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In: Gaming News|Nintendo
3 Jun 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Back when the Nintendo Wii launched in 2006, the company showed possible console colors: White, red, silver, lime green and black. White was the launch color, and that’s all customers have had. Until now. Today, Nintendo announced that it will be launching a black-colored Wii in Japan on August 1 for ¥25,000 [...]
In: Gaming News|Nintendo
3 Jun 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Mario is back and ready to circle around planets in spaaaaaaaaaace. As we posted previously, Miyamoto said that the original plan was to “essentially create new variations of the worlds in Super Mario Galaxy.” But, over time, the developers have had so many ideas that Miyamoto estimates that 90% of the game’s [...]
In: Gaming News|Nintendo
2 Jun 2009Nintendo announced today that it was adding the Wii Vitality Sensor to the list of things one can attach to the Wii Remote. Nintendo’s official announcement claims it will expand the appeal of video games. window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; How? Well, we’re not quite sure yet, as we’ve not yet poked the Wii Vitality Sensor. But [...]
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2 Jun 2009Nintendo on Tuesday announced a new, multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for its Wii console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Dubbed New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the co-op game is a side-scrolling adventure starring Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad. Up to four players can play together; the game also features [...]
In: Gaming News|Nintendo
22 May 2009Just announced by Nintendo for a late August release: Metroid Prime Trilogy, a three-pack set bringing together the first two GameCube Metroid chapters remade with true widescreen and Wii-mote control support, alongside Corruption, the third game in the series already available on Wii, for the cost of one game. Keep your eyes on the Prime [...]
In: Gaming News|Nintendo
21 May 2009Go to the Mii Channel. Press A. Press B. Press 1. Press and hold 2. Nintendo sent Kotaku copies of Personal Trainer: Walking yesterday, and while we think we don’t need that much training to walk (left foot and then right foot, yes?), we are in fact learning things. We have learned, for example, that [...]
In: Gaming News|Nintendo|Technology
20 May 2009In June, videogame crapvendor Innex will start distributing this Retro Adapter by Komodo, a $20 (projected) dongle that will let you plug in and use your NES, Super Nintendno, or Nintendo 64 controllers on the Nintendo Wii, perfect for all those Virtual Console games.
In: Culture|Gaming News|Music
20 May 2009Bit.Trip creators Gaijin Games have just let slip that NYC chiptune star Haeyoung ‘Bubblyfish’ Kim will be bookending their latest WiiWare rhythm-pong game, Core, doing the same title- and end-screen musical duties that Bitshifter did for their debut…
In: Culture|Gaming News|Nintendo
19 May 2009A new year brings one thing: More Dragon Ball. You know what that means? More Bulma. The Xbox 360 and the PS3 are getting a Dragon Ball Z title called Raging Blast that appears to be a sequel to Dragon Ball Z Sparking! The Nintendo Wii is getting a Dragonball action game, which doesn’t appear [...]
In: Gaming News|Indie|Nintendo
19 May 2009Somewhere in between WiiWare debut favorite LostWinds (for its vulnerable directly-controlled character and 2D platforming), Crayon Physics (for its elaborately pieced together machinery), iPhone scribbler Trace — and, as always, a tip of the hat to the visionary Harold and the Purple Crayon — Danish indies PressPlay have revealed the first video for their self-published [...]