Nintendo Spot launched in Japan
Posted on 17 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 0 comments
We’ve seen the DS to be used in ways for purposes non-gaming related, so this bit of news shouldn’t be a surprise. Nintendo has released the “Nintendo Spot,” for Japanese DS machines. The service acts similar to the DS Download set up and allows the user to obtain McDonalds news at its restaurants in Tokyo. Moreover, typical news and restaurant guides are up for download at train locations. Perfect for the ultimate Japanese traveler.
Nintendo: Wii Fit will be bigger than GTAIV in the long run
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“Long term, it will absolutely be bigger. I’m quite open to say that. We will continue to support Wii Fit because its an important product for us and its an important product for our consumers now. Long term, definitely.” – Rose Lappin, Nintendo of Australia Managing Director
Wii Fit will be big, no doubt. However, GTAIV is a pretty big game, too. If Nintendo is able to reach out to the casual audience – which it seems to be doing – Wii Fit will do great in the sales department.
NASCAR: Wii Fit racer results
Posted on 17 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
It was only a few days ago that Nintendo announced its continued support in NASCAR sports with its completely Wii Fit embellished race cars. Nintendo had revealed that it was throwing its support behind Alex Lloyd and Sterling Marlin for the big races today. Lloyd, driving the number 16 car in the Indianapolis 500, finished 25th while Marlin, who participated in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600, ended up in the 31st spot. Not the best results that most had probably hoped for, but the two went against some pretty tough competition.
VC releases in Japan this week
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Super Famicom
– Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu (Konami)
PC-Engine
– Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout (Spike)
NeoGeo
– Ninja Combat (D4)
Japan
– Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP): 800,000
– Dragon Quest IV (NDS): 1.5 million
– Dragon Quest Swords (Wii): 490,000
– Final Fantasy IV (NDS): 590,000
– Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS): 540,000
– Itadaki Street DS (NDS): 430,000
– Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS): 380,000
USA
– Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (NDS): 450,000
– Dragon Quest Swords (Wii): 110,000
– Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS): 220,000
– Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS): 160,000
Europe
– Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS): 280,000
– Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates: 150,000
– Final Fantasy III (NDS): 480,000
Circuit City
Free $10 gift card with purchase of Deca Sports
Free $10 gift card with purchase of Death Jr: Root of Evil
GT Pro Series (Wii) – $9.99
Blazing Angels: Squadrions of WWII (Wii) – $9.99
Chicken Shoot (Wii) – $9.99
Cars (Wii) – $9.99
Kawasaki Jet Ski (Wii) – $9.99
Arctic Tale (Wii) – $9.99
Sonic Rush (DS) – $9.99
Cooking Mama (DS) – $9.99
Disney’s The Little Mermaid (DS) – $9.99
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance (DS) – $9.99
Namco Museum (DS) – $9.99
4 – Game Pack: Clue / Mouse Trap / Perfection / Aggravation (DS) – $9.99
Sea Monsters (DS) – $9.99
Pokemon Emerald Version (GBA) – $9.99
Sonic the Hegdgehog (GBA) – $9.99
3 Game Pack: Life/Yahtzee/Payday (GBA) – $9.99
3 Game Pack: Candy Land / Chutes and Ladders / Memory Game (GBA) – $9.99
Circuit City sales (5/25 – 5/26)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) – $17.49
Deal or No Deal (DS) – $9.99
Showtime Championship Boxing (Wii) – $14.99
M&M’s Kart Racing (Wii) – $14.99
Target
Game Party (Wii) – $19.99
SpiderMan 3 (Wii) – $19.99
AMF Bowling Pinbusters (Wii) – $19.99
New Mario Kart tourney to spotlight boss from Super Mario Galaxy
Posted on 17 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
The Mario Kart Wii tournaments have been a bit disappointing to say the least, although the next one may actually be interesting. The upcoming tournament, according to Nintendo’s Japanese website, is supposed to spotlight one of the bosses from Super Mario Galaxy. While far from the best, it’s interesting to note that this will be the first time that users will see original content. The website also reports that the tournament should begin in early June.
Wii Fit aids patients in hospitals
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Rumor – Michael Bay producing Metroid movie
Posted on 17 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 2 Comments
A good number of people have awful memories of the Super Mario Bros. from 1993. The movie was, perhaps, the biggest reason as to why some cringed at the thought of a live Zelda film. A Metroid movie, however, has been believed to be in production for many months now. Another rumor has been spreading which involves the producer of the film. Rumor has it that Micheal Bay, who most recently finished work on Transformers, will be producing the movie. Currently, Bay has film related work up until 2010, in which three movies will be released in 2009 and one for 2010. In one year four movies that involved Bay were released, so it is possible that he could have other projects in store.
Thanks to Jolt and Ninty for the tip!
Wii homebrew channel open to the public, no time restriction
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The DS homebrew scene has taken off dramatically since the system was released a few years back. The Wii may be headed in the same direction, as yet another stride was taken by the homebrew community. The Wii homebrew channel has been released without a time limit. The code takes advantage of the notorious Twilight Princess hack to execute homebrew programs. The channel acts similarly to all other Wii channels and can run all sorts of applications through a SD card, USB Gecko, or TCP. It is logical that Nintendo could release an update to block the Wii homebrew channel from functioning; however, the enormous support behind the homebrew community will, most likely, come up with a workaround.
