Perhaps my favorite thing that exists in the world is irony, and while I know this story doesn’t actually “mean” anything tangible, it has about as much of the stuff as you could cram into anything particularly related to video games. Why? The actor portraying Sony’s great marketing icon “Kevin Butler” is appearing in a Bridgestone advertisement that contains a tie-in with the Wii.

It’s not clear to me whether this is a contest or a promotion or something less significant, but it is- for what it’s worth- ironic.

Via TheSixAxis

Super Smash Bros. available on Club Nintendo as downloadable reward

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

NES Play Action Football has been swapped out for Super Smash Bros. The game is available for 200 coins.

You can order Super Smash Bros. here. It’s available as a Virtual Console download until September 16.

Epic Mickey 2 “The Power of Music” video

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 0 comments

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Wii VC screenshots

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii | 0 comments

ESRB updates (9/3/12)

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:

La-Mulana (Wii) – E10+
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (3DS) – E
Wreck it Ralph (3DS) – E

Source

Rumor: Epic Mickey dual pack to be released in France

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii | 0 comments

Amazon is listing an Epic Mickey dual pack for release in France. It would contain two games: the original Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.

Disney hasn’t officially confirmed this product for France or any other territory. If it does come out, it’ll be available on November 19.

Namco Bandai’s huge TGS 2012 lineup, more games to be confirmed

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

Namco Bandai will undoubtedly have one of the biggest lineups for this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Between playable games and others being shown in video form, the company will have around titles games on hand.

That’s not counting extra projects that haven’t been confirmed. You’ll notice that Namco Bandai’s official TGS site includes some blocks with a “Coming Soon” label. Perhaps we’ll be seeing some announcements prior to or during the show?

Take a look at Namco Bandai’s lineup below. We didn’t bother translating the mobile games and other releases that most of you won’t be interested in, but the list is mostly complete. You can find a few extra games on the TGS site.

2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation (PS3) – video, exhibition
Accel World: Awakening of the Silver Wings (PS3/PSP) – video
Accel World: Peak Acceleration (PS3/PSP) – video
Aikatsu! Cinderella Lesson (3DS) – playable, video
AKB 1/153: Love Election (PSP/Vita) – video
All Kamen Rider Generation 2 (PSP/DS) – playable, video
Digimon Adventure (PSP) – video
Eureka Seven AO Game?OVA Hybrid Disc (PS3) – video
God Eater 2 (PSP) – video, exhibition
Gon Baku Baku Baku Baku Adventure (3DS) – video
Hunter X Hunter Wonder Adventure (PSP) – video
Idolm@ster: Shiny Festa – Honey Sound (PSP) – video, exhibition
Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes (Wii/PSP) – video
Kokoro Connect Yochi Random (PSP) – video
Lost Heroes (3DS/PSP) – video
Mobile Suit Gundam Online (PC)
Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PS3/360) – playable, video
One Piece: Romance Dawn (PSP) – video
Ouchi Mainichi Tamagotchi (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Project X Zone (3DS) – playable, video, exhibition
Saint Seiya Omega (PSP) – video
SD Gundam G Generation Overworld (PSP) – video
Smile Precure! Let’s Go! Märchen World (3DS) – playable, video
SumonNight 3 (PSP) – video
SumonNight 4 (PSP) – video
SumonNight 5 (PSP) – video
Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (PSP) – video
Taiko no Tatsujin: Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (3DS) – playable, video
Taiko no Tatsujin Super Deluxe Edition (Wii) – playable, video, exhibition
Tales of the World: Dice Adventure (PC)
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) – playable, video, exhibition
Tiger & Bunny On-Air Jack! (PSP) – video
Tokitowa (PS3) – video, exhibition
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (DS) – playabe, video

Activision, High Impact Games had new Crash Team Racing in the works

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Wii | 0 comments

At one point, a new Crash Team Racing title was in the works. High Impact Games was developing the title for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii.

The plug was eventually pulled on the new Crash Team Racing project. We’ll never see it on store shelves, but you can find a few screenshots in the gallery above.

Source