Month: July 2009
Developer Responds to a “Slow” Accusation
“We’re been following the Internet chatter after our La-Mulana announcement… I want to address a fan concern that has been mentioned by blog commentators and some forums. The preview trailer we released is a flash movie that was created for publicity purposes. Its speed is different from the actual speed on Wii. Don’t worry, Lemeza’s movements on the Wii are very fast! I th...
Oh hells yeah
Contra Spread Shot t-shirt wins at life. This power-up (remember when they called ’em power ups!?) is still the best in gaming history.
The “official” reason MadWorld and The Conduit failed to sell
While the speculation continues, I’ve got the real reasons MadWorld and The Conduit failed to meet sales expectations: MadWorld is in black and white. The Conduit is mediocre. Black and white and mediocre don’t sell, regardless of the platform. That said, selling mature games on Wii is not without its challenges. Only the above games have nothing to do with said challenges. They’...
Poll – Wii Sports Resort
Wii Sports Resort came out this past weekend and we want to know: {democracy:90} And let us know what you think of the game in comments!
Youtube Tuesday: TF2 meets Donkey Kong
I’m a huge fan of Team Fortress 2, a FPS shooter published by Valve. One of the reasons I love the game so much is that you can come across so many custom made stages that are fun and refreshing. Here is a custom stage that is almost a replica of the first stage of the Donkey Kong arcade game. Have any suggestions or videos for YouTube Tuesday? Send them in at [email protected]
Official Wii Sports Resort commercial
They should probably have included “shortages expected this winter” in the fine print as well (or is that a given with Nintendo supply chains these days?). Who picked it up?
The first rule of underground Mario Kart racing is, you don’t talk about underground Mario Kart racing
This is your life and it’s ending one lap at a time. [Thanks, Dr. Blood!]
The Gaming Historian’s biopic of Sonic documents Nintendo’s first challenger
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxk5NfxhHJw[/youtube] A little drier than usual but still enlightening.
Nintendo “steering in the direction of WiiWare” in wake of low VC sales
Wonder where the new Virtual Console releases have been? According to wordpress blog “GameBag” writer Jorge, they’ve been passed over in favor WiiWare’s higher sales. Jorge asked a Nintendo customer service representative, who reportedly said: “We understand your concern about the lack of service on the VC as of late. Due to sales numbers being far greater recently ...
Red Steel 2 delayed to “March quarter” 2010
Wii MotionPlus exclusive Red Steel 2 has been pushed back to March 2010 for unspecificied reasons, Ubisoft confirmed today. The delay announcement arrives just as Ubisoft was pointing fingers and assigning blame for a substantial drop in sales in the U.S. and the U.K. Key amongst the excuses were “the economy” and “piracy.” Not present in his repertoire was “the fact ...
Link Puts High-School Book-Bag Into Perspective
The Autumn Society of Philadelphia art collective is hosting an 8-Bit and Video Game themed art show beginning August 7th, and artist Kim Herbst gives us a sneak peek of her entry: a lethargic Link completely baffled by how he is going to carry all of his gear through both time and space. I just want to know how you can carry a candle and a wooden-ladder in the same bag without setting your horse ...