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Stylus-On With Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a return to the stylus-controlled Link of Phantom Hourglass, but with a twist. In Spirit Tracks, not only do you get to play through segments of the game on a train, firing off shots from a canon, but you have a pet Phantom of sorts which is used…

By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2009

E3’s Unmentionables: What Microsoft, Nintendo & Sony Forgot To Say

Earlier this week Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony each hit the show with big news, unveiling a slew of major titles, major surprises and innovative technology. But despite a strong showing across the board at the big three press conferences, there were still quite a few things left unsaid. Like what about that rumored PlayStation 3…

By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2009

The Grinder E3 Trailer

From the creators of Hunter: The Reckoning comes the trailer for The Grinder, the four-player co-op first-person survival horror game for the Nintendo Wii. Looks pretty damn good for a Wii title, doesn’t it? High Voltage seems to be positioning themselves as the premeir source for more mature games on Nintendo’s console, and they’ve certainly…

By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2009

Nintendo’s Wii RPG Monado: Beginning of the World In Pictures

Monado: Beginning of the World didn’t get much attention from Nintendo during its E3 2009 media briefing this week, but it cared enough to upload media for the Wii role-playing game. The game, developed by Monolith Soft, the folks also responsible for Xenosaga and Baten Kaitos, looks like your standard Japanese action role-playing game with…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2009

Muramasa The Demon Blade Preview: So, So Pretty

Who wants a Wii game with great graphics and no motion control? The single-player adventure or action game genres are not as popular on the Wii as mini-game compilations. But an increasing number of publishers and developers seem undeterred, making games designed to please the hardcore, like MadWorld, Dead Space Extraction and The Conduit. If…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2009

Red DSi Hitting Japan This Summer

Like red? Good because Nintendo is releasing a red DSi in Japan. To date, Nintendo has released a myriad of colors in Japanese game stores: White, Black, Pink, Lime Green and Metallic Blue. On July 11, Nintendo will be launching this very red DSi. Yours for ¥18,900 (US$197). The DSi originally went on sale in…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009

Nintendo Selling Black Wii in Japan This Summer

Back when the Nintendo Wii launched in 2006, the company showed possible console colors: White, red, silver, lime green and black. White was the launch color, and that’s all customers have had. Until now. Today, Nintendo announced that it will be launching a black-colored Wii in Japan on August 1 for ¥25,000 (US$260). Besides the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009

Why Didn’t The Original Wii Remote Have Wii MotionPlus?

Nintendo is releasing add-on for the Wii Remote called Wii MotionPlus. It brings much needed accuracy to the Wii-mote. Why wasn’t it included in the original Wii-mote? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata asks just that in the Iwata Asks column on Wii.com. Here’s the exchange between Iwata and Nintendo R&D’s Junji Takamoto : Iwata: I suppose the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009

The Grinder: The Wii’s Left 4 Dead?

Long before Left 4 Dead, High Voltage did four-player survival horror with the Hunter: The Reckoning series, and now they’re doing it again with The Grinder. High Voltage Software’s art director Matt Corso introduced me to their new Wii title The Grinder today by asking me if I remembered Hunter: The Reckoning. I did. Corso…

By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2009

Shigeru Miyamoto Checks Out The Competition (PSP Go)

Hey! Big time famous game designers don’t just come to E3 to promote their own titles, they also come to check out the competition. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo is doing just that. With the DS and the Game Boy platform before that, Nintendo has traditionally dominated the portable game market, but recently the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009

No Online Play For New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. won’t feature online cooperative play, Shigeru Miyamoto told a room full of writers during his developer’s round table yesterday. New Super Mario Bros. allows up to four players to run through side-scrolling worlds reminiscent of the classic Super Mario Bros. games with up to four people. Players take on the role…

By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2009

Booth Tour: Nintendo

Here’s a look at Nintendo’s booth at E3 2009.

By Christopher Mascari Published June 3, 2009

Golden Sun DS Lightning Bolt Action Impressions

Technically, I just played Golden Sun DS, Camelot’s return to the role-playing game series born on the Game Boy Advance. I say “technically,” because the playable portion of Nintendo’s E3 showfloor demo lasts about five seconds. Tap the touchscreen and your character will jog to the location of your choice. Or, use the cross pad.…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 3, 2009

Here, Have Some Professor Layton Screens

We’ve been waiting since Game Developers Conference 2009 to get a look at Professor Layton’s next US-bound adventure, Diabolical Box. E3, where would we be without you? Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second game in the Layton series. Expect more of the maddening puzzles and cute characters, as well as a thrilling…

By AJ Glasser Published June 3, 2009

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview: Classic Mario, Endless Play

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is, despite it’s name, a new experience. The game hopes to blend the fun of classic Super Mario Bros. side-scrollers with a new layer of what Shigeru Miyamoto calls competitive coop gameplay. What Is It? New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a simultaneous multiplayer a for up to four people.…

By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2009

Nintendo’s E3 Booth: Everything That’s Playable

Nintendo’s showing at the really big show of E3 is really big. An impressive number of first and third party titles that are actually playable by E3 attendees, including New Super Mario Bros. Wii. But wait… there’s more! There are core-focused games like Sin and Punishment 2 and Military Madness: Nectaris for the Wii. There’s…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 3, 2009

Taking A Dip In Endless Ocean 2 Screenshots

Endless Ocean 2 is the sequel to Endless Ocean 1. Shocking, we know. Players can dive in the big blue, explore shipwrecks and escape sharks. Loot you find can be sold so you can decorate your reef to attract more fish. That’s much better than what I usually do. Saying “Here fishy fishy” doesn’t really…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009

WarioWare Do-It-Yourself Art

Game art? These aren’t traditional screens, because WarioWare D.I.Y. isn’t your typical game. Released in Japan this April as Made In Ore, the game is outfitted with tools so that players can make their own mini-games and upload them for others to play. Check out Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai trying his expert hand at…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009

Natasha Bedingfield Serenades A DSi

Last night’s Nintendo party starred Grammy-nominated pop singer Natasha Bedingfield. It also starred, for a brief moment, an electric-blue Nintendo DSi. After belting out a number of songs, Bedingfield pulled out a DSi and started, I don’t know, sorta fondling it as she sang. Initially I thought she was going to use it to distort…

By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2009

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Screens And Trailer

Mario is back and ready to circle around planets in spaaaaaaaaaace. As we posted previously, Miyamoto said that the original plan was to “essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy.” But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that Miyamoto estimates that 90% of the game’s levels are all…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2009