Review Super Mario Strikers (GCN) - High-Octane, Arcade-Style Footy
Or 'Mario Smash Football' to your PALs
News No Classic Rare Games On Revolution?
IGN.com editor reports that no Rare owned franchises will be available on Revolution's Virtual Console.
News Namco's Point Blank Comes To DS
Popular Namco franchise for PlayStation and Arcade makes its way onto the Nintendo DS
Nintendo frontman to be grilled by the public via an online webchat this coming Friday 17th March 2006.
News New Super Mario Bros. Producer Speaks
Nintendo Power speak to Takashi Tezuka, the producer of the New Super Mario Bros. title for Nintendo DS.
News Revolution To Support External Hard Drive?
CNNMoney.com report comments made by Iwata indicating the support of external hard drives in additional to SD cards.
News - March, 2006
Friday31st Mar 2006
News Animal Crossing: Wild World Released In Europe
Nintendo have today released the totally alternative game; Animal Crossing on the Nintendo DS.
As always the Europeans get the latest games games latest, Nintendo have released Wild World on the DS, the latest in the Animal Crossing line. If your frustrated by the amount of violence and restrictions in today's video game, maybe Animal Crossing is...
Thursday30th Mar 2006
News Revolution To Support External Hard Drive?
CNNMoney.com report comments made by Iwata indicating the support of external hard drives in additional to SD cards.
With recent news regarding Revolution's "Virtual Console" people have began to question what storage method the console will support. We're already aware that SD cards will be supported, its a very affordable solution and provides...
Tuesday28th Mar 2006
News No Classic Rare Games On Revolution?
IGN.com editor reports that no Rare owned franchises will be available on Revolution's Virtual Console.
IGN.com editor Matt Casamassina has posted an article on his blog, saying that both Microsoft and Rare employees have confirmed to him that certain Rare-owned franchises will not be appearing on the Virtual Console. "Well, here's something...
Sunday26th Mar 2006
News Namco's Point Blank Comes To DS
Popular Namco franchise for PlayStation and Arcade makes its way onto the Nintendo DS
Namco Bandai have released information that they are working on a Point Blank title for Nintendo DS. This popular franchise has already had numerous success's on PlayStation and the Arcade. Essentially it consists of 2 player mini games, all of which involve...
News Revolution Name Will Definitely Change
In an interview with Beth Llewelyn, the Nintendo senior director of public relations states Revolution name will change.
Like any other week, there has been countless rumours about the name of Nintendo next console, we've even seen shots of a "Nintendo Go" logo floating around, which didn't seem to go anywhere. However, in an interview with IGN.com,...
News PS3 Goes Region Free & Issued Price Point
Sony release new PlayStation 3 details and issue a price point, no less than 50,000 YEN. Not quite pocket change.
With most people we know focusing on Nintendo this week we really shouldn't forget about Sony and its hugely successful PlayStation series. Sony have this week announced that the PlayStation 3 will not have any region locking on its...
Friday24th Mar 2006
Nintendo have released a transcript of Satoru Iwata's Games Developers Conference speech yesterday.
Just in case you were interested in exactly what the Nintendo president had to say, we've received a full length transcript of the keynote speech, delivered yesterday. "Thank you so much for giving me the honor of speaking before you again this...
Thursday23rd Mar 2006
News New DS Game "Zelda: Phantom Hourglass" Announced
Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata has announced that a new Legend Of Zelda game is in development for DS.
Today, during Iwata's keynote speech at the Games Developers Conference, the Nintendo president announced that a new Zelda title, dubbed "The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass" was in development for Nintendo DS. The title will be shown at E3 in...
Iwata announces that over 1,000 Sega Megadrive (aka Genesis) games will be part of the "Virutal Console".
Earlier today at the Games Developers Conference, Nintendo president announced a partnership with Sega which would bring over 1,000 titles from its Megadrive (or Genesis in the USA) to the Revolution's back catalog. "Revolution owners will...
IGN.com has posted a bumper load of Revolution photos from this years Games Developers Conference
Some of the lucky Americans got to go to this years Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, Nintendo had a little treat for them up to arrival, a glass cabinet holding the forbidden fruit, 1 x Nintendo Revolution alongside controller. I'm sure all...
News Iwata Delivers GDC Keynote Speech
Iwata addressed his audience with his "Disrupting Development" speech at the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco.
After an initial delay to the speech, Iwata arrived on stage to a very warm welcome, everyone in the audience hoping for some juicy Revolution details. The AV operator accidentally showed all the slides to the audience before...
Sunday19th Mar 2006
Review Super Mario Strikers (GCN) - High-Octane, Arcade-Style Footy
Or 'Mario Smash Football' to your PALs
With a recent wash of Mario sports titles, it's hard to justify them all. Mario Smash Football or Super Mario Strikers to the Americans, is an action sports title developed by Canadian outfit Next Level Games. Don't expect to find the tactical side of the beautiful game here, Smash Football does exactly that;...
News Miyamoto Webchat.tv Webcast Online
British Gaming Blog uploads a full transcript and video of this rare broadcasted interview with a living legend.
Miyamoto has been extremely busy in Europe this past week, as we earlier reported he would take part in a telecast interview with website, WebChats.tv where gamers would be able to submit their own questions to the man behind Nintendo...
News Miyamoto Not Phased By Sony
The expected dual launch between Sony and Nintendo doesn't worry the grandfather of games.
With Miyamoto's recent trip to Europe, he seemed to stop off at pretty much every press opportunity he had, what a 54-year-old legend. When in London, he stopped briefly in talk exclusively to The Observer, the over-sized newspaper of England. Seeing as the...
Wednesday15th Mar 2006
News Zelda Confirmed To Use Revolution Controller
Miyamoto confirms that Zelda: Twilight Princess will take full advantage of Revolution and its controller...
One of the biggest rumours floating around in Nintendo waters has been about the upcoming Gamecube title, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and its "compatibility" with the next-generation console, the Revolution. Whilst visiting in...
News Summer Wait For New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo refuse to give a specific date for the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. game, but say Summer 2006.
Nintendo have said the New Super Mario Bros. game won't reach us in Europe until summer 2006. Oh well, there are already plenty of games to buy in May, we'll hope to see it in June/July. All Mario fans have fond memories of the franchise's...
News Sony Officially Delays PlayStation 3 Launch
After all the rumours, all the hype, its true. Sony officially announce the delay of the next generation PlayStation.
Recent concerns from the Sony faithful led us to believe that the PlayStation 3 delay was merely a rumour have been squashed today as Sony games chief Ken Kutaragi, today announced the delay of the upcoming console. Sony had until...
News European Brain Training Begins In May
Nintendo reveal that unique Nintendo DS title Brain Age: How Old Is Your Brain? will release 19th May.
Today Nintendo brains have announced the release of this Brain game in Europe, once again a few months later than its American version. Exercising, eating healthily and maintaining a good work/life balance are all essential to help keep fit and...
Tuesday14th Mar 2006
Nintendo all set to drop another Pokemon flavoured bomb into Europe on May 5th, this time for Nintendo DS.
Today Nintendo release further information and a release date about the upcoming Nintendo DS Pokemon title, Pokemon Link. Featuring over 380 characters from the Game Boy Advance Pokémon video game series, Pokémon Link challenges players to...
Monday13th Mar 2006
News Nintendo's Princess To Arrive In May
Nintendo announces the release of Super Princess Peach on Nintendo DS in Europe as May 26th.
Get ready boys and girls, Super Princess Peach is ready to pack her first solo punch. Today, Nintendo announce that the Nintendo DS title will be available in May. Here's the low-down on the new adventure platformer. At first glance Peach definitely looks...
Cubed3 puts the questions to the people at Opera, who recently announced its pending web browser for Nintendo DS.
Our friends over at Cubed3 have had a chance to quiz Berit Hanson, the Opera PR Manager for devices about the upcoming Opera web browser for Nintendo DS. The interview, posted today, covers a bunch of questions you might have about the...
News May Named As Hunting Season
"The wait for the interstellar bounty-hunters, and gaming's toughest heroine is finally over" - Nintendo
One of the hottest titles on the Nintendo DS at the moment is released next week in the US, however Nintendo have today announced that European gamers will have to wait another month or so as Metroid Prime Hunters will be released on May 5th...
Friday10th Mar 2006
Nintendo frontman to be grilled by the public via an online webchat this coming Friday 17th March 2006.
Miyamoto needs no introduction, you all probably know who he is. Nintendo have revealed that the man himself will be taking part in an online webchat next Friday via the WebChats.tv website. It's your chance to put your questions to Nintendo's...
News IGN Snag Revolution Dev Kit
Those extremely lucky kids over at IGN have bagged a Revolution Dev Kit and decide to tell us all about it.
Reggie recently revealed that Revolution Development Kits had been shipped off to games developers around the world, IGN have reported on a "Hands On" session with one of the kits. The freehand-style remote included in the preliminary kit is...
Nintendo tell us about International Brain Awareness Week and how they're going to help us all.
Nintendo tells us International Brain Awareness Week begins March 13th and apparently everyone is looking for the best way to exercise their brains. You could be forgiven for thinking your brain is already in good shape, in fact the amount of twists and...
Wednesday8th Mar 2006
News Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Gains Momentum
Over 1 Million unique players and 27 Million connections Nintendo break into the online market.
Barely 4 months old and Nintendo's online gaming service "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection" has clocked an impressive 27,000,000 connections with over 1,000,000 unique players. Quite an achievement for such a young service. In previously years Nintendo were...
Monday6th Mar 2006
News Download Your Games... In The Future
EA's big European boss reckons digital download distribution will replace physical media within the next 10 years.
Dr. Jens Uwe Intat of EA Europe states "within the next ten years all entertainment media will be downloaded to a device". Bold statement? actually no, it's probably about right. Speaking at the firm's European HQ in Chertsey, Dr. Intat...
Saturday4th Mar 2006
Microsoft announce a new budget range selling the best of the best for as little as $9.99!
Cast your eyes back to the "Platinum" range of PlayStation titles, giving you the best games at the best prices a few years after the original release. These strategy has been adopted by the industry as a whole, all the major consoles have had "Best Of" ranges...
Friday3rd Mar 2006
News Metroid Prime Cheaters Will Be Hunted
Nintendo.com reveal lots of Metroid features in an interview with the games designer, Rich Vorodi.
Nintendo.com's "NOA Andy" had a chance to sit down with the game designer behind the highly anticipated new Metroid game, Metroid Prime Hunters for Nintendo DS. Rich Vorodi first explained abit about his role in the development and what he was...
Thursday2nd Mar 2006
News New Super Mario Bros. Producer Speaks
Nintendo Power speak to Takashi Tezuka, the producer of the New Super Mario Bros. title for Nintendo DS.
EuroGamer report on an article in this months Nintendo Power magazine talking to Takashi Tezuka, the director of Super Mario World and producer of New Super Mario Bros. title, who says, "is set to be a return to form rather than a radical...
Japanese go crazy for DS. Just like a new iPod the DS Lite sells out only within hours of its official release.
Today marks the release of the reformed Nintendo DS dubbed DS Lite. Taking on its smaller form and Apple like good looks its unsurprising that the Japanese Nintendo faithful were out in force as the new unit sells out within hours of going...
