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Report Mentions Nintendo’s New Hardware, Miyamoto’s New Game

From website 4Gamer.net comes the news that Nintendo is developing new hardware, and Shigeru Miyamoto is working on a new Wii Motion Plus game. The news is from a recent symposium in which Miyamoto discussed things like hamsters. 4Gamer does not quote him directly, but does state that Miyamoto revealed he is working on a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2010

Pirate Ordered To Pay Nintendo $1.5 Million

Nintendo sent out a press release today triumphantly boasting of victory in an Australian court over a man accused of pirating New Super Mario Bros. Wii. And how this single man now owes the mega-rich company $1.5 million. Last November, Nintendo says it was able to “employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics” to catch…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2010

Peter Molyneux: Natal Could Change Interaction Like The Mouse

Peter Molyneux, the guy who designs those Fable games and runs Microsoft’s European studios, sees Project Natal as more than just another motion peripheral. For him, it’s the peripheral is akin to some like the computer mouse. “If you’re thinking that Natal is going to give you another version of an FPS, you’re just not…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2010

What Does A Hamster Have To Do With Super Mario Galaxy?

Screw focus groups. Or corporate brainstorming. Shigeru Miyamoto gets many of his game ideas from real life. Take The Legend of Zelda, which was inspired by Miyamoto’s childhood spent playing outside, or Pikmin, which was inspired by gardening, or Nintendogs, which was inspired by his experience owning a pet. Super Mario Galaxy? A hamster. Miyamoto…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2010

When’s That New Blaster Master Game Available?

That is a good question, my man. How about nowish? Blaster Master Overdrive, announced yesterday, is available via WiiWare beginning Monday. Billed as a “reimagining of the original NES Blaster Master,” Sunsoft’s new game will feature eight stages capped by mutant boss battles, plus upgradable parts for the tank, like a grappling hook and drill.…

By Owen Good Published February 7, 2010

Survey: Game Devs Walking Away From Wii, Warming Up To iPhone

Game developers are focusing less on the Wii and more on the iPhone, according to a new survey of more than 800 video game professionals, with development on Apple’s platform nearly doubling over the year prior. That survey of developers from North America “and beyond” was performed by Game Developer Research and consists of video…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 5, 2010

Endless Ocean: Blue World Gameplay Is All Wet

Endless Ocean: Blue World may seem like a natural fit for the forthcoming Wii Vitality Sensor, given the relaxing (or terrifying) nature of scuba diving, but the game is due far sooner than Nintendo’s biometrics monitoring add-on. We recently got a hands-on peek at the Wii game, arriving in North America later this month, a…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2010

Metroid Creator Talks Metroid: Other M, WarioWare & More At GDC

Looking forward to Metroid: Other M? Then take note. This year’s Game Developers Conference adds one more must-attend session with the addition of Metroid creator Yoshio Sakamoto‘s rare lecture about his work on WarioWare and the adventures of Samus Aran. Sakamoto will likely talk about the progress and development of Metroid: Other M for the…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2010

This Is Exactly Why I Hate Peripherals

They are gaming’s extras. The add-ons. The bits that are outside the core elements. And I hate them. Well, not all of them. Those who have a solid fighting stick or a solid driving wheel, are able to use those peripherals in game after game, experience after experience. These peripherals work best because they are…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2010

Reviews

Glory of Heracles Review: A Forgetful Adventure

Ancient Greece’s immortal amnesiacs want answers, damn it, and they intend to get them in Nintendo’s role-playing game Glory of Heracles for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo gives North American gamers their first taste of the long-running Glory of Heracles series with the franchise’s DS debut. The traditional, perhaps to a fault, Japanese RPG follows the…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010

Music? Yes. Movies? Yes. Commercials? Noooo, thank you

Beyonce nails sitting on a couch with a DSi. But not so much her interview afterward. Click to view

By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2010

Nintendo vs. Japanese Newspaper, It Continues!

In early January, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gave an interview with Japan’s second largest newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. The printed article has been a source of dispute. In the original article, the Asashi Shimbun quoted Satoru Iwata as stating the Nintendo DS successor will have “highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2010

The Simpsons Lampoon Nintendo Straightly With The Funtendo Zii

Last night’s episode of Fox’s long-running The Simpsons parodied, I guess, the Nintendo Wii with the introduction of the Funtendo Zii. The Simpsons’ take on Nintendo’s motion controlled hit was far more straightforward than it was skewering. See, the episode “Million Dollar Maybe” pretty much presented the Wii as-is, offering animated versions of the Wii,…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 1, 2010

Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit

A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen. Lara Roberts specifically thanked the Wii for allowing her to work out in her home,…

By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010

WarioWare D.I.Y. Has Made Me A User Generated Content Convert

Game programming may come to the masses in the most micro of forms with Nintendo’s upcoming do-it-yourself mini-game collection WarioWare D.I.Y., one of a handful of new titles we got to go hands-on with this week. I’ve been a longtime fan of the WarioWare series of seconds-long games since the original WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 29, 2010

Final Fantasy Creator Working On Wii Game

Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series, told us last year that his company was working on two projects: an iPhone game and a proper game. Could that second title be a Wii game? Sure is. Nintendo sent out a press release overnight advertising the launch of a website for “The Last…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2010

Ready For Some More Nintendo Software Lifetime Sales?

Nintendo games are popular. People buy them up as if they were hotcakes. Nintendo games are not hotcakes. You cannot eat them. You play them. Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s news, the Kyoto-based game company has released global life-to-date numbers for some of its biggest titles. Let’s have a look: Nintendo DS Pokémon…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2010

Nintendo President Pooh Poohs Apple iPad, 3D Technology

The unveiling of the new Apple iPad earlier this week has a lot of people excited. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is not one of them. “It was a bigger iPod Touch”, Iwata told Associated Press, adding that the new device offered “no surprises”. The Nintendo president was equally down on the recent enthusiasm over 3D…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2010

“Entirely New” Pokemon Series Coming This Year

There hasn’t been an entirely new Pokémon series released since Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Know what that means? Time for a new Pokémon series. An “entirely new” Pocket Monster series, complete with “new Pokémon” is in development. The new Pocket Monster series will be heading to the Nintendo DS and feature many new features and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 29, 2010

Nintendo Adds Xenoblade, The Last Story, Metroid: Other M Date To Release List

Nintendo of Japan updated its 2010 release list today, adding Xenoblade and The Last Story to its upcoming Wii slate and dating Metroid: Other M for “Summer 2010.” The Nintendo and Team Ninja game was previously “TBA” in Japan. So what the hell are Xenoblade and The Last Story? Well, considering that Nintendo also dropped…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 28, 2010