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Madden ’08 online broken?
I’m seeing scattered reports from Joystiq, GoNintendo and elsewhere that say the online play in Madden ’08 for Wii is, in a word, broken. EA (via GoNintendo): “Now that Madden NFL 08 is available, the development team at EA is doing some tweaking to make sure our online experience is as smooth as possible. Since there is currently a high volume of people playing online, this is the bes...
Perrin Kaplan IS Samus Aran
Well, that’s not quite true. Perrin Kaplan is merely Nintendo’s marketing guru (for now) and has a few tidbits to offer about Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Kaplan via Cubed: “…we still have a lot of our more traditional marketing efforts planned. People will see it all shortly, from ads to many of the usual tactics we use to support our key products. Plus: a few more surpris...
Button mashing is primitive, unecessary
“I’ll never, ever push a button to throw a block or make a hard tackle ever again.” That’s what popped into my head as I played a Striker’s Cup match in Mario Strikers Charged the other day. It took until this afternoon to recognize just how important an “a-ha” moment this truly minor event really was.
Nintendo hypes Metroid Prime 3 for Wii
The Nintendo courier (by way of email) just dropped off the below statement at Infendo headquarters to build some additional buzz surrounding Metroid Prime 3 on Wii. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption features amazing first-person controls, and takes advantage of the intuitive, motion-sensitive Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers. This incomparable installment concludes the trilogy’s storyline while...
Nursing homes now requiring live umpire for Wii Sports
This is just hilarious looking… We’ve seen the Wii Sports bug hit nursing homes before, but they now come complete with cranky looking umpires, batting boxes, and even an authentic home plate. Nice!
Wii set to dominate the U.K.
Eurogamer, courtesy of GameIndustry.biz, reports today that the Wii will soon become the No. 1 console in the U.K. Bangers and mash for everyone! (that may be an Irish/Scottish dish, so I apologize in advance) The Nintendo Wii is on course to hit one million sales in the UK within three to four weeks, according to official sell-through figures from Chart-Track, Eurogamer is reporting. Currently th...
Dream Wii Channel
Fellow Nintendo ninjas over at Nintendojo are asking an interesting question today: What’s your favorite Wii Channel? So far, I think the whole Channel thing’s been hot and cold for a lot of people. Whereas I enjoy periodically checking the weather (from 7 hours ago) and surfing the Net for a few minutes from my couch, others see it as the plague. Well, something like that anyway. But ...
Secret Asian Man does Wii
One of my favorite local comic strips has gone national. Secret Asian Man by Tak Toyoshima may be in your local paper now, but it’s also available online. This week’s Sunday edition featured a nice Wii joke. Click here to read it.
Hoskins blasts Super Mario Bros. movie
During the height of Nintendo dominance back in the 1990s, the company believed it could do anything. Cereal, bed sheets, crime fighting (weekends only) — all were not ruled out as possible money makers. So it seemed only natural that the wild success of The Wizard be followed up by a Mario Bros. movie starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper as a humanoid Bowser. Trouble was, ...
Wii Internet system update — who cares?
It could have just been my Wii, through chance or some weird defect that barred it from receiving the full firmware update from last week, but tonight as I prepared for bed in my Nintendo fanman Mother Brain boss chamber bedroom the ol’ blue light flickered to life once again. That’s three times in the past week and a half, for those of you still up and keeping score. Anyway, after I f...
First score for Madden 08 on Wii gets a, well… eight
Give us the low-down, GameDaily: Don’t purchase Madden NFL 08 expecting beautiful visuals and slick looking menus. Buy it because you crave a more interactive experience as well as modes that you can’t find in the other versions. With 22 mini games, trivia and fun controls, this gridiron giant runs the pigskin into the end zone. Having enjoyed Madden 07 on Wii last year (a first for me...