Review Sonic Mega Collection (GCN)
When Sega and Nintendo had their rivalries in the 90’s some people never got a chance to witness some of the best that gaming had to offer due to owning only one of the two machines.
Competition is good, but it hasn’t been kind to Electronic Art’s squillion-selling football title.
Review LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (GameCube)
Is the force with this one?
The Zelda hardcore rejoice, another figure comes to the market, this time from Majora's mask.
News Nintendo Brand To Take A Backseat?
What's the strategy? It seems Nintendo might be having a bit of a branding rethink with its Wii console.
Some more high quality game artwork has appeared on the internet.
News - October, 2006
Tuesday31st Oct 2006
Cooking Mama breaks outta the cupboard and comes to Wii entitled "Cooking Mama: Cook Off".
If you haven't already noticed the pattern, it seems alot of super quirky DS games are getting announced for Wii, if it works with a stylus it'll probably work with the Wiimote. Well done Nintendo, a very good combination. "Since its introduction last...
Monday30th Oct 2006
News Street Fighter Returns To The Big Screen
Rumour has it that the Street Fighter franchise is set to return to the silver screen, 14 years after the original flop.
Film site Empire has the lead, claiming that the movie already has a script and should reach cinemas by 2008! "Street Fighter is returning to make another assault on our senses, but instead of planning a follow-up to the...
Saturday28th Oct 2006
Our beloved and pink friend Kirby is back, and as always he's ready for more adventures and action, this time he faces the threats of a diabolical band of thieves called the Squeaks.
In addition to a name that is pronounced quite funny, the game will offer the same well-known floating, jumping and battling that made the original Kirby games so fun...
News The Pink DS Lite Is Finally Here
Good news for all you pink-loving people out there, the pink version of Nintendo's extremely successful handheld console just hit the store shelves in both Europe and the US, so grab your wallet and run to the nearest gaming shop to get yourself one of these beauties.
For those of you who have always wanted a Nintendo DS, but didn't find the current...
Thursday26th Oct 2006
Some more high quality game artwork has appeared on the internet.
Browsing around the internet more and more Wii covers are popping up, even some have been posted on flickr, by a member named "creamsugar". Anyway, game cover artwork excites me, so lets get down to business: <cover:games/wii/legend_of_zelda_twilight_princess>...
Wednesday25th Oct 2006
News Nintendo Brand To Take A Backseat?
What's the strategy? It seems Nintendo might be having a bit of a branding rethink with its Wii console.
If you've kept your ear to the ground in past months, you'll know that Nintendo want you to refer to the new system simply as "Wii", not "Nintendo Wii". It's a little bit of a change in tactics for Nintendo, whom seem to like plastering their...
Vemon are releasing three shells for your wii-mote joy.
Yesterday we told you that you will be able to buy Ubisoft's steering wheel shell separately for racing games, now we have discovered another steering wheel and two other shells from company Venom. It would appear Venom are currently producing three shells for attaching to your wii-mote to make...
News UK Get Wii Component Cables In Stores
Nintendo UK today confirm that all Wii accessories will be available through the normal retail outlets.
EuroGamer recieve confirmation from Nintendo UK regarding the sale of Wii accessories, and most importantly the EDTV Component cable. "Earlier this week, IGN reported that American gamers would be forced to buy their US$ 29.99 component...
Tuesday24th Oct 2006
News Wii Marketing In Full Swing
With only a month until the US launch, Nintendo are starting to push the Wii brand across the globe.
Flickr member "branille" recently posted a photograph of Nintendo's impressive advert in Time Square's Toys R Us store in New York. Nintendo have also announced a aggressive marketing campaign in Europe, a region which is somewhat neglected by the...
CVG post some images displaying the Wii interface for playing games, Mii creator and Web Browsing.
There's been much speculation as to what the Wii system will look like, it seems Nintendo have gone with a rather simplistic design, which is clean, bold and easy. "The simple-looking web browser will be controlled using the Wii Remote's pointer...
News Wii Wheel Available As Standalone
Ubisoft's Wii Wheel attachment will be both bundled with GT Pro Series, Monster 4X4 and sold separately
If you missed the news earlier in the month, Ubisoft unveiled a "Wii Wheel" attachment that'll be bundled with its driving games. Essentially the wheel is a shell for your Wii Mote which allows you to hold and turn it more like a steering wheel...
News Sony Blamed For Lik-Sang Closure
Hong Kong based company Lik-Sang.com has ceased trading citing Sony as its main reason.
The popular gaming website today posted the news on its homepage over at Lik-Sang.com explaining the situation and why it has to close its doors. "As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all...
Star Wars: Rouge Squadron developer "disappointed" with Wii hardware, dubbed "Gamecube 1.5"
Reported today by CVG, an interview with Factor 5 from this months EGM has seen the developer voice their disappointment in the Wii hardware. "Factor 5, currently developing Lair for the PS3, deemed the Wii a "GameCube 1.5" in reference to its...
Sunday22nd Oct 2006
News Wii Component Cables To Be Sold Online
Kotaku report that 480p compatible component cables for Wii will only be available online.
For the growing number of Nintendoers that have HD Ready displays, we've been waiting for news on availability of component cables for Wii. These are the AV cables capable of delivering the superior "progressive scan" signal from the Wii. "A spokesperson...
The official track listing for 'Elite Beat Agents', the forthcoming DS game, is out.
The full listing is as follows: Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram ABC - Jackson Five Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne I Was Born to Love You - Queen Rock This Town - Stray Cats Highway Star - Deep Purple Y.M.C.A. - Village People September - Earth, Wind and Fire Canned Heat...
Friday20th Oct 2006
Competition is good, but it hasn’t been kind to Electronic Art’s squillion-selling football title.
FIFA soccer’s fall from grace as the number one football title in the 16-bit generation has been well documented. Sure, it has always sold well, usually remaining in the top 5 games well after its release on a yearly basis, but it’s no secret...
News Mario Kart Arcade Returns
Namco updates its Arcade version of Mario Kart, two new characters available.
Not very well known over here in the west, but Namco have previously released an Arcade adaptation of Mario Kart and are now set to release another, it seems the new version will only be slightly upgraded but will now feature Waluigi and Tamagotchi. "There will also...
Thursday19th Oct 2006
Nintendo publish a bunch of release dates for DS games in Europe for the next few months.
Obviously we think the majority of people will be much more interested in Wii releases at the moment, but we can't go forgetting our faithful DS. "This Christmas gamers will be filled with seasonal cheer by a selection of exciting first party games for the...
Wednesday18th Oct 2006
News Wii Bundled With A Strange Disc
The backside of the Wii box reveals a strange disc called "Wii startup disc" that we haven't heard of before.
The release of Nintendo's upcoming home console is getting closer and closer, and the lack of informative and interesting stuff to write about makes rumours spread like fire in dry grass. The latest rumour was set loose by the guys over at...
News Japanese Analysts Announces Their Forecast
A Japanese game-magazine publisher recently had a peek into their magic crystal ball to predict the future of console gaming. Too bad we don't have one of those around here, but lucky for us, the analysts were kind enough to tell us what the future brings.
Apparently, analysts have a rare gift that let them see into the future and predict what's...
Tuesday17th Oct 2006
The Zelda hardcore rejoice, another figure comes to the market, this time from Majora's mask.
Just in case you don't know what I'm talking about, Majora's Mask was the 2nd Zelda title for Nintendo 64, whilst it was the follow up to the legendary Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask was quite different, but primarily it was dark. Someone over at First 4...
News Wii Finally Get Cover Art
Yes, Wii-ly
It's been a while coming but we're finally starting to get some high resolution Wii artwork for games such as Red Steel, Tony Hawks and Far Cry.. Nintendo has sometimes suffered when it comes to cover artwork style, but this time it looks pretty damn sweet. We've recently started receiving high resolution artwork, check them out:...
US Judge rejects a ban on Rockstar's latest smack-em-up "Bully" known in the UK as "Canis Canem Edit".
The US lawyer Jack Thompson attempted to get the game "Bully" banned from sale in Florida saying it was nothing more than a "Columbine simulator". The lawyer has a history of hate towards video games and seems to think they are the root of all...
Four titles from THQ will be available on day one of Wii, Avatar, Barnyard, Cars and Spongebob.
Okay, so they're probably not the kinda games we'll be buying, but THQ have offered some decent titles for the younger market. Anyway, here's the low-down on all four games that'll be available at launch. Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Based on one of...
Saturday14th Oct 2006
Review Sonic Mega Collection (GCN)
When Sega and Nintendo had their rivalries in the 90’s some people never got a chance to witness some of the best that gaming had to offer due to owning only one of the two machines.
Fast forward fifteen years and how things have changed! What better way to begin new friendships than bringing out one of the best compilations to date.. Sonic Mega...
Friday13th Oct 2006
Google'd
Nintendo announces a partnership with American AI company AiLive to bring Wii developers a very useful piece of motion capture software.. Ever wondered how the games developers programed the Wii mote to recognise your hands movement? Turns out, they don't have to! Nintendo have partnered with AiLive's "LiveMove" software that teaches the...
Nintendo celebrate the success of the Nintendo DS in the United States helping the industry grow over 11% this year.
According to Nintendo the DS is reaching a new gaming audience of both women and older generations with such games like those featured in the "Touch! Generations" series of games. "Through September's end, the U.S. industry...
Saturday7th Oct 2006
News New Adventure Game Announced For The DS
The German Publisher Anaconda, behind several German games, like Undercover: Operation Wintersun for the PC, has recently announced a new adventure game for Nintendo's handheld system, and this one is releasing in English too.
Many German games are never released outside Germany, and if they are, they often suffer from bad marketing and terrible...
Thursday5th Oct 2006
News Heatseeker Will Blow You Away On The Wii
Codemasters just announced a new military flight combat simulator, and it's launching on the Wii later this year.
Developed by the relatively old and independent British company Codemasters, Heatseeker will deliver fast-paced modern military flight action, and is set to be the most explosive, destructive and exhilarating arcade aerial combat...
Konami producer Shingo Takatsuka has confirmed to CVG it's "in development and testing right now".
Speaking to CVG the Pro Evolution Soccer producer has confirmed they have a working version of the soccer masterpiece on the Wii hardware and are currently experimenting with different control methods of the Wiimote. Although this could all be for...
Wednesday4th Oct 2006
News Miyamoto Says The Wii Hardware Is Basically A GC
Shigeru Miyamoto recently made a very interesting statement, in a recent interview with gamebrink.com, he said that Nintendo's upcoming gaming system is nothing more than an upgraded Gamecube.
"The hardware is basically a Gamecube. We've upgraded our development tools to new versions but, you can still use Gamecube programs as they are. With that...
News Pokémon Breaks The Sales Records
Those of you who thought the Pokémon fever was over, think again. The Franchise is hotter than ever.
Since it's start back in 1996 with Pokémon Red and Blue, the Japanese anime inspired franchise has been one of the best selling video game series ever, and a major earner for Nintendo. Mix this with the tremendous success of the DS, and you got to...
Tuesday3rd Oct 2006
Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg get hit by plastic case shortage.
The three northern European countries have had a small number of first party titles switched to cardboard cases due to the shortage of normal plastic ones! "A statement from officials at Nintendo of Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg) indicates that a...
News Cube Games Region Locked On Wii
Eurogamer's recently had the chance to speak to Nintendo UK about some more of the specifics relating to the region locking of the Wii.
A nintendo spokesperson has told Eurogamer that the Wii will be region locked when playing GCN games. So if you imported your GCN games, you will have to get an imported Wii to play them. Nintendo also confirmed...
Sunday1st Oct 2006
Review LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (GameCube)
Is the force with this one?
New Gamcube titles doesn't grow on trees these days, in fact Nintendo's current generation console is almost completely abandoned, by both third party companies, and Nintendo them self. Therefore we're always glad when a new quality game launches for the Gamecube. The original game, Lego Star Wars, was a smashing success...
News New Twilight Princess Information
A German Nintendo Magazine has revealed some new information on Nintendo's upcoming flagship.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is probably the most anticipated title for Nintendo's Next Generation console, and it will undoubtedly play a role on the Wii's success in the upcoming console war. The German Nintendo Magazine N-Zone has published a...
