The 2009 Video Game Awards (hosted by Spike TV) are officially over. After all was said and done, only 4 Nintendo-related games won awards, and only one was a Nintendo-exclusive. Below are the categories and nominations. The winner is in bold. Best Wii Game Madworld New Super Mario Bros. Wii Punch-Out!! Wii Sports Resort Best [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Bittos – Gameplay Footage
Bittos+ challenges players to take control of a variety of shapes while guiding, rotating and placing them in just the right arrangement to construct happy, shiny squares, all the while being surrounded by relentlessly multiplying bad bits and pieces, previously neglected by the player. Squares? Yes, squares! The higher the player progresses, the more difficult [...]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories – Review Roundup
IGN Video Review GameTrailers Video Review Eurogamer – 90 Packed with inventive ideas and one engaging sequence after another, it’s a spirited, poignant and unsettling game that not only delivers a long-overdue return to form, but reinvigorates horror adventures in the process. IGN – 86 There are some incredible moments encapsulated within Harry’s icy journey [...]
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Review Round-up 2
Video Review by GameSpot Video Review by IGN Video Review by GameTrailers IGN – 93 While Spirit Tracks has some obvious deja vu elements and can drag on from time to time, Nintendo’s latest pocket Zelda trumps the first game hands-down, delivering amazing bosses once again, now complemented with impressive dungeons, a truly epic challenge [...]
Mega Man 10 Confirmed for Wiiware
[Enlarge Image] Nintendo Power’s 250th issue had a nice little surprise inside, the release of Megaman 10 for Wiiware! Some of the features and overview of the Nintendo Power article: – Mega Man is looking for a vaccine-making device to fight the ‘Robotenza’, which causes robots to overheat and go crazy – Play as Proto [...]
New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe!, SMB remake available by Christmas
GBATemp forum member, gridattack, updated us with his project “New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe!” NSMBD! is a hacked version of New Super Mario Bros. DS. NSMBD! recreates all of the levels from the 1985 NES original, Super Mario Bros. and also includes the Lost Levels (Which were featured on the SNES game, Super Mario Allstars) [...]
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces – Opening Trailer
The Wii™ exclusive flight simulating game developed by the Project Aces team and rated T for Teen, is scheduled to be released in North America on January 5th, 2010. In The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, players hold the Nunchuk in the right hand as the flight control stick is tilted to roll, pitch, and yaw, [...]
Giant Gameboy
Saw this in my Tumblr today, not sure if it actually works or not. The source didn’t come with a description. By the looks of it, it appears to be some sort of art piece. Still pretty cool either way. [Tumblr] Share
Children’s Book Was Inspiration for Zelda: Spirit Tracks
“The Tracks Go On” — A picture book published by Kin-no-hoshi sha Co., Ltd. in 2003. Story by Fumiko Takeshita, art by Mamoru Suzuki. Iwata: Does somebody like trains? Before I discovered video games, back when I was in middle school, I was absolutely crazy about trains. There were steam locomotives which ran in Hokkaido [...]








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