Archive for April, 2007

Hung up on that one unfinished video game: Adventure Island


Hung up on that one unfinished video game: Adventure Island

Is there any particular video game that still haunts you up to this very day? One that, if you died today, you’ll be sure to be earthbound because of this one “unfinished business”? Okay, so that was morbid. But that pretty much drove the point home now, didn’t it?
I first got introduced to the wonderful […]

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Infendo: Nintendo to monopolize gaming again?


Infendo: Nintendo to monopolize gaming again?

An article posted on Infendo ran a discussion on the prospect of the Wii, and in effect Nintendo, going monopolistic as it did in the NES era and taking over the gaming world. The article pointed to the weakening sales of main rival Microsoft Xbox 360 and altogether dismissed the significance of Sony’s PlayStation 3 […]

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Final Fantasy founder disses everyone except Nintendo


Final Fantasy founder disses everyone except Nintendo

Renowned game developer and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi recently expressed his distaste for former Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi, criticized Microsoft’s marketing strategy in Japan, and expressed no plans to make games for the Nintendo Wii as of yet.
The founder of, arguably, the most successful RPG franchise in history told Electronic Gaming Monthly […]

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Tutorial: NES wireless controller hack


Tutorial: NES wireless controller hack

 
In case you readers aren’t familiar with the name Mark Feldman, he’s the mod dude who came up with the SNES and NES wireless controllers that worked on the Nintendo Wii console. And while we’re not too sure if Mark has any plans of marketing his retro mods for our use, the man’s come up […]

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GameFly charts: Super Paper Mario spoils Spidey’s invasion on the Wii


GameFly charts: Super Paper Mario spoils Spidey’s invasion on the Wii

As expected, the game tie-in of the anticipated motion picture Spider-Man 3 is getting tons of attention from game fans across all platforms. Game rental chain GameFly reveals that rental requests for the week ending April 27, have poured in for the game, topping all other titles across the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft […]

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Viva Pinata wins Parents’ Choice Award


Viva Pinata wins Parents’ Choice Award

Inter-pi ata breeding is apparently loved and approved of by our mommies and daddies. That’s right kiddies. Viva Pi ata just won this year’s top Parents’ Choice Award. We’ve also heard Bill Gates approve of Rare Ltd.’s pi ata gardenry game as well, so maybe some other parents follow suit.
If you’re curious, […]

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Big Brain Academy: A massively brain-busting batch of screenshots


Big Brain Academy: A massively brain-busting batch of screenshots

Original article from: Wii

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New E3 opinion piece: the smaller guys get hurt


New E3 opinion piece: the smaller guys get hurt

At the Evolve PR blog, an opinion piece has appeared proposing that downsizing E3 will have some sad consequences for the small guys: small publishers/developers and the “second-tier” gaming sites.
The smaller E3 was meant to refocus the event to what it was supposed to be at the start: business. The smaller, more intimate - […]

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Wii’s 2007 Line-Up *CONFIRMED*


Wii’s 2007 Line-Up *CONFIRMED*

Nintendo announces 2007 Wii lineup coming out for Wii in Japan!
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (DK Jet or DK Bongo Blast, US) - June 28, 2007Wii Health Pack — 2007 Disaster: Day of Crisis - 2007Mario Party 8 - 2007Project H.A.M.M.E.R. - 2007Wii Music - 2007 Super Mario Galaxy - 2007 Super Smash Bros. Brawl […]

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Denis Dyack calls for a change in game marketing strategies


Denis Dyack calls for a change in game marketing strategies

Game publishers are better off changing their market strategies and adopting something straight out of Hollywood instead of bleeding dollars by the buckets, says Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack.
In an interview, Dyack described contemporary marketing practices in the gaming business as wasteful and flawed. He particularly pointed to the fact that companies put an […]

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