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From Girly Idol Group To Hit Nintendo Game

Prolific Japanese music producer Mitsuo Terada (aka “Tsunku”) is best known for producing idol J poppppp group Morning Musume and helping to launch the career of singers like Aya Matsuura. He also created Rhythm Heaven. How did candy pop wizard Tsunku add smash-hit game designer to his already impressive resume? Terada tells Wired that it…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2009

Super Mario Chess Takes Battle For Peach To Boards

Regular chess not mustachioed enough for you? We’d think that USAopoly’s Super Mario Chess—totally Nintendo authorized, by the way—will fit the bill. It features no less than two mustaches! Toy retailer Entertainment Earth is now accepting pre-orders for the “Collector’s Edition” chess board, which is dripping with Mushroom Kingdom characters. The “most popular” Super Mario…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009

A Glimpse at Excitebots Multiplayer Online

I spent a little time with Excitebots: Trick Racing at GDC. It was fairly fun, but also fairly familiar. Now we get a glimpse of the game’s online mulitplayer. Yes, online. Fortunately.

By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! In Space Released 17 Years Later

Just weeks before the release of Punch-Out!! for the Wii comes the unofficial release of the original NES game’s Nintendo-aborted sequel, Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch. It’s Punch-Out!! plus aliens, minus quality. According to GameSetWatch’s quick primer on the Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch, the game was originally planned to be a proper Punch-Out!! sequel,…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009

Mariners Nintendo Fan Network Gets Upgraded

Nintendo and ESPN give Seattle Mariners fan DS owners an upgrade this year, adding sports news to the list of special features available on the handheld during home games. The Nintendo Fan Network kicked off in 2007, giving DS-holding visitors to Seattle’s Safeco field access to game stats, video, and remote food ordering during the…

By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009

2K Play Brings The Greatest Show On Earth Home

2K Play is about to make running away to join the circus much easier, announcing a partnership with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to create circus games for the Wii and DS. During a recent performance, Ringling Bros. high wire artist Jonathan Caro walked 25 feet through the air, using only a Wii remote…

By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009

Let The DS Show You Tokyo Disney Resort Shopping

Those going to Tokyo Disneyland, be sure to bring your Nintendo DS. Starting April 25, the portable can show you around shopping, dinning and entertainment complex Ikspiari at Tokyo Disney Resort. Visitors can download the “Ikspiari Nintendo DS Guide” to their DS, DS Lite or DSi platforms. The download contains a guidebook for the whole…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009

EA Sports: “Can’t Port Down To Wii”

This generation, it’s hard to make a truly multi-platform. EA Sports exec Peter Moore explains why. At a recent conference, Moore stated, “You simply can’t take what you’re doing on the Ps3 and Xbox and port — thats a dirty word — down to the Wii.” Instead, developers must build Wii games “from the ground…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 13, 2009

id Boss: Third-party Wii Development “Not Really Justified”

id CEO Todd Hollenshead remains unconvinced that there’s a good reason for “independent, Wii-centric” development. He’s willing to hear someone out, he just hasn’t heard a good argument for it yet. Hollenshead, in an interview with GameSpot, was asked if the Wii’s meteoric sales and success inevitably meant a shift in resources toward third-party development…

By Owen Good Published April 12, 2009

Aykroyd Prefers Wii Graphics, Thanks Very Much

Underpowered graphics, to an aging celebrity starring in his first video game, are like soft candlelight at a romantic dinner. Dan Aykroyd “loves” the Wii version of Ghostbusters “because it resembles ‘The Incredibles.'” In a web-only interview with Newsweek, Aykroyd justifies his love for the Wii’s hated-on visuals. Honestly, I love the way we look…

By Owen Good Published April 11, 2009

The Legendary Starfy Screens Bring Smiles To Faces

Nintendo of America is finally bringing the Starfy series to the U.S. with The Legendary Starfy, the fifth game in the Star starring series. It’s just cute as a button! The Nintendo DS game is planned to hit these shores on June 8th, giving us a chance to go on a “spectacular undersea adventure,” Starfy…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009

Reggie: WiiWare Is For “Truly Innovative” Games, Not Mario

WiiWare supporters looking for killer apps to define Nintendo’s downloadable game service shouldn’t pin their hopes on seeing a Mario game hit the virtual platform. Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime says it’s not the best fit. “When we’re gonna work on a Mario title, we’re gonna bring it to Wii or DS,” Fils-Aime told Geoff Keighley…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009

Amazon’s Selling Punch-Out!! Boxing Gloves For Regular Macs

Online retailer Amazon.com is in full Punch-Out!! hype mode, looking to squeeze every last dollar out of the Nintendo fetishist. Today’s curious purchase: Punch-Out!! branded boxing gloves that you can’t box with. The Amazon.com exclusive Little Mac boxing glove isn’t very useful in its wood frame and casing, but it does have an engraved plate…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009

First Footage Of Punch-Out!!’s Multiplayer Mode

Last night’s episode of GameTrailers TV debuted a new trailer for the Wii remake of Punch-Out!!. Said trailer reveals one new character, in a fashion, the hulked out Giga Mac. While the rest of the featured lineup consists of boxers we already knew about—Glass Joe, Von Kaiser, Disco Kid, King Hippo—this is our first look…

By Michael McWhertor Published April 10, 2009

Grudge Director Working on Game

Takahashi Shimizu, famed Japanese horror film director best known of his work on The Grudge, is working on a Wii horror game called Feel, according to the latest issue of Famitsu. According to the gang at Neo-Gaf, the game will be based on the original Grudge movie, known as Ju-on (or The Curse) in Japan…

By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009

Rhythm Heaven Scratch Academy

Yesterday, Nintendo held a Rhythm Heaven Scratch DJ Academy event in New York to promote the release of the DS title. Gamers who showed up were able to check out the rhythm game and then received free DJ lessons from professional DJs. Did anyone here go? Looking at the photos it looks like attendance may…

By Brian Crecente Published April 10, 2009

Nintendo Ruled Japanese Software Sales In 2008

ASCII Media Works, publisher of Japanese game magazine Dengeki, released domestic game sales rankings for 2008. Nintendo came in first place for the sixth year in a row, fueled by 5 million selling titles and grabbing roughly a 40 percent market share. Konami Digital Entertainment had a solid year, going from fifth place in 2007…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 10, 2009

Strong Bad Sales Double With Wii SD Card Support

Nintendo’s addition of SD memory card play to the Nintendo Wii has done amazing things for WiiWare developers, with Telltale announcing that sales of their Strong Bad series have doubled since the GDC announcement. Those looking for proof that a solution to Wii storage limits was sorely needed by both developers and customers need look…

By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2009

Nielsen Drops the Ball on Console Usage Numbers

Remember that study of video gamer habits Nielsen released earlier this week showing the Wii in third place and the Playstation 3 in seventh, last even after the GameCube and original Xbox? It was wrong. Fast Company reports that they’ve been told that the graph was mislabeled. The real graph, which now appears in the…

By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2009

Don’t Know How It Plays, But Dead Space Wii Looks Gorgeous

Dead Space on the Wii is a “guided experience”. Read: on-rails shooter. That’s a shame. Oh well. At least it looks great! Putting aside the fact this is another damn developer diary, with selling points like “our game weapons have alternate fire modes”, there’s a lot of gameplay footage to be had in this clip…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2009