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Club Nintendo Opens!! (Update 7)
17 years ago

Club Nintendo Opens!! (Update 7)

Go HERE Now!!!

Update:

It looks like Nintendo was not ready for the massive horde of people to hit the club …
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Can’t Find Wii Fit? Why Don’t You Try Wu Fit

This is the first Wii Fit 3rd party balance board.

Child’s Play CD 2008
17 years ago

Child’s Play CD 2008

The Internet’s greatest musical superstars come together to support Child’s Play, a charity created by Penny Arcade founders Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins in spite of the …
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IGN Nintendo Voice Chat Summary

Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band

– Craig was impressed with Rock Band 2, but they don’t have the instruments yet
– Tried using Guitar Hero controllers and they worked
– Feature-wise identical to PS3/360 games
– Visually isn’t bad, it’s lower-res. Looks better than the PS2 version.
– Rock Band 2 review coming on Wednesday
– Everything on PS3/360 will eventually be available on Wii (DLC)
– Bozon says World Tour star power isn’t very well-done in Guitar Hero
– Actual gameplay in Rock Band is better than World Tour
– Track selection also better in Rock Band 2
– Daemon loves that you can play through Rock Band 2 solo, or bring in friends
– Overall the IGN team is very impressed with Rock Band 2

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Spike TV 2008 Video Game Awards – Red Carpet Coverage

I am becoming less an less of a fan of Kristen Kruek, you can see why in this video at 3:10, and you can also see why HERE.

Coming This Week Japan, Europe Gets Shafted

This are the releases that are coming to Japan this week. It looks like Europe is left out in the cold with any new releases this week.

Nintendo Wii: – …
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Gamasutra’s Best Of 2008: Top 5 Surprises

Wii Sold Over 2 Million In November. Perhaps it shouldn’t be so surprising — we always suspected that Nintendo’s adept address to the mainstream consumer was an enormously powerful strategy. …
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Reggie On CNN

Embedded video from CNN Video

This week’s WiiWare/VC downloads – block sizes

WiiWare Strong Bad Episode 5 8-Bit is Enough – 316 blocks Big Kahuna Party – 122 blocks

VC

Enduro Racer – 17 blocks

Once again, no room for any …
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Nintendo Trademarks ‘Napoleon’
17 years ago

Nintendo Trademarks ‘Napoleon’

A interesting trademark showed up today on the Japanese trademark board. Nintendo has trademarked a game called “Napoleon.” Could we be expecting a game about a teenage …
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CHILD’S PLAY CHARITY 2008 DINNER AUCTION RAISES $200,000

Gaming Community Responds to Economic Downturn with Bids on Songs of Awesomeness

SEATTLE – Dec. 12, 2008 – The fifth annual Child’s Play Charity dinner auction held on Tuesday night netted over $200,000 in contributions, as a sold-out crowd of over 400 video game industry leaders and community enthusiasts crowded into the Washington State Convention and Trade Center’s sky bridge to bid on more than 100 lots of gaming memorabilia to support sick children in more than 60 hospitals around the world. Tuesday night’s passion for charitable giving pushes the current running total for 2008 to $1.07 million, handily surpassing the stated goal of $750,000 for this year’s drive.

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Dragon Quest IX Details

New Class: Traveling Performer – balanced defense and offense – acrobatic skill – increase this skill to learn special techniques (for example, make an enemy laugh – some equipment of …
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IGN: DSi “Waiting Until At Least March”

I knew when I first heard IGN say that the DSi is coming in March, I was a little skeptical. Now, like IGN, they have given me a reason to …
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Video Game Biz Involved in Effort to Lobby Obama Transition Team

With only 36 days until Obama takes his seat in the white house, he has many things on his plate to know and think about before then, and the ESA …
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