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Japan: PSP and Monster Hunter Still on Top

The Japanese charts shows that with overall sales numbers falling the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony managed to retain the number one spot in the hardware chart while Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village leads the video games sales chart.The PlayStation Portable managed to sell 35,766 units in one wee...

13 September 2010
14:01 GMT

Mafia II Still a Made Man in United Kingdom Chart

Mafia II, the gangster based nostalgia fueled adventure from 2K Czech and Take Two, has managed to spend one more week at the top of the United Kingdom video game chart as no big titles hit the market.Mafia II was attacked by some reviewers for the rather linear story that tends to take it out of the open world categ...

9 September 2010
13:51 GMT

Other M Sequel Impossible Without Team Ninja

The creator of the Metroid series has stated that any sequel to the recently launched Other M installment will only be happening if publisher Nintendo agrees to bring in the developers at Team Ninja so that continuity between the two games can be assured.Yoshio Sakamoto, who is known as the man behind the success of ...

9 September 2010
03:18 GMT

Metroid Creator Says New Nintendo Home Console Will Impress Gamers

A Nintendo game creator has said that the new home console from Nintendo, which has been widely rumored to be in development but has not been confirmed by the hardware maker, will come with the same level of innovation that the unveiling of the Nintendo Wii provided when it was introduced in 2006.Yoshio Sakamoto, who...

8 September 2010
08:51 GMT

Nintendo Will Be Very Careful with the Titles that Feature Mario

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is now out and busting the charts in Nintendo's home region of Japan, with launches for the United States and Europe coming soon. The new videogame powered by the well known character will certainly be a success but Nintendo might be wearing down the value of its most iconic creation, consid...

10 June 2010
04:02 GMT

Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment Delayed by Nintendo

A lot of people were surprised earlier in the year about the big titles, like Metroid and Super Mario Galaxy 2, which Nintendo planned to launch towards the beginning of summer. Now, the Japanese hardware maker and videogame creator has announced that two of the big releases, Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment: St...

26 April 2010
05:43 GMT

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Coming on May 23, Other Titles Detailed

Nintendo held a media summit during which it unveiled release dates for a host of titles set to populate the Nintendo Wii home console and the Nintendo DS line up of handhelds in the coming months. The big news is that gamers now have a release date for both Super Mario Galaxy 2, which is set to be released on May 23...

25 February 2010
17:51 GMT

Story Details Offered on Metroid: Other M

One of the biggest announcements made by Nintendo for the hardcore crowd at its E3 press conference was that of the development of Metroid: Other M, the long awaited new chapter in the story of Samus Aran.The big surprise has been that the game is being developed by Team Ninja and that it is coming for the Nintendo W...

18 June 2009
16:31 GMT

Pikmin and Metroid Come to Wiiware

Nintendo United Kingdom announced that games like Pikmin 1 and 2, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 and Mario Table Tennis, together with Chibi Robo and Donkey Kong, which were initially released for the GameCube, would  not be coming to the Nintendo Wii in the form of Wiiware downloadable titles. Nintendo says that most of...

7 October 2008
12:31 GMT

Metroid Developers Are Preparing a Comeback

Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Jack Mathews are three of the guys that made Metroid the phenomenon we know. They are the former game director, in charge of the entire development process, the art director and the principal technology engineer that worked at Retro Studios when Metroid was in production for Nintendo...

17 September 2008
03:46 GMT

Sexy Real-Life Samus Aran in Life-Sized Power Suit

Since Halo 3 is enjoying such a good dose of popularity, especially when it comes to strapping the Spartan armor onto hot chicks, other titles involving heroes (heroines in this case) in armors had to do the same for themselves, right? Well, they didn't really have to, but someone actually thought that Samus...

21 November 2007
04:06 GMT

Nintendo Launches the 'Metroid Prime 3: Corruption' Official Website

Metroid Fans anxiously waiting for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to hit their Wiis have yet more reasons to scratch their eyes at the game's far off launch date (October 26th), as Nintendo has just set up the game's official website. Here it is! The news comes courtesy of Cubed3.com, who posted the following:...

27 August 2007
10:15 GMT

Is Nintendo Neglecting Its Roots?

This piece of news I picked up on Slashdot says something about Nintendo neglecting their roots. While AGFlamey's opinion may very well be relevant, Nintendo is known for always trying to bring new stuff to the gaming market (like they'd tap other markets... someone slap me). However, what's good and w...

23 July 2007
10:06 GMT

Wii - Best VC Week Ever: Metroid and 'Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting'

Oh, how some of you Wii gamers out there have been waiting for this moment to arrive! Finally, the Wii's Virtual Console makes room for one of the most beloved NES originals of all time: the original Metroid. Funny, isn't it? You'd expect a 2, or a 3, or a Prime or anything nowadays, but not sir, this ...

20 July 2007
09:17 GMT

Who Would Have Thought? Metroid Prime 3 Wii - Best FPS Controls

OK, so a lot of gamers kept their fingers crossed for the Wii's highly anticipated FPS from Retro Studios, but I didn't. Want to know why? Quite frankly, playing Call of Duty 3 on the Wii made me nauseous. Ever since then, I stood by those who thought that the Wii's controls sucked. However, lucky guys...

13 July 2007
03:46 GMT

Nintendo Releases 5 New 'Metroid Prime 3: Corruption' Screens

5 new Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have just been unveiled by Nintendo. I can't help it anymore, so I'm just going to say it out loud. The Wii is anything but next-gen machinery! There, I've said it. All I see is a poorly rendered environment. It is colorful though. I wonder how it looks when the images...

23 May 2007
04:01 GMT

Nintendo Summer Lineup Reveals Metroid Prime 3 Launch Date

When Nintendo announced its launching some 124 titles for its most beloved consoles (the Wii and DS), no one could believe their ears. Some were skeptical about it (myself included) and said that some of them will surely be Virtual Console games. Guess not. Nintendo's rolling out la crme de la crme with this newly...

22 May 2007
18:51 GMT

Nintendo President on Metroid and Mario for 2007

When Nintendo president Satoru Iwata held a conference to talk about company issues and outline for the current fiscal year, the Japan-hosted event revealed an amazing 124 Nintendo titles prepping to hit the Wii and the DS. 45 of the titles are headed for the Wii, while the most anticipated ones remain Super Mario ...

5 May 2007
09:19 GMT

2007 Wii Lineup from Nintendo

When Nintendo president Satoru Iwata held a conference to talk about company issues and outline for the current fiscal year, the Japan-hosted event revealed an amazing 124 Nintendo titles prepping to hit the two most beloved consoles in the world: the Wii and the sales record holder for handheld gaming systems, the ...

2 May 2007
04:10 GMT

The Escapist Contemplates Nintendo's Late Gunpei Yokoi

Nintendo's late Gunpei Yokoi left a good legacy to the company. Few may know that he was the man behind Game & Watch, R.O.B., the D-pad, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem, Metroid and the Virtual Boy. The Escapist's Lara Crigger wrote an informative about Gunpei Yokoi, "the quiet engineer with the faint, cheerful smi...

7 March 2007
06:30 GMT


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