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Guys Wanna Have Fun Too

E3 may be the first big show of the year and Tokyo Game Show may have the attraction of Japan and Otaku, but Germany is the only wacky video game show on the planet. Want proof? Press play and enjoy a little Just Dance gameplay footage.

By Brian Crecente Published August 22, 2009

Cabela’s Gets The Wii Light Gun Just Right

As distasteful as you may find Cabela’s Big Buck Hunt – or indeed the people who play it – you’ve got admit there’s something shamefully satisfying about the game’s plastic peripherals. So it’s nice to see that with the game making its way to the 360, PS3 and Wii next month, special attention has been…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009

Modern Warfare Wii Gets Coop With a Catch

In the Wii’s Modern Warfare Squad Mate mode, a second player can use a second remote to fire off shots at enemies, but has no control of the movement and only their reticule will appear on the screen. It’s kind of like a shooter’s version of Co-Star Mode, the cooperative two-player option in Super Mario…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Four Reasons Wii Owners May Want to Wait For Band Hero

With Guitar Hero 5 coming out this September, it might be hard to imagine why someone would want to pick up a copy of family-friendly Band Hero in November. Here’s four reasons why Wii owners may want to wait: Setlist Manager: Players can use a DS or DSi to connect to the Wii and change…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Wii Fit Plus: Feeling The Burn

Nintendo featured its balance board-controlled fitness game Wii Fit Plus at Gamescom this week, ensuring that there was little to no wait to go socks-on with the Wii sequel. That gave us plenty of time to burn some calories. The Gamescom demo featured nine of the fifteen mini-games promised for Wii Fit Plus, six of…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2009

Inside GamesCom’s Halls One Day Early

Koelnmesse, home to Gamescom, is a mammoth, sprawling complex of buildings, streets and boulevards, so it’s not surprising that Mike and I got lost on the way to the press room. Our wanderings had us walking through GDC Europe and all four of the show’s halls, where we couldn’t help but notice what we’d be…

By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009

See What Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized Looks Like On The DS

As mentioned, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized is coming to the DS. This is what it looks like. I am struggling to imagine the kind of person this appeals to. Click to view More Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized News & Previews

By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009

Don’t Have Time For MotionPlus’ Three Minute Instructional Video?

We’ve shown you the three minute instructional video Nintendo uses to explain how to attach and detach Wii MotionPlus. Recognizing you busy people don’t have three minutes to spare, a GameTrailers user chopped that down to seventeen seconds. WMplus instructions straightforward [GameTrailers]

By Andrew Freedman Published August 17, 2009

Academy Of Champions Got Moves

Check out Altair performing his Eagle Strike and the Rabbids’ Plunger Shot in this batch of Gamescom clips and screens of Ubisoft’s Academy of Champions. Ubisoft’s magical cartoon soccer academy game basically does what Nintendo did with Mario Strikers and gives it an Ubisoft spin, with characters from your favorite titles appearing amongst generic children…

By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009

Phoenix Wright Gets UDON Art Book Treatment

How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney collects all of the artwork from the three Nintendo DS Phoenix Wright titles as well as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, into…

By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009

Capcom Toyed with Idea of Phoenix Wright vs. Tatsunoko

Ryota Niitsuma, producer for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, says the company did have plans to put the famed juris doctor in the lineup, but ran into problems because his OBJECTION! was just too powerful in English. Niitsuma told NGamer magazine that Capcom wanted Phoenix Wright, and Franziska von Karma (for her whip), in the game, but…

By Owen Good Published August 15, 2009

Welp, Sony Ain’t Gonna Like This

Go punch up pspgo.co.uk. That’s not exactly the product being being flogged there, is it. A Chinese registrant picked up the domain name in late April, and has plastered it with a replica of the DSi’s product page. Now, as Destructoid points out, there ain’t no page forpspgo.com, so maybe Sony really doesn’t give a…

By Owen Good Published August 15, 2009

‘Inglourious Plummers’ Spoof Is Basterdly Good

Okay, so that heavily mustachioed Toadsworth is no Brad Pitt, but this spoof of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds set in the Mushroom Kingdom compensates in charm. It’s rock solid use of Wario and game footage doesn’t hurt. Don’t hit that pause button until you make it to the very end of GamerVision‘s Inglourious Plummers. It…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 14, 2009

Pokémon Heart And Soul Laid Bare This Spring

Due out in Japan next month, Nintendo has just announced a spring 2010 release target for the North American and European remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver for the DS. Johto – I’m still in Johto. Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, two of the most ridiculous names we’ve ever come across, are remakes of the original…

By Mike Fahey Published August 14, 2009

White, Pink DSi Coming To America

America, your long wait for a white DSi may soon be over. Along with your equally long, perhaps slightly less agonising wait for a pink DSi. According to this Toys ‘R’ Us database listing, both colour schemes – which are already available in Japan – will be out…well, who knows, since there’s no date on…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009

Making Sloppy Cartoons with the DSi’s Flipnote Studio

Yesterday the free-to-download animation creator for the DSi hit North America. As you’ll see in this video, Flipnote Studio is a surprisingly robust little toy. Be warned, though, I have zero artistic ability.

By Brian Crecente Published August 13, 2009

Meet Muramasa’s Momohime

Ignition Entertainment has released a Muramasa: The Demon Blade character profile trailer for Momohime, following the possessed princess from battle to bath time. Momohime is the female lead of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, driven by the evil spirit inhabiting her body to seek out the 108 cursed demon swords. She then uses the powers of…

By Mike Fahey Published August 13, 2009

Need For Speed Nitro Gets All Artsy

Need for Speed Nitro for the Nintendo Wii capitalizes on its stylized graphics, signing up tokidoki, Upper Playground and i am 8-bit to provide exclusive car skins and artwork for the game. Nitro’s animated style gets a bit more animated with the inclusion of custom car skins from celebrated brands tokidoki and Upper Playground and…

By Mike Fahey Published August 13, 2009

Nintendo’s Lifetime British Sales Numbers Are In

Retail tracking company Chart-Track have released an updated set of figures for the British market, revealing how many units of the Nintendo Wii and DS (all versions) have been sold since launch. The figures show that while the Wii has a pretty sizeable install base for a country of 60 million people, it’s got nothing…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009

Nintendo Releases Free Animation App To DSi Owners

North American Nintendo DSi owners can download and enjoy Flipnote Studio—for free—starting today, giving them access to the DSiWare animation tool that Japanese consumers have been enjoying since last December. The flipbook animation software, known as Moving Memo in Japan, is relatively simple to use, letting budding animators draw, record audio and upload their creations…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2009