With Nintendo showing huge profits and market share dominance it comes as no surprise that there will not be a price cut on the Wii for the upcoming holiday season. What does surprise this writer is that a reporter actually asked if Nintendo was planning on a price cut! Iwata said the company is still…
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Building a town with MySims
I have been spending the last week or two with EA’s new MySims game for the Wii. Before I get to telling you what my personal thoughts are about the game as a whole let me take a few minutes to talk about the background of this game. The Sims line of games has been…
Wii Preview: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. BrawlFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 02/10/08ESRB: T (Teen): Cartoon Violence, Crude HumorGame Type: Fighting ActionPlayers: 1-4Developer: Nintendo Welcome to a brawl for the ages, where anything can happen, anyone can show up and all bets are off. This action-packed fighting game features a ridiculous number of characters that have appeared on Nintendo platforms, from…
Wii Preview: Link’s Crossbow Training
Link’s Crossbow TrainingFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 11/19/07ESRB: T (Teen): Fantasy ViolenceGame Type: ShootingAccessories: Wii Zapper included (requires Wii Remote and Nunchuk)Players: 1-4 (turn-based)Developer: EAD Link returns from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to pick up the Wii Zapper and take aim at a host of targets in this shooting-gallery-style game. Anyone can pick up the…
Pre-order Super Mario Galaxy and get a free silvery Mario coin
Super Mario GalaxyFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 11/12/07ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)Game Type: Action/PlatformerPlayers: 1-2Developer: Nintendo Key information Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be…
Nintendo, it’s not just for gamerz
On Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 Nintendo visited The Carter Burden Center for the Aging in New York to show off video games that appeal to adults. What’s that, you’ve never seen your grandmother play video games? Ever wonder why that might be? Even though the Nintendo Wii is no where near as powerful as the…
Nintendo Announces the Wii Zapper
Nintendo has now officialy unveiled their Wii Zapper and yes, it is not much more than glorified Wii-remote and nunchuk holder. Lucky for us they will also be including a game with this plastic contraption; Link’s Crossbow Training! Link’s Crossbow TrainingFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 11/19/07ESRB: T (Teen): Fantasy ViolenceGame Type: ShootingAccessories: Wii Zapper included (requires Wii…
Metroid Prime 3 Launch photos from the Nintendo World Store in NYC
‘On August 27, 2007 the Nintendo world Store released the new Metroid Prime 3: Corruption game to the mass of eager fans waiting outside. check out these cool pics form the event. Nintendo fans lined up as early as 4 a.m. at Nintendo World in New York to purchase Nintendo’s new Metroid Prime 3: Corruption…
Nintendo News: Wii kicking butt!
Have you heard the news? The Wii is kicking major butt all over the place! Not bad for a system with no games, eh? Wii emerged as the month’s best-selling video game system of any type in the United States and achieved its highest weekly sales rates since December, despite pricing shifts in the industry,…
Wii Review: Boogie
Are you ready to Boogie? Electronic Arts just released its new Wii game Boogie this August. It came out at just about the same time as Mario Strykers Charged so no one gave it a lot of attention, except for me! I went to the game store to pick up a new Wii game that…