Posts Tagged ‘Wii’

Post Animal Crossing snapshots directly to Facebook, Flickr and/or Twitpic

One of my favorite new features in Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii is the ability to take snapshots in the same manner as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and being able to send them to Wii Friends, a cell phone or an email address.
Facebook, Flickr, and Twitpic all provide custom email addresses which are [...]

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Nintendo Download: 6/15/09

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: MARIO CALCULATES THE TIME NEEDED TO CATCH TOASTED RAINBOWS IN SPACE
June 15, 2009
Nintendo’s downloadable content this week features the first-ever kitchen appliance with martial arts training. Throw in some rainbows and a game of catch, and you have a pretty interesting WiiWare™ lineup. But that’s not all: There are Mario-themed Nintendo DSiWare™ applications [...]

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Miyamoto and Crecente talk Miyamoto’s patents

If you remember, Miyamoto filed a patent not to long ago that outlines a unique and revolutionary gameplay system. Let’s say you get stuck in a difficult part of a Zelda game. You could look it up on GameFAQs, but if this new system was implemented in the game, you could press a button and [...]

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Nintendo satisfies both casual and hardcore gamers

Nintendo started their E3 press conference with a bang, unveiling a four-player Mario game called New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Up to four players can play co-operatively and explore new levels in a classic 2D world. If you don’t have any friends, you can play by yourself. This new game was definitely a surprise. Yes, [...]

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Catch Nintendo’s Press Conference Tomorrow! (And BTW, This Is Our 200th Post!)

Even after Microsoft’s amazing press conference, filled with streaming HD video and on-demand 360 games, not to mention Project Natal, there’s still a chance that Nintendo will blow everyone away. A new Mario game? What about a new Zelda adventure? Could there be a follow-up to the smash-hit fitness game with Wii Fit Plus? Who [...]

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One-Paragraph Review – My Pokemon Ranch

One of the earliest WiiWare releases, My Pokemon Ranch isn’t a “game” in the typical sense. All it is basically is a cel-shaded Pokemon storage system. Similar to Pokemon Box for the GameCube, My Pokemon Ranch allows players of Diamond and Pearl to store up to 1000 Pokemon on their Wii (with an update already [...]

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Nintendo Download: 6/01/09

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: DASH, SHUFFLE AND FLIP YOUR WAY TO FANTASY
June 1, 2009
This week’s downloadable game releases include a spellbinding new installment in the FINAL FANTASY® series. This first true sequel to FINAL FANTASY IV is sure to get RPG fans’ blood pumping. Nintendo DSiWare™ users will find a challenging new puzzle game to help keep [...]

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Wii Fit Plus and New Mario Game Pretty Much Confirmed

The Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo trademarked Wii Fit Plus and is planning on releasing the updated fitness game later this year. New features include online connectivity to share stats and records over the Information Superhighway, and more accurate measurements (Kotaku wonders if this means compatibility with the new Wii MotionPlus), but maybe [...]

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GameDaily’s Top 25 Underrated Nintendo Games

From Polarium to Sin and Punishment, here is GameDaily’s top 25 countdown of underrated Nintendo games (not limited to first-party games, plenty of third-party titles are included in the list).
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-underrated-nintendo-games/

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Nintendo Download: 5/25/09

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: POP-POWERED ADVENTURES BUBBLE UP THROUGH THE CLAY
May 25, 2009
With summer just around the corner, this Monday finds an especially hot mix of downloadable game offerings for the WiiWare™ and Nintendo DSiWare™ services, as well as for the Virtual Console™. Nintendo DSi™ users can become world-famous pop stars or use a new photo application [...]

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