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My love-hate relationship with EGM sometimes yields unexpected surprises, like this news from Hudson, where the house that Master Higgins built says it will soon release 30 titles for the Wii Virtual Console. In May Hudson promised 100 titles in all, so it would appear as though they are taking the Nintendo approach by releasing titles in small batches so as not to tire out the nostalgia of the re...

Do I live on an island? Is the DS really selling and pushing software as much as Japanese and NPD data imply? Am I so enthusiastic about Nintendo gaming that I wrongfully assume the DS is the best platform (not just handheld) in terms of its software offering at the moment? It sure feels like it when I walk into retail game stores. Have you seen how paltry the in-store offering is? The DS only get...

Say what? Yes, I’m not jesting; I went out, bought an Xbox 360 and have been losing track of the hours I’ve spent on it. Here’s a take on the Xbox 360 from a confessed Nintendo fanboy. (If you’re too disgusted to read on, I was impressed.) It’s sleek design is marred only by a few slight flaws. Take for instance the great look of the console and controller, and match ...

Thanks to an intrepid Nintendo fan over at Nintendo Buddy, we have an hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute, up-to-date schedule for all of the Nintendo events that are set to start on Thursday. Remember, for those of you in North America, things officially get going at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday and then will progress at a lighting pace from there as bloggers and journos live at the scene ...

Want to be the first to preorder the Nintendo Wii console? Online retailer Lik-Sang is now taking preorders for the console, with no money down! So if you want to brag to your friends about being the first one to preorder a Wii and don’t mind pretending you can read the Japanese instruction manual that will come packed in the box, then click on the source link now. The other option would be ...

Who here enjoys spending $60 for a game that might suck? Hmm… no hands raised. Game prices for the XBox 360 and PS3 are for the most part set in stone for the “next generation,” clocking in somewhere between $59.99 to $69/$79 for “premium versions” that have unfortunately cropped up in stores. And aside from a Nintendo promise that Wii 1rst party titles will be $50, t...

The rumor mill has it that Nintendo is gearing up to start boxing completed Wii systems as early as next Tuesday. IGN states: “Clever users investigated a number of work agencies postings and found recent job openings for Nintendo’s North Bend location, which houses the facility that packages and distributes the publisher’s products… Nintendo of America is looking for a pro...

A Digg commenter regarding the impressive Splinter Cell Wii graphics: “Over time, console developers learn little tricks to squeeze as much power out of their hardware as possible (just look at graphics at Xbox/PS2/GC launch compared to how they are now). Nintendo is at an advantage with the Wii’s hardware being similar to the GameCube’s; all those little tricks still apply so th...

A quick search on the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) for Sega + Wii displays the above results. That’s right, Altered Beast, Columns, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Ristar, Sonic the Hedgehog, Toe Jam & Earl all appear to be headed to Wii’s virtual console through the logical first step of submitting games to the ESRB. I’m loved Ecco back in the day. Now give me Et...

I could have sworn that there was something else really big happening this week, but until I figure out what it is exactly you’ll have to make due with this handy list Joystiq put up regarding games that will ship this week. Several are Nintendo-related, some of which I plan on picking up. How bouts you? Mario Hoops 3 On 3 (DS) Cheetah Girls, The (GBA) Cooking Mama (DS) Disney’s Little...

I really don’t know how much credence one should give to a source that has to explain to its core audience how to pronouce “Wii,” but regardless I am posting this price related news from Vibe magazine even though I’ve never actually picked up, skimmed through or otherwise even glanced at a Vibe in my entire life. But when Vibe starts listing the Wii as “small, sexy-lo...

Today’s Virtual Console-related news was almost as exciting as yesterday, when I somehow got my girlfriend to watch the entire Blade: The Series marathon on Spike. Afterwards, she said “I liked it.” Yeah, I know, intense. But anyway, today we learned that a partial list of Virtual Console launch titles are in the hopper, ready for launch day goodness, whenever that may be. The li...