Archive for September, 2006

GoNintendo 9/27-9/28

Wii Consumer Article More Wii Opinions ABC News Reggie Interview Zellers Wii Bundles iTWire Wii Article Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 DS Review Japan DS/Wii Release Dates Chocobo DS Screens Team Ninja DS Title Winning Eleven DS Screens Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Site Cooking Mama Wii SIte Nintendo Could Succeed Mage Knight: Destiny’s Soldier [...]

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Gamasutra 9/28

FuturePlay 2006 Speakers Cuthbert on Japanese Development (DS) GAME’s Improved Results SCi’s Finacial Reports Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DS Take Video Game Themes Tokyo Game Show Roundup GameShadow Announces Video Game Awards Gamer AI Opinions Infogrames Debt Plan GDC Russia’s Speakers Share

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Buena Vista Acquires Climax Studios

With the rising costs of game development, studios are actively moving the financial burden to publishers by selling out.UK-based Climax Games is the latest to join the trend, as Buena Vista Games, part of the Walt Disney Company, announced they’d picked up the company today. The news is official, though the actual deal won’t be [...]

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Sega Acquires His Dark Materials Trilogy

Sega just recently acquired a famous novel series to be converted into licensed video games.  Reading? What’s reading? You know, that thing teachers cruelly force upon students. Fantasy fans are likely aware of Philip Pullman’s award-winning His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy, set in a world where magic and industrial civilization have collided as Lyra, a young girl [...]

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GameVideos and More Wii Screens 9/28

Open Season Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Splinter Cell: Double Agent Video Call of Duty 3 Video Mortal Kombat: Armageddon “Karts” Video Marvel: Ultimate Alliance “Iron Man” Video Share

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Nintendojo News 9/28

Wii on Holiday Toys ‘R Us Toy List Amount of PS3 Game Prices Update Ratings Act Wavebirds/GCN Controllers Clarified on Wii Share

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Wii Outsell PS3/DS Lite Opinions

Nintendojo’s opinion on Wii outselling the PS3 and DS Lite making the old DS obsolete described below:  Am I the only one who thinks the old DS is cool? I notice that our site’s 1UP mushroom is currently going to the Polar White DS Lite for being so suave and handsome that people can’t help [...]

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Reggie to Hand Out Wiis in New York at Launch

More Reggie info from his interview with ABC News: For Nintendo’s hardcore fans, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is more than just a spokesperson for the company they adore, he’s a general leading them into the next-gen console war. “Are you sure you gave me a twenty?” Nintendophiles will have a chance to get [...]

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DFC Says ANY of the Three Could Win the War

According to the DFC, any of the three console giants could win the next console war. Research firm DFC Intelligence released a game-industry brief providing its lay of the land heading into the PlayStation 3 and Wii launches this November, and the organization is abstaining from backing any particular horse in the race. The brief [...]

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Madden NFL 2007 Wii Impressions

If you are picking this game up at launch (I am…it’ll be the first game I try out on the Wii!), then THIS is a MUST-READ. It’s always cool to hate the big guy and in the realm of videogame publishers, Electronic Arts is definitely the big guy on the block. Perhaps that’s partly why [...]

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The Wii is “Not Gimmicky”

Matt says that the Wii is “not gimmicky”.  Well, he is certainly a believer in the Wii.  Very good news, indeed!  This is going to be a quick one because i’m out the door. Earlier today I arrived in San Francisco to play some Wii demos and also go to a co-worker’s wedding. Just five minutes [...]

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Wii Screens and Videos 9/28

Madden 2007 Shrek 3 Video Red Steel Hovercraft Mini-game: Banana Blitz Video Video Games LIVE Videos Share

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Reggie Believes Nintendo Will be Number 1

Hey, hey, easy Reggie.  You don’t want to get to full of yourself, eh? In a recent interview with ABC On Demand, Nintendo of America’s president, Reggie Fils-Aime, indicated that the videogame giant — at one time the most successful home console maker in the world — is with Wii gunning for the number-one position [...]

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Wii Game Design

Wii game designing will be crucial for great Wii games.  Mark Bozon from IGN explains:  Since I’ve gotten back from NYC there have been a ton of people asking both Matt and I what we think of the Wii. While the two of us differ a bit in a few areas (specifically, he had an [...]

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Pokemon’s 10th Anniversary Special

Hey buddy, do you want to know what Pokemon games came out the last ten years?  Well, you’re in luck. It’s happening again. You shouldn’t be surprised. You know how successful they’ve been – how deeply ingrained they’ve become. You knew it was only a matter of time before they, the Pokemon, mounted yet another [...]

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