You’d think a game as classically ridic as Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom would be more of an internet meme by now. People would be putting game quotes on kitten photos, knitting Princess Tomato …

The name brand release this week is Tales of Monkey Island 5, wrapping up the episodic WiiWare adventure. 1000 points.
Could be some interesting tech on DSiWare with Move your Brain Rollway Puzzle (500 points). The …

Let me tell you something about how UNO works. One of the key components to this classic card game is everyone’s cards are hidden. Especially when multiple players get down to only a few cards …

Issue #251 kicks off 2010 with 50 pages of Wii/DS previews, fronted by my personal Really? People Liked That? game-of-the-year, NBA Jam. I know it’s early to award that title, but good weblogs aren’t made …

We’ve got several noteworthy additions to WiiWare and DSiWare this week. The protein shake-fueled Muscle March is the unavoidable massive elephant in the room. We first heard about this one waaaay back in May ‘09, …

Phoenix Wright, new to WiiWare this week, wants to object to Nintendo’s press release from last week. Last week the game Trajectile showed up on DSiWare, and the PR completely neglected to mention that the …

After a full month of huge Download weeks, Nintendo has settled down for 2010 with seven new releases across WiiWare, DSiWare and Virtual Console.
On the VC, it’s Final Fight 3 (SNES, 800 points), which amounts …

It’s hard to complain. No, no it isn’t. Nintendo themselves set a release date of Q3 2009 for this game, and that was less than two weeks before the end of Q3 2009. Now, it’s …

It’s one huge retrospective this month, as Nintendo Power celebrates 250 issues. They’re so into it, they even broke their rule about not tarting up the subscriber covers… note the tacky “250th ISSUE!” callout wrecking …

Somebody at Nintendo must have been doing some math this weekend, as the company is proudly trumpeting the count of 500 downloadable games across both WiiWare and Virtual Console. They’re not including DSiWare on that …

The marquee release on the Nintendo Download list this week is Earthworm Jim 2 (Genesis Virtual Console, 800 points). Also new to the VC today is Blaster Master (NES, 500 points).
WiiWare gets Stunt Cars for …

The DSi takes lead this week as the original Rayman platformer arrives in a DSiWare version for 800 points. It’s times like this that I really wish Nintendo’s press releases contained genuine info and screens, …

Just because I don’t remember one of this week’s Virtual Console releases, Combatribes for SNES (800 points), that doesn’t mean it can’t possibly be one of your much-beloved favorites. Heck, I know I guy who …

There’s some serious action in this week’s Nintendo Download, including the long-requested favorite Super Mario Kart.
Japan has had SNES Mario Kart on the VC since June, so it seems clear Nintendo of America was holding …

It’s time again for your special thirteenth yearly issue of Nintendo Power, your last chance to double-check the 9.0 review for New Super Mario Bros Wii before hitting the Black Friday deals. There’s also plenty …

Nintendo Power continues their holiday game coverage with a cover feature on Mario and another big list of reviews. You Shantae fans will want to search this issue out for the cool character design evolution …