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Monday, Apr 13
Nintendo Upgrades Mariners/DS Tie-In for 2009 Season
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Review: Broken Sword Is a Slightly Broken DS Puzzler
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is a remake of the classic 1996 PC adventure game for Nintendo DS. Images courtesy Ubisoft Common sense says that the Nintendo DS, by now, should have a good number of point-and-click adventure games... Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is a remake of th...
Friday, Apr 10
Opinion: J-Pop Producer Tsunku Perfects Music Games With Rhythm Heaven
Wired.com: Japanese pop music has not really breached the American consciousness in a way that Japanese games, comics and now movies have. Do you hope to make Japanese idol pop big in the United States? Does Rhythm Heaven play into that?
Wednesday, Apr 8
Review: Peggle Dual Shot Proves Nearly Perfect on DS
Screenshots from Peggle Dual Shot, a version of the popular pachinko-inspired casual game for Nintendo DS. Images courtesy PopCap Peggle on Nintendo DS. What took so long? The combo makes so much sense: Peggle is one of the most popular... Screenshots from Peggle Dual Shot, a version of the po...
Analysis: What DSi Means for Nintendo, Sony, Apple
See Also: Q&A: Sony's John Koller Talks PSP's Downloadable FutureSony's Ludicrous Response to Nintendo DSi LaunchGDC: In iPhone's Wake, Nintendo, Sony Push Handheld Game Downloads ...Q&A: Nintendo's Fils-Aime Talks DSi, Wii and Everything in Between ...No 'Magic Number' for Wi...
Saturday, Apr 4
Review: Rhythm Heaven Is Portable Musical Brilliance
In "Glee Club," at right, you are the performer — you hold the stylus on the touchscreen to keep your mouth closed, then let go to sing. So you have to pick the stylus up on the right beat, then put it down again with the correct timing. Occasionally, you and your partners will sing in unison, and y...
Wednesday, Apr 1
Why You Need to Play Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
It's difficult to imagine Rockstar developers walking into the Nintendo DS booth at E3 2004 and envisioning that they would ever create something like this on the hardware. I say this not only because of the power and features of DS but also because of the demographics — would a Mature-rate...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Review: Tokyo Beat Down: Mediocre Beat-Em-Up, Hilarious Story
You're given punch, kick, jump and action buttons. Combining these commands with the L and R shoulder buttons allows your character to snatch a young punk and pile-drive him to the ground, discover delicious hamburgers in newly smashed oil drums, and pop a few caps into the head of Tokyo's...
Wednesday, Mar 25
GDC Live Blog: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's Keynote
At the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata tells how designer Shigeru Miyamoto's innovative games pulled the company out of a "death spiral." Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com SAN FRANCISCO -- Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, will deliver a keynote address... At t...
Saturday, Mar 14
Review: Henry Hatsworth a Mashup of Puzzle, Platforming
You can use the stylus to play the puzzle game, but pulling it out every time you flip back and forth between the two game modes is more trouble than it's worth. The DS' buttons work just fine. Images courtesy Electronic Arts 30, Electronic Arts
Wednesday, Mar 4
Review: Trackmania DS, a Racing Game That Plays Well With Others
You can create your own tracks with the game's built-in editor. It is surprisingly robust, allowing you to save and trade up to 60 custom levels. Using the Nintendo DS' touch screen, you need only draw the path you'd like to create, and the game will figure out the general layout of twists and t...
Wednesday, Feb 18
Nintendo DSi Hits America on April 5 for $170
The Nintendo DSi will arrive in America on April 5 with a price tag of $170, Nintendo said Wednesday. The latest model of Nintendo's smash-hit portable hardware features a number of upgrades over the original. It's got two cameras, one... The Nintendo DSi will arrive in America on April 5 with a...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Nintendo's 2009 Lineup: Hope You Like GameCube Games
The full list, including third-party games for both Wii and DS, is below. Wii Nintendo New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis??? - March New Play Control! Pikmin??? - March Nintendo DS Destineer USA TODAY Puzzle Craze - January DinoPets - March Image courtesy Nintendo
Monday, Dec 15
Opinion: Nintendo Pitches In to Help Dragon Quest Succeed -- What It Means
On the occasion of last week's announcement of a release date for Dragon Quest IX and the development of Dragon Quest X on Wii, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made some interesting comments about the popular RPG series. Here's what Iwata...
Thursday, Dec 11
November Game Sales: Nintendo Sells 2 Million Wiis
GEARS OF WAR 2* MICROSOFT 360 1 1.56 millionCALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD 360 2 1.41 millionWII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 3 796KWII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 4 697KMARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 5 637KC...
Saturday, Oct 25
Review: Addictive Spelunking in Master of the Monster Lair
One afternoon, your avatar, a young male denizen of the tiny town of South Arc, happens upon a shovel. Far from an ordinary shovel, this one happens to talk and, in typical Japanese role-playing game fashion, proves to be the key to the rest of the story.
Tuesday, Oct 7
Review: Sonic Chronicles Serves Up Best Sonic in Years
- Remember when the Nintendo DS was first released and developers felt the need to shoehorn stylus use into every game they made? ...
Wednesday, Aug 6
Rumor: Rockstar Pulls Grand Theft Auto DS Leak
If the survey is to be believed, the Nintendo DS game will feature an open-world environment, a mature storyline about an up-and-coming young gang member, competitive and cooperative offline multiplayer, and 70 missions comprising 20 hours of gameplay. And like any good Nintendo DS ga...
Thursday, Jul 3
Review: Trauma Center 2 Is Routine Surgery
Everything, from the gameplay to the characters to the game's intense surgical puzzles, seems largely recycled from the first game, which was hailed as one of the first truly innovative and interesting uses of the Nintendo DS' touchscreen. Now, after two installments on Wii, it's all be...
Wednesday, Jun 18
Review: Etrian Odyssey II Brings Back That Old-School Masochism
Etrian replicates this scenario down to the last detail. Thanks to the magic of the Nintendo DS, players are able to draw maps on the touch screen -- a handy gimmick introduced in the first Etrian that is only enhanced by its sequel's more robust drawing mechanisms. The maps work as well as, if...
