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Aeropause goes to the mat for Friend Codes
Is anybody talking with a friend over IM right now? Have you ever? Congrats, because you’re using a form of the much maligned Nintendo Friend Code system. And I bet you’ve never complained about IM screen names, have you? And when you get an unsolicited IM from some stranger, it’s a bit of a shock? Thus, IMO the Nintendo Friend Code system begins to lose it’s black mark as ...
Did Nintendo make things weird?
“What a weird era of gaming we’ve entered.” So begins IGN’s Mark Ryan’s latest blog entry. The post itself looks at how things have changed in this current generation of video gaming, all thanks to Nintendo. The same Nintendo that was once huffing and puffing in third place to the well-oiled Sony PlayStation mega-machine brand and slick newcomer Xbox is now defining w...
Mario theme shows up at beatbox battle
The first guy in the Darth Vader shirt isn’t bad, but stay tuned for the guy in the yellow shirt busting out some Super Mario Bros. at around 1:15. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41MjPoyKwpE] [Thanks, Ki!]
First Wii-exclusive rhythm game
Game industry site Gamasutra has a brief write up about EA Montreal’s (of SSX Blur fame) new Wii-exclusive rhythm game “Boogie.” Details are slim but based on the screen shot and article it seems that the games focus will be dancing with the Wii remote and nunchuck, as well as creating a custom character to show off your moves. While the cartoonish disco guy in the screenshot doe...
Nintendo makes Wired’s Top 40 Companies for 2007
Here’s how: Make cool crap, sell a lot of it, get on the list.
This is what I look like when someone beats me with a straight draw on Clubhouse Games
[Image courtesy of Flickr]
Get your motion groove on with the Wii Loop Machine
Yet another Wii/music mashup. As a lover of beats, samples, turntables, and Acid Pro (a Sony product, mind you), this looks really fun. [via Joystiq]
Life imitating Tecmo Super Bowl
According to CBSSportsline.com columnist Clay Travis there has never been a greater sports video game than Tecmo Super Bowl. I’m not really into sports games other than Tiger Woods 2006 and Madden 2007 Wii (does Duck Hunt count?), so I’m inclined to agree. Travis lists a plethora of life reasons (46 total) taught to him by Tecmo Super Bowl, some of which are only going to be funny if y...
Rebuilding Nintendo’s Million Dollar Man (DS)
We can rebuild him, they said of the SIX Million Dollar Man. Next Generation writer Eric-Jon Rössel Waugh believes the DS, for all its fame and fortune today, can be rebuilt into an even greater device tomorrow. While some of the suggestions are ones we’ve all been kicking around since the launch of the DS Lite (PictoChat needs an overhaul, rebooting after setting the clock = BAD), others a...
Nintendo Spotting: They always fly off the track edition
These always struck me as a fire hazard. They also struck me in the face when they’d fly off the track and hit me because of poor design. $30 bucks.
Massive Child’s Play donation from Nintendo
The Penny Arcade-founded charitable organization, Child’s Play, provides game and toy donations and distribution for children’s hospitals. They just received a humongous donation from Nintendo. More pics and info are available in the post labeled “Movie Day” on this page.
Will Capcom announce Okami port for Wii?
An anonymous tipster has left us with a questionable but very exciting piece of information to think about. According to the tip: “The game Capcom hasn’t yet formally announced, but soon will, is Okami for Wii”Okami, the 18th best PS2 game ever according to IGN, is an action adventure game where players control a god inside the body of a wolf that can use a paintbrush to interact...