Nintendo serves up Mario Tennis trailers (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: VideoOver at the official site for the Wii de Asobu (Play on Wii, or NEW PLAY CONTROL!) series, there's a pair of Japanese commercials for the Mario Power Tennis remake, as well as a far lengthier gameplay trailer.The adverts we can take or leave, consisting as they do of the usual telegenic Japanese families bouncing around their pristine living rooms.
Eduardo the WiiWare-bound Toaster (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, WiiWare
Semnat Studios has announced that their Independent Games Festival 2007 entry, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, will now be released exclusively on WiiWare "this winter." The run-and-gun shooter features a unique mixed-media look and wildly varying gameplay in which one to four players "Jump, shoot, whip, drive, fly and throw your way through hordes of Peking Opera pastries, spear toting carrots, robotic mangos, and more.
Another Code Resplendent (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, Video, Screens
With the release of Another Code R just one month away, Nintendo has started posting brief clips of the game in action. It seems every bit as relaxed and laid-back as the DS titles, though we suspect these soft-focus visuals and mellow soundtrack are a cunning facade for some brutally hard puzzles.
Capcom details Euro, North American releases for Q1 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
Capcom is set to release two high-profile Wii titles during Q1 of next year: MotoGP and Dead Rising: Chop 'Til You Drop. Even though the latter has caught some flack for its failure to populate each and every screen with countless zombies, it's still a pretty important title for Capcom.
We concur: Edge's most promising Wii games of 2009 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
We don't usually post about the various end-of-year lists that appear on other sites (we much prefer composing our own), but Edge's "ten most promising Wii titles of 2009" chart was so close to our own 2009 wishlist that we felt it warranted a nod.Understandably, only super-confirmed 2009 releases are included, so this selection may change over time (if, say, a Fragile localization is announced, or No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle makes this year, or Nintendo randomly springs the new Zelda game on us, or -- LOL -- Nintendo does a new Pilotwings), but so far we think this is spot-on.
Wii Sports best-selling game of all time? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors
Super Mario Bros. has been the best-selling game of all time for years now, but that throne may have been usurped by another Nintendo title: Wii Sports. According to VGChartz, Wii Sports has surpassed that coveted 40.24 million mark.We're keeping this a rumor because, uh, it's VGChartz.
Animal Crossing: City Photo Contest (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Imports
One of the more fun, and less discussed, new gameplay additions in Animal Crossing: City Folk is the ability to take snapshots and save them to an SD card for sharing. Nintendo and their Digicam Print Channel partner, Fujifilm, are taking advantage of the new functionality with a new contest for Japan designed to encourage online photo sharing.
Sorry, no VC Monday Madness video today (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Meta
Sadly, we won't be able to provide our usual video coverage of this week's Virtual Console release. While we'd like to blame something technical, in fact it's a person that is keeping the video from being made. Sadly, Dave is under the weather, and as such has a pretty sore throat and can't really speak correctly.
Wii sales up 100% over Christmas, says Pachter (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsA dry but happy piece of business news to start your week off: Wedbush Morgan's all-seeing analyst Michael Pachter reckons Wii sales in the U.S. accelerated dramatically over the holidays, with Christmas figures "up more than 100%."According to Pachter, that translates into a "around 3 million" Wiis sold during December.
New Play Video: Pikmin (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Video We're way into the New Play Control version of Pikmin. Even eight years after its original release, Pikmin remains one of the fresher and more unusual Nintendo franchise games, and the Wii version only improves on it!In this video, Wii Folder's Josh Thomas (standing in front of the screen like a weatherman) introduces the game in a manner appropriate for people who have no idea what Pikmin is.
Wii's winners and losers in Japan (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, ImportsWe can't exactly trust the validity of the numbers used to create this list of best-selling games across the three home platforms, since it's just some guy on Geocities doing it (and he claims that he might alter numbers to deter copying) but they're close enough to our expectations for most games.
Top 5: Resolutions for Nintendo (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Top Five After being MIA last week, it's nice to be back. I hope you were able to get your fill of inflammatory statements and grammatical errors from another blogger. And most importantly, I'm glad you're back. While I was away with loved ones, I did like many other of my countrymen and did not hold back on food and drink.
We Ski and Snowboard through lovely scenery (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Screens
For a cutesy game about cartoony, low-detail characters in vast expanses of snow, Namco Bandai's We Ski series looks a lot better than it needs to. Not that we're complaining! We'd always prefer to enjoy looking at a Wii game whenever possible, and developers don't always enable us to do so.
Retail and download releases for the week of January 5th (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Virtual Console, WiiWareFor all of you fishing nuts out there, Hudson's Fishing Master World Tour lands on retail shelves this week. On top of that, we've got one new Virtual Console title, as well as a new WiiWare game. So, head past the break and see all of the new gaming content available to Wii owners this week in North America.
Wii Warm Up: Cheated (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm UpThe latest It's-a Mario World put us in the mood for some discussions of retro-style game secrets. Let's go old-school and share some old cheat codes! What are your favorites? And by "favorites" we mean "codes you can recite from memory." And not just the Konami code, either!For some reason, though a whole childhood was spent meticulously copying codes out of magazines for schoolyard friends (oh, wow, that was totally piracy!) as soon as this topic came to mind, we thought of the Ikari Warriors II continue code.
It's-a Mario World: Classic Secrets (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: It's-a Mario World
Along with the New Year's celebration comes a heap of (potentially unrealistic) personal resolutions for the future and an equal dose of nostalgic recollection of 2008. You have already seen our 10 Best Games of 2008 and the 10 you should have downloaded among dozens of other annual lists, so your sense of hindsight should be fairly well-attuned during this first weekend of 2009.
Wii Warm Up: Downloadable regrets (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Virtual Console, Wii Warm Up, WiiWareThere was a lot of temptation on the Virtual Console and WiiWare this year, but not all downloadable games live up to the high standards of your heart. Did you end up with any real lemons last year? Maybe you bought a game you skipped many years ago, or something on the recommendation of a friend (or perhaps a trusted gaming site) that just didn't turn out to be quite what you wanted? If so, we want to hear about it.
Rumor: Lego ... Rock Band? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Rumors
Lots of people have been speculating that the next entry in the Lego games franchise, to follow up Batman and Indiana Jones, would be something to tie in with the release of the next Harry Potter film. However, gaming site videogaming247 claims a source let slip to them that, instead, the next Lego game by developer Travellers Tales would be Lego Rock Band.
Wii Warm Up: Crossing into 2009 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Animal Crossing: City Folk was seen as a bit of a disappointment by some longtime Animal Crossing players, due to the fact that it is extremely similar to previous iterations, with a perceived lack of much new content. But the real worth of any Animal Crossing game is revealed by its longevity, and we thought we would query you guys about that as we begin 2009.
Ooh, shiny: Platinum Games unveils new logo (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
2009 promises to be a busy year for Platinum Games, home of Clover alumni and all-round awesomeness. MadWorld will be curb-stomping our happy, grateful faces into pulpy mush in March, Infinite Space will grace our DSes, and the company is also developing some game for the others.
Drumming to Super Mario Bros. 3 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: VideoHe's back at it again. Following up his incredible display centered around Super Mario Bros. 2, drummer extraordinaire Andrea Vadrucci has put together another video of himself. This time, he's banging out some key tunes in Super Mario Bros. 3. As one would expect, his execution is near flawless and, well, it's just a great video to watch.
Rock Band Wii DLC coming 'as early in 2009 as possible' (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
For the few of you out there still waiting to sink your teeth into Rock Band DLC, Harmonix has announced the company is getting closer to flicking the switch that will turn on the tidal wave of DLC awaiting Wii gamers. As you all know, we're supposedly getting all of the DLC from the first game, as well as the second (and a bunch of free tracks, to boot).
Deals for Guitar Heroes of all levels (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, SalesIf you're one of the eight individuals on the planet yet to acquire Guitar Hero Something, roughly now would be a good time to start. In a heartwarming display of post-festive cheer bid to rid itself of excess stock, the troubled Circuit City is offering savings on two Guitar Hero game/guitar bundles: Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, both for $47.
More people browse the net on PS3 than Wii (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
According to a business statistics group, Market Share, the PS3 delivers more web traffic than the much more popular Wii. Stats put the PS3 at a 0.04 share of the overall internet market, with the Wii trailing behind at 0.01. With more Wii consoles out there than PS3s, and a superior method of browsing (controller vs.
Canadian receives spirit of N64 kid for Christmas (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: VideoRemember the kid that was so happy to get himself an N64 for Christmas? Of course you do, who doesn't? Well, it would appear the torch has been passed on to a small Canadian child, who is a bottomless well of excitement upon receiving a certain gift this Christmas.
Wii clinches bronze in console usage stakes (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsThe white coats at Nielsen have been at it again, analysing our gaming lives and charting the consoles we use most. Unlike the Nielsen study we posted about previously, this one takes into account pre-Wii/PS3/Xbox 360 platforms. This means that the PS2 stormed to a predictable, convincing victory: 30.
Dead Rocking (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, Video
We just figured out what makes zombies so appealing to game developers. The Uncanny Valley effect created by motion-capturing real people (like Japanese punk band Gagaga SP) and transferring their movements to imperfect 3D models is a good thing when the result is supposed to be off-putting and creepy.
How ridiculously wealthy is Nintendo this year? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsDespite reporting on it back in 2007 and reading the Wikipedia entry so many times, we're still foggy on what market capitalization is -- we think it's basically how many shares of stock are in the public, multiplied by the cost of one share. We have an impressionistic idea of what it means, though: the bigger the number, the more likely the company's executives are to have Segways (for example).
VC Friday: Fun Fun Strong Bad (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, WiiWare
With our shelves and Wii fridges creaking under the weight of new games from the holidays, Nintendo has generously given PAL gamers a week to catch their breath -- at least, we think that's the idea. Both WiiWare titles this week probably only appeal to a handful of people.
Snowboard Riot: the goggles do something (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Video, WiiWareHudson has launched the site for their WiiWare snowboard racing game, Snowboard Riot, along with a new gameplay trailer. We've never been overly interested in snowboarding games, but the smooth motion evident in this trailer is quite appealing, as is the combat aspect of the game.
