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 and a classic arcade game for the Virtual Console™. Let’s get to the details:
WiiWare
Eduardo the Samurai Toaster
Publisher: Semnat Studios
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: Fight your way through 13 diverse locations on your own or with up to three friends in this frenetic and stylish side-scrolling action game. Play as Eduardo and his fellow toaster buddies as you fire an assortment of pastries at all kinds of dastardly food products. Hop onto laser-mounted scooters and fly across the screen in rocket packs, and learn to cooperate with your teammates or simply annoy each other in an awesomely fun way by throwing each other around the screen. The choice is up to you.RAINBOW ISLANDS™: TOWERING ADVENTURE!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: In Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure!, players control the rainbow-magic-wielding Bubby or Bobby as they climb the seven seamless areas of a tower reaching the heavens while defeating enemies with their rainbow powers. Bosses controlled by the scientific genius Dr. Crescent await players at the end of every area. Race through every area within the allotted time to meet the rainbow-colored Holly’s Comet. There are three game modes: Story mode, which tells the tale of Holly’s Comet; Challenge mode, where players attempt to climb as high as they can; and Time Attack, where players select an area and see how fast they can climb it. Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! is an exhilarating action game where you use rainbows to climb into the heavens.
June 11, 2009
The Nintendo DS™ franchise continued its strong sales and placed No. 1 across all platforms for May, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales …
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U.S. District Court Judge Grants Early Dismissal
REDMOND, Wash., June 11, 2009 – A U.S. District Court judge has summarily dismissed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nintendo brought by Guardian …
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Lego Battles is one of the few Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games to be released for the Nintendo DS, but it’s also one of the best. If you thought that an RTS couldn’t be done on the DS because of speed, think again. Lego Battles has every bit of speed and strategy as a game like Command & Conquer or Age of Empires. With 6 distinct story lines spanning 90 levels and also featuring local wireless multiplayer, Lego Battles is a game you won’t want to push to the wayside.
Here’s the Mario and Luigi 3 E3 trailer just in case you missed it—now posted on our youtube :)
We’ve probably posted this at one point, but I’ve been playing catch-up on uploading videos to our youtube page, so you’ll probably see more of these throughout the week …
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Nintendo DS Game Mixes Charm with Powerful Moves and Fun Platforming Action
REDMOND, Wash., June 8, 2009 – The newest hero on the block might not seem like a powerhouse at first blush, but don’t let him hear you say that. Starfy has long been a five-pointed hero in Japan. The Legendary Starfy™, a new game now available for the portable Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems, marks Starfy’s U.S. debut and proves that good looks and toughness make a star-studded match.
The Legendary Starfy asks players to help Starfy make his way through a variety of challenges in and around the ocean. Starfy is on a quest to help a mysterious character named Bunston, who crashed through Starfy’s ceiling. Players must figure out how to navigate Starfy to the end of each stage by swimming, jumping and bouncing him over, under and through obstacles.
“Starfy makes a great addition to Nintendo’s roster of iconic characters,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Starfy’s underwater adventures have long been enjoyed by fans in Japan, and his U.S. debut is sure to provide families with hours of summer fun.”
June 8, 2009
With this week’s additions to the Nintendo DSi Shop™ and Wii™ Shop Channel, fun truly comes in all shapes and sizes. A new Mario vs. Donkey Kong™ title on Nintendo DSiWare™ features miniature versions of the world’s most famous video game icon, while a pair of fresh WiiWare™ releases invite players to wield a fishing rod or storm a sprawling battlefield. For king-sized thrills, the latest Virtual Console™ offering lets players don the boots of one of the world’s biggest warriors.
Nintendo DSiWare
Mario vs. Donkey Kong™: Minis March Again!
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Thanks to the runaway success of Super Mini Mario World, Mario™ and Pauline have expanded their toy-filled theme park and invited everyone to the opening celebration – everyone, that is, except Donkey Kong, who was too late to get in. Donkey Kong decides to crash the party and kidnaps Pauline along the way. Can Mario and his Mini Marios rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong’s clutches yet again? Make sure to explore the Construction Zone, where you’ll find all the tools needed to make your own original levels. You can then share your masterpieces or download levels created by others, via a local wireless connection or with broadband Internet access and Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection.WiiWare
1. What are some of the key gameplay features in LEGO Battles?
[Phill] LEGO® Battles is all about building your base and your army. Players can choose where to place buildings, walls and towers to create a fortification the anyway they want, but more importantly players can mix and match units from the different LEGO themes to create the army they always wanted to have. The LEGO universe allows us to have characters battling it out that are unique and make for some great battles: pirates ships attacking a dragon while fighting an army of aliens is a lot of fun.
2. As an RTS, what were some of the advantages that the DS provided as a platform?
[Phill] The DS is the right platform as the dual screens and touch screen controls allowed us create an interface that was simple for people to get to grips with yet with enough depth to allow them to have full control over their battle.
It’s hard to believe it, but E3 has come and gone ;( It was a great show for Nintendo overall, but what was your favorite announcement to …
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Today, Nintendo announced on the official Japanese Pokemon website the addition of Pokemon Scramble to the ever-expanding collection of WiiWare games. The game is a ‘battle royale’ …
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Legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed this concept artwork for a new Legend of Zelda game planned for the Wii console on June 2 during the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
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E3 2009: ATLUS ANNOUNCES SHIREN THE WANDERER™ FOR Wii™ – “When you move, they move. Just like that.”
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — JUNE 2, 2009 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today surprised everyone …
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