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by Robert Howard on January 03, 2008
Image from Gameinformer.com Game Informer Magazine has always had a sketchy vibe when it comes to Nintendo stuff. For instance, in one issue, they said the only thing Wii Sports was good for was...
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by Robert Howard on December 25, 2007
It's that time of year again, Game of the Year (GOTY) time! IGN has weighed in with the Wii awards (overall awards won't be announced until Jan. 11). Best Action Game: Resident Evil 4 IGN...
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by Robert Howard on December 23, 2007
Image from Filefront.com Holy High Score, Batman! Geometry Wars: Galaxies for Wii scored an impressive A from www.videogamecritic.net, this blogger's favorite review source! Now I'm really...
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by Robert Howard on December 23, 2007
From us.wii.com A new interview has been posted on the official Wii website. I love these developer interviews. They offer a fascinating insight into the way Nintendo of Japan's various...
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by Robert Howard on December 21, 2007
Check out this replica of Samus Aran's gunship from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Pretty sweet, and a great last minute Christmas gift for somebody... with a boatload of cash. The thing's $300...
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by Robert Howard on December 20, 2007
Image from Gonintendo.com Our friends at Gonintendo are reporting a cool new peripheral today: a retractable sensor bar for the Wii, designed for those of you who travel with your system. I know I...
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by Robert Howard on December 17, 2007
Remember Manhunt 2? The game IGN's Matt Casamassina hyped for months on end, because it was the most violent game on Wii. Not most fun, mind you, but hey, I guess some of us judge potential hits...
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by Robert Howard on December 16, 2007
Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, recently had a conference call with the gaming media. More than anything else, what I wanted to pass along to my readers was information regarding...
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by Robert Howard on December 16, 2007
Ah, Sony. The only problem they have is that they are run by humans. Humans that open their pie-holes when they should just keep em' shut. Sony Chairman Sir Howard Stringer joins the unfortunate...
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by Robert Howard on December 10, 2007
Another Christmas season, another Wii shortage. This despite increased capacity from Nintendo. At this point, the success of the Wii is at ludicrous levels, so much so that Nintendo is considering...
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by Robert Howard on December 07, 2007
Image from www.next-gen.biz EA Casual president Kathy Vrabek isn't too pleased with some of the reviews out there for casual games: "Metacritic scores or the GameRankings scores are just...
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by Robert Howard on December 04, 2007
So says the Associated Press/AOL, who surveyed parents and kids. The survey found that 62% of adults do not play video games. This, of course, is no big surprise. Yet most of us video game fanboys...
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by Robert Howard on November 30, 2007
Wow. I think the internet has exploded. Gamespot reviewer Jeff Gerstmann is one of the few "big name" reviewers that video game fanboys instantly recognize. Lately, though, he has been...
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by Kevin Codamon on June 22, 2007
Looks like Take Two is starting to feel the pressure of international bans and a dreaded AO (adults only) rating by the ESRB. Take Two has just issued a statement declaring that the upcoming July 2...
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by John B on April 30, 2007
The games keep coming for our favorite nintendo systems. Not much to speak of this week except for a few Brain Age knock-offs for the DS and a Spider-Man 3 movie tie-in hitting every platform...
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by John B on April 30, 2007
Ever since Square ended their exclusive partnership with Nintendo in the Super NES days, Ninty fans have had to suffer an RPG drought on every system. The Nintendo 64 had practically no role playing...
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by John B on April 30, 2007
Sick of pesky wires and have a PhD-level knowledge of electronic hackery? Then you, my friend, can make your very own wireless NES controller that works on the Wii! You'll need to do some...
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by John B on April 29, 2007
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS each have a pokemon-swapping feature accessible on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, allowing anyone to go online and trade critters with friends from around...
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by John B on April 26, 2007
Coca Cola's My coke rewards program, a points-based system that rewards addicts frequent Coke drinkers with free stuff, recently offered a Nintendo DS and Wii for 3250 and 6250 reward points...
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by John B on April 22, 2007
Ahh the good ole days. Remember when Wii was called Revolution? One year ago Nintendo pulled the rug out from under us and unveiled the three-letter name. It took weeks for the sniggering, potty jokes...
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by John B on April 21, 2007
Nintendo has big plans for the next fiscal year (starting this April). President Satoru Iwata recently announced the company is working on 45 games for the Wii and 79 for the DS (note that...
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by John B on April 19, 2007
No, it's not a new ability in Super Mario Galaxy. And no, it's not a funky Mario/Mega Man fusion-type thing. Over 1,500 fridge magnets make up this gigantic Mario Mosaic constructed by Annie...
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by John B on April 16, 2007
For those of you still desperately seeking a Wii, try your local YMCA. Nintendo recently donated Wii party packs for the Healthy Kids Day event held by the Y. Aimed at "making fitness fun",...
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by John B on April 13, 2007
Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo's vice president of marketing and corporate affairs, recently broke the news that the Wii shortage isn't likely to disappear in the next few months. Manufacturing...
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