News - November, 2006

Thursday30th Nov 2006

  • News SSX Wii To Debut On "Game Head" With Reggie

    Reggie renews his rivalry with "Geoff" on Spike!'s Game Head show, set to air this coming Friday.

    Also showing on this weeks show is a world exclusive trailer for the previous un-announced "SSX Wii" from Electronic Arts, apparently even Reggie himself hasn't seen this trailer. Here's the blurb about this weeks show: "In early February of 2006,...

  • News DS Top Platform In 2006

    Figures from UK game-research outlet Chart Track have shown the DS to be the number one choice of gaming hardware in 2006 - beating stiff competition from the likes of the Playstation 2 and XBOX 360.

    According to Chart Track a total of 2 million consumers in the UK are now kitted out with a Nintendo DS unit. This really has been a mammoth month so...

  • News Reggie Acts Cool Again

    Now lets get this straight from the start: everything Reggie Fils-Aime says is cool. Got that? Right, then I'll carry on telling you what he says about the Wii hardware sales.

    The Nintendo of America president has said today that Nintendo are on track to ship 4 million Nintendo Wii units by the end of the year - and could even exceed that figure...

  • News Wii Sports WILL Be Boxed

    Internet Message Board geeks rejoice - Wii Sports WILL come boxed in Europe.

    Eurogamer announced today that Wii Sports does indeed come boxed in Europe - because they just got their copies of the console shipped in from Europe. This is what they had to say: "The PAL version of Nintendo Wii will ship with a boxed version of Wii Sports rather...

Wednesday29th Nov 2006

  • Review Super Star Soldier (TG-16)

    Super Star Soldier is a classic vertical-scrolling shooting game.

    The TurboGrafx-16 has more than its fair share of excellent shoot-em-ups. Super Star Soldier is a follow-up to Hudson’s NES classic Star Soldier. It was one of the earlier games on the TurboGrafx and spawned two quality sequels including the rather spiffy Soldier Blade. The...

  • Review Ecco The Dolphin (MD)

    Travel through the time along with Ecco the dolphin, in the only game that could call itself a 'dolphin simulator'.

    When Ecco was first released, there really wasn't anything like it. A game that featured a peace-loving dolphin as the lead character might sound like the most ill-advised release of all time, but Ecco had an undeniable beauty to it...

  • Review Golden Axe (MD)

    Golden Axe puts in the shoes of one of three heroes, each with his own reason for trying to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder.

    Double Dragon meets Conan is the best way to sum up Golden Axe. Easily one of the better side-scrolling fighers to be found on the Megadrive (regardless of the basic nature of the fighting system compared to the likes...

  • News Goldeneye On The Virtual Console

    Things are looking up for fans of Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64, this might actually see a release on the Wii's Virtual Console

    MTV has recently had the chance to interview Nintendo of Americas president Reggie and they grilled up on a few facts about the console. One of the questions asked was whether Goldeneye will see the light of day on the Wii's...

  • News UK Wii Importers Can Use Credit Cards Afterall

    All you have to do it set your country to "Brazil" and it'll accept your credit card details, excellent!

    As a UK-er who imported a Wii console, the only thing that didn't work straight out of the box was buying Wii Points via a credit card from within the Wii Shop channel, the solution was to simply buy the pre-paid ones and enter the number - which...

  • News Super Smash Bros. Brawl Updates

    Masahiro Sakurai updates the official Smash Bros Dojo website, a host of new screenshots and a video.

    One of the most eagerly awaited Wii titles is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, thanks to DigitalBattle we've noticed that the official site over at has been updated by the games director, Masahiro Sakurai of Sora. "So, the Wii has launched. Are you...

  • News EBay Sales Figures For Wii & PS3

    Internet auction site eBay have released figures of the amount of PS3's and Wii's sold in the first 7 days after launch.

    It was pretty much expected after the whole Xbox 360 thing that alot of PS3 and Wii consoles would appear on eBay, but exactly how many were there? It seems the auction site saw nearly 30,000 of each console over the launch...

  • News Japanese Virtual Console List - December

    Here is the final Virtual Console List Nintendo of Japan have released for their Japanese Wii launch. Makes me jealous!

    Famicom (aka, the NES)12/2: Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Gomoku Narabe (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Baseball (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Tennis (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Urban Champion (Nintendo,...

  • News Japanese Virtual Console List

    Nintendo has released the launch list for the Japanese virtual console.

    Today Nintendo has announced the final Japanese launch list, boasting an impressive 39 titles! Of course I doubt this list will be of much use to anyone. Most people will be importing from America. This can be used as a good reference to compare the different areas. Hopefully...

  • News Nintendo Says: Don't Let Go Of The Wiimote

    Nintendo respond to the dumb gamers that forgot to hold onto their Wiimotes, its that simple people!

    Just incase you didn't realise, when you swing your Wiimote around, you shouldn't let go of it. All sorts of Wii-accidents can happen, from simple TV explosions to broken noses. Please be careful with your Wii! "Wear the wrist strap. Make sure...

  • News HMV Chosen As Partner For Wii Launch

    Launch event to take place at midnight in HMV, Oxford Street with some random celebrities to boot.

    Nintendo UK has today announced it will officially partner with HMV when it launches its new console, Wii, at midnight on 7th/8th December 2006. "The action kicks off from 11pm at HMV, 150 Oxford Street, London with the chance for everyone to come...

Tuesday28th Nov 2006

  • News Wii Success

    If we didn't already know, Nintendo made it official, Wii's launch is a success state side.

    It's been almost 10 days since the Wii launched on November 19th, everyone's first indications are good and the launch has been deemed a success. With Nintendo selling a Wii almost 1 per second since launch, Reggie proclaims "Including just first-party...

  • News Can You Handle The Wii Pain?

    Unfit Americans complain about the Wii, "mommy, it made me move my arms", perhaps a lawsuit waiting to happen?

    In the country where lawsuits are far to common, are Nintendo looking down the barrel of a gun? We've seen multiple reports of gamers "complaining" of aches and pains caused by hours of Wii action. "I woke up Saturday morning after a...

  • News Super Star Soldier On VC

    More content added to the Virtual Console.

    Nintendo have said that the initial 12 virtual console games would grow and it has again. More Virtual Console games will become available weekly every Monday following launch and by year’s end, gamers will be able to pick from a library of 30 or more classic games The first two additional games released...

  • News Red Steel 2 Rumoured

    Watch out - Internet forums are in a frenzy because someone translated Ubisoft's website. Oh god.

    According to a loose translation from Ubisoft France's website the following has been revealed: "Game Designer Senior Production/Development; The Studio of Production of Paris seeks Game Designer for the continuation of the Red Steel project. You...

  • News More Wii Success

    With the jubilation of Nintendo's official sales figures today came some pretty interesting media quotes and statistics outlining exactly how the Nintendo Wii is a step ahead of its competition.

    American Research Analyst P.J. McNealy commented on the Nintendo Wii's launch: "Nintendo's launch has been probably a little better than expected and...

  • News London GAME Midnight Launch

    Get your Wii from the first possible second at Oxford Street

    The Oxford Street branch of the GAME store will be opening their doors at midnight on Thursday 7th December. GAME Stores Group Ltd, Europe's leading video games retailer, have confirmed that they will be opening their flagship Oxford Street store at midnight on Thursday 7th December 2006...

Monday27th Nov 2006

  • Guide Wii AV Hardware Guide

    Confused by what cable goes where? We dive into the world of AV and try and explain what's hot and what's not.

    Much like the world of computers, the abyss that is AV can be just as confusing. We're going to take you though both audio and video standards and give you an idea of what does what. VideoDisplay technology has exploded over the past 5...

  • News Famitsu Wii Scores

    Just in-case you missed them, the infamous Japanese magazine scores on the Wii, we'll remind you.

    Whenever it comes to Japanese gaming media, there is only one magazine that's important, that is of course Famitsu. Although I'm alittle late posting these, they still might prove interesting to someone. "Famitsu is known worldwide for its...

  • News Zelda Soundtrack @ Target

    US gamers have noticed a special edition Zelda: Twilight Princess soundtrack in local Target stores.

    Visor's favourite blog, Kotaku, posted a picture today along with the following blurb. "Reader Chris T. writes in with this find from his local Target. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess soundtrack that comes with a 1/6 scale replica Hylian...

  • News Use Your DS For Midi?

    Homebrew scene comes up with another clever use of the DS interface, a MIDI controller!

    Joystiq have reported that a small group of homebrew developers (Tobias "0xtob" Weyand and Collin "TheRain" Meyer) in Germany are currently developed a system dubbed "DS Midi WiFi" that allows the DS to exchange MIDI data with a PC. "The exchange works both...

  • News Elebits Will Take Advantage Of Connect24

    Konami's eccentric yet innovative hide and seek title will be the first Wii game to take full advantage of the WiiConnect24 download system.

    Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu announced on their website today that WiiConnect24, which allows players to connect their Nintendo Wii consoles to the Internet, will be incorporated into the Konami action...

  • News Virtual Console To Get Game Updates?

    Rumours surface that Wii's Virtual Console games might have new updates or mods?

    According to The Wiire, it seems that "Super Mario Kart: Online" could be a possibility? In a recent interview about the Wii Shop Channel, it was revealed that Virtual Console games might sometimes have an "Update" button. "The "Update" button indicates...

  • News Weekend Of Wii

    Alas the Wii consumes me, the weekend primarily consists of lots of Wii action.

    You've probably noticed that updates have been rather lacking the past few days, for that I am sorry. But as you may know, Fedex dropped off my Wii last week which meant the past two days was my first weekend of Wii. Did you really expect me to leave it alone?...

  • News Wii Points? Go Brazillian!

    So you imported an American Wii so Nintendo of Europe wouldn't shaft you with release dates and shoddy PAL conversions.

    All is well, you have your step-down transformer, no need to worry about modded RGB cables this time if you can just get a component cable from somewhere. ARRRGGGGHHHHH how do I buy Virtual Console points!? Well my finely feathered...

Friday24th Nov 2006

  • Review Wii Sports (Wii)

    Nintendo's first pack-in title in nearly over a decade is a lot of fun. Period.

    A great launch title for the Nintendo Wii has proven to be Wii Sports, not only because it's fun even among non-gamers, but it comes free packaged with the Wii (except in Japan). Wii Sports isn't the most complex game, but it isn't meant to be the detailed, highly...

Wednesday22nd Nov 2006

  • Review Bomberman '93 (TG-16)

    Will there ever come a day when evil villains decide to give it all up in favour of getting an honest job?

    The first thing that most gamers think of when they hear the name Hudson is Bomberman. Having been one of the company's flagship series over the years, it's little wonder why. The Bomberman games have seen releases on just about every console...

  • Review Bonk's Adventure (TG-16)

    Prehistoric bonking fun

    The Super NES had Mario, the Genesis had Sonic, so you knew it was only a matter of time before Hudson would be looking to create a mascot game for their Turbografx-16 system as well. Hudson went old school, and I mean really old-school to find their man. Like prehistoric old school. The result was Bonk, a loveable but rather...

  • Feature My First Day Of Wii

    It's finally here, the Wii has arrived and its time to play

    The sun rose over a cold and bitter English morning, it was like any other normal day, except today the Wii would finally be in my hands. 7.00am - I wake to the annoying sound of my alarm clock, usually it gets a beating but today I was nice, it was time to get up (unusually early for me)...

Tuesday21st Nov 2006

  • News Amazon.co.uk Wii Preorder Sells Out In 2 Minutes

    Amazon.co.uk finally allowed pre-orders for the Wii console this morning, however huge demand means they were gone within 2 mins.

    If you'd hadn't already secured your pre-order with a local retailer, online was the next best choice. Amazon recently announced that they would be taking pre-orders on its website from 9am Tue 21st of Nov, today...

  • News New Metroid Prime 3 Trailer

    SPoNG have reported a new Metroid Prime 3 trailer has surfaced on the Internet.

    One of the hottest Wii titles in development, Nintendo tease us even more with a new video showing us Samus on the new system, keep them coming and get me a release date, stat. "What we've already experienced of Metroid Prime 3's controls has us desperately crying...

Monday20th Nov 2006

  • Review The Legend of Zelda (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    The brave Link begins his hazardous journey in the fantastic world of Hyrule.

    Where it all began - it's amazing how playable and fresh this games feels, even after all these years! Although the visuals and sound are hardly going to turn heads these days, the core Zelda gameplay is all present and correct. The Legend of Zelda is a famous series...

  • Review SimCity (SNES)

    The famous simulation in which one takes the role of a mayor and must help a new city thrive and become a megalopolis.

    Before ‘The Sims’ there was SimCity. This game was on most home computer systems at the time but the SNES port with its exclusive features and additional scenarios ranks as one of the better versions. The SimCity series has...

  • Review Solomon's Key (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    I've got the key, I've got the secret!

    Solomon’s Key started life as a little known arcade game, but the NES version is probably more well known and remains a faithful rendition of the original. Playing as a little wizard by the name of Dana, you are tasked with escaping from a series of dungeons, using a handy magic wand that can create or...

  • Review Mario Bros. (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    Will it clean your pipes?

    When Mario Bros. hit arcades in 1983, most Nintendo fans were expecting yet another Donkey Kong release and weren't quite prepared for the spin-off Nintendo served up. Now it was Mario and his brother Luigi who were at war with a constant flow of pests coming though their sewer pipes. The game was yet another hit with...

  • Review F-Zero (Wii Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)

    From zero to Mode 7 hero

    Before WipEout, there was F-Zero. Nintendo's futuristic racer was one of the first SNES releases, but shows very little sign of aging — in fact, it feels just as fresh and fun today as it did all those years ago. Graphically, the Mode 7 effects have obviously lost some of their edge when viewed today but the visuals are...

  • Review Donkey Kong (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    It's on like Donkey Kong

    As many will know, the mighty Miyamoto made his mark at Nintendo and indeed the world with this very game in the arcades. Donkey Kong was quite unique for its day; in arcades full of Space Invaders and Pac-Man clones, a platform game like was something new. Playing as Jumpman — who would later become known as Mario —...

  • Review Sonic the Hedgehog (Virtual Console / Sega Mega Drive)

    The game that introduced the world to Sega's speedy hedgehog.

    The original Sonic the Hedgehog was quite a groundbreaking title for Sega and their 16-bit Mega Drive console. Not only did it give Sega a true mascot to wrap their video game business around, but it also gave them a platformer that could actually compete with Nintendo's Super Mario...

  • Review Wario's Woods (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    If you go down to the woods today...

    Toad, the hero of this story (or Mushroom-head to his mates) gets to show off his muscles in this Tetris-style falling block game by lifting and stacking bombs and monsters. Our friend Toad cleverly discovered that if he puts monsters of the same colour in a row along with a bomb of the same colour that they will...

  • Review Altered Beast (Virtual Console / Sega Mega Drive)

    In this coin-op conversion, you are a hero raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena.

    Considering it's one of the older games for Sega's Megadrive, it would be foolish to expect this to be a 'must have' title on the Virtual Console. However Altered Beast has a charm that few other games have. The speech is priceless, who...

  • Review Soccer (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    This is most definitely not super soccer

    Soccer is one of the earlier titles in the NES Sports series, it also ranks amongst the worst. Back in 1987 it might have cut the mustard, but in this day and age it is too dated to be worthy of splashing the virtual cash on. Rather than support a full team of eleven players you only get five players, and a...

  • Review Pinball (Wii Virtual Console / NES)

    Pinball wizard

    Back in the '80s, pinball simulations became quite popular on home game consoles of the time period. Pinball for the NES takes a very basic approach with its presentation, but still manages to include just enough variety to keep it interesting. Toss in a Mario mini-game to spice things up and what you have is a fun little pinball romp...

  • News Oh Nos, Wii Broke It

    Popular Science's John Mahoney decided to rip apart his Wii, quite literally.

    Ever get the urge to just take something apart? Well it seems PopSci got pretty bored with their Wii, they only played it for one afternoon and then took the darn thing apart. "The plan was simple: carefully disassemble the little white box and controllers for a...

  • News The Wii Is Out There

    Nintendo's console finally gets unleashed into the homes of a million Americans.

    One of the biggest console launches ever has now completed its first leg, the Wii console is out and the majority of American readers will probably already have one, sadly us Europeans and Australians will have to wait alittle while longer. Reggie did Nintendo proud at...

  • News Nintendo Wiimote

    Nintendo's Wiimote taking the fun out of gaming, bad style...

    As the Wii has launched in US, dozens of complaints have been aroused. The straps on the Wiimote have been snapping under pressure of hyperactive Americans, having fun with their Wii, or so they thought... This guy was playing on his Wii, then the wristband snapped and hit into his tv,...

Saturday18th Nov 2006

  • News Wii Launch USA

    America prepares for the launch of Nintendo's new console, the wait is finally over.

    The Wii train is approaching the station, finally the mass market will be able to get their hands on the Wii console and we'll all know first hand, if Nintendo's gamble has paid off. What's all the fuss about? "The most important advance for video games in the...

Friday17th Nov 2006

  • Guide The Virtual Console

    Not only does Wii bring something new, it brings everything old - here's our guide to the Virtual Console.

    The Virtual Console (VC) is emulation software that allows you to play older games on your Wii system. If you didn't already know, an Emulator is a piece of computer software the “emulates” pieces of computer hardware. Essentially it'll...

  • News Joytech Announce Accessory Line For Nintendo Wii

    Joytech has released a number of Wiimote peripherals

    Sports Pack:Further enhancing the realism of Wii™ sporting software, the Wii™ Sports Pack features three separate accessories: A Racing Grip, Golf Grip and Racket Grip, which each attach quickly and safely to the Wii™ Remote, transforming the game play experience. Designed to match the...

Thursday16th Nov 2006

  • News Nintendo Originally Planned $100 Wii

    BusinessWeek Tokyo correspondent Kenji Hall recently talked with two members of the development team, Shigeru Miyamoto and veteran designer Ken'ichiro Ashida, about developing the Wii.

    The two Japanese veterans were quizzed about various aspects of the Wii development cycle, here's a selection of answers that are of significant interest...

  • News Trauma Center Hits Stores

    News breaks as the first Wii games start appearing in US stores.

    For some unknown reason there are always games instore before the actual console due to launch, maybe its marketing, maybe there is no reason, either way, Atlus's Trauma Center: Second Opinion is now available in stores across America. "This news may cause dizziness and weak knees...

Wednesday15th Nov 2006

  • Feature Wii's Competition

    How does Wii stack up again Xbox 360, PlayStation 3?

    Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you'll probably already know all about the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, if not we've compiled a brief guide to get you started. Every single time a new console gets released, the industry gets caught up in the “Next...

Monday13th Nov 2006

  • News European Nintendo Wii Packaging

    Nintendo have sent us some very sleek pictures of the European packaging for some of the Nintendo Wii's peripherals and we thought it best to share them with you.

    The pictures do confirm that you will be able to use RGB Scart for connecting your Wii to the television, which is good news for all those that weren't sure whether the Wii would work on...

  • News Nintendo Wii Upgrade?

    Sonic Solutions have unveiled that Nintendo has chosen the Sonic Cineplayer CE DVD Navigator application to bring high-quality DVD viewing to a future version of the console to be released in the latter half of 2007.

    Based on the same technology as that used in Hollywood, the Sonic Cineplayer CE DVD Navigator will bring exceptional quality DVD...

  • Feature The Wii Controller

    How can something that looks exactly like a TV remote controller be innovative and unique?

    And most important, how the hell do you play games with it? Those are questions that keep popping up everywhere when people are hearing about Nintendo's new control system. And they are absolutely legitimate questions, but after reading this article, you...

Saturday11th Nov 2006

  • News Excite Truck Custom Soundtracks

    Following the success of custom soundtracks in XBOX games it seems that Nintendo have jumped on board with a similar feature for their high octane racer Excite Truck.

    US review copies have confirmed the rumour that you will be able to upload a total of 100 tracks from an SD card into the game to be used as a soundtrack. You simply insert an SD card...

Friday10th Nov 2006

  • Feature Importing Wii Guide

    Tired of Europe getting games last?

    I'm sure you've all heard the story, Europe always gets treated the worst in the games industry. It's the last region to get the games. Companies such as Nintendo often release a game first in the US or Japan, then three to six months later when they've all finished playing it they decide to release the game in...

  • News Reggie Talks To CNET

    Web giant CNET sits down with Reggie and asks him about the Wii, will we all get one?

    The Nintendo Of US and A President, Reggie, was quizzed by CNET's Rich DeMuro. The interview was recorded and thrown online for us all to see. Reggie looked as calm as ever, but completely deflected the whole "one more secret" rumour that'd currently been buzzing...

  • News Wii Prepares For Launch

    Nintendo state that its production facility in North Bend is working around the clock to get shipments ready.

    Along with the news, Nintendo have issued us with some photos from inside the warehouse, just to make us drool even more. There's a pretty snazy shot taken of copies of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess making their way down a conveyor...

  • News Virtual Console Updates

    More games have recently been rated by the ESRB in America, signaling for Virtual Console release.

    The Entertainment Software Ratings Board have no doubt been very busy rating Nintendo's back catalog of games, its something that has to be done by law before the games can be made available on the download service. It's stated that the follow games...

Wednesday8th Nov 2006

  • Feature Introducing Wii

    Load your guns and sharpen your knives, 'cause the war is coming. We are anticipating one of the greatest struggles known to men, as the three champions are getting ready. This is the console war, it's going to be bloody, it's going to be dirty, and the future of the game industry is depending on this.

    Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. But it is...

  • News Disney Open Dedicated Nintendo Games Studio

    Animation giant Disney is set to open a new games development studio specifically for Wii and DS.

    Whilst Disney aren't particularly well known for making "great" games, obviously the Wii's popularity amoung its developers is growing, so much so that Disney want to see more Wii titles in its catalog. "Disney’s gaming division, Buena Vista...

  • News 30 Days Of Wii

    NintendoLife.com celebrates the Wii countdown with 30 days of Wii, heaps of Previews, Articles and Reviews on the way.

    The staff over at NintendoLife.com really can't wait for Wii to come out, we're quite literally sitting on our hands right now. We've decided to mark the occasion with a special 30 days of articles leading upto the European launch...

  • News Wii Wins Popular Science Grand Award

    Nintendo's new console wins a "Best of Whats New 2006" award from Popular Science magazine.

    Awarded in the "Home Entertainment" category, the "Grand Award" shows that Nintendo have some something right. What many considered as a "gimmick" is already receiving critical acclaim around the world. "Remember when videogames were fun? When the...

Tuesday7th Nov 2006

  • News Brazilian Wii To Cost Over $1,100

    Seems our South American buddies will get heavily bitten by import costs when the console comes out later this month.

    According to a Brazilian gaming website, the Wii will be available from certain stores who are legally importing the product through "official Nintendo channels". The stores will be charging R$2,399 which translates to around $1,124...

  • News Trace Your Figure

    First 4 Figures release another Nintendo figure, this time its Trace from Metroid Prime Hunters.

    Alex over at First 4 Figures has pointed out that a new figure will be available in Q1 2007, the blood red Trace figure is another limited edition model with only 1,500 being made. "First 4 Figures is extremely proud to present Trace, the first in...

Monday6th Nov 2006

  • News Nintendo World 2006

    Last week saw the 2006 Nintendo World event in Japan, lots of new footage and games for us to get excited about.

    The event held in Nagoya, Japan gave the opportunity to 100s of gamers to get physical with Wii, shortly after the event IGN managed to scramble back to their computers and threw some videos online for everyone to enjoy. GoNintendo also...

  • News New Rayman Gameplay Footage

    Ubisoft release some new footage of their upcoming Wii launch title, Rayman Raving Rabbits.

    The neat little video package was released this afternoon along with a selection of screenshots. For the first time we get abit more of an idea of what the actual gameplay will be like. Just in case you didn't know, this is what its meant to be about: "This...

  • News Japanese Cover Artwork

    More Wii cover artwork slips out of Japan and onto the Internet.

    These boxes have been posted on Flickr over the past few days, its always interesting to see different cover art in Japan. I'm not totally sure why the market would be so different over there... but anyway, some suitable differences, check them out. The Zelda box is obviously quite...

  • News Downloadable Content For Twilight Princess?

    The guys over at gamepro.com recently had a chat with Nintendo of America Senior Vice President George Harrison, and they managed to get a few interesting facts out of him, one of them being that downloadable content for the next game in the critically acclaimed Zelda series, is a possibility they are considering.

    There is very little doubt that The...

Friday3rd Nov 2006

  • News UK Wii Campaign Trail

    Nintendo UK unveils Its largest ever sampling campaign for launch of New Wii console

    Nintendo UK, begin a two month campaign which begins 10 November 2006 until 13 January 2007 and takes in over 60 locations and events across the UK and Ireland to get the console into the hands of one million people by launch. "Just as sampling and getting the...

Thursday2nd Nov 2006

  • News Two New Zelda Trailers

    Nintendo UK showcase some new trailers for the upcoming Zelda game out in Nov in the US and Dec in the UK.

    In this weeks Nintendo UK newsletter, a simple title of "The Legend Returns..." should be enough to wet your appaite. Clicking through to the UK Wii.com website, you are rewarded with two stunning videos showcasing the upcoming Zelda game, The...

  • News Wii Reaches South Park

    The infamous Nintendo creation is to appear in a episode of cult tv show, South Park.

    The creators of South Park are always in the news for some reason or another, only a week or so ago they were barraged for showing Steve Irwin in one of their episodes. It seems that Nintendo's latest Wii console has also been featured in the hit cartoon. This...

  • News 62 Games For Wii Launch

    Wii's game library is already growing strong thanks to great third party support and the Virtual Console.

    Here's a copy of todays Press Release, direct from Nintendo.com: Within the first five weeks of launch, Wii™ owners can pick from up to 62 games, representing the most diverse, and most exciting, console video game library available. Licensees...

  • News Wii Demand Grows

    Reggie expects a Wii success as we draw closer to the US launch in just over two weeks.

    Nintendo is mobilizing the largest worldwide video game console launch in at least a decade, with approximately 4 million Wii™ systems available globally during the six weeks between Wii's Nov. 19 launch in the Americas and the end of 2006. "Although the...

Wednesday1st Nov 2006

  • News European Virtual Console Update

    The unique new system for Nintendo's Wii hardware aptly titled the "Virtual Console" will allow gamers to download a range of games from the Nintendo and SEGA back catalogue for a small price.

    Today the news broke of exactly what will be available for us European Wii gamers come the launch of the console on December 8th. Here is a rundown of what...