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Nintendo Talks Why Samus Speaks

Bitmob interview with Nintendo’s Nate Bihldorff…

Bitmob: Why Samus? Relatively few Nintendo characters are made to be “real.” You don’t hear Link talking about Ganondorf or Mario wondering what Bowser …
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Official PR: Ubisoft announces Shaun White Skateboarding Video Game

By  •  Wii

We announced this news yesterday. Just wanted to post up the official press release.

SAN FRANCISCO – March 4, 2010 – Today Ubisoft announces the creation of Shaun White Skateboarding, …
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii World Record

By  •  Wii

A new official World Record score has landed in the hands of a gamer in Walhalla, SC.

32-year-old Brandon LeCroy has just racked up the new official World Record score on hit game New Super Mario Bros. Wii, according to famed video game scorekeepers Twin Galaxies. LeCroy racked up an impressive 3,647,680 points on Twin Galaxies Extreme Rules on the popular Nintendo title.

Under Twin Galaxies rules for the title, LeCroy had to rack up his score from the start of the game on just one life while maintaining foward progress along the way. The record score for this game has changed hands a dozen times already between gamers in the US, Canada, and The Netherlands.

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Japan – hardware total for February

By  •  Wii, DS

PSP – 152,590 Wii – 141,543 PS3 – 110,694 DSi LL – 104,659 DSi – 68,164 DS Lite – 21,151 Xbox 360 – 11,062 PS2 – 7,711 PSP go – …
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The Big Five

By  •  Wii, DS

Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) 2. Just Dance (Ubisoft) 3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo) 5. Mario …
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Japan – next week’s WiiWare/DSiWare/VC updates

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VC: Moon Cresta (Hamster, ARC, 800) Wiiware: Mega Man 10 (Capcom, 1000 + DLC)

DSiWare: GG Series: Throwout (Genterprise, 200) Renjuku Kanji Shou-gaku 4-nensei (IE Institute, 500) Renjuku Kanji …
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Rock Band Announces The White Stripes, The Futureheads and More DLC

By  •  Wii
THE WHITE STRIPES ADD THREE MORE TRACKS TO ROCK BAND!
PLUS THE FUTUREHEADS, THE JAMES GANG AND MORE FOR ROCK BAND DLC

Cambridge, Mass. – March 5, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from fan favorites The White Stripes, as well as singles from The Futureheads, The James Gang, Shaimus, and the one and only Hockey Theme Song, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

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GIVE ME A “G!” GIVE ME AN “O!” GIVE ME AN “L!” GIVE ME A “D!” NATSUME’S CHEER WE GO FOR NINTENDO DS GOES GOLD

By  •  DS

Burlingame, Calif., March 5, 2010 – Natsume, a worldwide developer and
publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Cheer
We Go for the Nintendo DS has gone gold. The game is rated E for
Everyone by the ESRB and will be released on March 23rd for an MSRP of
$19.99. Natsume has also unveiled some new gameplay footage for the
game.

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Review: Crime Scene (DS)

By  •  DS

Have you ever wondered how cool it would be to be a CSI agent? The thrill of finding the clue that sends a mass murderer to jail? Well, SouthPeak gives you the opportunity to feel like a real CSI agent but without those witty comments from a co-worker that rolls the show into the theme song. Kind of like this one. “This reviewer is trying to be witty, but seems to fail.”

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London MCM Expo looking to set Guinness World Record for the Largest Handheld Game Console Party

By  •  DS

The London MCM Expo is looking for gamers to help set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Handheld Game Console Party, which is currently held by Australia.

All …
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Shin’en Announces ‘Jett Rocket’ for WiiWare, First Screens

By  •  Screens

Let Jett Rocket explore the beautiful planet of Yoroppa and find out why it has been attacked by the evil ‘Power Plant Posse’. Ride the ocean on your …
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Crystal Dynamics announce new Lara Croft adventure: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

No platform mentioned yet.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 4, 2010 – Crystal Dynamics™, a part of Square Enix Europe, today announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light™, a …
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Nexon America Offering One Million Dollars For Great Computer Game Ideas

This is not Nintendo related but I found it interesting and a possible great opportunity for someone.

Nexon America today has launched “The Nexon iNitiative,” an ambitious new program that …
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Shaun White Skateboarding Game Announced

By  •  Wii

I was blown away by the Flying Tomatoe’s snowboarding half-pipe final runs in the Olympics. I asked myself, is there no limits to what this …
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