2011 August

Nintendo Wii: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Special Bundle Is Now On Sale At Amazon!

The special edition The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bundle is now available to pre-order on Amazon. The special limited edition bundle includes a copy of the game, a CD featuring selected orchestral arrangements of iconic music spanning the history of the franchise and a rare golden Wii Remote Plus controller bearing the Hylian Crest. It’s available now to pre-order [...]

Published by sickr on August 31st, 2011 at 11:08 pm

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Kirby’s Oddball Adventures

OK, let’s face it. Kirby is a weirdo. In an industry where video game heroes run the gamut from cute to cool, and from E-rated to Mature-only, Nintendo’s little pink puffball has somehow always managed to be one of the most unique. He’s everywhere. He does everything. Genre labels can’t hold him back and his [...]

Published by Lucas M. Thomas on August 31st, 2011 at 11:08 pm

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CoD: XP Explodes This Weekend

What better way to spend Labor Day weekend than blowing the crap out of stuff, rocking out to live music, and getting some hands-on time with Modern Warfare 3 months ahead of its official release? There will be ample opportunities for virtual destruction and real-world merriment alike, when Activision kicks off its debut Call of [...]

Published by Nathan Meunier on August 31st, 2011 at 08:08 pm

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Nintendo Wii: First Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection Trailer For Wii

Square Enix has released the first Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection trailer on Youtube. Sadly I’m unable to embed the video but you can watch it here. Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection will be released in Japan on September 15th and will come with an exclusive trailer for the highly anticipated Dragon Quest X for Wii. Filed under: Nintendo, [...]

Published by sickr on August 31st, 2011 at 07:08 pm

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Take a tour of Call of Duty XP with IW director of rapid zooming, Robert Bowling

If you take away anything from this video tour of the upcoming Call of Duty XP event, it’ll likely be the promise of how “insane” everything will be. But without a Kanye spotting over the entire two-minute clip, we’re reserving that adjective for now.Take a tour of Call of Duty XP with IW director of [...]

Published by Ben Gilbert on August 31st, 2011 at 06:08 pm

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Zivix Launches First Major Artist Line-up of Downloadable Music for JustJam

Minneapolis, MN – Zivix Interactive and Big John Games announced today four new amazing re-mixable tracks available for download for their hit WiiWare live music creator game, JustJam! The new tracks include Lipps Inc.’s disco classic Funkytown, as well as artists Cloud Cult, The Summer Set and Donnie Klang… Read More…

Published by IGN Wii on August 31st, 2011 at 06:08 pm

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X-Men: Destiny development clip is full of Hollywood production values and mutants

brightcove.createExperiences(); With less than a month until the late-September release of X-Men: Destiny, Silicon Knights’ mutant action-RPG, you’ve probably seen all the teasers and promo stills you can muster interest for. This behind-the-scenes look at the title takes a gander at the motion-capture and voice-acting work required to craft a game which allows you, in [...]

Published by GamesRadar - Wii News on August 31st, 2011 at 05:08 pm

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Sony reveals 3D HDTV inside a lightweight headset

Remember the goofy old days when virtual reality was the future and everyone would soon be wearing goofy visors to control their computers? Why do you think that never panned out? It’s possible that the technology was ahead of its time – the most advanced graphics back then were untextured polygons running at fifteen frames [...]

Published by GamesRadar - Wii News on August 31st, 2011 at 03:08 pm

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Nintendo 3DS: You Can Download Your Ten Free NES Games Now Ambassadors!

Apparently Nintendo has already put the ten free NES games for the Nintendo 3DS. All you need to do to claim your ten free NES games is scroll to your ‘Settings/Other” and then click “Titles You’ve Downloaded”. The ten free NES games will be included in that list. Let me know in the comments if [...]

Published by sickr on August 31st, 2011 at 12:08 pm

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Download your free 3DS Ambassador NES games now (with a little work)

Want to receive all 10 of your 3DS Ambassador NES games one day early? There’s a hack for that. Rather, it’s more like a back door. Look, the point is it’s possible to download a pile of a free games before the official September 1st Ambassador Program launch date and we know how to do [...]

Published by GamesRadar - Wii News on August 31st, 2011 at 12:08 pm

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Nintendo 3DS: The Nintendo Ambassador Certificate Will Be Available For Download Tomorrow

Yesterday I posted that Nintendo Ambassador Certificate was available to download. It turns out that whilst Nintendo America announced the certificate it isn’t actually available to download until tomorrow. Apologies to those that were frantically searching for the video yesterday evening. Be sure to download the certificate and your free NES games tomorrow! Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: ambassador program, [...]

Published by sickr on August 31st, 2011 at 11:08 am

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Fishing Resort — A Reel Winner

Let’s be honest — unless you’re a huge fan of the sport, most fishing games have a tendency to be on the boring side. It takes a lot of creativity to translate something that, even in real life, is more about patience than anything else into a fun video game experience. But from what I’ve [...]

Published by Audrey Drake on August 31st, 2011 at 02:08 am

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Madden NFL 12 Review

For better or worse, Madden NFL on Wii has made numerous, significant changes to its formula over the last few years. It evolves significantly each year, which is more than the other versions of Madden can say. But for Madden NFL 12, EA Tiburon improved a few of the features, without adding anything new. For [...]

Published by Jack DeVries on August 31st, 2011 at 01:08 am

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IGN Readers Are Most Excited About Skyrim

Between August 27th and August 28th, we asked our readers to let us know which game yet to come out in 2011 they were most excited about. Over 13,000 readers took the time to respond, and we now have a verdict. 21% of readers responded that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the game that [...]

Published by Colin Moriarty on August 30th, 2011 at 10:08 pm

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Nintendo 3DS: Download The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Certificate

Nintendo America has announced it’s put up a Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Certificate. The certificate is a video which allows Ambassadors to receive updates regarding the Ambassador Program. By tapping the ‘receive’ button in the video you’ll automatically be updated with all the information you need about the Ambassador Program. The Ambassador Certificate is a downloadable video available to [...]

Published by sickr on August 30th, 2011 at 10:08 pm

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo America Announces Their 10 Free NES Games For Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo of America has also announced the ten free Nintendo Ambassador NES games. The ten games are exactly the same as the ones Japan are getting and presumably the UK and Europe. The ten free NES games will be free to download from September 1st. Super Mario Bros.™ Donkey Kong Jr.™ Balloon Fight™ Ice Climber™ The [...]

Published by sickr on August 30th, 2011 at 08:08 pm

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Nintendo Wii U: Wii Fit Coming To Wii U?

Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted that the company are busy preparing a Wii Fit game for Wii U. Whilst it’s something Miyamoto was unable to go into detail about he did say that Nintendo is looking at different ways to do training exercises with Wii Fit using the Wii U controller “I can’t really [...]

Published by sickr on August 30th, 2011 at 07:08 pm

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PAX Prime 2011: Cosplay photo extravaganza

From the silly to the sexy we stalked the show floor to give you hundreds of photos of cosplayers from PAX this year… Read More…

Published by GamesRadar - Wii News on August 30th, 2011 at 07:08 pm

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Disney Stories Come to Life in THQ’s All-New Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – The beloved Disney Princess classics come alive this fall in Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks, an open-ended creative adventure through the timeless tales, scheduled for release Nov. 1 from THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI)… Read More…

Published by IGN Wii on August 30th, 2011 at 06:08 pm

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Iwata: “I certainly do not think that Wii was able to cater to every gamer’s needs”

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has said he feels Wii was miscategorized by the media as a casual gaming console compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, and while he disagrees with the label, he admitted the console did not “cater” to every gamer’s needs. Speaking in a special edition of Iwata Asks with Shigeru Miyamoto, Iwata [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on August 30th, 2011 at 05:08 pm

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