Archive for the 'Features' Category

Game Informer Hates Nintendo, Pretends it is out of Respect

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Game Informer Editor Andy McNamara

Most of us get our gaming news from the internet, I assume that is why you are reading this site, among others. But print mags are still a fun read. After all, we …

 

Wii Fit: More Intensity Please

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Image by Rob Howard for House of Nintendo

I have posted before how I was more skeptical than usual about Wii Fit. "Yet another peripheral," I thought, and I wasn't entirely confident t…

 

Defending Wii Music

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

There has been one game that genuinely excited me, going all the way back to 2006 (an eternity in the game industry!), and that's Wii Music. The idea of conducting an orchestra with the Wii Remo…

 

Rob’s Rants: WiiWare is Not a Failure

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

WiiWare. Only a few months old, and already some are calling it a dissapointment. But is that true?

No, it isn't.

The only thing WiiWare is guilty of is not revolutionizing downloadable conte…

 

The Third Parties: Hudson Soft

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Image from Wikipedia

We started this series back in March, with Capcom, so now it's time to finally get around to continuing it! This time, we focus on the creator of one of the greatest mutipla…

 

Rob’s Rants: Why I’m Not Buying Wii Fit

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

As we all know, Wii Fit is being released on May 19th. Nintendo's hardware/software fitness bundle has already sold out its pre-orders from retailers such as Gamestop, and it might be hard to fi…

 

Great Expectations: How Genre Affects Critical Reception

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Image from Metacritic.com

image from Metacritic.com

Something struck me as funny when playing the recently released dungeon crawler for the Nintendo DS, Shiren the Wanderer (excellent game, a revi…

 

Why Wii Games Are Too Expensive, And Why They Aren’t

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Image from IGN.com

One thing many people have been noticing with Wii games is that they are overpriced. This has been an unusual concern, since the standard MSRP of $50 is actually ten dollars lower…

 

What I Don’t Like About Nintendo, Part II

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Image from www.nescentral.com

From time to time I think it is instructive to prove my "non-fanboy" credentials and post some stuff I don't like about Nintendo. Personally, I don't …

 

Wii: Get It or Get Out

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Image by Rob Howard for House of Nintendo

Over the many posts I've made here at the House of Nintendo, there have been numerous versions of the same opinion: Nintendo needs to make sure that a w…