Nintendo @ E3 2007 – Numbers, Dates, the Zapper and … a Scale?
Posted by inpheaux on July 11th, 2007 at 12:59 pmI like Nintendo Press Conferences because you can generally summarize them pretty easily.
Numbers: Shocking news - Reggie loves his charts & graphs and Nintendo is totally dominating everything when it comes to numbers. The DS now makes up a quarter of the console market, and somehow the GBA is refusing to give up its marketshare. [...]
Smash Bros. Brawl works with whatever controller you’ve got
Posted by inpheaux on June 8th, 2007 at 2:45 amNews worth talking about has been sorta sparse from the Smash Bros. DOJO website, but hey, after that first week we stopped expecting to hear anything astounding. Today's update, however, is actually pretty neat: they finally cleared up the controller question.
In the past, the only thing they really confirmed was that if you're a Smash [...]
Guitar Hero III Good News and Bad News
Posted by inpheaux on May 30th, 2007 at 11:49 pmUpdate: 31 MAY 2007 @ 19:46:55
Looks like IGN just completely dropped the ball last night. They pulled the videos, and replaced the one of My Name is Jonas with a 100% run (to hide the fact that the full audio track was cutting out), and replaced the one of Slow Ride with a section that [...]
Guitar Hero III confirmed, headed to ALL PLATFORMS
Posted by inpheaux on May 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 pmAnd I mean ALL OF THEM. PS2. PS3. 360. Wii.
Today, Activision announced the forthcoming third (or fourth if you count 80's) installment of the Guitar Hero series. The formula is staying the same, but with a few key upgrades:
Developer: Neversoft (For real, this time. Apparently Harmonix is still on board for 80's.)
Platforms: Everything. PS2, PS3, [...]
Smash Bros. Dojo website launches
Posted by inpheaux on May 22nd, 2007 at 3:00 amFor the past month or so, Nintendo has had a teaser page up at SmashBros.com, telling us amazing new things would be coming. It's up finally, but it's just a bit underwhelming compared to the nuclear strike launched by Blizzard over the weekend.
The new "Smash Bros. Dojo" features - as rumored - updates every weekday [...]
Nintendo announces their Summer Lineup
Posted by inpheaux on May 21st, 2007 at 1:00 pmNintendo has been rather tight-lipped about when things are being released lately, and on a normal year I'd say they were holding stuff back for E3 but . . that isn't an incredibly applicable excuse these days. Looks like they were just holding back for their Late-May Press Day, which is actually two days, and [...]
Apocalypse sign #23,098 – “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games”
Posted by inpheaux on March 28th, 2007 at 7:11 amIt is finally happening. After years and years of bitter rivalry, a Mario / Sonic crossover game is finally happening. We don't have tons of information, but it looks like Nintendo and Sega got a hold of a license for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and have taken the opportunity to pit their two top [...]
New Year, new reviews
Posted by inpheaux on January 1st, 2007 at 12:08 amSup, 2007?
I've just got a quick little review update here on this New Year's Eve / Day / Whatever:
Neverwinter Nights 2 - PC - Reviewed by ping - Highly Recommended.
Okami - PS2 - Reviewed by Metallian - Also Highly Recommended.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii - Reviewed by me - Also Also Highly [...]
Nintendo and Opera release the Wii Internet Channel
Posted by inpheaux on December 22nd, 2006 at 9:31 amAs promised, Nintendo and Opera put the "trial" version of the Wii Internet Channel up in the Wii shop early thismorning. I had some time to play around with it before heading in to work, and found it pretty impressive. Here's the rundown:
The Good:
It renders pretty much everything perfectly, thanks to the already great Opera [...]
Smash-hit Flash game “Line Rider” coming to Wii and DS
Posted by inpheaux on December 19th, 2006 at 11:51 pmA few months ago, you probably saw the little Flash toy Line Rider. Like nearly all amazing Flash toys, it was simple. Draw a line, hit play, watch your little sledder fly off into oblivion. Despite having a very simple set of tools, Line Rider is flexible enough that it can be used to make [...]