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Blast Works Gets Price Slashed 2008-08-05 17:41:04 Blast Works
is a pretty cool title that's earned its fair share of love from fans and critics alike. It even has a user-created content site, BlastWorksDepot.com, where you can share your edits of game levels with other fans. Top all of that with the fact that Majesco just slashed the price of BlastWorks in half, from $40 to $20, and this title becomes much more attractive. If yo Read more:Blast
Mega Man 9 Goes Buggy 2008-08-05 17:08:30 The upcoming Mega Man 9 is making our hearts glow brighter with every piece of news. The game's designed to look and feel like our old NES 8-bit Mega Man titles, and now the word comes in from Gamasutra that the game's going to have some programming bugs that will make the 8-bit experience even more authentic. "We purposely put some of those old-school bugs into this game, so it does r Read more:Buggy
Wario Land Clip 2008-07-31 17:02:05 Check out this clip from the upcoming Wario Land: Shake It! This 2D platformer looks like it's going to be hours upon hours of fun...
Free Wii from Comcast 2008-07-30 17:27:25 Cable giant Comcast
is getting into the Nintendo Wii
game with an offer that might make you do a double-take. According to a Comcast press release:Comcast, the nation’s leading residential broadband Internet
provider, and video game pioneer, Nintendo, have teamed up to offer an
exclusive deal available to new Comcast Triple Play customers. From
today until August 17, 2008, those who sign u
Nintendo Wii: The Next Generation? 2008-07-30 17:15:43 It seems that the folks at Nintendo
are keeping one eye on their growing pile of cash from the Wii
and the other eye on the future. Here's a snippet from a recent Forbes article on the development of the next generation of consoles:Nintendo, as you might
expect, is approaching things a bit differently. President Satoru Iwata
freely admits the company is already working on the Wii's successor Read more:Generation
, Nintendo Wii
Toys"R"Us Sale 2008-07-30 16:24:09 Toysrus.com is about to launch a sale that just can't be ignored. If you buy one Wii game at a price of $29.99 or more, you get $20 off of another Wii title. The sale runs from August 3rd thru the 9th and also includes games with peripherals bundled, like Guitar Hero and Wii Fit. If you live near a Toys R Us, you can also get this deal at your local brick-and-mortar store.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows 2008-07-29 22:39:18 Gametrailers.com has a new trailer up for Spider
-Man: Web of Shadows
. The eye-popping clip's graphics are probably not exactly what we'll see on our beloved Wii, but it looks like Activision is stepping their game up and looking for a non-Guitar Hero blockbuster with this title. Keep your eyes peeled for Spider-Man: Web of Shadows when it hits the Wii on October 21, 2008.
New Tenchu IV Video 2008-07-29 21:42:27 While there are no kittens being tossed about in it, this new clip for the ninja-stealth title Tenchu IV looks pretty cool. This game's shaping up to be a leader in the new wave of titles that many hope will bring some hardcore gamers to the Wii
I Ain't Afraid of No Trailer 2008-08-18 21:20:25 There's been a lot of concern as to whether or not Ghostbusters would be released on the Wii. Now that the question has been answered, let's take a look at the trailer for the game that debuted at E3. Let's have a look, shall we? Read more:Trailer
Nintendo Wii DVD? 2008-08-18 21:11:35 Nintendo said the Wii
would launch with DVD playback just like the other next-gen consoles, but that turned out to be wishful thinking, apparently. Well, that's about to change for the Wii. The blogs have been buzzing this past week about a program on the Homebrew Channel that allows Wii owners to play DVDs on their consoles. Word on the street is that it works quite well, but no Read more:Nintendo
, Nintendo Wii
Shaun White Snowboarding Trailer 2008-08-18 21:06:43 Move over, Wii Fit. The new trailer for ShaunWhiteSnowboarding
: Road Trip is up and boy, does it look nice. The video game will be Balance Board-compatible, allowing players to physically lean in and out of those turns and jumps. Olympic medals, X-Games titles, pop culture status - White's got it all. Now he also can add Nintendo Wii icon to that list. Read more:Trailer
Captain Rainbow Trailer 2008-08-18 20:23:12 Here's the trailer for the upcoming Wii title CaptainRainbow
. It's in Japanese, but some of the gameplay elements look cool. Fast-forward to the middle of the video for the captain himself. Read more:Trailer
Nyko Cordless Wii Nunchuk Adapter 2008-08-18 20:11:17
Amazon and GameStop have cut their prices on the Nyko CordlessWii
Nunchuk Adapter
, so now you can play cord-free. The adapter is only $9.99 right now, so snap it up while you can.
Is Wii Boxing As Good As The Real Deal? 2008-08-14 15:43:08 That's the question that a research team at Cleveland State University recently put to the test. "The Wii
has the potential to be a good alternative to working out," said CSU Associate Professor Ken Sparks. "That's the goal, to get
people working out." Six CSU student researchers determined that a half-hour Wii Boxing session burned almost the same amount of energy as a bag workout.&nb
Kellogg's & The Wii 2008-08-14 15:31:36 The newest group to jump on the Wii
bandwagon is Kellogg
's. Yes, that Kellogg's, makers of Raisin Bran and other popular breakfast cereals. Apparently, their Smart Start cereal and Wii Sports make a great team in making your heart stronger.
Arkham Asylum Closed for Wii 2008-08-13 15:32:58
News is in that Batman: Arkham Asylum
won't be available on the Nintendo Wii
. The Xbox 306 and PS3 will be getting the title, of course, as well as the PC. This is one of the concessions you have to make for getting a console with weaker graphics but stronger gameplay. Read more:Closed
Little League Baseball Out Now 2008-08-06 12:59:40 Batter up! Little League
Baseball has arrived on the Wii! Here's a clip from Activision's press release:"This is the first officially licensed Little League game for these
platforms and the controls have been masterfully crafted for
accessibility," said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. "This is a
game that can be enjoyed by the entire family." Little
League(R) World Series 2008 feat
Animal Crossing Wii 2008-09-04 17:05:39 Tell me there's a box out there that warms your heart more than this one. Well, it's actually box art, but it's for AnimalCrossing
:: City Folk, so it's still wonderful! Read more:Wii
Rock Band 2 To Feature Full Albums 2008-08-28 16:39:46 Entertainment Weekly's reporting that the next installment in the Rock Band series will feature full-length albums from select bands. The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking", Megadeth - "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying", Stevie Ray Vaughn - "Texas Flood", and Foo Fighters - "The Colour and the Shape" will all be available to play in t
Japanese Virtual Console & WiiWare 2008-08-26 17:50:49
Not a whole lot going on for the Japanese
VC except for...the incredible Mega Man 2 (500 Wii Points)! WiiWare's got some slim pickings as well, with Alien Crush Returns (800 Wii Points) and Space Invaders Get Even! (500 Wii Points). We can't wait to get our hands on these when they make it across the sea. Read more:Console
The 5 Most Revolutionary NES Peripherals of All Time 2008-08-23 20:50:31 With the onslaught of Wii peripherals showing no signs of slowing down, we wanted to take a look at the devices of the past that made Nintendo gaming so much fun. This week has us looking over the top 5 NES peripherals, complete with the old-school photos. Understand that these are not listed in any particular order.The Power PadNo, it's not the lovechild of a Twister mat and a heating Read more:Revolutionary
, Peripherals
NHL 2K9 2008-08-22 07:10:41 Hockey's looking a lot better on the Wii with this trailer for the upcoming release.
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