Rumor: 3D Mario Wii U Title Could Be Released Before October

With E3 just a little over a month away there are new rumors that the 3D Mario game hinted at during the Nintendo Direct held in Late January will be released on Wii U before October of this year.  Late … Read More

NoA releases statement concerning E3 – two smaller events

As you’ve already seen, a lot of news about Nintendo games and services that traditionally would be held until E3 is being delivered this year through Nintendo Directs, and various press events. This approach will continue between now and E3. … Read More

Translated slides from Nintendo financial presentation

Here is the full Iwata financial presentation from last night. We have already talked a little about these events and I am sure we will talk more as the day goes on.

Check it out HERE

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EA announces E3 press conference date and time

EA has announced their yearly Pre-E3 press conference which will be at the Shrine Auditorium on Monday, June 10th, at 1 pm PST.

Ubisoft has already confirmed their press conference for June 10th as well but without an exact time. … Read More

IGN Nintendo Voice Chat podcast Summary: Nintendo Conference Embargoed Until Next Week?

Just wanted to point something out from this podcast. In the question section of the podcast, Mat stats that the Nintendo conference later this week will probably be embargoed until next week.

DS rumors

- Nikkei spilled the beans on the potential of a future Nintendo DS
- Rumors have always been out there, but Nikkei is like the Wall Street Journal of Japan, so when they say something, you kind of listen.
- Updated version of Nintendo DS, adding a second touch screen, bigger screens SD card and mp3 support. Suggested faster Wi-Fi and alluded that Nintendo wants to have more connectivity like Safeco Field
- Also saying there’s a camera, Craig says the camera could also be used at the Wii’s i-Toy.
- Another theory from Craig: Save files off the Wii to the DS -> Wii’s storage solution. Bozon also thinks they’ll open up the SD card, like what Vicarious has been doing.
- Backward compatibility could be a problem with bigger screens

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The Big Five!!!

Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 3. Lego Batman (Warner Bros.) 4. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Crave) 5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)

Japan: 1. Disaster: … Read More

Disaster: Day of Crisis: Chopper Battle

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IGN: Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast Summary

Mega Man 9
- Debate was going on about what score the graphics should get
- Matt thinks the graphics are outdated and kind of ugly, but it doesn’t affect the gameplay
- Craig/Bozon say it’s not a bad looking game, just a step back in technology
- Daemon doesn’t think the graphics are bad either
- Graphics score given was a 3
- In the swing of things, the whole breakdown doesn’t affect the scores as much as people think they do
- Talk about how cool the Mega Man 9 press kit is

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The Conduit Factsheet

The Conduit
Format: Wii™
Launch Date: Q1 2009
ESRB: T (Teen) – Violence, Some Blood
Game Type: First Person Shooter/Action
Players: Single and Multiplayer
Developer: High Voltage Software, Inc.

KEY INFORMATION

In a fictional near future, Washington D.C. is shaken by several strange events resulting in heightened local and national tensions. John Adams, the enigmatic leader of a shadow organization known as the Trust, realizes that the nation’s capital has come under attack by an alien race called the Drudge. A former Secret Service agent, codenamed “Mr. Ford”, is recruited to learn the origins of this attack. The answer Mr. Ford finds is not the one he expects.
The Conduit is a straightforward First Person Shooter (FPS) in the style of Halo, MOH: Heroes 2, and Resistance: Fall of Man. Players battle enemy forces in a highly detailed 3D world using a dynamic control scheme only possible on the Wii.

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Aussie Software Sales: September 1st – 7th

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Activision Press Conference Highlights

Activision yesterday held a press conference were the showed off some of their upcoming games, and also talked about ideas for new ones.Here are the highlights.

Seth MacFarlane Does Mario

Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, was asked by google to create short animated films that are supposed to advertise a product. Google thinks it is the new hip thing to do.

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High Voltage Software announces the composer of music for The Conduit

Hoffman Estates, IL – September 9, 2008 – High Voltage Software, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent developers, today officially announced that their stunning first-person action shooter, The Conduit, has been scored by famed composer Diego Stocco.

Diego Stocco’s … Read More

What Should Be Done With E3?

I wish I wasn’t in Africa this summer so I could experience E3 for myself. Don’t get me wrong I loved Africa, I just want to see for my self how E3 really was. There has been some rumors floating … Read More

Limelight Networks to Provide Content Delivery Services for Nintendo’s Wii Console

TOKYO, Sept 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Limelight Networks, Inc. announced today that Nintendo Co. Ltd had begun utilizing the LimelightDELIVER service to deliver interactive content to the popular Wii(TM) console.

Using LimelightDELIVER, Nintendo delivers text and graphic contents to the News Channel and Forecast Channel that are accessible from the Wii menu. Since Limelight Network’s content delivery network (CDN) is directly connected to over 900 broadband and last-mile providers worldwide, Nintendo can ensure the rapid delivery of these contents to the many Wii users around the world.

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Analyst: We Need The Old E3 Back

There has always been people calling for the old E3 ever since last year. With the BIG success of Leipzig last week, and the very sad E3 last month, a new roar is rising from the gaming community, and I … Read More

Will Wright: E3 Is A Zombie

“It almost feels like a zombie at this point; it’s the walking dead. It’s such an abrupt end to what was E3, which had been this huge escalating arms race. I understand why they really pulled the plug on … Read More

Aussie Software Sales: Aug. 17th – 24th

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