Month: September 2010
Now you’re sleeping with power: The Nintendo Sleep System
Could this be the perfect bedding set for the ultimate Nintendo fan? Or will it virtually guarantee you have no player 2? Either way, you'd best be careful not to cheat while using the Nintendo Sleep System, or your game might get erased.
Nintendo invites fans to celebrate 25 years of Super Mario Bros. fun
Twenty-five years ago today, Nintendo’s original Super Mario Bros.â„¢ video game made its debut in Japan and changed the world of video games forever. Since then, Marioâ„¢ has become one of the most renowned and beloved video game characters around the globe. Mario is all but synonymous with Nintendo. It’s difficult to think of one without thinking of the other. Super Mario Bros. conta...
Nintendo Week is shrinking. Do you even care?
Each Monday, I look forward to dragging home from work, plopping into my favorite chair and switching on the Nintendo Channel to check out the week’s new promo videos. The routine’s not done until I’ve watched the latest installment of NINTENDO WEEK, the company’s magazine-style Nintendo news show. And, each week, there they are: Allison and Gary, the show’s super-upb...
PAX 2010 packs it in
I attended the Penny Arcade Expo at the Convention Center in Seattle for the second year in a row, booth babin’ it up for Fugazo, a Seattle area developer promoting their new WiiWare title, Frobot. So I had to spend most of the two days that I attended firmly tethered to the booth and shooting manic smiles at wandering attendees, but in the spare time that I did have, I made a beeline for Ni...
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is out today!
Did anyone pick up the good Professor’s newest game? (My copy hasn’t shipped yet … boo!)
Thank you Mega Man …
…but our Princess is in another dorm room. [photo taken on the campus of Boston University]
What’s your favorite power-up snack?
Popeye has spinach and Mario likes mushrooms, but what’s your favorite power-up snack? [image from here]
Limited-edition Metroid shirt available today
With the release of the controversial Other M, Nintendo has given Metroid fans a closer and more intimate look into the eyes of their alien-hunting heroine than ever before. Well, the closest look they’ve had for another 20 minutes, anyway. Beginning at 12:00 am CDT on Sept. 11, RIPT Apparel will offer a limited-edition t-shirt inspired by Metroid’s leading lady. Entitled “SAMUS,...
25 years and still no great Goonies game
Forget Lara Croft. Forget Indiana Jones. You want an adventure game that’ll sell millions? The Goonies. Seriously. Love it or hate it, that Spielberg/Donner film has gained popularity like no other 80’s film except maybe Ferris Bueller (and Bueller would make a lousy game). Despite The Goonies’ many, many”¦many flaws, it’s got the perfect scenario for a fantastic adventure-...
Wii sales fading. Is this the end everyone was predicting in 2007?
“The Wii realized its lowest month since launch in hardware unit sales,” market researcher NPD announced today, and the console was beat for the third consecutive time by Xbox 360. Total U.S. bragging rights were as follows: Xbox 360, 356.7k Nintendo DS, 342.7k Wii, 244.3k PlayStation 3, 226.0k PSP, 79.4k That said, think Wii sales will ever pick back up? More importantly, will three s...