New Series Brings Nintendo GameCube Favorites to Wii with Enhanced Motion Controls
REDMOND, Wash., March 9, 2009 – Unique motion-sensing controls have already helped to make Wii™ the nation’s top-selling video game console. With today’s launch of the New Play Control! series from Nintendo, Wii owners can use those same fun, intuitive controls to discover – [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pikmin’
9 Mar
Press Release: Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis Lead Nintendo’s “New Play Control!” Lineup
5 Mar
New Power Tennis, Pikmin, Platinum and Punch-Out!! Wii Info & Art
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis
The wild multiplayer action of the Nintendo GameCube™ hit, Mario Power Tennis™, returns with added Wii controls and widescreen presentation.
With Wii controls, players simply swing the Wii Remote™ controller to hit forehands and backhands and to apply spin. The motion controls open this classic game to new gamers and offers [...]
26 Feb
New Play Control! Pikmin Boxart & Logo
The enhanced New Play Control! Pikmin game lets players point the Wii Remote controller at the screen and use it as a cursor, making it easy to select either a single Pikmin or an entire army. When a player tosses Pikmin, they fly wherever the cursor is pointing.
Additional information and artwork coming soon.
7 Feb
Pikmin Wii Gameplay Footage!
Alongside Mario Power Tennis, is a Wii-make of the original Pikmin GameCube game. Check out the footage provided by GameSpinVideo, and remember that both games are coming out in the U.S. some time in March. You can watch the full-quality HD version of the video below by going here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dptepj8myNs&fmt=22.
[via GameSpinVideo at [...]
19 Jan
More Gameplay Footage of Mario Power Tennis Wii-make
Courtesy of GameSpinVideo, here’s more gameplay footage of the upcoming Wii port of Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube. The Wii version will be released alongside a port of the original Pikmin on March 9, 2009.
The video is also available in HD and HQ (if you add “&fmt=18″ without the quotes [...]
27 Dec
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]
17 Dec
Platinum Release Confirmed and GCN Re-Releases For Wii
According to the latest press release from Nintendo, Pokemon Platinum for the Nintendo DS is indeed coming on March 22, 2009 and the Distortion World is the official name of the “Torn World”. Here’s the entire paragraph about Pokemon Platinum:
Pokémon fans in particular will have plenty to cheer about as Pokémon Platinum is readied for [...]
14 Oct
Hey, Listen! Pikmin Coming (Back) To The Wii!
In case you haven’t heard, Nintendo is re-releasing GameCube games on the Wii with motion controls. The games being re-released include Pikmin, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Mario Tennis, Chibi-Robo and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. Pikmin 2 is also rumored to be released on this new, “Enjoy With Wii” line. They will be priced at [...]
