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MadWorld Serves Up Blood and Cussin’
For your debauched, desensitized and depraved viewing pleasure, here’s uncut gameplay footage from Madworld. The stylized gorefest is entertaining – so is hearing John DiMaggio – more Bender than Fenix – say “Fuckin’ A!” DiMaggio is one of the announcers providing commentary during your black-and-white-and-red-all-over tour de brutality. In between F-bombs you can hear him…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 -
Capcom Want A New Resident Evil On Wii
So far, the Wii is without its own Resident Evil. Umbrella Chronicles is a gun game, so doesn’t count. Resident Evil 0? Remake, doesn’t count either. We’re talking all new here, baby. Speaking with Eurogamer, Resident Evil 5 producer Masachika Kawata has said: Personally I would like to create something on Wii in the Resident…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009 -
NPD Bestseller Show Americans Also Love Wii Fit Knock Offs
Sales of Wii Fit continue to astound, with 770,000 copies of the exer-game snapped up by U.S. consumers in January. But what about the knock-offs from publishers smart enough to copy Nintendo’s fitness software? They too, impress. Gamasutra reveals exclusive NPD Group sales data that shows that two of Wii Fit‘s third-party clones, Majesco’s Jillian…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009 -
Wii Fit Is No Fad
The Wii Nation has spoken: Wii Fit is no fad. Last week I got into a bit of metaphorical hot soup when a Forbes article quoted me as saying that I didn’t know a single person who bought Wii Fit and used it routinely after a month. Now I do. Between the dozens of emails…
By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009 -
Nintendo Responds To January NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Blah blah blah Nintendo sold the most consoles for the month blah blah blah 679,200 Wiis blah blah blah 510,800 DSs blah blah blah. Man, this gets repetitive, doesn’t it? To you and I, maybe, but sure not to Nintendo, who continue to be pleased – no, very pleased – with the way the current…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2009 -
What Was ONM’s Delay Worthy “Exclusive Game Content”?
Why were poor Official Nintendo Magazine subscribers made to suffer a delay in getting their latest issue? Blame Mario, Sonic and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The UK publication put a hold on its latest issue to give everyone else plenty of breathing room to announce Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games three…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2009 -
Americans Still Buying Wii Fit At Alarming Rates
As Nintendo president Satoru Iwata already revealed last week, Wii owners in the United States are still buying Wii Fit as fast as their chubby little frames will allow, moving at near holiday sales rates. The fitness software racked up 777,000 sales in January, a 22% drop from its December rate. Wii Fit‘s impressive sales…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2009 -
Nintendo Dominates US Hardware Sales Again With Big, Big January
No one was expecting Nintendo to sell Wii and Nintendo DS hardware at the record-breaking rate it had in December, but January’s take was no drop in the pond, with the Wii dominating sales charts. Nintendo still managed to move over a million pieces of hardware to U.S. consumers in January, with 679,200 Wiis and…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 12, 2009 -
Dust Off Your Balance Board For Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympics
Sega and Nintendo have now officially announced Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Winter Games, detailing some of the events and features we can expect in the frigid follow-up to last year’s summer outing. While we knew it was coming before we knew it was coming, now it’s officially coming, as if Sega and Nintendo…
By Mike Fahey Published February 12, 2009 -
Fashion Model Promotes Mario & Luigi RPG 3 In Japan
That’s the formerly ubiquitous fashion model Yuri Ebihara — who after dominating Japanese print in TV ads has since gone M.I.A. of late. Well, there she is! Playing Mario & Luigi RPG 3. This is not the first time Ebihara, nicknamed “Ebi-chan,” has done game ads. Previously, she appeared in a SEGA ad. There was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2009 -
Digging Up New Gardening Mama Screens
Behold the box art and a bountiful harvest of new screens for Majesco’s follow-up to the wildly popular Cooking Mama, Gardening Mama, starring our favorite mush-mouthed mother figure, only this time she’s outside. Mama encourages you to grow plants, decorate your garden, and share your creations with your friends in Gardening Mama, which takes the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2009 -
Atlus Confuses And Astounds With Knights In The Nightmare
Atlus gears up to deliver an innovative mix of role-playing and strategy this June with Knights in the Nightmare for the Nintendo DS, a game that promises energetic action mixed with thought-provoking tactical gameplay. If it sounds complicated, it gets even more complicated. According to the official press release, Knights in the Nightmare incorporates aspects…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2009 -
Preorder Pokemon Platinum Get Free Toy
Starting this Sunday, people who reserve a copy of Pokemon Platinum Version will land a free Girantina Origin Forme figure. The game, due out March 22 for the DS, will introduce the new form of the Girantina Pokemon as well as a few new features and online options. “Pokémon fans know all about one-of-a-kind characters,…
By Brian Crecente Published February 11, 2009 -
Mario & Sonic To Meet Again, This Time In Canada
Fewer titles epitomise the gulf in potential and delivery on the Wii more than Mario & Sonic at the Olympics. I mean…Mario and Sonic? Together? With motion-sensing? How did this game end up rubbish? Who knows. All that matters is that it did. Though…actually, that not even that matters, since the game sold millions and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2009 -
Finally, Zelda II Has Been Translated Into Latin
While I would prefer to play Zelda II: the Adventure of Link in the original Klingon, a full translation of the Nintendo classic in Latin can do in a pinch. The fan translation, dubbed Zelda II: Expeditio Linci, was created by ROM hacker “abw,” a fan of the dead language who’s also tackling The Legend…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2009 -
Nintendo Magazine Delay Hints At Exclusive Game Reveal?
Subscribers to the UK’s Official Nintendo Magazine have suffered a momentary delay in monthly Nintendo news, possibly in the interests of exclusive new game info, which could hit as early as Friday. According to subscriber communication passed on to a GoNintendo reader, the Official Nintendo Magazine staff apologized for the long wait between issues, noting…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 10, 2009 -
Nintendo Building New R&D Center In Japan
Companies are hemorrhaging money and jobs. Even Nintendo is cutting its profit forecast. That’s not to say the company is cutting back on everything, though. Nintendo’s expanding. It’s been revealed that the end of last year, the company forked over approximately ¥12.8 billion for a 40,000 square meter piece of property near the current Nintendo…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009 -
Black DS Lite Has Been Discontinued
According to this supposed GameStop daily newsletter, the DS Lite Onyx handheld has been discontinued. The newsletter reads: DS Lite Onyx hardware systems have been discontinued and stores will no longer be replenished on this product. Once your store sells through its current stock of this item, please remove any empty DS Onyx display boxes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009 -
Wii Fit Target Of Class Action Lawsuit
Wii Fit has been an exercise in smart marketing by Nintendo. Doesn’t matter whether it actually makes you fit or not, you call it Wii Fit, it’ll sell! Oh, and it’ll also attract lawsuits. Slightly nutty fitness “guru” Michael Torchia has looked at Wii Fit, and as a slightly nutty fitness “guru”, does not like…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2009 -
Pokemon Boutique Invades Toys R Us
Pokemon, already a mainstay at Toys R Us nationwide, are getting dedicated areas inside the national toy story chain and the chain’s flagship Times Square store is getting a Pokemon boutique. The Toys R Us Times Square Pokemon boutique opens in April and will remain open until the end of the year. Other stores around…
By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2009