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The Last Weekly Wii Update: Super Punch-Out!!

It’s the end of an era, ladies and gentlemen, as Super Punch-Out!! and Bonsai Barber mark the death of the Weekly Wii Update and the beginning of the Weekly Nintendo Download. With the Nintendo DSi releasing this coming Sunday, Nintendo’s weekly list of Wii downloadables will be expanding, as weekly DSi downloads join the mix,…

By Mike Fahey Published March 30, 2009

Wii MotionPlus Forcibly Detained In Rubber Prison?

According to IGN, there were whispers on the floor of the Game Developers Conference last week. Whispers about the Wii’s upcoming MotionPlus accessory, and how it would ship in a rubber jacket. “So?” So, unlike the rubber jacket that’s currently available for the main Wii Remote, this one “might ship infused inside of a jacket…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009

Man Dies While Playing Wii Fit

Tim Eves, 25, died on March 4 in front of his girlfriend while playing Wii Fit reports UK newspaper Telegraph. He collapsed to the floor while jogging in place while doing Wii Fit. His girlfriend called an ambulance and tried to revive Eves (pictured), a scout leader and a rock band drummer. He was pronounced…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009

Iwata Asks, Rhythm Heaven Team Overshares

Nintendo top man Satoru Iwata subjects the creative team behind Rhythm Heaven/Rhythm Tengoku to a five part, comprehensive deconstruction of all of the development processes put into this franchise. It is a whopper of a read. But I plucked this from the kicker. It’s real fun when the company’s top boss asks three guys all…

By Owen Good Published March 28, 2009

GDC: The Showroom Floor

The Game Developers Conference is for game developers, yes, but that doesn’t mean there’s no showroom floor. There’s an expo floor. And here’s Adam walking around it, sticking microphones in people’s faces!

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2009

How Your Wii Games Would Look In 720p

While we’re all pretty much over it, it’s still a lingering disappointment that we’ve missed out this generation on seeing high definition Nintendo games. But wait, what’s this? A workaround? Provided you get your hands on a Dolphin emulator for the Wii and legally copy your own games to your PC, you can see what…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2009

Watch Someone Playing Excitebots: Trick Racing

Witness with joy and wonder in your tear-filled eyes as someone else plays Nintendo’s follow up to Excite Truck, Excitebots. Excitebots seems to look and play just like Excite Truck, only with some new obstacles and gimmicks thrown in to cater to the new animal robot racers. Consider this..Excite Truck was one of the better…

By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2009

Excitebots: Trick Racing’s SUPER SANDWICHES Explained, Bologna Confirmed

Monster Games sequel to Excite Truck, the beastly and bug-filled stunt racer Excitebots, has won us over—even those of us who didn’t particularly care for the Wii launch original game. Why? Super Sandwiches. First shown in the debut trailer for Excitebots: Trick Racing, the Super Sandwich bonus both excited and bewildered us. What was it?…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 27, 2009

Punch-Out!! Preview: Slick, Punchy Design

Punch-Out!! is a classic Nintendo experience. A game that helped define the Nintendo Entertainment System, but can the remake of the game do the same for the Wii? What It Is Punch-Out!! is a remake of Nintendo Entertainment System classic Punch-Out!! This time around the game will sport extra characters, some new moves and support…

By Brian Crecente Published March 27, 2009

Here’s How You Play The New Punch-Out!!

Direct from the 2009 Game Developers Convention, here’s someone demonstrating how to play the new Wii version of Punch-Out!! The person playing Punch-Out!! in this clip is making it look rather easy, which is a relatively good thing. Considering how badly motion controls have been implemented in another recent boxing franchise revival, ease-of-use is a…

By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2009

Wii Fit Helps Men Talk To Their Families

Nintendo weighing game Wii Fit is a big hit. While it’s not guaranteed to make you healthy (it’s not an exercise device), it might help you talk to the family you ignore. “We also researched Wii Fit users here in Japan, and we found that this game has had a positive inﬂuence on users,” said…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2009

New DSi Colors Are Fast

First the new PSP shades were slick race cars, and now it’s Nintendo’s turn to turn its colorful DSi in speed demons for the Japanese viewing public. Less a car motif and more a colored pencil one, this Nintendo ad is pleasant eye candy — though not has heavy on the glossy hardware sexy, but…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009

Nintendo Shows Unreleased Dual-Card DSi, GBA Touch

Masato Kuwahara, project leader of the Nintendo DSi Hardware group, has a storied history of crafting new hardware prototypes, including a good amount of portable Nintendo game machines that never saw the light of day. Included in those is the unreleased, dual-card capable Nintendo DSi, a hardware design that was rejected at the near-final stages…

By Michael McWhertor Published March 26, 2009

Nintendo’s GDC Keynote Round Up: Link’s On A Train

Here’s a round up of all the stories that sprung forth from Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s keynote speech today, which brought us a Wii storage solution and an all new Legend of Zelda adventure. Of course if you joined Kotaku’s liveblog party, you already know all of this. Things kicked off with an early reveal…