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Nintendo delivering full games to reviewers over the Internet
In the most recent episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, host Craig Harris mentioned offhand that they received their review copy of the new Nintendo game, Endless Ocean: Blue World via the Internet. It …
Blaster Master reboot called Overdrive expected on WiiWare tomorrow
The Sunsoft NES classic Blaster Master has had its share of disappointing sequels. Try to think positive thoughts while watching this trailer for Sunsoft’s new “reboot” of Blaster Master, called Blaster Master Overdrive. Note the …
Castlevania: the Adventure Rebirth finally hits WiiWare, months late
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 …
Wii Update Upset
Did you update your Wii firmware this week?
We all know that updates are essential in order to retain the security and functionality we expect after forking out hundreds of dollars/pounds/denomination-of-your-choice for the latest must-have …
Pepsi Rock Band promotion generates Wii/DSi Points!
Here’s a case of Nintendo being weird about online working out in our favor!
We’ve already covered the nigh-invisible surge of Pepsi Rock Band bottle codes, which give you a shot at winning one of 5000 …
Nintendo Releases for Wiiware, DSiWare and VC for the Week
This week brings a slew of releases to the Nintendo Wii and DSi from the Nintendo store including a couple of WiiWare titles, a Virtual Console title and even a new DSi title.
This week’s titles …
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years now available via WiiWare
Today’s list of releases on Nintendo’s download service is a little long, which is unfortunate. You see, this week you’ve got a list that has Final Fantasy… and then there’s everything else. Classic SNES blockbuster …
Would you like a maps pack with that?
As part of an on-line product research group, I frequently get the chance to click through on-line surveys about products that may exist, may already exist, or may never exist. Usually these are limited …
New on Wii from GDC: Games stored on SD now playable; Virtual Console Arcade is a go!
Yet some more Nintendo news from GDC: Wii received a system update today during the keynote. New things of interest: the long-awaited “storage solution” for those who have filled up that internal memory and are …
Review: Mega Man 9
What is it?
Mega Man 9 is the first episode in the original Mega Man series in more than a decade. It’s a download-only game, and is available on all three of the home consoles for …
Nintendo’s list of pre-registered games that will net you coins
I contacted Nintendo about my Club Nintendo confusion the other day and they gave me a little bit more information on the matter. All Nintendo published games from December 2008 on are eligible for coins. …
Five years of consumerism is worth 680 coins, Nintendo? Really?
Club Nintendo’s not acting up anymore, but I almost wish it was. Now that the dust has settled and the site’s performing acceptably, I can actually click around and figure out where they moved everything …
Watchin’ paint dry at Club Nintendo
You’ve probably heard that Nintendo finally launched their awesome rewards program, Club Nintendo, in the US. I heard about it at DSFanboy. Unfortunately, as with all Internet-related things of Nintendo, it’s been impenetrable since its …
The second, but not final, word on Mega Man 9
Have you downloaded Mega Man 9 yet? If you’re a fan of the original games you really owe it to yourself to do so, unless you’re prone to throwing controllers. I mean that, seriously. I …
First look (not talk) at Wii Speak
I grabbed the Wii Speak Channel today, and since I figure a lot of people either A) Are not picking up the Animal Crossing City Folk Bundle or B) Think $30 is too much for …
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