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New Wii, Wii Remote Colors In The Flesh
Product renders and marketing shots are one thing. It’s another thing entirely to look at a consumer electronics product in the flesh. So let’s look at the new Nintendo Wii and Wii Remote colours! Both the black Wii (and its associated peripherals) and the blue Wii Remote (currently a Japan-only Club Nintendo contest prize) were…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009 -
The Great Chain Interview, Part 5: Riccitiello To Reggie To You
Today ends our weeklong Chain Interview, with EA’s chief defending his choice in cars and Nintendo’s president in the U.S. asking you a question. The previous chapter of this Chain Interview had concluded with a question EA Sports chief Peter Moore gave me during our Wednesday afternoon interview during E3 week in L.A. [This post…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2009 -
We Much Prefer Europe’s Wii Sports Resort Box Art
As is often the case with the PAL market (see Ico & Resident Evil 4), European and Australian customers will be getting a cleaner, fresher rendition of Wii Sports Resort when it launches next month. While the US version looks…well, drab, the PAL art is literally a breathe of fresh air, doing a much better…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009 -
Nintendo Explain How MotionPlus Thing Go Into Remote Thing
You know how Wii MotionPlus go in Wii Remote? Nintendo know. Nintendo show you. It show you with video. Video show how MotionPlus go in Wii Remote! You watch. Then you know. Then you have Wii MotionPlus in Wii Remote!! Destructoid have video. Video show how it go in. Watch! Or else rubber jacket get…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2009 -
UK Chain Starts Selling Nintendo DS Cakes
UK’s Tesco store have started selling New Super Mario Bros. celebration cakes. The cakes, as you can see, come in the shape of an open DS. It looks like the only edible bit is the bottom part of the cake. The upper screen, it appears, is a cardboard cutout. [Thanks Mashallo]
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2009 -
Advertising Horribly Reimagined
As seen on Gizmodo.
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2009 -
Surgeons Using Wiis to Hone Their Skillz
We’ve heard of Wiis in medicine before — but now instead of handing out Nintendo’s little white giant to burn victims and physical therapy patients, some doctors are using them as training tools. LiveScience reports that surgeons in training at what I assume to be an Arizona medical facility are testing out ways to use…
By AJ Glasser Published June 17, 2009 -
Marvelous Entertainment On Wii Game Sales: T_T
The Wii may be king of the console market, but some publishers, like Marvelous Entertainment of Japan, are having a hard time recouping their costs to the point of tears. Huh?! There’s no crying in video game publishing! Marvelous isn’t necessarily publishing the kind of Wii fare that targets the “blue ocean” consumer. Instead, the…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2009 -
Thing, Hulk Spend Quality Clobberin’ Time With Punch-Out!!
As seen on Gamervision.
By Michael McWhertor Published June 17, 2009 -
Check Out These Custom Mario USB Thumb Drives
They may not be licensed by Nintendo, but these homemade Mario-themed 4GB USB drives and USB extensions look amazing. That may explain the steep price. The Brick and Question Mark block extensions — in 1ft to 6ft configurations — go for just $20, but the actual USB drives that plug into the extension are $55…
By AJ Glasser Published June 16, 2009 -
PSA: Nintendo DSi Doesn’t Rock
For those of you looking forward to picking up a copy of Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits, don’t forget that it doesn’t work with Nintendo’s DSi. Despite coming with an adapter that lets you use the game with either the original DS or DS Lite, the game doesn’t include anything to let you use…
By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2009 -
Deceased Wrestler Loved Great Video Games
Earlier this week, tragedy struck when Japanese pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa was killed in a freak ring accident — suffering lethal spinal damage from a suplex. Considered one of the greatest pro wrestlers ever, Misawa’s popularity in Japan rivaled Hulk Hogan’s in the West. Besides being a fantastic wrestler, he was also a gamer. A…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 -
Professor Layton & The Curious British DS Bundle
This Mother’s Day, I bought my mum a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Training. I wasn’t the only one. But what about Father’s Day? Dad’s not going to be impressed with something constantly reminding him how old he is. Nintendo and Level 5 to the rescue, then. This bundle, timed to coincide with…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 -
Cradle Your DS With Fake Girl’s Gym Shorts
There are loads of DS holders. Here’s one that looks like girl’s athletic shorts. Those who pre-order the limited edition DS title Strike Witches will get a “bloomer” pouch. Bloomers (buruma) are the gym shorts schoolgirls in Japan typically wear. Strike Witches hits the Nintendo DS this September. DS版ストパン特典ブルマポーチ「心に染みるブルー！」って、いやいやいや！ [AkibaOS]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2009 -
May’s NPD Charts By Platform
While we’ve seen the month’s ten best-selling games overall, it can often be more interesting to break down game sales by platform, and see what the ten best-selling games were for each system. The NPD Group have today released that data to industry news site Gamasutra, and it shows tow key points. One, that multiplatform…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 16, 2009 -
Miyamoto: True Interactivity Is Holding A Motion Controller With Force Feedback
The Nintendo Wii uses a controller dubbed “the Wii Remote“. Microsoft’s Project Natal uses a controller called “the human body”. What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think? I don’t think I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don’t have something to hold in your hand, if you don’t have something like force…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009 -
Miyamoto Was A Hero To Most Game Developers
Famed Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto ranks at the top of some 3,000 video game creators’ list of “game development heroes,” according to a survey from the Develop Conference. In a poll of over 9,000 game developers worldwide, Miyamoto scored a first place showing, nabbing the presumably coveted award. The Mario and Zelda creator outranked…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 15, 2009 -
The Nintendo Download: Toast, Rainbows, And Plumber Utilities
This week in the Nintendo Download we have three catchy new WiiWare titles, one welcome to the Fantasy Zone, and another clock/calculator combo for the DSi. It’s a triple dose of WiiWare this week, and at least two of them seem pretty interesting. You can’t help but be curious about a game called Eduardo the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009 -
Don’t Expect Much Story From Mario Galaxy 2
There were two big surprises to be found with Mario Galaxy: firstly, that it had a substantive story, and secondly, that the story was good. Pity, then, the sequel won’t be doing anything of the sort. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has said that, despite the love fans had for the first game’s plot (centred around…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009