Month: May 2011
Rumor: Wii price to be dropped to $150, offer $20 “Wii Select” line of games
According to Kotaku, Nintendo will be making the Wii price drop to $149.99 official starting May 15th. Further, a new budget line of games retailing for $19.99 will be introduced. These Player’s Choice ‘Wii Select’ line of games should help stimulate sales with the likes of  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario Super Sluggers kicking it ...
What’s the best beat ’em up of all time?
Amid the great Wii, 3DS, and DS drought of early 2011, I’ve been revisiting sprite-based classics, mostly on my backlit GBA “Special.” One I’m particularly fond of: River City Ransom EX (original also on WiiWare). Thanks to its genuinely funny script (“Cool it, Bro!”), diverse combat, and RPG-like leveling, I think it might be one of the greatest beat ’em...
Amazon has Nintendo games on clearance
Some four-star highlights of the mail-order sale: Sonic Colors, $20 UDraw, $40 Lego Harry Potter, $22 Scribblenauts, $12 My Sims Sky Heroes, $12 3D Dot Game Heroes, $15 (great Zelda homage for PS3 owners)
Miyamoto thinks it would be a good idea to remake A Link to the Past…do you?
The Guardian today has an insightful interview with Miyamoto up. What got my attention was the discussion of how a remake to A Link to the Past would be just fine by him. Are there any plans to adapt other older Nintendo games for the 3DS console? Not really. We would like to create more new titles. For example, this year we are making Super Mario 3D, but it’s not really a remake of [the Wii...