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Wii Vitality Sensor Gets Smoothly Fingered

Nintendo announced today that it was adding the Wii Vitality Sensor to the list of things one can attach to the Wii Remote. Nintendo’s official announcement claims it will expand the appeal of video games. How? Well, we’re not quite sure yet, as we’ve not yet poked the Wii Vitality Sensor. But these beautifully unblemished,…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2009

New New Super Mario Bros. Wii Screens

Nintendo has not one, but two major Mario games planned for a Wii release, as Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be preceded by New Super Mario Bros. Wii later this year. The Wii follow-up to New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS will feature four-player co-op play, with Mario, Luigi and two Toads all…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2009

First Metroid: Other M Screens

Nintendo is partnering with Team Ninja, not Retro Studios, for the newest outer space adventure starring Samus Aran, Metroid: Other M. The Wii game is a mix of first and third-person action. It looks spectacular. Team Ninja looks like it will do wonderful things with the Wii hardware, giving Metroid fans who crave a return…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2009

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Hits Nintendo DS This Fall

Nintendo of America is bringing Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! for the Nintendo DS to the West as Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, the latest role-playing game to star the dynamic plumbing duo. The “inside” in the game’s title is quite literal, as you’ll travel through the guts of Mario and Luigi arch-nemesis Bowser in…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2009

New Metroid Game Announced: Metroid Other M

Nintendo will be teaming up with the remains of Tecmo’s Team Ninja to bring us an all-new Metroid title for the Wii: Metroid Other M. Due in 2010, the game looks a blend of first and third-person gameplay (clip showed much more third than first-person), with shooting sequences mixed with old-fashioned Metroid platforming. The game…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2009

The Wii Vitality Sensor Seems…Nice

Nintendo announces the Wii Vitality Sensor, a device that attaches to the tip of the player’s finger that measures their vital signs and helps them relax. It sounds like one of those biorhythm reading machines you find in dirty bowling alley arcades, though as a Nintendo Wii product it is of course pristine and white.…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2009

Nintendo Reveals Super Mario Galaxy 2

Nintendo saved their biggest announcement for last at this morning’s E3 press conference, unveiling the first full sequel to a 3D Mario game on the same system: Mario Galaxy 2. From the trailer on show, it appears to be the same deal as the first game. Planetoids you run around, 3D puzzles, unique mechanics on…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2009

Golden Sun DS Coming In 2010

A bit of news out of Nintendo’s E3 2009 press conference sure to make RPG fans get the warm fuzzies, the Golden Sun series continues on the Nintendo DS next year. Arguable one of the best 2D role-playing games on any system, Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age were two of…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2009

Wii Fit Plus Brings More Wii Fit This Fall

More mini-games and more workout customization options are coming with Wii Fit Plus, due out this fall for the Nintendo Wii. Another rumored announcement made real at Nintendo’s 2009 E3 press conference, Wii Fit Plus is basically an update to the original Wii Fit, featuring six new training exercises and fifteen new balance board mini-games,…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2009

Nintendo Reveals The New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Nintendo kicked off their E3 2009 press conference with the announcement of The New Super Mario Bros. Wii, afour-player co-operative take on classic 2D Mario gameplay. It was almost a perfect surprise, but close enough. The New Super Mario Bros. Wii combines the classic 2D gameplay of the original Super Mario Bros. with four-player co-operative…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2009

Nintendo’s E3 Expo Live Blog

Get your faces ready, because Nintendo is about to deposit a big, fat smile on it this morning, as it holds its E3 2009 media briefing. Remember, this year, Nintendo is all about the games. That could mean that we’ll hear more about Nintendo’s plans for a Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii, see…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 2, 2009

Let’s Play Nintendo Trivia, Pre-E3 Presser Style

We got into Nintendo’s E3 press conference at 7:30am. It doesn’t start until 9:00am. To kill the time, then, Nintendo are throwing up Nintendo-related trivia on the main displays. How many can you get right?

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2009

What’s Behind The Nintendo Curtain?

What that at Nintendo’s E3 booth? A flower, a coin and question boxes. Those all look familiar. We really wish we could remember where we saw them before. OH, RIGHT. Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported that Nintendo would be releasing a new Mario game by the end of the year. Whatever this is, it seems to…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2009

Report: New Mario Game, Online Wii Fit Plus For 2009

Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan’s regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. According to the report, the follow up to the 18 million unit selling Wii Fit will come with online functionality, allowing Wii Fit…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 30, 2009

A Second Glance At No More Heroes 2

What’s this then? Another glimpse of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle? And right before E3? Does that mean we’re about to learn much more about the game?

By Brian Crecente Published May 30, 2009

E3: The Great Walk-Off

Stephen Totilo and I have become quite enamored with Nintendo’s Personal Trainer: Walking. So enamored, in fact, that we’re forcing the entire E3 Kotaku crew to wear the pedometers next week to see which of us puts the most mileage on our soon to be aching feet. Barring someone tossing theirs on a paint mixing…

By Brian Crecente Published May 29, 2009

The DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well

You now know that, in the right hands, the DS can draw some amazing pictures of fast cars. But did you also know that, in the right hands, it can do naked ladies as well? This clip highlights the other half of February’s Kiwi exhibition 99DS (which featured the fast cars), with this component, done…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 29, 2009

Dead Space Extraction Extracts Itself In September

EA has given the Wii installment of their survival horror franchise a release date, with Dead Space Extraction scheduled to hit a little under a year after the original game. September 29th marks the date that Wii owners get shot of EA-flavored survival horror. Dead Space Extraction is an on-rails shooter that tells the story…

By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009

Answer Some Pre-Release Questions About Dragon Quest 9

Japanese publisher Enterbrain doesn’t only publish magazines like Famitsu, but also does probing research. Earlier this week, Famitsu polled folks with a “Dragon Quest 9 Pre-Launch Awareness Survey”. It was mostly multiple choice with a few free response questions. Oddly, for the multiple choice question “Do you plan on buying Dragon Quest 9?”, there isn’t…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009

DS Sets Australian Sales Record

It’s not just Japan, North America and Europe that are bonkers for the Nintendo DS. Australia is too, with the local Nintendo outpost announcing today that the console has sold two million units since launch. In doing so, it became the fastest console in the country to ever reach the mark. That figure includes combined…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009