Month: June 2009
Nintendo still burning calories with Wii Fit Plus
Still have pounds to shed? Don’t worry—Nintendo has your back. The company confirmed rumors by today revealing Wii Fit Plus, a sequel to its popular fitness game Wii Fit. Included with the exercises are 15 new balance games, including juggling, skateboarding and a “perfect ten” math game. Executive vice president of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway calls it “Brain A...
New Super Mario Bros. Wii revealed at E3
He’s back. Nintendo today announced New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a 2D Mario “flatformer” exclusively for Wii. Aesthetically similar to New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS, the new Wii iteration features the same 3D characters and environments scrolling in old-school 2D fashion. Unlike Mario platformers in the past, however, the focus with the New Super Mario Bros. Wii is on m...
Pay no attention to the plumber behind the curtain…
Kotaku’s snagged some ninja pics of Nintendo’s E3 booth, and what they reveal lends some credence to the rumor that a certain mascot might be making an appearance at the show today. Mario Sports Super Active Sweatin’ to the Oldies RPG Waggle MotionPlus Party, anyone?
E3: Your Shape camera counts calories, sees you faking those pushups
Looking for the new trend in video game technology? Look at cameras. Nintendo’s latest hand held revision, the DSi, has a camera. Microsoft hopes to change the industry with it’s 3D motion tracking “Natal” camera for the Xbox 360 – and fitness games? You guessed it: Camera. According to Ubisoft, the fitness game market has seen more growth in the past year than an...
YouTube Tuesday – My Roomate Mario
How about some Super Duper Mario Rainbow Factory? [Thanks for the video Dane!] Have any suggestions or videos for YouTube Tuesday? Send them in at [email protected]
E3: Ubisoft confirms 1:1 swordplay and motion plus pack in for Red Steel 2
Jason Vandenberghe took the stage at Ubisoft’s E3 Press conference to give us a sneak peek at Red Steel 2, and boy howdy did it come across as positive. “We were the first to jump on the Wii with Red Steel,” Yves Guillemot said earlier in the conference. “…now with Wii Motion Plus, Red Steel 2 will go even further.”
EA sells 600,000 copies of Sports Active in two weeks
Incredibly impressive numbers. I just wish they were, you know, “real” gamers so they counted.
Deep E3 thoughts: Natal will probably never come out
By this time tomorrow night, the mainstream gaming press will likely be heralding the end of Nintendo’s long reign of terror, courtesy of Microsoft’s “revolutionary” Natal camera stick. The Nintendo presser? “Lame,” they’ll say, chortling about Cammie Dunaway or some other such extraneous nonsense. And in one year’s time, gaming will look incredibly ...
Nintendo Live Press Conference Time
Hey Infendudes! Just a friendly reminder to set your clocks, watches, beepers [if you still use those], for the following times tomorrow. 12pm – Eastern 11am – Central 10am – Mountain 9am – Pacific I’ll be live blogging the event, so be sure not to miss it! be there or be square… enix.
What do you think of Xbox 360’s “Project Natal”?
Microsoft today unveiled its response to Nintendo Wii. Dubbed “Project Natal,” the upcoming attachment promises to transform controls on Xbox 360, further than even the Wii has. Some very cool-looking demos were shown, but I’m reserving judgment until I get my hands on the thing. You? What do you think of Project Natal?
Tales of Monkey Island coming to WiiWare!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHojfwdLucI[/youtube] LucasArts is finally getting with the program and have joined forces with TellTale Games to put out Tales of Monkey Island for WiiWare! More info over at the TellTale site.
New Game Get has The Touch!
Sure, there’s the cool-sounding DS game from Atlus, Knights in the Nightmare, and there’s Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for WiiWare, and I’m super-excited for Boulder Dash for Commodore 64 on Virtual Console, but the most exciting thing on the New Game Get list this week? “The Touch” by Stan Bush is now available for free on the Guitar Hero World Tour online sto...