This week’s Wii Virtual Console lineup kicks off with the release of traditional SNES shoot ’em up Axelay (800 Wii Points). While the game itself looks pretty, Axelay has failed to stand the test of time. Unlike most modern shooters, which contain power-ups throughout stages, Axelay forces you to choose your weaponry before the start of any stage. That’s not […]

Eiji Aonuma, the man currently at the helm of the Zelda series, revealed during a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine’s UK division that he is “very interested” in what it would be like if his team remade A Link to the Past in 3D. Ocarina of Time was the first title I worked on, and I was continuously tackling […]

Could it be? More Super Mario Galaxy screens? Yup. Nintendo managed to sneak out 28 all-new screenshots, just days before the title’s official release date in the US and Europe. Looking great as usual. Super Mario Galaxy Screenshots

A couple days ago, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime was quoted at a recent conference as saying that exactly two hundred VC titles would be available at the end of 2007. At the current rate Nintendo is releasing VC titles, we figured this to be impossible. Unless of course, Nintendo was planning on increasing the amount of titles released per-week on the […]

Interesting, interesting week in hardware sales. This week the Xbox 360 actually managed to outsell the PlayStation 3 thanks to the release of Namco’s Ace Combat 6. In total the Xbox 360 pushed 17,673 units, a near 500 percent increase over last week’s numbers. Impressive! PSP sales continue to impress at 59,714, but leave us very puzzled, as not a […]

Sorry folks, but Nintendo has no plans to release an updated Wii model this year with DVD movie playback. While Nintendo originally planned to release the model in the second half of 2007, in order to increase Wii production numbers as much as possible, the plan had been scrapped. A 2008 release is possible, but Nintendo isn’t giving any promises. […]

Nintendo announced today that the evening of November 11 will see the launch of an all-new Check Mii Out Channel. The channel will serve as a spot where Wii owners can show off their Mii creations and vote on those created by others. The entire channel is split across two main areas, Posting Plaza and a contest section. In Posting […]

Surprise! Wii mega-title Mario Galaxy takes first place in this week’s Japanese sales charts. OK, not really a surprise. But what is surprising is that it only sold 251,000 units, quite a bit less than Super Mario Sunshine’s first week debut of 400,000 units. Nevertheless, with the Wii’s growing userbase, Galaxy certainly has the potential to surpass Sunshine in terms […]

Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets conference, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime announced that 200 classic titles will be available for purchase on the Wii’s Virtual Console service at the end of 2007. This brings up an interesting statistic. Since there are currently 166 titles currently on the VC service, it means Nintendo will have release an average of […]

Over the past couple weeks, SEGA released two games on the Wii Virtual Console that had previously not been available in the states. The two titles, namely Golden Axe III and Alien Soldier, must have been well received, as SEGA recently announced that it will continue to add additional titles to the Wii’s import gaming library. No hints as to […]

Strong words from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who believes Sony and Microsoft have trapped themselves inside of a box this hardware generation. The challenge that our competitors have is significant. They’ve gone down the path with building expensive machines that they lose money on. They’ve gone down the path with games that are hard to develop,” Fils-Aime said […]

Following various internet reports, retailer Target today confirmed that it has pulled all copies of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 from store shelves due to the discovery of a certain game modification hack which can be used to uncensor violent scenes in the PS2 and PSP versions of the game. While ‘Manhunt 2’ was given a ‘Mature’ rating by the ESRB, we […]

SEGA today released new details on its upcoming Wii title NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, revealing that the game will receive data from the Wii’s built-in Weather Channel to display environmental changes in the game. Similar to the Chao raising system in Sonic Adventure 2, NiGHTS will feature a My Dream area, where players can interact with creatures known as A-Life. […]

Nintendo today announced that legendary NES title Super Mario Bros. 3 (500 Wii Points) has officially hit the Wii Virtual Console. Super Mario Bros. 3 was one of the first NES titles to introduce the concept of an overworld map, which Super Mario World later inherited. In terms of variety, few have surpassed SMB3. It brought new life to the […]

Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, confirmed in a voice mail sent out to various members of the media that Super Mario Bros. 3 is hitting the Wii Virtual Console tomorrow at the usual 9 AM Pacific posting time. Just in time for the impending release of Galaxy! Super Mario Bros. 3 on NA Virtual Console tomorrow [GoNintendo]

According to sales estimates, Super Mario Galaxy sold 130,000 units on its first day in Japan. Not terribly impressive for a “core” Mario title and far less than some were expecting, but all in all, by no means a disappointment. If previous Mario titles are any indication, we can expect sales to continue on strong throughout the coming weeks (and […]

October sales figures from Enterbrain have revealed that the PlayStation 3 is slowly gaining momentum over in Japan. Specifically, Nintendo sold Wii 110,415 units in the month of October, while Sony pushed 47,183 units during the same timeframe. That means the Wii is currently outselling the PS3 by at least 2-1. Although it may not exactly look like it, it’s […]

Latest in the whole Manhunt 2 debacle? There’s a bit of a problem with the game’s credits, which fail to reference over 55 former Rockstar Vienna employees who worked on the game. According to Jurie Horneman, who was a producer on the title before Rockstar’s Vienna division closed up, work started on Manhunt 2 back in 2004. When the Vienna […]

It’s hard to believe, but the PSP actually gave the Nintendo DS Lite some competition in this week’s Japanese hardware sales chart, courtesy of Media Create. The PSP finished with 59,792 units sold, compared to the DS’ 76,243 units. Not too shabby, considering that the Crisis Core hype has now subsided. It’s great to see the PSP keeping its numbers […]

Speaking in a recent interview, Bizarre’s Creations’ Commercial Director Sarah Chudley expressed a rather strong interest in developing a game for Wii. A racing title, no less. We enjoy working on any technology, whatever the capabilities – as they’re all a challenge. A Wii racer sounds interesting, especially with the cool racing wheel, but of course we can’t discuss any […]