Mario Kart Wii worldwide tournament competitions are go
Now that every reasonable Mario Kart fan has spent every waking hour for the last few weeks honing their skills with the new game, their efforts may pay off! Nintendo have launched worldwide Mario Kart Wii tournaments, with new competitions launching ...
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General
May 1, 2008
Nintendo looking at fixing Wii’s memory shortage problem
Nintendo has done their yearly check-in with the hardcore fans and guess what they found out? That we all want better storage options! Maybe it was the influence of developers such as Harmonix and Activision, who have excluded downloadable features fr...
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Virtual Console
April 17, 2008
VC Friday brings Mega Drive RPG
Just one game this week. Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom, originally found on the Mega Drive, has hit the Virtual Console this Friday. Most likely one for the fans is my suggestion. Hopefully we'll get more than one game with next week's update...
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Retro
April 17, 2008
New Spider-Man game coming to Wii and DS
Activision have announced yet another Spider-Man game, Web of Shadows. The game will feature a free-roaming New York City landscape, web-slinging and lots of vertical combat. Probably the most interesting aspect of the game is that it will let the pla...
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Retro
April 17, 2008
Wii-exclusive FPS needs a publisher
Even though the Wii has built a huge installer base, which is still growing at an incredible rate, publishers are still shying away from committing to major Wii development. Case in point - High Voltage Software and their FPS The Conduit. Built exclus...
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General
April 17, 2008
Nintendo keeps the momentum going in North America
Both Nintendo systems saw stellar North American sales (again, and again...) during March. The official NPD sales figures show the Wii selling 721,000 units. The Wii was well ahead of the Xbox 360, which sold 279,000 units. The Playstation 3 sold a to...
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General
April 14, 2008
Smash Bros DOJO!! Goes out on a high
The Smash Bros DOJO!! blog, which has been updated five days a week for almost 11 months, has finally come to an end. The final updates coming in the form of a huge list of hints, trivia and secrets as well as a good bye and thank you message from Mas...
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General
April 4, 2008
Aussie Developed Third Avatar Game Announced
THQ have revealed to IGN that they are working on a third game in the Avatar series, following on from the Legend of Aang and the Burning Earth. The game, titled Avatar: The Last Airbender - Into the Inferno (although this could change in the local ma...
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Retro
April 4, 2008
Iwata Asks: Mario Kart Wii
A new instalment in Nintendo President Satory Iwata's 'Iwata Asks' series has gone live, this time with a discussion of Mario Kart Wii. Joining him are Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario Kart producer Hideki Konno & Kenichiro Ashida, who developed the Wii Wheel....
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Retro
April 3, 2008
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword dated down under
Ubisoft have announced that they will distribute Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword in Australia and New Zealand. The game was developed by Tecmo and released in the US and Japan in March. Dragon Sword relies heavily on the stylus in similar ways as Phantom Ho...
