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on August 21, 2008
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This has been a good week for Wii exclusive type news. From the official press release from EA:
GUILDFORD, UK. - August 20, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) an...
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on August 4, 2008
Ign.com
I defended the WiiWare service a little earlier in this blog, but now I have an even better reason to sing its praises: the superb Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King.
Some ...
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on August 3, 2008
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Mario Kart may have the best online implementation of any current Nintendo title, but that doesn't mean they are immune to the same problems tha...
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on July 16, 2008
"Winers."
So all is said and done at Nintendo's E3 presser. Here were my thoughts:
Great on the hardware end, below average on software. Animal Crossing was something we all knew abou...
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Wii
on July 15, 2008
We are mere hours away from Nintendo's big press conference- and we already had one small dissapointment: no Kid Icarus at E3.
However, any sadness over that vanished when the Motion Plus add on ...
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on July 10, 2008
It's almost E3, and a action adventure Kid Icarus game, new IP, and other Nintendo surprises are all dancing in our heads. Almost every year, Nintendo comes out a winner at this conference, becaus...
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Wii
on July 10, 2008
Toot toot! Hear that sound? That's the hype train for High Voltage Software's The Conduit gaining steam and picking up more passengers. Here's the latest footage:
In addition, IGN.com r...
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Wii
on July 5, 2008
The PAL version has better boxart.
Ah, Red Steel, the early pariah of the Wii. Hyped up powerfully, it fell prey to high expectations. Honestly, had it been released now, we'd be thrilled to see...
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on June 29, 2008
Nintendo fans have been hoping for some exciting new Castlevania content for the console scene for some time. We've had many handheld iterations, almost too many to count in fact, so it has been...
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on June 24, 2008
I'm long overdue for blogging about this title, Nintendo published and Namco made Mario Super Sluggers. This is, hopefully, the last of the "Mario" titles for at least a few months, but ...
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on June 23, 2008
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Guitar Hero III and Battle of the Bands aren't the only rockers in town, as Harmonix's Rock Band hits store shelves this week for Wii.
What sets this game apart fr...
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on June 17, 2008
I've been chewing this over for a little while now.
I think the deal with Wii is that a subset of people desperately want the system to magically change into a different experience.
We see th...
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on May 25, 2008
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I bit the bullet and finally gave No More Heroes a rental. I'm going to have a much longer critical analysis on my personal blog, but for the purposes of House of Nintendo, I&...
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on May 18, 2008
This video has been circulating the internets, and Wii fans are buzzing. It's a pretty looking FPS type game with lots of the sort of stuff that we're used to seeing on other systems: Realis...
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on May 10, 2008
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Image from VGChartz.com
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When Nintendo announced the Zapper, people were skeptical of what is essentially a plastic shell (I agree, actually, that th...
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on May 5, 2008
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A new blog has burst on the scene that has some excellent articles, which is "That Videogame Blog."
I enjoyed their recently published "Wi...
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on May 4, 2008
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The chart above, prepared by a site called GameFunk, was compiled using data from GameRankings.com. It begs the question: is the Wii library terrible, or is somethin...
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on April 27, 2008
I know all of you are pumped for Mario Kart (so am I!), but another title has hit Wii that has people lining up to take sides. That game is Rawthrills developed and Konami published Target: Terror, ...
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on April 13, 2008
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With so many big Wii titles already released (with one big exception), one can wonder what is left to look forward to? Let's take a look at some exciting titles coming out for...
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on April 6, 2008
Iimage from IGN.com. The game is Destineer's hit sports game, Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge
IGN.com reviewed yet another Destineer published game, in this case Kawasaki Jet Ski. It score...
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on April 1, 2008
They had me for about 5 seconds. When I saw "World Premiere Legend of zelda Trailer" on IGN.com this morning, my eyes bugged out. THEY FINALLY DID IT, I thought, and the heart rate went up, ...
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on March 23, 2008
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We're on a third party supporting binge here at House of Nintendo. Why? It's because we believe that third party support for Wii is dodgy because of develope...
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on March 21, 2008
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Ugh. I hate to make these posts. But in a lightning like flash, I've noticed that I've let almost 6 full days slip by in between posts here at the House!
Ma...
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on March 14, 2008
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In the early days of the Wii, gamers were dissapointed to hear that while they were getting an exclusive Resident Evil game, it was going to be a light gun shooter. However, ...
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on March 4, 2008
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Remember all of those Wii RPGs that we previewed awhile ago? I've decided to put my money where my mouth is (yes, this lowly blogger has to go out and actually buy stuff...
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Wii
on February 18, 2008
Hidden Gem Alert!
I've had this game sitting in the hopper for the past month, begging to be played. Oh no, little Battalion Wars II, you'll have to wait, I said, as I did actual productive...
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on December 21, 2007
How many of you are in the Wii Defense Force?
You know what I mean.
You like what Nintendo is doing. You enjoy the Wii. No, you aren't blind to the other systems. Heck, you probably play the...
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on December 19, 2007
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Today for review roundup, we are going to focus on just one game: the last big megaton release of 2007 for Wii owners: Sega's NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.
NiGHTS was a b...
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on December 18, 2007
In today's roundup, we look at a game where you shoot Nazis, and a quiz game, both fairly well rated.
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Smartypants is yet another attempt by a third party to strike go...
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on December 17, 2007
Today in Review Roundup, we look at a game in which you pretend to be a doctor and a game were you might have to argue with a cranky one (as in Dr. McCoy).
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Trauma Center:...
