Month: October 2007
Why star classification would fix game reviews
Kotaku’s Mark Wilson perceptively describes the current and outdated state of video game reviews. If there is no such thing as a perfect game, then why are you scoring out of 100?… Movie reviewers solved this problem a long time ago. That’s why most adopted a simpler rating system in which a 4-star movie didn’t imply “perfection” but supreme excellence. The star...
An exploration of Zelda theory
Ah, Infendo, let’s embrace it — we loves us some Zelda. And we’re far from alone in our affinity for sword-slashing and Hyrulian dungeon-crawling. The Legend of Zelda has been one of the most revered video game franchises of all time, selling nearly 50 million units of software and spanning more than 20-years-worth of games. And if the recent release of Phantom Hourglass for the ...
Medal of Honor Anytime vs. Anyone Trailer
Says EA, “With 32 player matches, leaderboards, stat tracking, and a wealth of options, the Wii is ready to join the online fight.”
Nintendo set to expand DS into … train stations?!
By this time next year, the Nintendo DS could be watching your children, piloting your 737 to see relatives on the West Coast and/or reinventing the wheel. Or something like that. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal today, didn’t quite say all the gibberish I just typed above, but he came close–as far as a video game company is concerned anyway...
Nintendo dethrones Sony as game sales leader
El Segundo, Calif., Oct. 30, 2007’Nintendo displaced Sony Corp. as the leader in the video-game console software market in the third quarter of 2007 as it introduced a flood of new titles for both its Wii video-game console and its portable DS system, according to iSuppli Corp. Worldwide revenue for Nintendo DS and Wii gaming software amounted to $1.2 billion in the third quarter, up 31.4 percent ...
Nintendo: Core gamer ‘still very important to us’
From the “sky is falling” files comes the latest verbal commitment by Nintendo that they are still making games for long-time players despite the increased popularity of casual games. Pro-G tells the story: Speaking at a press conference in London this morning, David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK, said: “It’s important to know that we’re not ignoring the har...
Smash Bros. delay part of overall strategy shift at Nintendo
Are you one of those people that believes all the good games should come out in Q4? Nintendo was, once upon a time, but just like all the other disrupting they’re doing to the industry right now, they’ve decided to turn their sights to the calendar too. No, I’m not talking Calendar DS Fun Time Touch or some other wacky new title, I’m talking release dates.
Poll – Holiday spending
With a plethora of highly anticipated or well reviewed games coming out this holiday season, whether it’s for yourself or others we want to know: {democracy:20}
Nintendo advertising grows up
Via DS Fanboy, this ad appeared in Nintendo Power, of all places.
Smash Bros. Brawl becomes lesser god (that can draw its own levels)
Perhaps that subject line is a bit grandiose. The again, since when am I one not to exaggerate the machinations of Nintendo? Today, or in the recent past, the Smash Bros. Dojo, in addition to revealing that we mere gamers would be able to play in levels that were DRAWN for us by some wild disembodied PictoChat hand, told us that online enabled Wii’s with Smash Bros in the ol’ blue slot...
Lifelike Mii spotted in the real world
This just looks eerily resemblant.
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Feather Stylus for DS
Looky what showed up in my mailbox today! It’s rather nice, almost too nice to use. Actually, you could open letters with the feather end of it. It’s sort of scary to hold it with that semi-sharp part in the meaty section of your hand. Anyone else order or get one of these beauties? [Sorry the picture isn’t a little higher quality; I used my camera phone for the shot.]