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Ace Attorney Investigations Hits North American DS This Winter

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, an investigation-heavy Nintendo DS title first released in Japan, will be coming to the U.S. this winter. In Investigations, the game is more about the crime scene and less about the courtroom. Players will take on the role of prosecutor Miles Edgeworth as he investigates crime scenes in his search…

By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2009

Yet Another New Character Coming to Wii Punch-Out!!

Little Mac, Glass Joe, King Hippo. If you’ve played the original NES Punch-Out!!, you know these characters. They’re old. But what about that character up there? He’s new. The game’s box art shows classic Punch-Out!! characters like Von Kaiser, but also shows a new fighter named “Disco Kid”. While we imagine there will be many…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 28, 2009

Internet Decides Miley Cyrus Slightly More Influential Than Shigeru Miyamoto

The results of Time’s online poll to determine the “World’s Most Influential People in 2009,” as decided by the mouth-breathing internet, has ranked Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as the world’s 42nd most influential person. That’s one spot behind pop star Miley Cyrus, which might sting a bit for Mr. Miyamoto, but many, many spots…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2009

Reviews

Excitebots: Trick Racing Review: ***********

Excitebots: Trick Racing, Nintendo’s sequel to Wii launch racer Excite Truck, makes the tenuous connection to the original Excitebike feel increasingly strained. How we arrived at transforming car-beasts doing mid-air stunts may be beyond explanation. But here we are, racing robotic cars shaped like mice, praying mantises and vampire bats against each other in locations…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 27, 2009

The Nintendo Download: That Nobunaga’s Really Going Places

It’s an ambitious week for The Nintendo Download, with the feudal warlords of Nobunaga’s Ambition marching into battle against paper planes, card games, and a platforming devil. Nobunaga’s Ambition for the Super Nintendo (800 points) leads the Nintendo Download charge this week, delivering deep strategy game play that none of the newer games in the…

By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2009

If Only More Games Had Box Art Like This

While “classy” game covers have so far been 2009’s game cakes, some real games can have classy covers too. Like Another Code: R on the Wii. On the left, the European art, while on the right, the Japanese box. Love it. Publishers, take note! When scanning an endless desert of garishly-coloured game boxes, this is…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 27, 2009

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