Available on the Wii Shop Channel this week is "Family Glide Hockey," the second in Aksys Games' series of "Family" games for WiiWare. Can the same engine and characters from the moderately well-received "Family Table Tennis" transform yet another rec-room favorite, the air hockey table, into a game worth five dollars? Meh.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Like "Personal Trainer: Cooking" before it, "Personal Trainer: Math" is not a game. No, in the vein of "Brain Age," "Wii Fit" and hundreds of other titles that have yet to cross the sea from Japan, "Personal Trainer: Math" is educational software that runs on a Nintendo DS. So far, so good. Problem is, no matter your [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Yesterday, the NPD told us the video game industry isn't as recession-proof as we'd like to think -- but today, the NPD numbers show that at least one company is still raking in the cash in North America. 2.15 million Wii consoles. 3.04 million DS handhelds. 1.46 million bundled Wiimotes, 999,000 Balance Boards, and 979,000 Wii [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Slow and steady wins the race, but it also helps if Santa is on your side. Though projections have long placed "Grand Theft Auto IV" as the game to beat -- between PS3 and Xbox 360, it sold approximately 5.18 million copies in the United States this year -- it seems that Nintendo's "Wii Play" [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
As part of a collaboration with MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Nintendo will be bringing its Wii consoles and Wii Music games to schools in over 51 cities nationwide. The games are to serve as a resource that educators can easily work into their standard curricula in order to teach the basics of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Today, Google debuts "YouTube for Television," a new website accessible only from your Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3, that has exactly one function: make YouTube videos easier to view and browse on a full-size television screen. And to that end, Google has mostly succeeded. We tried out "YouTube for Television" today on both the NetFront and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The faster the months slip by, the sooner the Nintendo DSi is rumored to arrive in the United States. Now, "multiple independent sources close to Nintendo" tell IGN's Matt Casamassina that the Nintendo DSi will see U.S. release on or about this April 4th at a price point of $180. Featuring larger screens, faster web browsing, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
We spoke too soon -- "bob's game" isn't dead yet. But as Robert Pelloni's online quest for a Nintendo DS software development kit continues, we're beginning to wonder if we -- the casual observers watching Pelloni's plight -- have actually been playing right into his hands.
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Bob's story is one of passion and dedication. Being an average guy, just about my age, Bob also started out with the will to fulfill his dream. The dream of creating a whole DS game, all by himself, and getting it on retail shelves as an equal among its kin.
Continue reading...Saturday, January 10, 2009
Even for the computer-savvy, setting up a game console on encrypted Wi-Fi is always a bit of a hassle. You have to memorize a special keycode, tap it in one character at a time with control stick or stylus, and -- in the case of the Nintendo DS -- expose your entire home network to [...]
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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