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Donkey Kong: Monster Truck screenshots
Look at those graphics! Hard to believe it’s on Wii, right? Well, that’s because it isn’t. Donkey Kong made his debut as a monster truck on Saturday, December 8, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fans in attendance had no idea they were about to see the unveiling of the newest truck on the Monster Jam circuit. Before the event, the Donkey Kong t...
Reggie Fils-Aime, the anti-Wii bundler
Nintendo of America president Reggie FIls-Aime and I share a nuber of redeeming traits. We both are able to turn coal into diamonds using nothing but brute strength and our fists, for example (related note: Merry Xmas, babe!). We can also affect weather patterns worldwide using nothing but the white hot intensity of our personalities, which burn with the combined heat of a thousand suns. Oh, and w...
The 10 Most Promising DS Games of 2008
With the holidays still wrapping up and not much being announced until the spring, let’s take a look at what we know is coming in 2008 for the hottest selling game system on the planet:
Activision dethrones EA as largest game maker
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) was the #1 U.S. console and handheld publisher for the first eleven months of calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group. The company increased its market share for the eleven month period to a record 16.8%, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year. For the month of November, Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock and...
Virtual Console Monday – Cybernator, Alien Storm, and Monster Lair
I was disappointed to see that Cybernator didn’t have digitized graphics of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Cybernator – SNES – 800 Wii Points It is the near future. Resources are dwindling, and the major powers of the world are in dispute over territory. Pilot the Cybernator G5-E for the 95th brigade of the mechanized marines and throw yourself into the war. Alien Storm – Genesis &...
Nintendo releases race for NiGHTS
For some reason, DS gets a bunch of vehicle/race games this week. Wii gets NiGHTS, which is a game that could probably sell well had it been released more than just one week before Christmas. Chalk another casualty up to the 2007 year end Wii game smorgasbord! DS MX vs. ATV Untamed Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command Corvette Evolution GT Indianapolis 500 Legends Wii NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
Infendo Radio 86 – You better watch out!
Listen in as the Infendo Radio crew talks about the hottest item for this holiday season: Wii! Stay tuned for music, adventure, and fun and you might learn something before it’s done so let’s get started okay? Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.1MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Castle of Shikagami III on Wii in the spring 2008
Torrance, CA (December 14, 2007) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, is set to release Castle of Shikigami III, a vertical scrolling shoot’em-up on the Wii in the spring of 2008. “Caste of Shikigami is known in Japan for its lively characters and challenging difficulty. There’s just something to be said when a game paints the screen with enemy ...
Nintendo and GameStop to issue Wii rain checks
Sick of heading to your local big box store on Sunday mornings? Reggie Fils-Aime said that Nintendo will be partnering with GameStop to make rain checks available on December 20th and 21st. Systems must then be picked up by January 29th. As long as GameStop doesn’t force you into a bundle, this sounds like a pretty good idea. Too bad they didn’t implement it back in late October ...
Nintendo says Wii chat “just a peripheral issue”
In a group conference call I attended this morning, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say when asked if voice chat would be coming to Wii. “Our system has the capability for online voice chat, it’s just an issue of deciding on a peripheral. I would not be surprised to see Wii voice chat in the future.” I could be wrong, but I swear that was code for, “In time,...
Nintendo Distribution Center busier than Santa’s Workshop
Employees at Nintendo’s distribution center in North Bend, Wash., prepare thousands of boxes of Wii for shipment to retailers across the country. Nintendo has tripled its distribution workforce to meet consumer demand for the holidays. Nintendo’s current production run is 1.8 million Wii systems a month, almost twice what was produced at launch last year.
Atlus readies ‘hardcore RPG’ Baroque for Wii
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA ’ DECEMBER 12th, 2007 ’ Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced Baroque, a new dungeon-crawling action RPG for the WiiTM and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Dark, addictively challenging, and totally immersive, Baroque is a pure RPG experience, highly regarded by Japanese gamers and now finally scheduled to arrive in No...