Nintendo News

Cambridge, Mass. – Sept. 17, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that the entirety of Pearl Jam’s new album Backspacer will be added 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^™ immediately surrounding the album’s retail release. The album hits shelves Sept. 20, and will be added to the Rock Band Music Store for Xbox 360 on Sept. 20, for Wii on Sept. 22, and for PlayStation 3 on Sept 24.

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We’ve already received some reports from Kotaku and even a Toys R Us flyer that Nintendo will drop the price of the Wii later this month/early next …
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Tee Fury has a pretty cool Nintendo shirt available for today (Sept. 17) only!  Ever wondered how a leaf turned Mario into Raccoon-Mario??

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Guitar Hero 5 surprises gamers by packing more solid improvements than any previous Guitar Hero game.

Nintendo Wii developers Vicarious Visions have pulled out all the stops and poured their …
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Amazon has recently dropped the price for Super Mario Galaxy to just $39.99!  I’m not sure how long this deal has been going on or how long …
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London, September 17, 2009 — For the launch of Disney Interactive Studios’ Toy Story Mania! video game, Thrustmaster is proud to unveil its first official Disney licensed accessory, the Toy Story Mania! Ray Gun for Wii™.

In creating this product, the Thrustmaster development teams drew their inspiration from the Toy Story franchise. The Ray Gun has been specifically designed for the Toy Story Mania! video game featuring classic Disney•Pixar Toy Story characters, Woody, Buzz and the gang.
The result is a faithful rendering of the distinctive spirit found in the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort’s attraction.

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With tens of thousands of words there is bound to be a few words that don’t turn out right. 5th Cell has been taking some heat for …
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01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) – 723,000 / NEW 02./00. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold (Pokemon Co.) – 720,000 / NEW 03./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – …
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“Yeah, we’re doing console. We’re getting into console. We’re not abandoning DS in the sense that we’ll never do it again, but for right now we’re moving into console. That’s …
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“Ah, SSX…We have a big catalogue and we were talking about what people like. I think this is something we will look at in the future to see if it …
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Title Debuts at #1 Across All Platforms After Only Two Days at Retail

Wednesday 16th September/… Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that the latest installment of the #1 music-based video game franchise, Guitar Hero 5™ has topped the weekly sales charts in the U.K. For the week ending September 12, Guitar Hero 5 debuted in the #1 position in units across all platforms, despite being available at retail for only two days during the reporting period, according to Charttrack.

“Guitar Hero 5 is the best Guitar Hero game yet and this success validates the strength of the franchise,” says Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Guitar Hero. “With Guitar Hero 5, we have assembled the best and most varied music line-up to date and added all new features that make Guitar Hero 5 the most innovative and social game in the category. We have long known how great this game is, and it is awesome to see that fans agree with us, especially fans in the U.K.”

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First download title brings unique platform game to Nintendo handheld

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced its first DSiWare™ download title, in the form of Reflection – a platform game with puzzle elements designed exclusively for the new Nintendo handheld.

Reflection is a clever take on the platform genre, wherein players control a female character and her mirror images as they play through two stages simultaneously. Players take on the role of an adventurer named Kirra who is charged with retrieving a magical mirror that has been broken, unleashing a shattered reality which has also split Kirra into two pieces: one good, one evil.

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