Features

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Wii | 0 comments

Read More

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Wii | 0 comments

–

---

–

Tonight: NintendoEverything readers voted, and we bring you (in generic top ten list form!) the results for “Best Visuals”, “Best Soundtrack”, and “Most Underappreciated”!

–

The Wii has had a long life– longer than any past Nintendo system in fact– and even though we are but a week and a half from the launch of the console’s successor, we here at NintendoEverything thought it would be fitting to use the weekend before the Wii U explosion as a long send-off to Nintendo’s revolutionary little while box. Tonight, we bring you the first of three parts to our coverage, which make public for the first time the winners for “Best Visuals”, “Best Soundtrack”, and “Most Under-Appreciated” in the large survey I did of your guys’ opinions. They have have been hand-counted (yes– paper, pen, and tallies), written up, and formatted for your convenience, all of which are available below.

---

The Top Ten Wii Game Soundtracks

The Top Ten Most Visually Appealing Wii Games

The Ten Most Under-Appreciated Wii Games

---

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Videos | 0 comments

———————————–

This was supposed to go up last night and it didn’t. Now it’s going up tonight!

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments

Note: I’m posting this now because I’m leaving to go do Halloween-y things now (yea, on a Sunday– I spent my Saturday doing this podcast for you!). I’ll sticky it overnight and all that good stuff.

Despite this episode being recorded at 1AM, I think it was actually pretty good! Maybe we should do more of them really late at night… We discussed ZombiU (and whether it’s going to “Red Steel” us), do all of the regular segments, and give our top five scariest games that we’ve played!

Here’s the image for “Guess the game” this week.

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments

I’m not writing out the minutes this week because it’s late and I’m tired, but I think you guys will find this episode up to par! We talk news, introduce a new segment (“This week in news… five years ago!”), and then rush through the last three segments because we realize news/what we played took way too long! Good stuff overall.

Here’s the image for ‘Guess the Game’: CLICK

~Austin

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features | 0 comments

Well folks, that was a LOT of fun. Admittedly we didn’t hit our goal, but we still raised a hundred and a half for charity, which is pretty dang awesome for not only our first charity event, but our first live-stream AND “Let’s Play” events ever all rolled into one big… thing. I really want to thank everyone who donated, watched, chatted, commented, or even thought about doing any of those things. I really, truly appreciate it! I actually want to give a special shout-out to the few folks who stayed up absurdly late, chatted with us via the uStream chat, and helped fend off the exhaustion by a few more hours.

If you missed it but you have a passing interest in seeing one of the many games we played (Mario Party, Brawl, Goldeneye 64, Banjo Kazooie, Warioware, etc etc etc), you can actually watch almost every single bit of it via uStream for a limited time. There are lulls in the action (it’s unedited so it includes eating time, figuring tech out time, etc etc), and a few parts didn’t get recorded, but I think you could find things worth seeing. Especially once the entire gang rolls around in late part 2/part 3.

These will only be up for a limited time as I only have so much space I can use on uStream without paying (expect them to be there for about a month), but I plan on editing together a “highlight reel” to entice other folks into watching future streams. You’ll notice some issues with this stream if you watch bits, and I wanted to list them so you know they are technical kinks that we learned from for future reference:

– Audio levels (vocals vs. game audio) were poor in the beginning.
– We will be buying a proper vocal mic for better audio quality as well.
– Video got choppy when playing Brawl (the ONE game it would be worst to have choppy, haha)

Aside from that, things went really well from a technical standpoint. Thanks for hanging out, guys!

~Austin

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Site updates | 0 comments

Update: Opted to switch times to PST so the max number of people will be awake to watch. Not sure too many are up at 6AM on a Saturday. 😛

NintendoEverything has never attempted to do a livestream of something before. I mean, sure, we’ve done near-live blogs and hosted some of Nintendo’s own streams, but actually streaming ourselves? And for 24 hours straight!? There are bound to be some major technical issues! Nevertheless, we’re going through with it, and we have a whole slew of games (mostly ones chosen by you!) lined up for every hour of the day. We even added some “terribad” games, as requested by you guys.

Here’s the full schedule, subject to change. All times are Pacific Standard Time (add two hours for CST, add three for EST, use Google for everything else):

[8:00-10:00AM] Mario Sports Mix
[10:00-11:00PM] WarioWare: Smooth Moves
[11:00-12:00PM] Shaq-Fu (Hopefully– SNES has been acting up)
[12:00-2:00PM] Goldeneye (N64)
[2:00-3:00PM] Star Fox 64 (Goal: Beat the game)
[3:00-4:00PM] Timeshift Multiplayer
[4:00-6:00PM] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Goal: 99 Life Match)
[6:00-8:00PM] [OPEN– TO BE DECIDED LATER]
[8:00-10:00PM] Mario Party 6
[10:00-1:00AM] Banjo Kazooie (Goal: Beat the game)
[1:00-3:00AM] Mario Kart: Double Dash
[3:00-4:00AM] War Gods (N64)
[4:00-6:00AM] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
[6:00-7:00AM] Just Dance
[7:00-8:00AM] Wii Sports Resort

After a final check of the technology that will be supporting us (uStream and a capture device, baby!), I’m ready to head off to bed, wake up early tomorrow and start gaming. I know most of you will miss the first couple of hours, but please tune in if you want to, and, arguably more importantly, consider donating to our page to help kids.

I’m off to bed. See you all shortly!

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Site updates | 0 comments

tl;dr – Austin is going to stream 24 hours of gaming and perform hilarious commentary, all for charity. And YOU get to decide which games are played.

Twelve games. Two hours each. One man (and sometimes the rest of the ‘Here’s a Podcast’ gang, schedules permitting). Donate here.

Update: We will be streaming Saturday at 8AM via either uStream or TwitchTV! The games we play will be announced tomorrow! PLEASE consider donating (even $5– I’m sure a lot of you have a few dollars in bank accounts somewhere!) to help kids. I want to let you know that– due to demand– we’re adding a few “terribad” games to our list, which means we’re going to play a single terribad game for two hours straight at some point Saturday/Sunday. Maybe twice! And you can watch!

I’ve never made a single penny from all the writing and podcasting and video-making I do for Nintendo Everything. I would never think to ask you guys for money for myself. That’s not at all why I started writing for NE and not at all why I keep doing it!

That being said, I’m asking for money from you for the first time ever. Not for me, but for kids without health insurance who need medical care across the country. It’s all part of something called “Extra Life“; a huge charity event that pits players against time as they attempt to game for 24 hours straight, requesting “sponsorship” from friends and family for each hour that they play. It’s an awesome way to put gaming to good use.

Here are the only two rules:

1. Austin will be playing games all 24 hours, only stopping to go to the bathroom or trade off on single player games. He’ll still be there offering commentary to make things funny, and his eyes will never leave the TV.

2. Eating will be done while playing.

3. If other members give up, Austin will keep playing. Austin is strong. Austin will not stop.

Why Should I Donate?

Well, firstly to help kids. Any amount is great– a dollar, five dollars, ten, seven, thirteen, a hundred thousand–, and one hundred percent of it goes straight to the kids. No administrative costs for the organization, no money for Nintendo Everything, no reimbursement for how much I’ll be spending on caffeine– absolutely 100% of it goes to helping people in need. It is, as donations all are, tax deductible.

Beyond that though, I’m giving to you in return for your generosity. Not only will I be playing games from 8AM Saturday morning to 8AM Sunday morning, but I will also be streaming the entire thing live so you can slowly watch me go from alert and focused to delirious, reflexive, and exhausted. The whole thing will be like Mystery Science Theater, but for video games, live, and really really tired. It is bound to be hilarious fun.

Oh, and did I mention that you guys get to decide what games I play? There will be one game from each genre played in two hour spurts (which means twelve games in total), and voting is open now!

When Is This Happening?

The fun starts at 8AM, October 20th and ends at 8AM, October 21st.

What Games?

Nobody knows yet! Voting will be open shortly.

What If I Have No Money?

You can watch the event regardless of whether or not you donate, but if you want to help out without monetary donations, share my ‘Extra Life’ page on Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, etc and tell them your friend Austin is going insane to raise money for charity.

Thank you guys so very much! It’s a pleasure to be able to make features for you, and I hope you consider supporting Nintendo Everything’s efforts to raise a bit of money!

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 0 comments

Leon approves!

Topics this week include DLC (and when it’s unacceptable!), game worlds we’d want to explore in virtual reality, Resident Evil 6, and as always: news, what we played, complaint corner, and GTGWTMIGY.

–

Copy/Paste this link into any RSS/Podcast reader to subscribe to us that way!

Download this episode (right click and save)

A huge thank you to all you guys and gals who listen to us. I had no idea there were so many of you and I’m absolutely floored by the numbers we got in for last week’s episode! If you need ANYTHING from the podcast gang please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]

[00:03:15] What We Played – Austin, Laura, Jack, Max, Nick
[00:06:32] News – Details about Wii U games, PETA being silly, no 1080p (?), more.
[00:30:45] Discussion 1 – Where do you draw the line on DLC?
[00:48:15] Complaint Corner – Mostly about Resident Evil 6
[00:55:42] Guess the game with the media I give you – Image here.
[01:03:48] Top ten list – Three game worlds we would love to explore in virtual reality