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Which Free NES Game Should I Get?
Those of you that shelled out for the Wii’s Internet Channel before Nintendo made it free can now download one NES game on Virtual Console — as long as its worth 500 points. All you have to do is dust off your Wii and update the Shop channel. A little button saying “One Free Title”…
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Reviews
A Boy And His Blob Review: The Zero Nostalgia Version
WayForward Technologies and Majesco bring us A Boy and His Blob for the Nintendo Wii, a re-creation of the beloved 1989 NES title, which I incidentally have never played. I think it bears noting that I never played the original A Boy and His Blob for two reasons. First, the reader understands why I don’t…
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Need For Speed: Nitro – So Fast It’s Coming Two Weeks Early
In a fall season filled with game delays, it’s nice to see a release date jump forward a couple weeks, as is the case with Need for Speed: Nitro for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Originally scheduled for a November 17th release in North America, the stylized arcade racing of EA’s Need for Speed: Nitro…
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Popping the Question in Super Mario World
If her “awwww! Yes … !” reaction doesn’t melt your heart, then that little dog jumping and wagging his tail when they kiss will definitely finish you off. We get a lot of video game proposals and weddings over the weekends – YouTube user bradsmith182 shows how to do it right. (Which is good, he…
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OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We’re Calling Not Fake.
That infamous “Mama!!!” video where the Wiimote destroys the flat-screen has been endlessly debated: staged or real? In this, it’s safe to assume the Home Shopping Network did not intend to smash its own TV showing off Wii Tennis. Hand it to that guy, he does not deviate from the sales pitch after such a…
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Miyamoto, Asked Why Peach Isn’t Playable, Looks to Skirt Issue
Oh, the eminent Nintendo designer still answered the question directly. He just said that Peach’s flowing gown would have required different programming to incorporate her as a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. See? Get it? “Skirt issue?” Destructoid says Wired’s Tracey John brought up the question (at the same roundtable at which…
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The Cars Of Need For Speed: Nitro Part 2
The cars of Need for Speed: Nitro might lack the detail of Forza 3 or Gran Turismo 5, but they make up for it in sheer brightness. Here’s round 2 of the grand vehicle reveal. Ten more rides join the nine previously reveled vehicles for the Wii and Nintendo DS racer this week, and so…
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N’Gai Croal Breaks the News to Miyamoto that Mario is Dead
N’Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario’s creator with news that one of the famed video-game character’s live-action, uh, actors had died recently. During a roundtable discussion earlier Thursday, Croal asked Miyamoto, straight up: “Where were you when you heard that Captain Lou Albano passed away, and…
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Joe the Condor Ties Up Chun-Li, Busts a Cap in Her
Here’s more than two minutes of Joe the Condor – announced recently as Tatsunoko’s last combatant in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – beating ass galore with teammate Jun the Swan, versus Chun-Li and Morrigan. Capcom’s nothing if not a gracious host. Condor and Swan Gameplay [Gametrailers]
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New Nyko Wand Colors Only Look Delicious
Do not mistake the four new colors of Nyko’s Wii remote-alternative Wand controller for candy, as they will likely do horrible things to your teeth. We’ve mentioned Nyko’s Wand controller several times in the past, somewhat fascinated by the promise of their Trans-Port technology, which allows for digital signals to be passed along the expansion…
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Rare: ‘Who Knows” Why Donkey Kong 64 Hasn’t Hit the VC
Who knows? Maybe it has something to do with Rare being owned by Microsoft, and it and Nintendo being unable to decide who divides the loot. But yeah, answering a reader question, they don’t know what the deal is either. Asked in the latest RARE Scribes mailbag why Donkey Kong 64 isn’t on the Wii…
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Miyamoto’s Secret Hobby: Measuring Stuff
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata chat about Wii Fit Plus, and Miyamoto discusses an odd fixation he has – guessing the length and weight of certain things. It’s why he carries a tape measure. For real. Says Miyamoto: “I’ve always enjoyed guessing the lengths of objects, which is why I carry a…
By Owen Good
