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How, Exactly, Do You Make A Big-Selling Wii Game?

There are already thousands of games on the Wii. The vast majority of them are pure garbage. How, then, can developers make Wii games that stand out? Gamasutra asked the developers behind some of the Wii’s most successful games how they did it, then followed up by asking foreseer Michael Pachter for his $0.02. Joel…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2009

Boom Blox Bash Party Trailer

It looks like Boom Blox Bash Party is mostly about new settings for the popular Wii action puzzle game, with levels in space and underwater. I sorta enjoyed the first game, but I’m not sure it was enough to make me want to play the second.

By Brian Crecente Published March 9, 2009

Wii MotionPlus Delayed?

The writing was on the wall when Wii Sports Resort dropped off Nintendo’s release schedule, but now there’s further fuel being poured on the “MotionPlus delayed” fire, courtesy of IGN’s Wii podcast. According to the team, who are often aware of Nintendo-related events well before their official announcement, “Nintendo is internally struggling with Wii MotionPlus,…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2009

What Your Controllers Will Look Like To The Civilizations Of The Future

You go to a museum in 2009, and you can see the remains of past civilizations. The Minoans. Carthaginians. Romans. But as their time came to an end, so too will ours. Where their remains tend to be coins, or fragments of pottery, ours will probably look a little different. A little something like this.…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2009

Reviews

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Review: Party On, Marth

Nintendo has given Western audiences a chance to experience the very first entry in the 19-year-old series with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, a remake of Fire Emblem, originally released on the Famicom. Those who haven’t followed the Fire Emblem series, now 11 iterations deep, will likely recognize the game’s lead protagonist Marth, who has guest…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2009

Ten Strange Wii Controllers

PC Mag has a fun rundown of the ten coolest Wii controllers, from scalpels to pom poms and rifles, over on their site. Here’s a look: Thrustmaster Glow Sabre Duo Pack NW What it does: Two 17-inch LED light sabers that house Wii remotes. Price: $25 CTA Digital Maracas for Wii What it does: Colorful,…

By Brian Crecente Published March 8, 2009

Wanna Drive The Zelda-Mobile?

Well, with an outlay of just $500, you can. The owner of this 1978 Ford Fairmont – which we’ve seen before – has had enough of his Hylian steed, and is selling up. What you need to know before buying: – The car’s only done 110,000 miles. Not bad for a 1978. – There’s new…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2009

The Conduit To Support Wii Speak

In this GameTrailers segment we get to see and hear a bit more about The Conduit and Dead Space: Extraction, both Wii titles for hardcore gamers. Among the new details, The Conduit won’t include MotionPlus, but will use Wii Speak support.

By Brian Crecente Published March 7, 2009

Wii To Get Resident Evil: Code Veronica Update?

Time to put 2+2 together. Capcom marketing man Matt Dahlgren has been giving interviews today. Giving interviews and dropping hints about a new Code Veronica game on the Wii. First, let’s look at how Dahlgren winds up his interview with Game Focus: Game Focus: One of the staff here loves Code Veronica (Fale) and was…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009

MadWorld Bosses Screens

With MadWorld hitting next week, this will likely be the last batch of black, white and red screens we’ll be seeing from Sega before you can see the gore first hand. These 13 screens seem to be giving us a glimpse of some of the bosses for the Wii brawler.

By Brian Crecente Published March 6, 2009

Big Bang Mini Soundtrack Set Free

Due to overwhelming fan demand, Arkedo Studio and Southpeak have released the soundtrack to their unique Nintendo DS shooter Big Bang Mini as a free download. Big Bang Mini ended up being a very pleasant surprise for the DS, combining simple yet addictive fireworks launching gameplay and great use of the touchscreen to create a…

By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009

The Red Steel 2 That Never Was

Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we’ll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that’s been in development? Yes, before the current version – in development at Ubisoft Paris – there was an older one, being worked on by Ubisoft Montreuil.…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009

Nintendo To Let Market Decide Fate of DS Lite

When Nintendo introduces a new product, it phases out the older model. Presently, though, handheld consumers have two choices: the DS Lite or the DSi. Does that mean eventually we’ll only have one choice? When game site MCVUK ask Nintendo’s David Yarnton if the company was planing on phasing out the DS Lite, he replied:…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009

Would You Buy A Subsidised DS Or PSP From AT&T?

AT&T offer subsidised phones. Like, you pay $99, then get a phone to keep so long as you sign up to an AT&T contract. But would you do the same for a handheld? Don’t laugh, we’re serious. Because AT&T are serious. Glenn Lurie, AT&T’s president of emerging devices, has told Investor.com of the company’s plans…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2009

Nintendo’s DSi Commercial Explains Why White People Should Want One

With the Nintendo DSi edging closer to release in North America and Europe, good-looking potential customers who wear nothing but white in a hyper-clean utopia must ask themselves "Do I want one?" Nintendo of Europe has done its best to help answer this question, harvesting a crowd of attractive people who wear nothing but pure…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 4, 2009

Will Wii MotionPlus Be Out Before June 18?

In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there’s a blurb about Nintendo’s new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: Thomas Singleton (EA) and his Vancouver-based team hope to take things to the next level, thanks in no small part to the Wii MotionPlus accessory (due out prior to…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2009

Wii Fit? More Like Weight Fat

Found in an arcade crane game machine by CheapyD from website CheapAssGamer. This is “Weight Fat.” This is not a video game, but a body mass checking device in a familiar package. The box totally rips off the Japanese Wii Fit box down to the green and white color scheme and Wii Fit-esque font. Also,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 3, 2009

Wii Punch-Out!! Has Classic NES Controls Too

Nintendo hit us with an update on a handful of Wii and Nintendo DS games today, including fresh details on the Wii version of Punch-Out!!. Perhaps most exciting is unwavering confirmation of “classic” NES-style controls. Sure, the company has to eat its own dog food and legions of Wii owners are clearly comfortable boxing with…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009

A Boy And His Blob Return To Wii

Not only does the latest issue of Nintendo Power have the scoop on Excitebots, it also features the return of the game that sold a million jelly beans, A Boy and his Blob. The classic NES adventure game A Boy and his Blob is being “reinvented” for the Nintendo Wii. So says the April issue…

By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2009

First Screens, Details On Nintendo’s ExciteBots

Nintendo’s announcement of the existence of Excitebots: Trick Racing—the sequel to Wii launch title Excite Truck—was annoyingly short on details. Consider us detail-free no more, thanks to the latest issue of Nintendo Power. Excitebots: Trick Racing gets properly previewed in the mag’s April issue, a portion of which is now available online. Don’t worry, these…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2009