Nintendo have gone release date announcement crazy, announcing the first firm dates for 4 of the Wii’s major 2010 releases. First to arrive will be Monster Hunter Tri, which was also announced to be subscription free at today’s European Media Summit. The Japanese release saw gamers forking out a subscription fee to play online, but when [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Mario games are usually always a success, but after the somewhat lukewarm reception to Super Mario Galaxy in Japan, it’s crazy to think that in just 8 weeks New Super Mario Bros Wii has surpassed Galaxy by a substantial margin. Few will say that New Super Mario Bros Wii is a bad game, but compared to the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 7, 2010
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony ended up towards the bottom end of environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly Greener Electronics rankings this year with little improvement from last year. Despite game companies cutting some unnecessary plastic from game cases (the pie-pieces you’ve noticed cut out of recent game purchases are intentional) the Greenpeace scale rated Nintendo and Microsoft at [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tech journal Siliconera has discovered a trademark filing by Nintendo under “WiiRelax,” despite the fact that an Italian company owns the rights to “Wii Relax. The Italian company’s product site gone, but Nintendo has now trademarked “WiiRelax” in Europe, though Siliconera notes that Italian developer Pub Company still holds the trademark to Wii Relax (note the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
The DSi LL has now been confirmed for North America and Europe for Q1 2010. There are basically two major changes to it, first the screen size which is increased from 3.2 inches to 4.2 inches. This is actually a very significant size difference and even more so for people like me that did not [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games is so much more than it appears. Instead of being a series of winter sport mini-games, with some licensed characters thrown it, it is a deep, rewarding, fun experience.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 1, 2009
While there may be no announcement of the same black coloured Wii that was released in japan a few months ago, at least we have official confirmation of the coloured controllers making their ways overseas. Set to be released individually, a Nunchuck and a Wii Remote, there will also be a bundle that includes a black [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s Entertainment Analysis and Development General Manager, said in an interview with Mercury News that Nintendo would find a use for its new creation, the Wii Vitality Sensor. Since its introduction at E3 has inspired some jokes, and a lot of confusion, but little genuine interest from gamers around the world. No one is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 15, 2009
The bright and airy Wii Remote Nunchuck combo seen above is just the sort of thing that Wii fans have craved since Nintendo hinted there would be more colours of the console. Unfortunately, unlike the Black Controllers that will be sold in Japan, there will be a very limited number of these blue designs in the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 6, 2009
There are few games that everyone will likely have heard of or played in their time, but Tetris ranks highly when considering just how many people have enjoyed its deceptively simple design over the years. 25 years ago, Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov devised the game, but the success of the game has escalated to catastrophic proportions since then. The [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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