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Nintendo has announced that it plans to begin offering demos for a selected few titles distributed via the WiiWare service, which brings downloadable titles to those using the Wii. The idea is that if more people can get a taste of the experience offered by those games, then more of them will pay up and get the full ... |
5 November 2009
02:40 GMT |
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The latest game in the ReBirth series will be Castlevania: The Adventure, the very first installment in the Castlevania franchise on the Game Boy. The facelift it received has brought it closer to the Super Nintendo's standards and, if the gods do well by us, the game will bring many other distinguishing feature... |
22 October 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Nintendo have been slacking off this month, and their online store hasn't delivered a lot of new games. Last week all that they could muster was one title for each of the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare. Thorium Wars is the lucky one that managed to steal the spotlight for the DSi while Word Searcher and F... |
13 October 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Nintendo's MotionPlus add-on hasn't seen much support from game developers. Except for Wii Sports Resort and a few EA sports-themed releases, the Wii feature is pretty much an unused trinket. However, game developer Ghostfire Games plans to change that by releasing Rage of the Gladiator, a title expected to... |
24 September 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Those who couldn't get enough of the “Incredible Machine” and have an addiction towards puzzles and any sort of mind games are in for a new treat. As long as they have a Wii. The latest member of the WiiWare, Nintendo's You, Me, and the Cubes, is a series of puzzle games in the casual market tha... |
22 September 2009
05:11 GMT |
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There was a time when consoles were only used to play videogames. But now all the big console manufacturers seem pretty determined to eliminate the PC from the life of players by bringing as much functionality as possible to their devices.The most recent move comes from Nintendo, which has announced that the Wii Inte... |
4 September 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Nintendo and LucasArts have announced they have entered into a partnership designed to bring Super Star Wars, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to the Virtual Console service of the Nintendo Wii. The videogames were initially released on the Super Nintendo and arrived wa... |
12 August 2009
16:11 GMT |
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The gaming industry is always moving forward, meaning that developers are trying to come up with new trends every day, from new ways to interact with the target audience to new and more efficient ways of delivering content to them, straight to their home. The latter, in the form of digital distribution, is picking u... |
11 August 2009
02:25 GMT |
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Telltale Games, which is in charge of developing new adventures featuring the intrepid pirate Guybrush Threepwood, has announced that the first episode of the re-imagined series, called Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, is set to be offered on the WiiWare service from Nintendo beginning today. All those interested in ... |
27 July 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Square Enix is keen on keeping lovers of the Final Fantasy franchise satisfied as it works on the upcoming release of the next big game in the series, Final Fantasy XIII, which will be out in Japan this winter and in the rest of the world early in 2010.So, the Japanese publisher is announcing that on Friday, July 17,... |
16 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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The DS is a hugely successful gaming console, largely due to the fact that it has a lot of video games made for it and because of the great support that it has been enjoying from Nintendo.As its latest iteration, the DSi, is breaking records left and right, and is extremely popular, even though the user base for the ... |
25 June 2009
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Consoles these days depend on a lot of features in order to make them stand out and be bought by an average gamer. A big decisive factor is the online service, especially the one through which games can be purchased, downloaded and then played by the user without him leaving his own home.While the Xbox 360 has its Xb... |
15 May 2009
02:28 GMT |
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Amazon.com, the biggest online retailer, has begun selling the Nintendo Wii version of World of Goo that until now was only available through the WiiWare service handled directly by Nintendo.The fact that only one game is being sold at the moment suggests that Amazon is testing the waters as it is preparing to l... |
24 April 2009
04:36 GMT |
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WiiWare is more than one year old and Nintendo is still not getting more than one or two videogames on it each week. The reason for this has never been clearly explained by the company, which initially announced that WiiWare would provide a home for small titles that could be enjoyed quickly and without the need of m... |
14 April 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Online features and services are some of the biggest deciding factors when customers are faced with buying a current generation console. Whether they choose the very popular and solid Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and the new Home, or Nintendo's WiiWare with all of the classic games, players have some prett... |
14 April 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Amazon has just made another foray into the videogame market by introducing an Xbox Live Store, which allows all those interested to buy games that Microsoft puts on Xbox Live through the popular online store.It seems that this is only a step and that Amazon is also working on agreements with Sony, which publishes ga... |
9 April 2009
02:54 GMT |
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Nintendo is announcing that those who own a Nintendo Wii home gaming console can get their hands on two titles via digital download, one on theWiiWare and the other on the Virtual Console.The Japanese company is also announcing that beginning with April 6, the releases for the Nintendo Wii will be supplemented by the... |
2 April 2009
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We may be a bit late in talking about the Wii Shop Channel releases for this week, but with the Game Developers Conference providing quite a bit of news, it's understandable. Still, Nintendo does not rest and offers three new titles, two old hits and a new puzzle game. On the WiiWare, you can get Pop'Em Dr... |
27 March 2009
04:22 GMT |
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The most awaited talks at the Game Developers Conference came, no surprise, from Nintendo representatives. While Masato Kuwahara, the project leader for hardware development on the Nintendo DSi, talked about what his company was aiming to do with the new version of the handheld, Satoru Iwata, the president and the Ch... |
26 March 2009
05:15 GMT |
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On the WiiShop Channel, Nintendo is announcing the release of two new games, which are available to all those playing on a Nintendo Wii and ready to spend a few Wii Points. The most interesting release of the week is the WiiWare title, which is built around the idea of the 8 bit game and shows how they can be adapted... |
18 March 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Nintendo is fond of the idea of new weekly releases for its WiiWare service, which is the Nintendo answer to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. This week, all those gaming on the Wii are getting two fresh videogames, one for shooter lovers, the other aimed at platformer players.On WiiWare, Nintendo is offe... |
11 March 2009
03:36 GMT |
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Gamers in the United States who enjoy playing on the Nintendo Wii and have hooked it up to the Internet can now download two new releases that are available through the Wii Shop Channel.There's one game coming via WiiWare, a service that aims to deliver small, family friendly games weekly, and one game coming to... |
4 March 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Nintendo, the maker of the Nintendo Wii, is announcing that it has released this week's offering through the WiiWare service. The digital download games are led by the first FPS to be released through the service and also contain some titles for the Virtual Console, which aims to bring older releases to the atte... |
26 February 2009
02:41 GMT |
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Sony understood how to get into the Valentine's Day mood by releasing a free DLC pack for LittleBigPlanet featuring a SackBoy symbolizing love.Nintendo doesn't seem to go for such subtleties as it has released two WiiWare titles in North America featuring a high school taken over by dark creatures and a gam... |
10 February 2009
04:13 GMT |
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The Wii Shop Channel has some new and interesting titles ready for download. As always, the Virtual Console release outshines the WiiWare titles offered. Get ready to spend some Wii Points on the games listed below.Snowboard Riot is developed by Hudson Entertainment and can be played by as little as just one and as m... |
3 February 2009
03:23 GMT |
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With little in the way of blockbuster titles announced for the first quarter of the year for the Wii, the videogames Nintendo puts up on its digital download WiiWare service are all the more important in keeping the player base satisfied. This week brings three new games aimed at a wide variety of players.The most ex... |
13 January 2009
03:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has just announced an initiative, launched together with Dentsu, which aims to bring streaming video content to the Nintendo Wii. The service is set to arrive in Japan in 2009 and if the initiative proves successful, Western launches will follow shortly.Nintendo has released an official statement, which has ... |
28 December 2008
15:41 GMT |
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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 |
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Capcom has released Mega Man 9 for WiiWare, the download service for users of the Nintendo Wii, and curious users quickly looked through the manual to discover that the game is already planned to receive five content packs via DLC.Mega Man 9 is seen as a remaining of the series that plans to retain the look of the or... |
23 September 2008
10:11 GMT |
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Analysts are wondering what Nintendo will do in order to regain the upper hand as Microsoft has slashed the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade to bring it just under that of the Wii. Well, it seems that the Japanese company wants to focus on making its console more attractive to potential buyers by addressing some of its w... |
9 September 2008
18:11 GMT |
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Nintendo is very keen on pleasing the so-called hardcore demographic, now that it’s facing a backlash regarding the more casual oriented nature of its E3 2008 presentation, which did not deliver anything related to core franchises like Mario and Zelda while focusing on Wii Music. The company is trying to m... |
2 September 2008
04:59 GMT |
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Not content with losing pounds using Wii Fit? Does the constant exercising on the balance board scare you? Are you afraid that you could fall and damage your home? Are you afraid that you might kill the cat? Are you one of the people fearing the fact that more Balance Board powered titles are coming to threaten your ... |
25 August 2008
05:33 GMT |
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It's all about excess these days and, thanks to Nintendo, we are now able to do all the crazy stuff we can think of by entering the virtual worlds of the Wii. This week, we are given the choice between a super exciting racing game that will keep our adrenaline levels to the maximum and a classic title which allo... |
8 July 2008
02:53 GMT |
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Nintendo is bringing one of its most important WiiWare releases, Pokemon Ranch, to the European market, after it was launched in Japan and in North America. The game, developed by Ambrella, is designed to offer you a chance to play around with your favorite Pokemon characters.The main idea is that you can import Poke... |
7 July 2008
16:11 GMT |
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Nintendo is really putting its money where its mouth is. After promising regular updates for the WiiWare service, which aims to bring small, interesting games to Nintendo Wii users through a download service, Nintendo is announcing new additions to the service in the form of one new game and one new update for the No... |
1 July 2008
03:17 GMT |
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High Voltage Software, Inc. has announced that its sci-fi shooter, called Gyrostarr, should be available for download via the Nintendo Wiiware service starting today, June 23, 2008. The game can be played on the Nintendo Wii and stored on the internal storage space of the console.The game is set to be a very easy to ... |
23 June 2008
03:24 GMT |
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With the launch of the ratings and statistics elements of the Nintendo Channel, which enable any user to have a glance at how a game is classified and rated by fellow gamers playing it on the Nintendo Wii, the company has also released some tidbits of data regarding the overall success of the games that were featured... |
20 June 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Nintendo is really working on a solution to the storage issues that Nintendo Wii users are reporting, but apparently it is not preparing to deliver an external hard drive for the Wii. The same Laurent Fischer of Nintendo Europe that ignited a small controversy by calling all those wishing for more storage space "geek... |
19 June 2008
17:51 GMT |
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Happiness for all the Pokemon fans who were hoping that there would come a time when they're able to really interact with their favorite characters - now their dreams come true! Well… at least sort of, since the latest WiiWare release is called My Pokemon Ranch and it allows your Miis to interact with Pokemons -... |
12 June 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Nintendo has promised that the number of WiiWare titles available for users would keep growing and they were right. This week, we get two new titles available to play on WiiWare, together with a new release on the Virtual console. Single player game Protothea, developed by Ubisoft, Toki Tori puzzler developed by Two ... |
3 June 2008
15:06 GMT |
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With the release of the WiiWare service, it is only a matter of time until we get to see tons of great games available for download, but for now, we have no other option than to accept some mediocre updates. Some might still say that it is much better than nothing and they might have a point. Even more, one of the ne... |
27 May 2008
13:06 GMT |
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When Telltale revived the aging franchise of Sam & Max, that pairs a detective dog with a violence-prone "bunny" (and I use the term loosely), many gamers were pretty skeptic of its chances of creating a working series of games, especially because of the fact that it aimed at episodic content, with different parts of... |
26 May 2008
03:20 GMT |
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There are probably a few people that are already using a mix of beer and Wiis, even though we don't understand how could anybody put these two together. Anyway, one thing is sure: developer JV Games is planning to bring a bunch of Frat Party Games to Nintendo's console thanks to the WiiWare service and the ... |
22 May 2008
05:40 GMT |
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The Wiiware service from Nintendo has launched in America with an interesting array of games, ranging from Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (another contender for the title of longest video game name), which is essentially a kingdom building spin-off of the franchise, to Lost Winds, which is alrea... |
14 May 2008
18:16 GMT |
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Right on time, Nintendo's promised WiiWare service has been launched in North America, with a bunch of games available for download and promising an exciting, fun future for all the Nintendo Wii fans in the world. Already released in Japan (with a different lineup of games, though), the WiiWare service has prove... |
13 May 2008
12:06 GMT |
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As the countdown towards the launch of the WiiWare service in North America goes slowly down to 0, Nintendo is announcing more and more games that will be available at launch to the American Wii owners. After the likes of Square Enix, Namco Bandai or Hudson announced games that would be available on WiiWare on day on... |
8 May 2008
18:16 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced that it is launching a new Wii channel in the United States. It's called simply the Nintendo Channel and it will offer gamers a variety of news and information about the upcoming Wii and DS titles, alongside video content. The big news is that it will also feature downloadable demos for mo... |
8 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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With Nintendo's WiiWare ready to give every company the chance to promote, publish and fill the small hard disk drives with all sorts of Wii games, it seems natural that most of them will just come and pass by unnoticed. Probably it's not the case for Home Sweet Home, the Nintendo Wii port of the game that&... |
15 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Japan is being the first country to benefit from the launch of Nintendo's WiiWare service. As of today, all Japanese Wii users will be able to buy and download games designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii gaming consoles using the new application.WiiWare is part of the WiiShop Nintendo initiative, created to... |
26 March 2008
04:16 GMT |
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The consoles are not only competing when it comes to numbers of units sold and numbers of console specific games that appear. The three-way battle that is today's console market is now focusing on the community aspect and on the on-line market for games.Sony already has the PlayStation Store and is poised to lau... |
19 March 2008
11:33 GMT |
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