Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo’
Written by Chip Loan on 18 January 2010
Earlier this week word spread that EA Sports was working on a Wii version of the über successful basketball game NBA Jam from back in the day. If you were like me than your imagination went postal trying to conjure up what the new game will look like. Well you can give your brain a [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 13 January 2010
The most popular console on the planet has jumped on the Netflix gravy train…albeit months behind the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. It was announced today in the New York Times that Netflix and Nintendo have reached an agreement setting the stage for a spring release of the service on the Wii, allowing Netflix [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 31 July 2009
The Captain Obvious award of the day goes to a TellTale programmer who made that exact statement in the TellTale Games forums. Fans of the game “Tales of Monkey Island” had been complaining about framerate issues exeperienced in the WiiWare version of that game. “The voices and textures are the way they are because we’re [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 18 July 2009
I feel for you Nintendo, I really do. For the past year you’ve really been trying to reel in those hardcore gamers but it just hasn’t happened. Not with MadWorld, House of the Dead: Overkill and now The Conduit. See a pattern here? The Conduit, which was touted as the first hardcore FPS for the [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 05 June 2009
Earlier this week I ran a poll asking you the readers who you thought would have the best showing at this year’s E3 Expo. The results are in and I must say I’m a little surprised. It was a land side. Here are the results: Nintendo came in last with 0 votes. No votes whatsoever. [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 04 June 2009
Nintendo will be giving your eyes a break from that blah white Wii taking up space on your entertainment center. If you live in Japan that is. On August 1 our Japanese gaming counterparts will be able to purchase the all new black Nintendo Wii. Along with the new shade of Wii, Nintendo will be [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 02 June 2009
The other major showcase during Nintendo’s E3 press conference besides the Wii Fit Plus was it’s demo of Wii Sports Resort. The game was originally announced at last years E3 Expo. The game showcases the new Wii Motion Plus accessory that will be hitting store shelves later this year. Wii Motion Plus will make the [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 02 June 2009
Today Nintendo spent the majority of it’s press conference time at E3 to talk about it’s new Wii Fit Plus. Improving on what made the original Wii Fit a success, the Wii Fit Plus promises to “enhance and reinvigorate” your workout. Players will now be able to customize their workouts to their liking or pick [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 28 April 2009
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo all spit out press releases today to make you think they are going to change the world at E3 2009 in June. Here’s what they had to say: Microsoft: “Microsoft is gearing up for a big presence at E3 which will completely transform how people think about home entertainment,” said Don [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 19 April 2009
VE3d posted the debut trailer for the Wii version of Ghostbusters. As usual don’t expect any mind blowing graphics, it’s the Wii version after all. You’ll notice they went in a different direction with the character models then they did for the PS3 and the 360. They look a lot more “Incredibles” then they do [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 18 April 2009
The guys over at The Game Reviews have a good article asking why the Wii still seems to be selling like low grade meth. I haven’t been able to wrap my mind around it either. Maybe it was all those news stories about how the Wii could get your fat ass into shape. Or how [Continue]