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Reviews
Art Style Boxlife Micro-Review: Smart Misery
It’s a 2009 phenomenon: some of the smartest and most artistically adventurous games released on any of the big platforms come from Nintendo’s Art Style line. Enter Boxlife, the first good game about boring factory work. (Sorry, Shenmue!) What makes you laugh as a gamer? A joke? A line of dialogue or a sight gag?…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 26, 2009 -
What MotionPlus Adds to Tiger Woods Golf
I spent some time late last week messing around with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 on the Wii to see what MotionPlus brings to the experience. Quite a lot, it turns out. As you can see in this video, the biggest addition to the game is the ability for it to detect your wrists position…
By Brian Crecente Published June 26, 2009 -
If New Super Mario Bros. Wii Was In Fact Old Super Mario Bros. Wii…
What if, instead of looking a lot like the DS version of Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii looked more like the NES versions of Mario? Or the SNES version? Well, then it’d look like this. Gotta say, that Super Mario World one looks pretty damn hot. [Mama Robotnik @ NeoGAF]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2009 -
Watch Professional Poker Players Compete In… Excitebots?!
Despite positive reviews for the Monster Games-developed Wii game, Nintendo’s Excitebots: Trick Racing didn’t burn up sales charts, moving a meager 13,000 copies in its first month on sale. Odd, considering it features playable poker and SUPER SANDWICHES. Speaking of playable poker in a racing game, you ever wonder what an Excitebots match between four…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 25, 2009 -
Captain Legomar And His Blocky, Danish Pikmin
LEGO and video games. They go together like milk and cookies. Angelina and other people’s babies. And…LEGO and Pikmin. These delightful LEGO Pikmin are the work of Norwegian Filip Felberg. These are some of the highlights, but to see more of Captain Olimar and his sentient vegetables – along with Felberg’s other Nintendo-related LEGO sets…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2009 -
Kid Icarus “Clone” Changes It’s Name To Something Less Icarian
Since Nintendo won’t be releasing a Kid Icarus game on the Wii any time soon, OTT Games decided to release something very similar in Icarian: Kindred Spirits. Turns out it might have been too similar. Despite the fact the WiiWare game has been reviewed by several outlets, and despite the fact it’s already out in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009 -
Roll Metroid Prime Trilogy Box Art Up Into Your Life
Nintendo’s Metroid Prime collection for the Wii is due to land in North America on August 24th in a snazzy “collector’s edition” form that bundles up three games, a Metroid Prime Trilogy art booklet, special metal packaging and more. By more, we really mean a paper sleeve in which to slide the Metroid Prime Trilogy…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 24, 2009 -
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Preview: Pigs Might Fly
We get a new Zelda this fall, as Link gets a train, a phantom friend to do some of his dirty work and a new species of animal to enrage. This week, we played more. Announced at the Game Developers Conference in March, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was first playable for us at…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2009 -
Reminder: About Your Club Nintendo Status
Hey there Club Nintendo of America members, your status is about to reset! On June 30th, to be specific. If you want to reap the benefits (free stuff!) of elite status in Nintendo of America‘s customer rewards program, pay attention. You have until next Tuesday to rack up the required “coins” to ensure you’re of…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 24, 2009 -
How Much Of New Mario Vs. DK Is Actually New
Some people who tried to download the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong game Nintendo recently placed on its DSiWare store might have been scared off by a pre-purchase warning about recycled content. Nintendo’s told us how much wasn’t original. In my review for Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: March of the Minis I made the educated guess…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2009 -
Box Of Old Zelda Games Redefines Definition Of “Case Fresh” [Update]
We don’t post about video game auctions very often here. When we do, it has to be something that’s pretty amazing. This cardboard treasure trove of Zelda fits that bill. It’s a box of sealed copies of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The original SNES release. Like the wounded body of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009 -
Not One New Tingle Title, But Two
Everyone’s favorite 35 year-old green-tights-wearing bachelor is getting not one, but two spin off titles. That’s right, two Tingle games. First appearing in Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Tingle will starring in Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip, the sequel to 2006’s DS release Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. While the theme…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009 -
The Little Things Noticed At Our Nintendo Demos
All day, we’ve been bringing you new impressions of Nintendo’s big holiday games, but allow us to note some little things of possible importance from our time with those titles. Small things I observed: –MotionPlus Shouldn’t Stay Attached: Like the Nunchuck, Nintendo’s MotionPlus Wii Remote add-on can get in the way while playing some games.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009 -
Why Guys Should Care About Girl-Game Style Savvy
Nintendo’s women’s-fashion-shop game for the DS was called “Girls Mode” in Japan, signal enough that it’s not for macho men or the gamers who want to play as one. But there are design ideas in Style Savvy any gamer should know about. Style Savvy is a fully localized upcoming Nintendo-published DS game that’s sure to…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009 -
Dirt 2 Wii Looks Rather Clean
The second game in the Colin McRae Dirt racing franchise marks the debut of the series on the Nintendo Wii. Here’s an idea of what that will look like. The game actually doesn’t seem to have suffered too much from the transition. Sure, it’s nowhere near as detailed as its big brothers on the PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published June 23, 2009 -
Wii Sports Resort Preview: Motion Game Of The Year?
Nintendo’s sequel to a game nobody thought needed a sequel is out next month, is impressive and could be the best thing for hardcore gamers on the Wii since, what, Metroid? Away from the chaos of E3, we’ve gotten a chance to swing a MotionPlus-appended Wii Remote to control Wii Sports Resort, the showcase game…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009 -
Fifty-Seven Flights Up With New Super Mario Bros. Wii
It was E3 in New York last night as Nintendo re-booked the highest floor we’ve ever played games in, to showcase a fall line-up headlined by New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Some observations from a four-player session. Crecente has already previewed Nintendo’s holiday-slated return of side-scrolling Mario to the Wii. He played it at E3…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 23, 2009 -
Ghostwire’s Augmented Reality in Action on DSi
I’m sort of fascinated with the idea of augmented-reality gaming, video games that blend the real world with the fictional one in real-time. Here’s a look at Ghostwire which has players using their DSi to hunt their surroundings for ghosts and then try to help them. I love the idea and the execution looks pretty…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Random Monday Morning Goodness
What this week’s Nintendo Download lacks in must-have titles it makes up for in sheer guts, with brain training, puzzles, a little golf, and a simulated planet all on offer. Of course, when I say lacking in must-have titles, that doesn’t mean completely bereft of them. The sole DSiWare title this week is Art Style:…
By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2009