Month: September 2009
New Super Mario Bros Wii – November 15th.
According to the press release earlier on the price drop for the Wii. Nintendo let it slip that New Super Mario Bros will be shipping on November 15th, and it is not really surprising the game played really solidly at E3. Anyway, I know what I will be playing on Thanksgiving, so thanks Nintendo! Yet, this leaves the holiday season rather blank for releases. All we have to look forward to from Nint...
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-StarsFrank West joins the Capcom Crew
Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Tatsunoko VS Capcom Ultimate All-Stars producer Ryota Niitsuma has announced Dead Rising’s Frank West as a playable character in TvC. Which isn’t surprising because Kotaku spoiled which new character would be appearing. Capcom also announced that the ship date for Ultimate All-Stars in North America as January 26, 2010. To see pictures of Frank in action&#...
TGS – Capcom Announces Ghost Trick [DS]
Ghost Trick combines mystery, logic puzzles and the supernatural into a new experience on Nintendo DS. Part adventure game, part puzzle game, Ghost Trick’s game play will challenge player’s brains while its distinctive art style and character designs courtesy of members of Capcom’s Ace Attorney series, will please the eye. In Ghost Trick, players become Sissel, an amnesiac ghost ...
Region locked DSi cartridges – hint of things to come?
About a year ago, Nintendo announced that DSi-enhanced cartiridges would be region locked; that is, playable only in the region that they were produced for. Japanese games only for Japan, North American for North America, European for Europe. Although this has now been confirmed by IGN, it is worth recalling Nintendo’s comments concerning the reasoning behind this lockdown.
After 3 years of brisk sales, Nintendo finally drops Wii price to $199 starting Sept. 27
Although an official announcement isn’t expected until Friday, new retail memos confirm previous rumors that Nintendo will cut the price of Wii by $50 starting Sunday. Party on, Nintendo Nation. Will you be buying a Wii this weekend if you haven’t already?
Poll – best Nintendo sidekick?
All of the Nintendo-created characters out there wouldn’t be able to go on their adventures alone. This week we want to know: {democracy:96} Your favorite isn’t listed? Choose “other” and tell us who they are in comments! [image via Nerd City]
The Excavation of Mushroom Island
Mario fans have pondered for years about the inspiration behind Miyamoto’s mixed up landscape of prehistoric animals, mushroom people, and trans-dimensional plumbing. Many have speculated about graphical limitations and or hallucination induced adventures as possible reasons for the universes existence, but in this age of internet rumors, nothing can stand up against (made-up) facts in a pub...
Youtube Tuesday – Nintendo Short
Warning: Contains some inappropriate language. This short animation was made by the Lonely Island group. It is a story about love, dancing, and cats on surfboards. Have any suggestions or videos for YouTube Tuesday? Send them in at [email protected]
Review: Muramasa belongs in the Louvre
Forget rain on your wedding day, free rides when you’d already paid and good advice you just didn’t take. The most beautiful video game I’ve played this generation runs on the archaic, underpowered Wii. Sorry, Alanis, but that’s the definition of irony’don’t you think? The games press is notorious for spreading hyperbole, an offense to which even I’d admit occas...
Square-Enix CEO: New Wii, Controller by 2011
Following continued evidence of a well predicted Wii price drop, Square-Enix CEO Yoichi Wada made his own prediction this week to the Financial Times: “New Wii” by 2011. The prediction seems to have come following Mr. Wada’s commentary on Project Natal and Sony’s upcoming motion controller. “Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network termina...
Infendo Radio 158 is Wii-tastic!
This week, the fellas discuss Sonic, Zelda, Wii price drop, Nintendo Channel, beating games, New Game Get, and the possibility of Wii HD. Tune in, won’t you? Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Be sure to leave some comments or shoot an email over to [email protected] after the show or hit us up on Twitter! [image from The Tanooki] Podcast: Play in new window | Download (30.7MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
New Game Get emits a passive yawn this week
Nothing really big coming out this week for Wii or DS. TMNT: Smash-Up looks vaguely interesting and Spyborgs might be fun to check out. Otherwise this week’s Rock Band 2 DLC is dedicated to the new Pearl Jam album, Backspacer, while Guitar Hero 5 gets an AFI track pack. [updated with new WiiWare from Nintendo, a C=64 game on the Virtual Console, and some fairly typical DSiWare.] Click on in ...