Month: October 2007
How to say Reggie’s last name: “Fee-Suh-May”
Straight from the source.
The Legend of Zelda debuts on Nintendo DS
(Press release) ”“ Today’s launch of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS marks the arrival of perhaps the deepest, richest story ever to appear on a hand-held video game system. The game requires players to fill up the Phantom Hourglass with sand and give themselves enough time to delve deeper and deeper into the ultimate dungeon. It has received critical praise both in th...
New publisher readies Nintendo Power, but first a look back
From Game Set Watch: At its peak, NP was the premier outlet through which gamers got their info and strategies. For a time from its inception to around 1995, having a game make the cover of NP was a major advertising coup for whatever third-party publisher managed the feat, because full coverage in the mag had a direct effect on sales of the sort that good reviews in Famitsu are purported to have ...
Advance Wars DS gets serious
Like it, love it, or hate it, it appears as though Advance Wars is getting a face lift. The in-game stuff is still the Advance Wars of old, but those armies apparently aren’t being controlled by 16-year-old commanders anymore. Nope, now it’s Cloud-haired kids and G.I. Joe. Jeux-France has a few pics up from a recent show, but be warned they aren’t the highest quality. Brave new d...
Belgian mag gives Super Mario Galaxy a 9.2 — and it wasn’t me
Before you start yappin’, I was not in Belgium this weekend. I wasn’t even on the Internet and I certainly haven’t started blogging or writing for any Belgian video game sites. That said, what the magazine Gunk did recently is so positively me that I had to stop, admire it, and then fire off a pithy post to spread the word. What Gunk did, basically, was fake a review of Super Mar...
Nintendo: Wii shortages will last until 2008
For all of the success the Wii has wrought for Nintendo, there is one area where the machine (and Nintendo’s strategy) has been woefully inadequate: production. And it’s going to stay that way. Today, I found an interview at GameIndusty.biz with Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime that all but confirms there will be massive Wii shortages this holiday season. Lest there be any remaining...
Virtual Console Monday – Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels & Sin and Punishment
The question as to whether or not the US will ever be able to play non-American released titles via Virtual Console has been answered today … super-answered! Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels – NES Originally released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2, this game has previously made only brief cameo appearances in the Western Hemisphere. Now available on the Virtual Console in all of its...
Nintendo releases for the week ending October 6th
Big week of releases for Nintendo systems. As far as I’m concerned, the holiday shopping season starts today. Wii NBA Live 08 Popx3 Crash of the Titans Dave Mirra BMX Challenge Ninjabread Man Spider-Man: Friend or Foe MLB Power Pros DS The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol Holly Hobbie & Friends Master Jin Jin’s IQ Challenge Spider-Man: Friend or Foe The ...