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$79 Micro?

Let’s be honest. The Micro is one fine piece of hardware, and it recieved very good reviews after its US September launch. The only complaint in nearly every product review was that the $99 price is too much to ask. Will that change this holiday season? It’s rumored that Nintendo has been soliciting feedback on it’s Micro pricing. Though no sales figures have been released, the c...[Read More]

Nintendo Spotting

Old skool meets new. Always nice to see folk in public enjoying a little Nintendo. But what could he be playing…

Gamestop: March Revolution Pre-release

Gamestop.com has 5 listed Revolution games available for prerelease on March 1, 2006. Though their disclaimer says “content is based on the best available information on price, and release date” this is coming from a legitimate game source. They are using the term “pre-release” which in no way implies an actual release. But it couldn’t be too far off. This does happen...[Read More]

New Mario Party Ad

Eight Mario clones play the GameCube to promote the new Mario Party 7 release in Nippon. I like the look of it but it’s always hit or miss with Nintendo ads. It would be nice to see them hire a new ad agency come Revolution time. [Source: Kotaku]

More of the Same?

It is being reported that THQ will only be devoting 20% of their resources to develop Revolution games while PS3 and 360 are getting 80%. While this is probably due to the lack of Revolution specs and playable games, you gotta hope this isn’t the case like the N64 and GC before it. On a good note, French developer Atari announced last week in a press conference they will be supporting the Re...[Read More]