Month: January 2009
Wii Shop Channel Monday – High Voltage Hot Rod Show, Family Glide Hockey, and MUSHA
WiiWare releases for the week include High Voltage Hot Rod Show and Family Glide Hockey. Over on the Virtual Console, there’s the Genesis giant mech game MUSHA. High Voltage Hot Rod Show uses the same Quantum 3 Game Engine developed by High Voltage for use in their highly anticipated shooter, The Conduit. So I guess this is a little sample of what that engine is capable of doing. IR...
New Game Get – Nintendo releases for the week ending January 18th
Not a bad week for releases. Big Bang Mini for the DS looks pretty cool. If you’re into Sims and Animals, there’s SimAnimals on Wii. SHMUP fans might dig Ultimate Shooting Collection for Wii. Wii Ultimate Shooting Collection SimAnimals DS Big Bang Mini Wonder World Amusement Park
If the WiiWare port of Cave Story was 2.5D
I am a real big fan of playing side scrolling games, but when I see a nice looking render of a two dimensional character; I can’t help but squeal with excitement. The only real disappointing fact about this image, is that it was made by a fan of the game. So any chance of this render being used officially is almost impossible. That is unless someone like Nicalis or Pixel decide otherwise. It...
Nintendo Spotting: Boo Balloons
Try to remember this folks; It really is not a party unless you invited them Boos.
Shigeru Miyamoto awarded the Jim Henson Celebration Honor
IGN reports that Nintendo Senior Managing Director and EAD General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto was awarded the Jim Henson Celebration Honor. The highest Henson Honor goes to an individual, organization or product that makes the world a better place by inspiring people to celebrate life. As the creator of some of the world’s best-known video games such as Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. and the Z...
Review: Mushroom Men tastes moldy on DS
In case you missed it, check out our review of Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars for Wii before it starts to mold. I’ve always been a console guy. The DS is my first Nintendo handheld — I know, right? — and in general, I’ve always had more fun with my Wii. Stop snickering. Occasionally, standout DS software will reverse the roles, but I usually prefer gaming on a widescreen tele...
Top 10 best-selling games of 2008
According to the NPD Group, the official sales tracker of U.S. video games: Wii Play Mario Kart Wii Wii Fit Smash Bros. Brawl GTA IV (360) Call of Duty World at War (360) Gears of War 2 GTA IV (PS3) Madden 09 (360) Mario Kart DS “The variety of content on the top 10 list shows just how viable non-traditional content has become,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “Not only can these...
Poll – 1st party or 3rd party games
Just out of curiosity, we ask: {democracy:73} Feel free to flesh out your answer in comments!
What are the biggest RPG cliches?
Nintendo Power (issue 238) has an RPG blow-out of sorts. I’m not a role-player, but I chuckled after stumbling upon the magazine’s “RPG Checklist,” which includes: Spikey-haired protagonist Earnest/clueless female lead Amnesia a key plot point Events foretold by prophecy Random battles Orphaned party members Airship travel Underage hearoes Technology is evil For those who k...
Infendo Radio 132 – DSi release date, Rock Band 3, and more
In this episode Kyle, Sean, and I discuss a DSi release date, no Rock Band 3 in 2009, New Game Get, Castlevania III, and Miyamoto’s new patent. Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Be sure to leave some comments or give us a call on the Infendo Radio Hotline: 206-338-BIGN (206-338-2446) after the show! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (37.7MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Nintendo could be developing a motion-sensing SD card
A new trademark filed by Nintendo indicates the DSi SD card slot might be used for more than just DLC storage. The Japanese trademark is for a “DS Houi Sensor Card”. Houi is Japanese for “direction,” and Siliconera is speculating it could be for a motion-sensing SD card. After last year’s Slide Mag Kid, the news is hardly a surprise, and is also perfectly in line with the compan...
Wii Rock Band 2 music store now open for business
The Rock Band music store is now available on the Wii. The store launched today with 50 songs, which includes Rock Band 2’s 20 free bonus tracks. Harmonix said more DLC will be released in the coming weeks to “catch Wii users up with other systems, ” Joystiq reports. That is all.