Month: February 2009

Mario Kart Wii: Global Video Game of the Year

Combine the all software sales in Japan, the U.S. and the U.K., and Mario Kart Wii comes out on top with 8.94 million sold, beating Wii Fit in second and the much ballyhooed Grand Theft Auto IV in third with a completely respectable 7.29 million. Super Smash Bros. Brawl takes fourth with 6.32 million, and the number of core gamers on the Wii rises ever higher. Any reason why Mario Kart Wii shouldn...

Watch out for this Mii who is Stealing Cars

Japanese Police are now using Mii Software to look for criminals in Japan? According to the website Danny Choo, as quoted below… It [is] common for lifelike drawings of wanted folks to be issued but it looks like Kanagawa police decided to use the lifelike properties of the Mii making tool to create a “this man is wanted” image. This man is wanted for a hit and run – if you...

Bob of bob’s game Attacks Nintendo World

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v06aFndLQ[/youtube] Bob escapes the confines of his room on day fifty for an excursion to the Nintendo World store. Can we officially say he is insane? [Via Joystick]

Trim console clutter to two best accessories

Scientists estimate one Wii dies every hour, an unfortunate victim of suffocation beneath heaps of unnecessary, cheap plastic peripherals. Accessories for the Wii and DS have gotten out of hand, and a short walk through your local Target or Wal-Mart provides ample evidence. Remote sleeves, stickers, cooling fans, tennis racket add-ons — aside from robbing you blind, this price-tagged waste h...

New Game Get – Nintendo releases for the week ending February 7th

My World My Way, the latest RPG from Atlus, leads the ..uh.. way on DS this week.  Rygar and Tenchu bring some action to the Wii.  Anything calling out to you this week? Full release list after the break.