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DSiCade Takes Browser Games on the Go

If you’ve run through your DSiWare points budget and you’re still looking for something to do, point your browser over to DSiCade, a site for fan-made browser games. It’s only at a beta-stage so far, so you can choose among a Simon-style memory game (pictured) a Missile Command-type game (which I couldn’t get to work)…

By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009

Kid Wanted DS, Got a Rock

This sounds like something my Dad would do, just to watch me lose my shit. However, it’s real. A 16-year-old unboxed his birthday present DS to find nothing but rocks and Chinese newspaper. Because she’s a cool mom, Jody Wykle, of Lake Wales, Fla., gave her son Guitar Hero: On Tour even though he didn’t…

By Owen Good Published April 26, 2009

Feast Your Eyes on Muramasa: The Demon Blade

GameTrailers assembled a comprehensive look at Muramasa: The Demon Blade, the latest iteration in the cult-hit series that’s due out for Wii in late July. You can get a long look at the art direction and gameplay, and both qualities seem very deep, 2D platformer or not. As the video indicates, its predecessor Odin Sphere…

By Owen Good Published April 25, 2009

Portable NES Gets Extravagant Add-Ons

The FC Mobile, which was essentially a portable Nintendo Entertainment System, was impressive when it launched last year. Now, though, with the addition of new peripherals, it’s really impressive. The system’s successor, the FC Mobile II, not only shrinks down the handheld’s dimensions with a classier casing, but allows you to output its signal to…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2009

New Green Nintendo DS Bundle Is For Moms Only

Nintendo will be releasing a new Nintendo DS Lite bundle on May 3rd, one with a brand new color scheme—new to North America, anyway—and Personal Trainer Cooking software packed in. It’s perfect for Mother’s Day. Now, we’re not implying that only mom should be slaving over a hot stove all day, especially on Mother’s Day.…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 24, 2009

First Madden 10 Trailers

Witness Peter Moore speaking for an eternity without actually saying anything in these debut Madden 10 trailers. First up, the Wii version. With a…unique new visual style. Second one’s the PS3/360 version

By Luke Plunkett Published April 24, 2009

Prototyping The Wii Remote, Nunchuk

No doubt inspired by yesterday’s reveal of the MotionPlus prototype process, Siliconera patent trawler Spencer Yip has uncovered a similar process, only this time for the Wii’s actual controllers. Again, like with the MotionPlus, if you were hoping for a radical evolution from batshit crazy design to the current models, you’ll be disappointed. They’re all…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009

Help Me Spend 1000 Club Nintendo Coins

After a few weeks’ worth of registering Nintendo products at the recently launched U.S. version of Club Nintendo, I’ve amassed a healthy 1000 coins to spend. But what clutter-adding trinkets to spend them on? Long, drawn out decisions have never been my strong point, particularly when it comes to the more trivial. Being a Platinum…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 23, 2009

A Look At “Declining” Wii Sales In Japan

Regular readers of our Japanese hardware sales charts will be aware that, in recent months, Wii sales have declined. It’s being regularly outsold by the PS3, and even the 360 is nipping at its heels. This has led many to proclaim that the Wii’s golden run in Japan is over. That the fickle Japanese public…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009

Wii Video Service Channel Launches May 1

The latest Wii Channel “Wii no Ma” is scheduled to go live in Japan on May 1. It brings video service to the Nintendo Wii — and what appears to be market research on users. As detailed last December, “Wii no Ma” (Wii Room) is a video service for your Nintendo Wii. Instead of offering…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009

Prototyping The Wii’s MotionPlus

The Wii’s new peripheral, MotionPlus, will be with us soon. And we know what it looks like. But here’s what, but for the grace of God, it could have looked like. The following pics were spotted on a European Union trademarks database, and show the progression of the device, from early prototype to production model.…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009

Nintendo Has NO PLANS For DSi Skype

The PSP has voice-over-IP software Skype, and hey, Skype is technically possible for the DSi. That doesn’t mean because it’s possible that the DSi is getting Skype. A Skype representative told website TechRadar, “Whilst we can’t comment on any future plans to bring Skype to Nintendo’s DSi, it would technically be possible.” (Whilst?) This comes…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009

Punch-Out!! Multiplayer Has You Seeing Double

It’s Little Mac versus differently-colored Little Mac in these multiplayer screenshots from Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Wii. It boggles the mind that in a game with such a great cast of characters, multiplayer is limited to a split-screen battle with Little Mac versus another Little Mac. Nintendo tries to mix things up by making one…

By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009

There’s A Mystery To Solve In MySims Agents

EA takes their tiny blocked-headed MySims and thrusts them deep into the heart of a sinister plot that could determine the fate of an entire city in MySims Agents for the Nintendo Wii and DS. The MySims are everywhere now. They’re partying, racing, defending fantasy kingdoms, and now taking on the role of secret agents…

By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009

PS3 Tie Ratio Overtakes Wii Tie Ratio

Matt Matthews, now at Gamasutra, is a graph fiend. If it’s displayed as bars and/or pies, he’s all over it. And he’s all over some new NPD data, showing an improvement in the PS3’s tie ratio. The “Tie Ratio” is basically the ratio of games to consoles in the market. So if, say, the Xbox…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009

Where Did The Idea For Mother 3 Come From?

Mother 3? Fantastic game. The game was released way back in 2006, but its creator Shigesato Itoi and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently talked about the title — like, what inspired it. Itoi, who also works as an ad copywriter and even voiced the father in My Neighbor Totoro, explains that the game’s genesis came…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009

The Life & Times Of Nintendo’s Game Boy

Haven’t you heard? The Game Boy is 20! And to celebrate the occasion, Gizmodo artiste and Game Boy fetishist Jesus Diaz has whipped up this handy timeline, charting the machine’s highs and lows. You know, looking at this has reminded me; if there’s one console I’m going to buy this year, it’ll probably be one…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009

The Nintendo Wii Hits 8 Million In Japan

According to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the domestic sales for the Nintendo Wii in Japan surpassed 8 million units as April 19. The Nintendo Wii launched in Japan on December 2, 2006 and was not packaged with Wii Sports like in The West. Enterbain also released new top five Wii software sales totals. They…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009

Be A DJ On Your DS

In case the two other DJ games currently under development for consoles weren’t enough for you, French developer Game Life has just announced DJ Star, coming later this year for the Nintendo DS. Published by Deep Silver in Europe and Australia, DJ Star is a game where players start off as a lowly hobby DJ,…

By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009

Happy Birthday Game Boy!

Twenty years ago today, the original Game Boy first went on sale in Japan. What better way to pay tribute than with a series of cheesy retro ads. The Game Boy was created by Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi, who also created the company Game & Watch handhelds. Worldwide, the Game Boy and its later iteration Game…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2009