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Mario, Kirby Get Gory With 8-Bit Fatalities

Mario may have racked up billions of kills during his decades-long career, sending Goombas, Koopas and Bloopers to their deaths. But Mario’s not generally considered violent. Steven Lefcourt’s “8-Bit Fatalities” series may change that assumption. Lefcourt explores the gorier side of traditionally non-violent video game characters, including Pac-Man, Mario and Kirby, giving us a peek…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2009

EA’s Wii Business Nearly Doubled Last Year

EA embraced the Wii last year and the Wii embraced it right back, with the percentage of revenue due to the Nintendo console nearly doubling over the previous year. According to the company’s recently released financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009, 14% of EA’s revenue was generated by Nintendo Wii titles…

By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2009

Reviews

Equilibrio Micro-Review: Tilt and Break

Based on shareware title Fragile Ball, DK Games’ Equilibrio for WiiWare brings maze maneuvering to the Wii with a motion control twist. Using the Wii Remote or the Wii Balance Board, players must tilt and twist the game world to guide a ball to each level’s exit. Like a two-dimensional version of Sega’s Super Monkey…

By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2009

‘The Science of the Mushroom Kingdom’ Explores Super Flora

Designed for a Communication Design Fundamentals class, The Science of the Mushroom Kingdom offers a look at the flora and fungi of the Super Mario Bros. universe, a textbook designed for budding botanist bros. Reader and Carnegie Mellon University student Theyab forwarded us a copy of his creation, which explains the properties (and dangers) of…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2009

First Red Steel 2 Trailer

As you’ll see from the “Destination PlayStation” (ie a retailer-only event) title card, this isn’t an official consumer trailer. Doesn’t mean you can’t watch it, though. The trailer comes courtesy of MSN Games Brazil, who say they obtained it via a source at Ubisoft. It shows just how different the sequel is to the first…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009

Is Edge Teasing Pikmin 3?

The newest issue of Edge magazine may give us our first look at Bizarre Creations’ newest racer, Blur, via the cover; but it’s the teaser nestled near the back that may generate the most excitement. According to GoNintendo, the mag ends with the typically cryptic Edge teaser, one that’s leading to speculation of an impending…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2009

The Nintendo Download: Applied Animal Crossing

It’s a double dose of big-headed, gibberish-talking animals this week in the Nintendo Download, as two Animal Crossing applications add functionality to the DSi. The Animal Crossing Calculator and Animal Crossing Clock (200 DSi points each) are more than simply themed utilities for your brand new Nintendo DSi. Sure, the calculator functions as a normal…

By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2009

Nintendo Forces Swedish Dental Surgery To Change Name

Not a headline you’d expect to read first thing on a Monday, granted, but it’s true: Nintendo’s lawyers have made a small dental surgery in Malmö, Sweden, change its name. Why? The surgery is called “Wii Smile”. And while one of the two partners running the joint, Christer Wihlborg, says the name came about because…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2009

Two More Boxers On Punch-Out!! Card

Go Nintendo’s a little ahead of the curve with a small pic, of unspecified origin, confirming two original Punch-Out!! pugilists’ presence in the forthcoming Wii-make. No surprise we’d find Great Tiger and Pissin’ Hurricane Piston Honda in this version, but as the official site remains stuck with Glass Joe, Von Kaiser, Disco Kid and Coming…

By Owen Good Published May 2, 2009

High Voltage: New Wii Exclusives Can Handle … Tens of On-Screen Enemies

High Voltage, the studio behind the (latest) bacon-saver for Wii core gamers, The Conduit, says his house will show off two more Wii exclusives at E3, capable of five dozen onscreen foes, minimum. HV exec Eric Nofsinger says they’ll be showing “two big ones” at E3 – no, not that – both of them FPSes…

By Owen Good Published May 2, 2009

Feel Shows How Horror On Wii Should Be Done

In case you couldn’t tell from the creepy kid and the gurgling noises, this is the Wii game being overseen by the director of Japanese horror flick “The Grudge”. It’s called “Feel”, and is actually based loosely on the movie. But despite how great the original film was (and how…strange the “American” remake was), that’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2009

Scribblenauts Has The Write Stuff

The developer behind Lock’s Quest and Drawn To Life prepare to draw upon their DS experience to create a new “groundbreaking emergent” game in Scribblenauts. Scribblenauts is a game in which players help their friend Maxwell acquire “starlite” by solving a series of puzzles in each of the game’s more than 200 levels. So what’s…

By Mike Fahey Published May 1, 2009

Thrustmaster Unveils DSi Stand For One-Handed Net Browsing

Thrustmaster today unveiled a stand for the DSi and a strap that doubles as a charger for the portable. The T-Standee Charger is a multi-position docking station for the DSi that also allows uses to charge their console. The stand can rotate so you can play or view your DSi either horizontally or vertically. I’m…

By Brian Crecente Published May 1, 2009

Nintendo’s Record Court Fine Reduced By Soft-Hearted Judge

Back in 2002, Nintendo were busted by the European Union for price-fixing. Their punishment was a €149 million (USD$200 million) fine, which is still one of the biggest penalties ever handed out by the EU. But for being such co-operative so-and-sos with the whole thing, a judge has reduced the company’s fines to “only” €119…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2009

The NES Mouse Looks Beautiful, Uncomfortable

The Nintendo Entertainment System may have popularized the cross-shaped d-pad, but it didn’t usher in a new wave of controller comfort. This lovely looking NES mouse, sadly just a foam sculpted mock-up, looks accurately uncomfortable. Nintendo did get around to offering a mouse with the Super NES, but it wasn’t as easy on the eyes…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2009

The Big Three Escalate E3 Hype Levels To Code Orange

The glorious, obnoxious return of E3 proper is mere weeks away. The hype is now palpable, with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony inflating expectations for their respective E3 showings. But Microsoft may be hyping the loudest. While Nintendo and Sony seem content to remind video game fans that they too will be attending the Los Angeles…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 30, 2009

WarioWare: Myself Touches Itself

DS title WarioWare: Myself lets users create their own mini-games. That means one thing: Penis. Released in Japan as Made In Ore (“ore” is the masculine form of “I”), the WarioWare title features a microgame editor for the Nintendo DSi described as a tool to “make your own music, graphics, pretty much everything, including programming…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 30, 2009

How The DSi Can Filter Your Internets

Being a Nintendo product, the DSi is big on shielding children from the evils of the world, perceived or otherwise. And the DSi is no different, shipping with an internet filtering program. But how’s it work? Built into the machine’s browser, it’s been developed by Astaro, a company that specialises in web security. Using “cloud-based…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2009

The Story Behind The Conduit

"How can mankind fight a war that the enemy has already won?" asks the latest trailer for Sega’s first-person shooter The Conduit. The new trailer explores the story behind The Conduit in timeline form, giving us a quick synopsis as to what happened over the course of six months that ended with our protagonist running…

By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2009

A Reminder Of How Small A Group “We, Gamers” Are

People like us talk a lot about video games. We read the news, scour forums, watch trailers, download screenshots. But a piece on Gamasutra reminds us how small a part of the market “we” are. Using the recent release of Madworld as an example, research firm GamePlan Insights reveals that, despite IGN naming it “as…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2009