If you aren’t aware of the upcoming DS game Scribblenauts, go check it out now. Basically you can type in anything and it’ll show up in the game, from ladders to boats to velociraptors, or even major players like God and Death.
Part of the fun of the game, however, must be in trying out the craziest stuff you can think of and see if it’s in there. However, those of you who play through games with the strategy guide in your lap will probably just want to look at a huge list of all the words you can put in. Luckily for you, that list exists.
Dig up your old NES cartridges, ladies and gents, and prepare to blow them. Wait. Blow out the dust from them. That’s what I meant. Buy.com has the “8-Bit Retro NES TopLoader Video Game System” for just $15 with free shipping.
Generally speaking, the preferred method for procuring a 1UP Power Up is collecting 100 golden Mario coins to smash your fist into a giant question mark block. BUT, if you’re really in need of a quick (and less painful) pick-me-up, grab yourself a shiny new radish, a paring knife, and maybe a Sharpie (for the eyes?!). Follow the visual instructions above and…voila! 1UP! Power Up!
Nintendo’s now offering the Opera-powered “Internet Channel” for free. The Wii web browser formerly ran 500 Wii Points ($5). Aside from the new price tag, the browser has also “been updated to support an upgraded version of Adobe Flash player.”
Nintendo has officially announced Wii Fit Plus, a somewhat incremental upgrade to its wildly-popular Wii Fit exercise program. The price of the Wii Fit bundle, which will include the new Wii Fit Plus along with the Balance Board apparatus, will remain at $99 while the standalone version of the game will cost $19.99. It’s set to release here in the US on October 4th.
Nintendo! What are you doing? Don’t get us wrong, it’s great that you’re shipping the black Wii remote to North America sometime this month. Our white ones are getting kind of dingy after a couple years of drunk Wii bowling. But what do we have to do to get the black Wii?
Oh boy, another accessory to buy for the Wii. This one is a soft football that holds a Wii-mote and Nunchuk. It’s actually just a patent so far (submitted by Nintendo), so it may never make it to market in the first place.
Metroid was probably my most favorite game in the mid to late 90s for the NES and today, Nintendo released Metroid Prime: Trilogy for the Wii. Announced back at E3 in June, Metroid 3: Corruption is packed together with Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 Echoes all of which is encased a shiny blue metal case. M3 brings updated motion controls and widescreen (16:9) to the Wii. It’s available now for $50.
Who knows when you might get the urge to play a few levels of Yoshi’s Island, or try to set a new lap record in Mario Kart? The need might strike while you’re riding the Subway, or while you’re eating a nice meal, or while getting a drink with a pretty girl.
Well, now you can indulge yourself in a round of Killer Instinct in any of those situations — though I don’t recommend it in the last one. Or the other two, really.
What’s your greatest achievement? Satoru Iwata rescued Nintendo from its N64+GameCube lethargy (commercial success-wise; only a fool would deny the quality of many of those games) and turned it into a ridiculous success with the Wii and DS, so he’s not sweating it either. That’s why I’m loathe to criticize the man when he defends the Wii Vitality Sensor.
Hey, Wii fans! Ready to ride a burro? Well hop on the probably-will-never-be-made Wii inflatable controller, a soft rubber pillow that you can ride on like a total and absolute freak of nature. Read More
Oh man, a DS Lite for only $89? Tits. Now that the DSi is selling like Devin’s hotcakes, the DS Lite was bound to drop in price. Good thing Target agrees.
The Nintendo DSi launched in Japan on November 1st, 2008 and the first 170,000 were sold out within two days. 435,000 were sold during the first week here in the States, and UK gamers snatched up 92,000 units during the first weekend. But in all, Nintendo has sold nearly 7 million DSis and over 100 million DSs. That’s a lot. Read More
Here’s a tip: this isn’t 1998, and you shouldn’t go around making “Web pages” that are filled with Nintendo ROMs. If you do, you could end up like the Japanese guy who’s now facing two years in prison and a $96,000 fine.
Nintendo pushed out firmware v1.4 last week in Japan and it looks like NA will be getting the same treatment tonight. Sometime after 5PM PT today, Nintendo will be pushing out an update for DSi owners to be able to upload pictures to their Facebook profile page via the DSi. We first learned about this feature back at E3 and I’m still pretty lukewarm about it now as I was back then. But I’m a jaded jerk so don’t listen to me. And remember, kids, this update will bork flash carts so proceed with caution.
We’re gonna need another cliché to describe the Nintendo Wii. It seems the little system isn’t as much of a money-printing machine as it once was, with Nintendo’s profits down 66 percent (!) from the same quarter last year. Now, the video game industry is a little weird because in no single quarter are you guaranteed to have a hit game. There’s no law that says a new Mario or Zelda has to come out every May.
So Capcom just revealed the box art for their upcoming Wii RE title, but there’s a mystery character in the shadows that won’t be revealed until the game comes out. Any guesses as to who it is? That’s Steve Burnside hanging tough in the back with the mystery guy and I hope you know who the two in the front are.
In what may be the most thorough and energetic unboxing of a video game in the history of the internet, everyone’s favorite enthusiastic gamer, DiiFii, unboxes Wii Sports Resort.
And we’re talking a major unboxing here: the cardboard, the advertising inserts, the look and feel of the box itself, the simplicity of the actual game disc, and more. There’s also a quick fondling of the MotionPlus peripheral and, of course, some gameplay footage.
To enjoy this video as a drinking game, take one drink every time DiiFii says “awesome”.
Not to be outdone by Gamestop, Walmart is now offering one free Wii title with the purchase of a Wii system for $249. But are the games any good? Hit the jump to find out.
If you aren’t aware of the upcoming DS game Scribblenauts, go check it out now. Basically you can type in anything and it’ll show up in the game, from ladders to boats to velociraptors, or even major players like God and Death. 
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