and Heart Gold went on sale in Japan on September 12. Pokémon DS games? Bet lots of people bought them. In they’re first two days on sale, Soul Silver and Heart Gold sold 1,408,980 copies of the game. The title sold out at locations across Japan, so the demand is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2009 -
Reviews
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Review: A Fawful Good Time
Mario and Luigi’s eternal struggle against the forces that threaten the Mushroom Kingdom—and frequently kidnap Princess Peach—continue in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, the latest in the lighthearted, action-oriented role-playing game series. This time, series staple bad guy Fawful has tricked Bowser into eating a particular strain of mushroom that causes him to inhale…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2009 -
Nintendo’s Unusual 2009 Wii Strategy: Publishing The Oldies
Major music labels are happy to re-release re-mastered classic albums, year after year. Video game publishers, by contrast, focus on issuing new games. But in 2009, Nintendo hasn’t been doing that, as the full-year release lists now make clear. The impending release of Wii Fit Plus in two weeks is the latest in an atypical…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 14, 2009 -
Nintendo Weekly Download Update Issues A Street Challenge
Nintendo and its valued third parties are churning out the content this week for WiiWare, Virtual Console and DSiWare. This week, six new downloadable selections await the Nintendo fan with access to the information superhighway. The list of new items? Texas Hold’Em Poker, Spaceball: Revolution, Mart Racer, Crash ‘N The Boys Street Challenge, Art Academy:…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2009 -
Rage Of The Gladiator: Naginata
Behold Naginata, the ninja-flavored combatant featured in the upcoming first-person WiiWare gladiatorial combat game Rage of the Gladiator. We’ve not had a chance to mention Ghostfire Games‘ Rage of the Gladiator on Kotaku yet, so what better way than with the debut of the game’s ninja boss, Naginata? He joins the already revealed human, Minotaur,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 14, 2009 -
Twilight Princess Zant Statue Kicks Off “Master Arts” Line
First 4 Figures, always ready with a high quality Nintendo character in statue form, will be releasing a center piece modeled after Zant from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess early next year. The first in the one-quarter scale “Master Arts” line of licensed Twilight Princess center pieces, Zant will set serious Zelda fans back…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2009 -
Toys R Us Ad Points To $199 Wii Price Drop This Month
Last week, we got a peek at an alleged upcoming Walmart ad that indicated an official price drop would be coming to the Wii. Today, it appears that retailer Toys R Us may have heard the same thing. While the Walmart listing we saw didn’t put a price tag on the Wii—currently still at its…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2009 -
UK Scribblenauts Has Ice Lollies And Nappies
UK Scribblenauts buyers won’t have to fuss with our quaint colonial terms, with developer 5th Cell going out of their way to make sure that no one confuses football with football. I’ve been wondering how well Scribblenauts would work over in the UK, as over there taking off your pants has far stronger connotations than…
By Mike Fahey Published September 14, 2009 -
The Crystal Bearers Aims For Your Post-Christmas Gift Certificates
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers might not be under your tree on Christmas morning, but the North American release date for Square Enix‘s Wii action adventure game doesn’t miss the holiday by much. December is generally a bad month for video game releases, and earlier is normally better, but when you are Square…
By Mike Fahey Published September 14, 2009 -
Pokemon Gold/Silver Remakes Are Selling Well, It Seems
Over the weekend, Nintendo released Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver. The games were packaged with pedomters call Poké Walker. Sales were brisk in Tokyo’s Akihabara, and the game sold out at area retailers Yodobashi Camera, Sofmap and Messe Sanoh. This weekend’s release was much akin to the Fire Red and Leaf Green Gameboy Advance remakes of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2009 -
Rick Astley vs. the Hydra: Let the Scribblenauts Mayhem Begin
“The real reason people will waste their time on this game is too see sharks devour drowning tax collectors,” writes Idoliside at Hellforge. So he set up a number of gratifying encounters to preview who would win. Butcher vs. Pig? Easy, the pig turned into a yummy ham. Satan vs. a Priest in a Tank?…
By Owen Good Published September 13, 2009 -
Castlevania Rebirth Rated, Coming to WiiWare
Konami has another ReBirth title in the pipeline: Castlevania the Adventure. The title just picked up a Teen rating from the ESRB and should arrive on WiiWare, the same as its Contra and Gradius siblings. Here is the ESRB listing: Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth Platform: Wii Rating: Teen Content descriptors: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence Rating…
By Owen Good Published September 13, 2009 -
Nintendo Files the Trademark to End all Trademarks
Well, we can stop watching trademark filings now. Nintendo has officially registered “The Last Story,” so from here on, no more can ever be told, right? Siliconera noticed the filing and has few details other than the words involved. They do, however, note that “The Last Story” is registered in Japan, albeit with English words.…
By Owen Good Published September 12, 2009 -
Papercraft Link is Enormous, Lifelike
Are there plans and printouts for this life-size Link? You bet there are. There are also plans on the Internet for atomic weapons – doesn’t mean I could build one of those either. Holy Hyrule this thing defies words. Haywan of PaperCraft Museum is responsible for this. Looks like it even has a detachable shield…
By Owen Good Published September 11, 2009 -
Wii Price Drop Looks To Hit First Week Of October
Advance retail listings forwarded to Kotaku indicate that Nintendo is planning to issue its first price drop on the Wii, with a less expensive version of the console—currently priced at $249 USD—coming the first week of October. That listing comes from an early version of a Walmart ad that loosely dates, but does not price…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 11, 2009 -
Nintendo Won’t Let You Call A Wii “Firearm” A “Gun”
From Hitler moustaches to “sweat” in Mortal Kombat, Nintendo have a long history of over-reacting to violence in video games. So it shouldn’t surprise you that, in 2009, you’re still not allowed to call a Wii peripheral a “gun”. Speaking with Game Informer, Activision’s Jeff Muench has said that when branding and promoting the amazing…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 11, 2009 -
Celebrate Scribblenauts Launch At Nintendo World Store
This weekend the New York City’s Nintendo World Store will host a launch party for DS title Scribblenauts, letting gamers pick the title up days before it hits stores. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. this Sunday and will include purchasable copies of the game, due to hit stores on Sept. 15 for sale.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 10, 2009