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Nintendo’s Nutso Football Controller Patent
I’m just about at my breaking point with these wacky controller patents, but this one’s so wacky – a football you stick your Wii Remote into – that it’s worth a closer look. It’s essentially a soft (rubber? foam?) football with holes in it, that you stick the Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk into. For…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2009 -
Wii Sports Resort Sells A Million In Japan
Nintendo has announced that Wii Sports Resort has reached the million seller milestone. The game launched on June 25 in The Land of The Rising Sun and was met with brisk sales. The second week was a sharp drop off, but as the chart below points out, the title has recently seen an upswing in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2009 -
Professor Layton And The Diabolical F Train
Pimple-removal, romance novels and liquor get advertised inside New York City subway cars. This morning, I walked into a car of the F train and, for the first time, saw a video game getting big-time promotion. Despite video games being played constantly on the train — there’s always someone playing on an iPhone, DS or…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2009 -
Modern Warfare Mobility DS: Guns, Tanks and Planes
New Modern Warfares aren’t just coming to the consoles this fall, the DS will also be getting a brand new first-person shooter from Activision. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized will include a new story line with unique missions spread out over 16 levels with players taking on the roles of both U.S. Marines and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Mr. Driller Strikes Back
This week in the Nintendo Download, a Super Nintendo space epic continues, Mr. Driller drills anew, and tiny bubbles must be destroyed at all costs. LucasArts continues to roll out the Super Star Wars goodness this week with Super Empire Strikes back, the 16-bit retelling of the classic tale of Luke Skywalker, the sister he…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2009 -
Tatsunoko vs Capcom Gets Four New Characters
Capcom’s Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom will, when it reaches Western shores, make the journey with some new content previously unseen in the Japanese edition. Like what? Like, maybe, online multiplayer. Along with four new characters. Yup. Four. Two from Capcom, two from Tatsunoko. There’s no word on who they’ll be, but you’re free to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2009 -
Local Gym About to Get a Letter from Nintendo
Looking to buff up or slim down in Tucson? Check out WE-FIT. If you have trouble finding it, it’s the gym at 6437 N. Oracle Road – since that name might change in the future. Reader Martin sent us the link, and says the gym has been wallpapering local TV with ads. Good for them.…
By Owen Good Published August 22, 2009 -
Guys Wanna Have Fun Too
E3 may be the first big show of the year and Tokyo Game Show may have the attraction of Japan and Otaku, but Germany is the only wacky video game show on the planet. Want proof? Press play and enjoy a little Just Dance gameplay footage.
By Brian Crecente Published August 22, 2009 -
Cabela’s Gets The Wii Light Gun Just Right
As distasteful as you may find Cabela’s Big Buck Hunt – or indeed the people who play it – you’ve got admit there’s something shamefully satisfying about the game’s plastic peripherals. So it’s nice to see that with the game making its way to the 360, PS3 and Wii next month, special attention has been…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009 -
Modern Warfare Wii Gets Coop With a Catch
In the Wii’s Modern Warfare Squad Mate mode, a second player can use a second remote to fire off shots at enemies, but has no control of the movement and only their reticule will appear on the screen. It’s kind of like a shooter’s version of Co-Star Mode, the cooperative two-player option in Super Mario…
By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009 -
Four Reasons Wii Owners May Want to Wait For Band Hero
With Guitar Hero 5 coming out this September, it might be hard to imagine why someone would want to pick up a copy of family-friendly Band Hero in November. Here’s four reasons why Wii owners may want to wait: Setlist Manager: Players can use a DS or DSi to connect to the Wii and change…
By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009 -
Wii Fit Plus: Feeling The Burn
Nintendo featured its balance board-controlled fitness game Wii Fit Plus at Gamescom this week, ensuring that there was little to no wait to go socks-on with the Wii sequel. That gave us plenty of time to burn some calories. The Gamescom demo featured nine of the fifteen mini-games promised for Wii Fit Plus, six of…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2009 -
Inside GamesCom’s Halls One Day Early
Koelnmesse, home to Gamescom, is a mammoth, sprawling complex of buildings, streets and boulevards, so it’s not surprising that Mike and I got lost on the way to the press room. Our wanderings had us walking through GDC Europe and all four of the show’s halls, where we couldn’t help but notice what we’d be…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009 -
See What Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized Looks Like On The DS
As mentioned, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized is coming to the DS. This is what it looks like. I am struggling to imagine the kind of person this appeals to. Click to view More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized News & Previews
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 -
Don’t Have Time For MotionPlus’ Three Minute Instructional Video?
We’ve shown you the three minute instructional video Nintendo uses to explain how to attach and detach Wii MotionPlus. Recognizing you busy people don’t have three minutes to spare, a GameTrailers user chopped that down to seventeen seconds. WMplus instructions straightforward [GameTrailers]
By Andrew Freedman Published August 17, 2009 -
Academy Of Champions Got Moves
Check out Altair performing his Eagle Strike and the Rabbids’ Plunger Shot in this batch of Gamescom clips and screens of Ubisoft’s Academy of Champions. Ubisoft’s magical cartoon soccer academy game basically does what Nintendo did with Mario Strikers and gives it an Ubisoft spin, with characters from your favorite titles appearing amongst generic children…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 -
Phoenix Wright Gets UDON Art Book Treatment
How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney collects all of the artwork from the three Nintendo DS Phoenix Wright titles as well as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, into…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009 -
Capcom Toyed with Idea of Phoenix Wright vs. Tatsunoko
Ryota Niitsuma, producer for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, says the company did have plans to put the famed juris doctor in the lineup, but ran into problems because his OBJECTION! was just too powerful in English. Niitsuma told NGamer magazine that Capcom wanted Phoenix Wright, and Franziska von Karma (for her whip), in the game, but…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2009 -
Welp, Sony Ain’t Gonna Like This
Go punch up pspgo.co.uk. That’s not exactly the product being being flogged there, is it. A Chinese registrant picked up the domain name in late April, and has plastered it with a replica of the DSi’s product page. Now, as Destructoid points out, there ain’t no page forpspgo.com, so maybe Sony really doesn’t give a…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2009 -
‘Inglourious Plummers’ Spoof Is Basterdly Good
Okay, so that heavily mustachioed Toadsworth is no Brad Pitt, but this spoof of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds set in the Mushroom Kingdom compensates in charm. It’s rock solid use of Wario and game footage doesn’t hurt. Don’t hit that pause button until you make it to the very end of GamerVision‘s Inglourious Plummers. It…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 14, 2009