Articles tagged with: Nintendo
Nintendo marks February milestones
Nintendo has passed along some NPD numbers that illustrate some recent major hardware and software milestones.
In North America, the Wii itself topped 35 million sold in February, which makes it the fastest console in history …
B&W Players: Pokemon Global Link does not launch until the end of March
Just a reminder, the vaunted Pokemon Global Link website is not yet active. If you’re in Pokemon Black/White, stop trying to authenticate the Game Sync thingie. You’ll just get a non-specific error screen that the …
Nintendo Download – Bomberman enters with Heavy Fire
While the marquee game this week might be Bomberman Hero, I can’t resist leading the update with a screen from WiiWare’s Heavy Fire: Black Arms. It’s just so not what we usually get on WiiWare. …
3DS to get Netflix streaming, 3D video clip channel, Mario game
Well DUH on the Mario game.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata helmed a GDC keynote today, although “keynote” might as well mean “bonus press conference,” as many wags on Twitter put it. The topic “Video Games Turn …
Nintendo Download – The Bit.Trip Finale
The sixth and final Bit.Trip installment is now available on WiiWare; Bit.Trip Flux lets you complete Commander Video’s mission for 800 points. Some day, naming all six Bit.Trip games is going to be an excellent …
Weekend AeroProTip: Sonic Adventure DX
GAME> Sonic Adventure DX (2003)
SYSTEM> GameCube
SOURCE> EGM #169, August 2003
That’s kind of a lot of Sonic Game Gear games.
Nintendo drops the $40 3DS game bob-bomb
Nintendo has finally officially listed the 3DS launch day lineup, and pegged three first-party releases at a $40 price point. The launch list is franchise-friendly, featuring Rayman, Ridge Racer, Monkey Ball, The Sims and Street …
Nintendo Download – Now with Butler Mode!
“Not everyone is cut out to be a president,” begins this week’s Nintendo Download press release, but everyone deserves Butler Mode. Cozy Fire lets you stack and light logs virtually-manually… or just sit back and …
Unboxing Ball: Celebrating 30 years of Game & Watch
It hasn’t even been a week since Nintendo announced the Ball Game & Watch as a Club Nintendo reward, and I have already received mine.
Here’s what Nintendo has to say about the device on the …
Nintendo is done shipping Super Mario All-Stars
If you have yet to score a copy of Super Mario All-Stars for Wii, you’re running out of chances.
Today Nintendo announced that the final shipment of the limited edition release is on its way. This …
Nintendo Download: It’s Pucca!
Some licensed love for you in the Nintendo Download this week: the Disney-owned, Korea-produced animated show Pucca. In Pucca’s kisses game (their case, not mine), you simulate the series’ core quest: Pucca really, really wants …
Club Nintendo adds Ball, Reversible Pouches
Last night two more prizes were added to the Club Nintendo reward showcase: a selection of reversible DS pouches and a faithful reproduction of Nintendo’s first Game & Watch release, Ball.
I’ve already ordered my Ball, …
Nintendo Download – LIT and S.C.A.T.
More demos for WiiWare… we’re quickly approaching the point where any WiiWare game worth a damn now has a free demo. This week, Urbanix and LIT (above) get demos. I can’t vouch for Urbanix, but …
Weekend AeroProTip: Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
GAME> Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (2004)
SYSTEM> GameCube
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #180, June 2004
“Lost Expedition” was also released on Wii in 2008 under a slightly different Pitfall name and with hilarious Mii-theivery box art.
Ones to Watch on Wii/DS for February 2011
Nintendo awakens from a month-and-a-half slumber with Mario Sports Mix, a rare display of Nintendo combining multiple moderate games into one collection. If only they’d thought of this before releasing that GameCube version of Mario …
Get Pokemon B&W early, get a Victini
Get in on Pokemon Black/White right away – as if any Pokemon fan won’t – and you can download the brand new must-have pocket monster Victini.
From the March 6 release through April 10, Nintendo will …
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