Filed in archive News
by John B on January 31, 2007
One of the sneaky little tricks video game writers use to get scoops is checking newly registered patents and games recently submitted to the ESRB for ratings. Any video game that appears on the...
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Filed in archive News
by John B on January 31, 2007
Straight from the officially official Nintendo press site comes... drum roll... sales figures! While it may sound like something out of a Dilbert comic strip, I always find it strangely validating to...
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Filed in archive Wii Online
by John B on January 30, 2007
The slightly demented minds behind the games at Homestar Runner, Videlectrix, have taken a liking to playing flash games on the Wii. They like it so much, in fact, they've opened up a Wii-specific...
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Filed in archive News
by John B on January 28, 2007
IGN turns their Magic 8 Ball upside-down and gives it a few good shakes for our two favorite gaming consoles, the Wii and Nintendo DS. Questions such as "Oh Magic 8 Ball, will the Wii be released...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 27, 2007
Being both an Opera browser fan and a happy owner of a Nintendo Wii, I was glad to find the N+ blog over at Opera's community pages. Nintendo news from Opera lovers? It's almost enough to make...
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Filed in archive Wii Online
by John B on January 27, 2007
The online flash gaming portal Yatsha has hopped on the Wii browsing bandwagon. New to their navigation menu is a special tab dedicated to the Wii. surf to yatsha.com on your Wii browser and click the...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 26, 2007
Remember that whole News Channel bit about how the Wii could give you access to information on stuff that happens outside your window? Well, said channel launches in North America.... now! Newsday.com...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 26, 2007
Indie game developer WayForward, creators of Sigma Star Saga for the Game Boy Advance as well as numerous other titles for the portable system (Shantae, anyone?), seem to be working on a game for the...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 25, 2007
A nice list of easter eggs to be found in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is making its way across a few forums on the internet. On the IGN Boards, user yoshi117 posted a list from another...
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Filed in archive Nintendo DS
by John B on January 25, 2007
Not to be outdone by it's larger, more expensive cousin, the Nintendo DS has an extraordinary lineup of games slated for release in North America this spring. Twenty new games (that's 20 for...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 25, 2007
Nintendo's press site recently unleashed the list of expected game releases for the Wii through March. No surprises, of course, but it always feels good knowing more games are there. Comforting,...
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Filed in archive Deals
by John B on January 24, 2007
Two surprising little price drops appeared today on GameTab's ever-useful Pricetabber service. The site tracks both price increases and decreases from retailers all over the web and aggregates...
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Filed in archive Other
by John B on January 23, 2007
casual games are huge, even on home consoles and portable gaming systems. The Nintendo Wii and DS are famous for a slew of quick, easy to play games that take about three seconds to get into and are...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 22, 2007
First announced at the 2006 E3 show, Super Paper Mario was originally a platformer-type game for the GameCube. After Nintendo got everyone all excited, no news was released for quite some time. Later...
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Filed in archive Deals
by John B on January 22, 2007
Good news for U.S.-based Nintendo fans. Best Deal Magazines is offering a one year subscription to Nintendo Power for $4.69. That's... paltry cash! The recently revamped magazine ditches some of...
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Filed in archive Wii
by John B on January 22, 2007
One of the defining moments in The Legend of Zelda history was the SNES Release of A Link to the Past. This massive, sprawling 2D Zelda brought the series to the 16-bit era and introduced a lot of new...
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Filed in archive Other
by John B on January 21, 2007
In an interview back in August with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the gaming guru stated that some gamecube games could be re-made with the motion-sensitive Wii Remote in mind. He may have just...
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Filed in archive Deals
by John B on January 20, 2007
Yet another nice Nintendo-related sale to drain you of your precious cash. This time it's media outlet TowerRecords.com hacking a healthy 25% off everything on the site. Everything just happens to...
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Filed in archive Other
by John B on January 20, 2007
Ever since Symphony of the Night, Konami's Castlevania series has taken an interesting turn into the explorative adventure/RPG genre, never leaving its monster-killing roots behind. In addition to...
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Once the undisputed king of the portable video game market, the Game Boy is practically invisible now, shadowed by the much trendier DS. When the DS first launched Nintendo played it safe and stated...
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Filed in archive Nintendo
by John B on January 18, 2007
Most old school Super NES owners know the drill. After a certain amount of time one half of the system turns a yellow-green color. Just the one half, not the whole thing, and it doesn't matter how...
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Filed in archive Deals
by John B on January 18, 2007
An excellent score for old school Nintendo fans, the just-acquired-by-gamestop Rhino Video Games is moving their stock of NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 games for practically nothing. Be sure to pat...
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