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Report: New Mario Game, Online Wii Fit Plus For 2009
Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan’s regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. According to the report, the follow up to the 18 million unit selling Wii Fit will come with online functionality, allowing Wii Fit…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 30, 2009 -
E3: The Great Walk-Off
Stephen Totilo and I have become quite enamored with Nintendo’s Personal Trainer: Walking. So enamored, in fact, that we’re forcing the entire E3 Kotaku crew to wear the pedometers next week to see which of us puts the most mileage on our soon to be aching feet. Barring someone tossing theirs on a paint mixing…
By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009 -
The DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well
You now know that, in the right hands, the DS can draw some amazing pictures of fast cars. But did you also know that, in the right hands, it can do naked ladies as well? This clip highlights the other half of February’s Kiwi exhibition 99DS (which featured the fast cars), with this component, done…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009 -
Dead Space Extraction Extracts Itself In September
EA has given the Wii installment of their survival horror franchise a release date, with Dead Space Extraction scheduled to hit a little under a year after the original game. September 29th marks the date that Wii owners get shot of EA-flavored survival horror. Dead Space Extraction is an on-rails shooter that tells the story…
By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009 -
Answer Some Pre-Release Questions About Dragon Quest 9
Japanese publisher Enterbrain doesn’t only publish magazines like Famitsu, but also does probing research. Earlier this week, Famitsu polled folks with a “Dragon Quest 9 Pre-Launch Awareness Survey”. It was mostly multiple choice with a few free response questions. Oddly, for the multiple choice question “Do you plan on buying Dragon Quest 9?”, there isn’t…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009 -
DS Sets Australian Sales Record
It’s not just Japan, North America and Europe that are bonkers for the Nintendo DS. Australia is too, with the local Nintendo outpost announcing today that the console has sold two million units since launch. In doing so, it became the fastest console in the country to ever reach the mark. That figure includes combined…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009 -
Conduit Developers Announce ANOTHER New Game
High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they’ve just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder, and is a four-player co-op shooter for the Wii, where players must battle waves of vampires, werewolves and the undead. So,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009 -
Nintendo Already Preparing Wii Fit Sequel?
On the 7th of April this year, Nintendo registered trademark #2009-026024 with the Japanese Patent Office. For something called “Wii Fit Plus“. Hrm. What ever could it be? The mind boggles. While companies trademark stuff all the time that means bupkis, we’re a little more interested in this because it has a nice, formal logo…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009 -
Swine Flu Fears Won’t Affect Nintendo’s E3 Appearance
Worries about being bitten by infected pigs at E3 2009 may have put a damper on the giant video game expo, but those fears haven’t affected Nintendo’s plans to exhibit its wares next week. The company told Kotaku today it has not restricted international travel for key Nintendo employees due to concerns over swine flu,…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 26, 2009 -
Walk, Don’t Run (Or Sidle), With Nintendo’s Personal Trainer: Walking
Personal Trainer: Walking comes with two activity meters that track your day-to-day movements, but the tiny device is not without its quirks. The activity meter is a small digital pedometer of sorts. The device has no power button, instead turning on or off when it detects movement. It has a built in infrared sensor for…
By Brian Crecente Published May 26, 2009 -
Who’s Keynoting For Nintendo At E3?
This year, Nintendo’s E3 media briefing will be all “about the games,” with promises from the Wii maker that we won’t be subjected to tales of Mother’s Day cards and on-stage snowboarding. Yes, Nintendo of America executive vice president of Sales & Marketing Cammie Dunaway will be there. Also appearing will be Nintendo president Satoru…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 26, 2009 -
Get A Taste Of Miami Law
Hudson doles out a tiny bit of street justice on the Nintendo Channel today, with a downloadable demo of their DS action-adventure title Miami Law. Miami Law is a game that wants to be a police drama, balancing action-packed shoot-outs, car chases, crime scene investigation, and detective work in order to create the ultimate cop…
By Mike Fahey Published May 26, 2009 -
Majesco Flips At E3
Majesco is bending the very fabric of space to bring us Flip’s Twisted World, an upside-down platformer for the Nintendo Wii, which they’ll be showing off next week at E3 2009. While games that allow players to turn the world on end are far from a dime a dozen, level-twisting is a gimmick that’s been…
By Mike Fahey Published May 26, 2009 -
Store, And Run, Your Wii Games On A Hard Drive
Of all the things people like to bitch and moan about the Wii, its lack of storage is right up there. This easy-to-follow tutorial, however, may render that argument a moot point. Using the Wii’s Homebrew Channel, a USB 2.0 hard drive and a few files, anyone feeling mildly adventurous (really, this doesn’t sound that…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2009 -
Conduit Developers Unveil New Roman Fighting Game
Conduit developers High Voltage mustn’t have got the memo. E3 is next week, not this week. Regardless, they’ve chosen today to announce their latest project, Gladiator AD. Described as a “hybrid between 3D Fighting games like Bushido Blade and Boxing games like Fight Night”, Gladiator is a 1v1 fighting game set in ancient Rome, where…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009 -
Turn Your iPhone Into a GameBoy
Infectious makes skins for everything from iPods to cars, but what interests me most over on their site right now is this slick iPhone skin. Monochrome is a set of stickers that makes your iPhone look like an old school handheld, perhaps even a Gameboy. The front features fake little red buttons and a D-pad…
By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009 -
E3 ’08: Our Promise-Checking Round-Up
Big companies make big promises at big shows like E3. We recently rounded up the promises made by Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony from last year’s E3. Who can you trust going into E3 2009? Here are last year’s performances… Witness the future-predicting powers of Xbox 360 executives and game developers. Just ignore the 1 vs…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009 -
If They Made A Wii R.O.B.
Power Glove —> Wii Remote…. Power Pad —> Balance Board… NES Zapper —> Wii Zapper… R.O.B. —> ??? We are in a robot mood this week at Kotaku, the kind of mood that can make us miss the robots of yesteryear. Robots like R.O.B., the robot so cool that he could play the Nintendo Entertainment System…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009 -
Professor Layton And the Diabolical Box Coming Stateside?
Thanks, Lisa Kudrow. You’re selfless shilling of Nintendo’s DS puzzler Professor Layton and the Curious Village may have guaranteed the American appearance of the sequel. Amazon.com is listing the second game for an August release. The online retailer is showing Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box as arriving on these shores on August 24th. Call…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 22, 2009
