Yes, this is the last Wii-kly Update until it becomes “Nintendo Download” in honor of the launch of the DSi and DSiWare.
WII-KLY UPDATE: “THE FAREWELL EDITION”
March 30, 2009
In this farewell edition of the Wii-kly Update we’re pleased to announce a pair of excellent games based around completely opposite vocations. Newly available on the Virtual Console™ [...]
Archive for March, 2009
29 Mar
Early Adopters Get 1000 DSi Points! Free!
Good news, everyone! Early adopters of the DSi in the U.S. will be treated to 1000 free Nintendo DSi Points, which means you can get free DSiWare games courtesy of Nintendo. Don’t quote me on this, but I don’t think any DSiWare will be available at launch, so you’ll have to hold off your shopping [...]
29 Mar
The Nintendo M82: A Rare NES Demo Unit
The Nintendo M82, or M82 Game Selectable Working Product Display, was used to demo NES games in stores. It could hold up to 12 different games, with their labels visible through the window on the front of the unit. You could set a time limit for how long a person could [...]
28 Mar
Read “Iwata Asks: Rhythm Heaven, Vol. 1″ @ RhythmHeave.com
Rhythm Heaven will be released alongside the Nintendo DSi on April 5. It will be the first game of the series to be released outside of Japan (there were also GBA and arcade versions.) The object of the game is to tap, flick, slide and hold the stylus to the beat of background music. It [...]
28 Mar
Read “Iwata Asks: DSi, Vol. 4″ @ NintendoDSi.com
21 days after the publication of volume 3 of the Iwata Asks interview about the Nintendo DSi, is a special fourth volume where instead of Satoru Iwata asking the questions, he is the one answering them. The interviewer? Yasuhiro Nagata, creator of the Mother series. Read the interview with Iwata here: http://nintendodsi.com/iwataasks/vol4_page1.html.
27 Mar
Prototype Versions of DSi and GBA
Masato Kuwahara, the leader of the project group responsible for the DSi’s development, gave his presentation at GDC and shared with the audience some pictures and stories of Nintendo handhelds that were never meant to be.
You can read two articles about them at either Kotaku or Joystiq.
26 Mar
Spirit Tracks Trailer with GT’s Pop-Block
GameTrailers.com has created their own version of the Zelda: Spirit Tracks trailer from GDC. It’s the same trailer you’ve already seen, except with some pop-up messages throughout the video providing questions to think about and small details you might not have noticed before. Watch it below:
25 Mar
New Character Artwork, Boxart & Logos on Photobucket
I have uploaded new character artwork, boxart and logos for games like WarioWare: Snapped!, Excitebots: Trick Racing, Punch-Out!! and Rhythm Heaven to the official BlogNintendo Photobucket account. You can check out the GDC ‘09 album at: http://s402.photobucket.com/albums/pp102/blognintendo/GDC 09/.
25 Mar
New DS Zelda, Spirit Tracks! (HQ Trailer Inside)
A successor to the popular DS Zelda game, Phantom Hourglass, which itself was a sequel to the GameCube’s Wind Waker, is coming later this year! Named Spirit Tracks, you can now take control of a railroad train instead of a boat. Instead of setting a course and sailing to your destination, you must now build [...]
