Archive for December, 2008

Japanese ‘New Play Control!’ Boxart… All of Them!

The Japanese Wii site has boxart for all the announced New Play Control! GameCube re-releases including Pikmin, Chibi-Robo, Metroid Prime and Mario Power Tennis. Here they are, all 7 of the insanely small images:
[via Wii.com JP]

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Club Nintendo Is Back Online!

After a few days of being under maintenance, the North American version of Club Nintendo is now back online and I can finally login!  (I still have to call Nintendo up and tell them I haven’t received Coins for my registered products, just surveys. It’s a good thing I kept most of my product codes. [...]

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Wii-ky Update: 12/29/08

Last one of the year!

Dec. 29, 2008 – Champagne? Check. Confetti? Got it. But you’re not fully prepared for New Year’s revelry unless your Nintendo game library is stocked with games to please everyone under the sun. As always, the Wii™ Shop Channel is open 24 hours a day for your downloading pleasure. The final [...]

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Pictures From My City Folk Adventure(s)!

I got Animal Crossing: City Folk, the latest entry in the Animal Crossing series for Christmas. It’s a great game, just like it’s DS predecessor (I haven’t played the GCN or N64 versions so I don’t have anything else to compare it to.) The towns are bigger, the graphics are better, communication with friends is [...]

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High-Res Pikmin Wii Port Boxart

Just a random post, but here’s a high-resolution version of the boxart for the New Play Control! Pikmin GameCube port.
[via NeoGAF]

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Voting for NP Awards 2008 Open!

It’s that time of the year again – yes, voting for this year’s Nintendo Power Awards is now open. You can vote for your favorite games in a variety of categories such as Wii Game of the Year, Overall Game of the Year, Best Original Score, Best RPG and Best Online Functionality. Get your voice [...]

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Original Smash Bros. Coming to Japanese VC

Smash Bros., the classic N64 game, is without a doubt one of the most-anticipated titles for re-release on the Wii Virtual Console, and it is finally coming – to the Japanese in January! For only an additional 200 Wii Points (on top of the regular 1000 Wii Points), this game will be yours if you [...]

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Food Delivery Channel Coming to Japan Next Year [Update]

Add this one to the list of Japan-exclusive Wii Channels which includes the Television Friend, Digicam Print, Fortune Telling, Everyone’s Theater, and Speaker Channels. Yes, Japan is getting a Wii Channel that allows users to order food directly from their couch.
The channel is the creation of Yume no Machi and allows you to choose from [...]

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Club Nintendo Is Down For The Holidays?!?

Not really, but Club Nintendo is down right for some maintenance. Good thing, I’m still having trouble logging in with my My Nintendo account and username (and yes, I did transfer my account. I hope they get those issues fixed.) I also got an email congratulating me on joining “the Club”, but it was sent [...]

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Wii-kly Update: 12/22/08

Turns out nearly every other gaming or Nintendo-related blog posts Nintendo’s Wii-kly Updates for the Wii Shop Channel. I think it’s time for BlogNintendo to do the same.

WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO WIIWARE GAMES AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL
Dec. 22, 2008 – Did you think Grandma’s house was the only travel destination [...]

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