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Nintendo Spotting: Mounted Duck Hunt edition
This is a hand sculpted tribute to those poor, poor ducks from NES classic Duck Hunt, created by Eric Tan. Who ever said Nintendo couldn’t make a violent video game?
Wii Shop Channel Monday – Major League Eating: The Game, Donkey Kong 3, and Ninja Commando
This week we get a trio of completely unrelated games. Get indigestion with the new WiiWare Major League Eating: The Game, bug out with Donkey Kong 3, or go commando with Ninja Commando. My pick has to be Donkey Kong 3. I loved this arcade game and it’s a measly 500 points. What do you think of the games this week? And why do some publishers insist on putting “The Game” in ...
Famicom card holders for nerdy businessmen
Now you’re working with power! Nerd Approved posted yesterday a beautiful selection of business card holders in the form of deliciously retro Famicom game cartridges. The card holders can be purchased from Game Asylum for $8.80 each. They are available in Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Ice Climber, Balloon Fight and Famicom controller varieties. Be ready to bookmark, th...
Wii Shop Channel Monday РMy Pok̩mon Ranch and two NES imports
My Pok̩mon Ranch РWiiWare Р1,000 Wii Points Enjoy the relaxing ranch life by viewing your ranch and its Pok̩mon, taking pictures and sending those pictures to your friends via the Wii Message Board. The more Pok̩mon and Miis you bring to your ranch, the more fun it becomes. My Pok̩mon Ranch can be linked with the Nintendo DS Pok̩mon Diamond and Pok̩mon Pearl Game Cards to depos...
Wii Shop Channel Monday – Dr Mario Online Rx, Family Table Tennis, City Connection, and Metal Slug
It’s a holiday and a huge Wii Shop Channel Monday today, May 26th, 2008: Dr. Mario Online Rx – WiiWare – 1,000 Wii Points The doctor is in! Mario takes a break from his adventuring ways and once again dons his stethoscope for a new generation of germ-battling mayhem. In addition to the classic mode of using vitamins to exterminate viruses, you’ll find two battle modes and a...
Wii Shop Channel Monday – Star Soldier R, Critter Round-Up, and Skykid
Virtual Console Monday is now Wii Shop Channel Monday (until I think of a better name for it). Here’s the second round of WiiWare releases and a Virtual Console title for your consideration: Critter Round-Up – WiiWare – 1,000 Wii Points The critters have escaped, and the barnyard is in chaos! It’s up to you to quickly corral the animals in this puzzle-action challenge. Yo...
Virtual Console Monday – Pokemon Puzzle League & Renegade
It’s been over a months since a new N64 game has been released for the Virtual Console and this week we get one. Pokemon Puzzle League – N64 – 2000 – 1000 Wii Points Get ready for a new kind of Pokémon battle where the power and speed of your brain are just as important as the strength of your Pokémon. Join Ash, Brock, Misty and many more characters from the Pokémon anim...
Virtual Console Monday – Double Dragon
Only one new Virtual Console game this week: Double Dragon – NES – 1988 – 500 Wii Points Double Dragon begins with Billy Lee’s girlfriend, Marian, being kidnapped by a group called the Black Warriors. They demand to know the secrets of Billy’s martial-arts style in exchange for his girlfriend. However, Billy won’t stand for these underhanded tactics and decides ...
Commentary: EGM #1 shows NES “hardcore” lineup
Racketboy has a .pdf up today of the very first Electronic Gaming Monthly. The issue, conveniently for us, is a preview of the “HOT NEW Nintendo games” coming soon (in 1989). You can see them in the pic above next to the insanely retro boxart from timeless classic, Mega Man 2. It’s a pretty eclectic list, which got me thinking. Operation Wolf? Shooter. Bubble Bobble? Action puzzl...
Virtual Console Monday – River City Ransom & Phantasy Star III
This week we get a cult classic and the original “PS3”. Check out the new titles available on the Wii Shop Channel today: River City Ransom – NES – 1989 – 500 Wii Points River City Ransom takes place in River City, where our heroes, Alex and Ryan, find a letter on Ryan’s locker from a guy named Slick. The letter says that Ryan’s girlfriend, Cyndi, has be...
Another great classic Nintendo shirt featuring Duck Hunt sells out, too
You may have seen the Zelda garment I was drooling over a couple days ago, but now Shirt.Woot! has another great shirt, commemorating Duck Hunt. Check out the pic above. This one sold out, in only 20 minutes too! Did you snag one?
Virtual Console Monday – Bases Loaded & Yoshi’s Cookie
This week we get two classic NES titles available for purchase on the Wii Shop Channel: Bases Loaded – NES – 1988 – 500 Wii Points Bases Loaded is a baseball game with an arcade feel and plenty of options from which players can choose. Select one of 12 teams, set your lineup from the 30 players available (each with different strengths), then play a single game or try to win the p...