Wii Warm Up: When a little extra is too much (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Hear the one about the WiiWare game that cost 500 Wii Points and came with 1,500 Points worth of downloadable content? We refer, of course, to Space Invaders Get Even!, a title that we have gushed about for some time, only to discover it comes with some very pricey DLC.
Rumor: A third Wii lightsaber game, with MotionPlus this time (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors
We were a little puzzled when LucasArts introduced Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels before the release of The Force Unleashed on Wii, whose major selling point was ... an exclusive lightsaber duel mode. It seemed as if we were being told to disregard that first game that wasn't out yet, because the real thing was on the way.
Revolutionary: Most Deceptive Kontraction (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Tech stuff, Controller, Video, Homebrew, Features, Revolutionary In the year 1997, with Sylvester Stallone's Demolition Man still fairly fresh on our minds, developer Shiny took the opportunity to name one of their games after an abbreviated phrase that was mentioned several times in that film.
Rumor: Disaster: Day of Crisis speculation hots up (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors
It's coming! No it's not! Yes it is! You get the idea. Since it was first exposed to the world more than two years ago, Disaster: Day of Crisis has been shrouded in FUD.Recently however, the project's vitals have been looking healthier by the week. The OFLC age-rated the game in Australia, Nintendo itself has stated that progress is being made on development, and a supposedly leaked release date for Europe (October 24th) has now appeared on NeoGAF.
2K Sports reveals MLB Superstars (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsWith October right around the corner, everyone's got baseball fever. We must admit that we're even caught up in it a bit, cheering our favorite team onto victory. And 2K Sports is trying to capitalize on the madness by unveiling their newest baseball title for the Wii: MLB Superstars.
Nintendo of Europe rubs it in with Hanabi Festival video (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, VideoThe strangest thing about this Hanabi Festival video, found on the Dutch Nintendo Channel, is seeing Nintendo promoting the Virtual Console at all. Nintendo of America grudgingly allows the bare minimum of content to be released to the (apparently) hated service, and would never dream of going so far as to have a special event like the Hanabi Festival or talk about it outside of that one press release every Monday morning.
Custom consoles for PAX Omegathon champions (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff, Mods
If you're one of the elite 20 Omeganauts competing in the multi-game Omegathon at this year's Penny Arcade Expo, you're eligible to win this collection of custom PAX consoles, including a Wii and two other things. If you're not one of the elite 20, you can just hope that the first and second-place winners already have consoles and decide to eBay these.
Mod that: 5 of our favorite GameCubes (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Mods, Features
With the Wii almost two years old, we thought we'd check in with our old pal, the GameCube, and present some of the wonderful things people have done with it. Hit the button below to check out five of our most favorite GameCube mods.
Click here to continue
Aly & AJ guitars prompt pointing & laughter (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Peripherals
We are all about the mediocre pop star/music game tie-ins today! Following Natasha Bedingfield's peddling of Boogie Superstar, our heads were turned by these eye-catching axes. If you didn't already know (I'll confess -- I didn't), the blonde toothpicks pictured above are Aly & AJ, a pair of sisters who are also "teen rock stars" and now official partners of PDP, the company behind the plastic instruments they're clutching.
Activision thinking of charging subscription fee for Guitar Hero? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors
There's an interesting tidbit over at IGN. At the bottom of one of their articles on the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero: World Tour, you'll notice a little blurb with an asterisk. It reads: "*Online gameplay is only available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii and may require an additional subscription.
Alien Crush Returns, Bomberman Blast to make American debut at PAX (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, WiiWare
Tycho and Gabe, as well as all those other game companies, must be feeling pretty insecure right now, because they're all going to be upstaged by a humble WiiWare game. Or, at least, that would be the case if this year's Penny Arcade Expo were being attended exclusively by a crowd of weirdos just like us, because Hudson will have Alien Crush Returns and Bomberman Blast on display at their booth.
Ougon no Kizuna: Jaleco's new action RPG (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, ScreensThe latest Famitsu reveals a new game from Jaleco with a bit of a Shadow of the Colossus vibe. Ougon no Kizuna (Bonds of Gold) features big, climbable bosses like Team ICO's game, though not quite as big. These bosses also have specific weak points, though in this game you use the Wiimote pointer to find them.
Skate It: read a preview of it (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsIGN's Daemon Hatfield spent some time with EA's Skate It, playing with both the Wiimote control scheme and the more novel Balance Board-based scheme. Getting real (non-demo/tutorial) gameplay for the first time, Hatfield described the setup that motivates your character to find things and skate them.
Throw shapes to the Boogie Superstar tracklist (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
That's English pop star Natasha Bedingfield. She's happy because EA has just given her a big bag of clams to sit in front of Boogie Superstar.The company announced its association with the toothy songstress (who you may recall recorded this annoying ditty) in a press release today, along with Boogie Superstar's complete tracklist.
Fanswag: Get lost in Baroque (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Contests / Giveaways
We've got another giveaway for you all, with the prize being one copy of Baroque. Folks who enjoy the roguelikes will likely want to bounce on this one. Or fans of Atlus overall. Either way, free stuff is good stuff.How do you enter? Simply leave a comment telling us what your favorite Atlus game is.
Metareview: Mario Super Sluggers (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Metareview
The follow-up to previous baseball title on the GameCube, Mario Superstar Baseball, Namco and Nintendo's next title, Mario Super Sluggers, has finally hit North American shores. Is it worth your time? Well, let's see what the critics have to say.
GameDaily (80/100) thinks the positives outweigh the negatives: "Overall, the game plays great.
