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Star Fox Creator Won’t Do a Barrel Roll on Wii
Q-Games prez Dylan Cuthbert also is the creator of three Star Fox games for Nintendo, but he’s not interested in doing one for the Wii. He also says Star Fox fans like furries. Cuthbert sounds like he wants no part of a new Star Fox title for the Wii. “It’d be a big project, like…
By Owen Good Published April 4, 2009 -
EA: Wii MotionPlus So Accurate It Can Be *Too* Accurate
Hoping the new MotionPlus tech for the Wii will bring some added realism to console’s controls? You’ll like hearing what EA’s Grand Slam Tennis team have to say, then. The producer of the upcoming EA tennis game – which will be one of the first titles available to make use of the peripheral – has…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
DSi Inspires Fiscal Responsibiity
My 7-year-old son, it seems, has suddenly learned fiscal responsibility. But it wasn’t the ailing economy, or thoughts of a car that started him on the road to saving, it was Nintendo. Two months ago, the day Nintendo announced when their DSi portable gaming system was coming to the U.S. for $170, Tristan said that…
By Brian Crecente Published April 3, 2009 -
PlayStation 3 Outsells Wii In Japan For Second Month In A Row
Last year, the Wii made headlines for its trouncing of the PlayStation 3, when Nintendo’s console was outselling its current-gen competition from Sony in Japan. But 2009 has started to work out a little differently. For the past two months, Sony’s PlayStation 3 has outsold the Wii. It hasn’t outsold it by the impressive margins…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
This LEGO Nintendo DSi Could Crush You
Built from over 50,000 LEGO bricks and weighing at 250 pounds, this nearly seven foot wide Nintendo DSi could do some serious damage should gravity have its way with it. Built for the upcoming North American launch of Nintendo’s latest handheld—and installed at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City—the electric…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Reviews
Rhythm Heaven Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven is the beat-matching Nintendo DS sequel to a Game Boy Advance title that never made it out of Japan—but did somehow manage to get an arcade port. The collection of more than 50 music mini-games is surprisingly deep for a title that relies on two touchscreen mechanics: tapping and flicking. (Okay, there…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 3, 2009 -
Game & Watch Clones Yanked From iPhone Store
We told you to get those bootleg Game & Watch iPhone games before lawyers took ’em down. Hope you heeded our advice. Because lawyers have taken them down. Yes, “developers” Mobile 1UP have been forced by Nintendo to remove their copyright-infringing Game & Watch clones. All of them. In their place are now two games…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2009 -
Nintendo DSi Shows Smack Talks How Ugly You Are
Here’s the North American launch ad for the Nintendo DSi. Yes, we’ll admit it, the trash talk in this commercial made us giggle. Then again, so did your face. OH SNAP! Nintendo DSi – launch commercial [GoNintendo]
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2009 -
PAL Virtual Console Gets Majora’s Mask
I must admit, it’s been a while since I downloaded a game from the Virtual Console. Then again, it’s been a while since a Nintendo 64 Zelda game was released on the Virtual console. As a special treat for long-suffering European and Australian Nintendo fans, Nintendo will be releasing (or have already released, depending where…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009 -
Happy 20th Birthday, Nintendo Game Boy
In April 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy. How time flies when you’re having fun, because it’s now April 2009, so a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday” is in order for the venerable little machine. Having sold around 120 million units in its 14-year production run (that’s including sales of the Game Boy Color), the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2009 -
DSi Accessories Inbound
With the launch of Nintendo’s DSi in North America imminent it’s only natural that we would start hearing about new accessories for the portable. BDA today announced a whole line up of Power A DSi doodads and whatnots. But sadly no unmentionables. The collection includes, in BDA’s own words: Folio Starter Kit This kit provides…
By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2009 -
The Conduit Control Customization
There are plenty of things to talk about when it comes to Wii shooter The Conduit, but none are more important then the controls and the absurd number of ways you can customize them. Matt Corso, art and creative director at High Voltage, walked me through the options, which not only rival, but may surpass…
By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2009 -
Nintendo Announces DSiWare Titles
On April 5, the Nintendo DSi launches in North America. It is the third iteration of Nintendo’s DS platform. The handheld will offer players DSiWare games when the DSi Shop launches: • WarioWare: Snapped! — Using the built-in Nintendo DSi camera, this outrageous title puts players right at the center of fast-paced mini-games, challenging them…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009 -
GameStop: “Keep Reserving DSi!”
Whenever Nintendo hardware product launches, there’s usually chatter about shortages — because, well, usually it’s true. We’ve been hearing talk about DSi shortages, but this GameStop memo seems to indicate otherwise. While it does read that “many of you noticed that your initial allocation was low”, the employee memo adds, “the remainder of your product,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009 -
What’s The Next Nintendo Wii Game? It’s Takt of Magic
Out May 21 in Japan, Takt of Magic was first announced by Nintendo last year and has players use the Wii-mote to draw magical runes. According to game site Siliconera, the Nintendo published title is being developed by Taito, who previously released a DS title called Lost Magic that looks similar to this. Nintendo’s Next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2009 -
U.S. DSi Unboxing and Hands On
Sure the cake was neat, but what about the DSi? That’s right I didn’t just get an edible DSi today, Nintendo also sent along the real thing. Take a gander at these fancy unboxing skills. Warning, because I went from outside box to the start-up and main menu, the video is nine minutes long. Ps.…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 -
Greenpeace Once Again Gives Nintendo Low Marks
Every year that Greenpeace releases its “Guide to Greener Electronics”, one company is always at the bottom. That company is Nintendo. According to Greenpeace, “Nintendo remains in last place with a pitiful 0.8 points out of 10, scoring zero on all e-waste criteria.” Why did Nintendo score so low? Not providing information on things like…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 1, 2009 -
Wii Fit Says April Fools
This is pretty neat. Booting up your copy of Wii Fit today will earn you a couple of pretty obvious April Fool’s jokes. Reader Andrew shipped us these two pictures, one showing the Wii Fit claiming that it’s broken and another hinting that the Wii Fit may lie about your Body Test results. Can you…
By Brian Crecente Published April 1, 2009 -
Donkey Kong Monster Truck Has A New Play Control Scheme
And it’s called “driving on 2.5 wheels after crashing”, after the Donkey Kong monster truck – and its bow-tied driver – did a few too many big jumps at the Monster Jam World Finals. As a note to the novice drivers out there, it’s generally not a good idea to keep driving after one of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2009