Archive for August, 2009

Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues – Released

Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues – Released

————————————– Order now from the WiiNintendo Store: Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues From Legacy Interactive List Price: $29.99 Price: $22.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Ships from and sold by Amazon.com 5 new or used available from $20.15 Share

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Cursed Mountain – Review

About the Game: Set in the late 1980s, gamers take on the role of a fearless mountaineer as he climbs into the Himalayas on a quest to find his lost brother. As he ascends the mountain, he encounters an ancient curse: the souls of the people who died in that region are stuck in limbo, [...]

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Metroid Prime Trilogy – Video Review

Metroid Prime Trilogy – Video Review

Metroid Prime: Trilogy is an action-adventure video game compilation developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It features Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a single dual-layer disc. The former two, which were originally released for the Nintendo GameCube, have been updated [...]

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PlayOn Video-Streaming App Comes to the Wii

PlayOn Video-Streaming App Comes to the Wii

Ever since gaming consoles decided to connect to broadband, a slew of companies have popped up offering plug-ins to expand your gaming system to do much more than play games. One of those companies is Media Mall, maker of the PlayOn plug-in. Up until now, PlayOn has made it possible to access Netflix Watch Instantly, [...]

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Mario Kart: The Movie – Trailer

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Nintendo Patents Wii Motion Plus Football Controller

Nintendo Patents Wii Motion Plus Football Controller

A recently filed patent application by Howard Cheng, Vice President of Research and Development at Nintendo of America, reveals a plan for a soft football controller for use with the Wii and the remote. Throwing – Players firmly strap their hands to the ball and make a throwing motion. The pitch angle and force of [...]

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Deca Sports 2 – Teaser Trailer 3

Hudson is preparing another ten activities to include in Deca Sports 2 for release this fall. Players will find the same family friendly, lighthearted gameplay the second time around. The ten new events are: * Downhill Skiing * Bocce Ball * Tennis * Ice Hockey * Kendo * Darts * Dodge Ball * Speed Skating [...]

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade – New Trailer

Muramasa follows the story of Kisuke, a fugitive who has lost his memory, including that of a crime that he committed and Momohime, a lithe female ronin possessed by a dark spirit. Gameplay allows players to use the Wii Remote, the Classic controller and the Gamecube controller. The game allows players to use two different [...]

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Furry Legends Sneak onto DSiWare

Furry Legends Sneak onto DSiWare

Wojciech Piejko, from Gamelion Studios writes into WiiNintendo to say: It is my pleasure to announce that we will be taking our beloved furballs to DSiWare. Furry Legends is no longer exclusive to WiiWare, the sneaky Furballs are expanding to DSiWare, and who knows if they will settle with just that! In Furry Legends: Beginnings, [...]

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IGN’s Wii 1,2,3 Guide

IGN’s Wii 1,2,3 Guide

It seems that IGN has taken it upon themselves to help Wii owners out.  They have put together a 2-part guide for Wii buyers and Wii owners.  Some standouts from the guide are the Essential Games list, Hidden Gems list, and the Maximizing Wii’s Potential guide. Whether you’re completely new to or already own Nintendo’s [...]

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Nintendo Channel Updates 8/24/2009 (NA)

Nintendo Channel Updates 8/24/2009 (NA)

New DS Demos * Shorts (expires 8/30/09) * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (expires 8/30/09) * Ant Nation (expires 8/30/09) New Video Content * Real people play Professor Layton – video 1 * Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box info video * Mario and Sonic: Olympic Winter Games video 3 * Madden NFL 10 [...]

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NyxQuest – New Trailer + New Reviews

Nintendo Life – 95 A beautiful looking game which is also lots of fun to play. It’s true that it is not a massive game, you should be able to beat it 100% in just 3 hours, but those 3 hours will be completely filled with pure platforming bliss. This is exactly the sort of [...]

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Nintendo Download 8-24-2009 (NA)

Nintendo Download 8-24-2009 (NA)

While the release list is significantly smaller than past weeks, at least it is solid.  Releasing for Virtual Console is the next Super Star Wars game, and it is bound to bring back great memories. For WiiWare, we get an update for Mr. Driller, which is designed to challenge the novice and the veteran.  Finally, [...]

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TMNT: Smash Up – Fighting Mechanics Changed Since SSBB

TMNT: Smash Up – Fighting Mechanics Changed Since SSBB

Turtle Dojo member, crispy4001, has put together a long list of TMNT fighting mechanics that have changed from Super Smash Bros Brawl.  Because the list is super long, I have posted it after the jump, so click “more” to view the entire list. Share

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Fallen Soldier’s Father Leaves a Parting Gift

Fallen Soldier’s Father Leaves a Parting Gift

No, this is not necessarily Nintendo related, but it is a touching gamer-related story that I wanted to pass on to all of you. British Private Richard Hunt made the ultimate sacrifice last week when his company was struck by an explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan. During a well-attended ceremony back home in [...]

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