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One of the weirdest moments of 2009 was the reveal of the Nintendo Vitality Sensor by the Japanese company, at this summer's E3 trade show. The company said that the new device would be able to read the pulse of a player and could translate that into some interesting gameplay mechanics, some of them based around... |
23 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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This week, we've got a review of Halo 3: ODST up (no Master Chief included), a Weekend Reading piece dealing with China and videogaming nationalism and an EndGameWeek about what we're set to play in our spare time. But there are also some new stories you might want to take a look at.On Monday, a list of the... |
8 November 2009
10:51 GMT |
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Zelda is one of the biggest franchises Nintendo has under its belt and it makes sense for it to use the best technology the company has to offer. So, a lot of people already believed that the next Zelda videogame for the Nintendo Wii would make use of the Motion Plus add-on for the Wiimote to offer a better gameplay ... |
4 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has revealed that Battlefield 1943, its multiplayer shooter offered as a digital download through the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade, is the best sold videogame that is has put out on the Japanese market. Rex Ishibashi, who is the president of EA Japan, told Gamasutra in an interview tha... |
19 October 2009
04:01 GMT |
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Hardcore gamers usually make a lot of strange decisions, especially concerning their priorities when it comes to their favorite video games. These days, there are a lot of men and women working in the gaming industry, but back when they were younger, most of them dedicated a lot of their time to experiencing the firs... |
14 July 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Another week passed and the videogaming world saw at least two big announcements with two classic franchises, Command & Conquer and MechWarrior, getting new games. But these are not the only things that happened these days in the wonderful world of gaming.Monday, an analyst contended that Grand Theft Auto IV might be... |
11 July 2009
08:41 GMT |
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One game creator who always gets a lot of trust, support and resources from Nintendo is Shigeru Miyamoto, the developer who managed to almost single handedly build the publisher's biggest franchises.The E3 Nintendo presentation this year featured him prominently and the company made sure to please its hardc... |
8 July 2009
05:16 GMT |
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We already know that Nintendo is working on a new Zelda game, called Spirit Tracks. What we don't know is what direction it will take. Will it be an upgrade, visually and in terms of gameplay, for the Phantom Hourglass? Will it be something completely new?Nintendo is keeping its cards close to the chest, not off... |
8 May 2009
05:07 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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Gaming, along with almost all branches of the entertainment industry, has some figureheads, people who pushed it forward through their hard work and creations and made gaming what it is today, one of the best forms of entertainment. Such a man is Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary mind behind the Mario and Zelda franch... |
27 January 2009
03:43 GMT |
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The gaming industry has, as with many other types of entertainment, a few people who stand out due to their creativity and their success with the mainstream audience. Without a doubt, one of the most iconic game creators of all time is Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who is solely responsible for games from the Mario, Zeld... |
16 December 2008
02:24 GMT |
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The Legend of Zelda series of games is widely considered one of the most innovative and well built franchises out there. It gave players some truly wonderful adventures when it placed them in the boots of Link, a young warrior who set out to save the Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon in the fantasy land of Hyrule.Th... |
28 November 2008
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Nintendo has some big, big franchises going for it which have been powering its success over the years, like Zelda and Super Mario. The thing is that the driving force behind most, if not all of them, is a single man, Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary videogame designer who has already received several life time awards... |
3 November 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Nintendo is again riding high, when it comes to financial results, with profits going up more than 33% to reach some 992 million dollars.Hardware wise the Nintendo Wii continues to be a success while the Nintendo DS is going through a tough period. The Wii is still the best sold console in the world, beating both the... |
31 July 2008
02:42 GMT |
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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talked to MSNBC, which is partly owned by Microsoft, and sought to tackle growing concerns from videogame players regarding the fact that Nintendo, as a company, was becoming too interested in the casual gamer to pay any attention to the more hardcore fans that have supported the comp... |
21 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced a couple of its plans regarding the summer videogaming conventions, telling people that it will not be attending the Games Convention in Leipzig, but also detailing its presence at E3, which is organized by the Entertainment Software Association. At E3, which is moving back into the Convention ... |
27 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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You can't really mess with the Zelda franchise. And why is that? Zelda is huge. There have been 14 official Zelda games on Nintendo consoles and that's without counting spin-offs. Zelda, Link and other characters have appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. And there's even a crossbow training game for th... |
23 May 2008
08:42 GMT |
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The Guitar Hero franchise seems to be dominating the music game market lately, replacing all the karaoke-based titles that were so hip 5 years ago. They seem to rock on all major consoles, Wii included, but |
21 January 2008
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Yes, Super Mario Galaxy, currently the highest rated game of all time on Game Rankings, has even surpassed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, scoring 97.8 percent from 30 reviews, compared to the 31 reviews of Zelda that brought the latter 97.6 percent. Here, have a look and see.One of the first Super Mario Galaxy... |
19 November 2007
05:22 GMT |
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What do you know, even though Nintendo's strategy has always been quite appealing for a broad gamer population (which actually includes non gamers as well), they are not giving up on the hardcore just yet. According to Slashdot.com, at the company's E3 presentation yesterday the balance board begged the que... |
14 July 2007
08:21 GMT |
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A recent list of the best video games ever made, compiled by readers and writers of the lauded British gaming magazine Edge, says that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the best game in the whole wide world. Now, such a classification was bound to stir some... stuff up. Thus, CNet's Crave blog quickly cont... |
5 July 2007
05:39 GMT |
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Just after setting up the official website for Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the 24th of May 2007, Nintendo started rolling out some amazing screens and details on the highly anticipated title for the Wii. First features disclosed were the Gooey Ball and Smash Ball! Along with eight screenshots showing two of the game&#... |
26 June 2007
03:13 GMT |
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For a video game like the Mega Man series to be ported to a next-gen console, it is very possible, but also very hard. Not because the team has to work more and better to achieve what next-gen-game means, but primarily because of lacking resources. Although Capcom is a hot shot developer, having released titles such ... |
2 June 2007
09:06 GMT |
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It's official Wii boys and girls, the upcoming addition of Zelda II - The Adventure of Link on June 4 in the US, marks the 100th classic game available on the Virtual Console. That's right, there are currently 99 classics on Nintendo's service, allowing users to download like crazy, for a few Wii point... |
1 June 2007
17:41 GMT |
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As if the Wiimote and its motion sensitivity feature wasn't enough to get people lifting their eyebrows with interest and intrigue, FRYS.com has up for sale the ultimate Wii hack and slash controller: the Asid Tech Sword and Shield kit, retailing for $29.99. Click on the picture to your left for a better look a... |
8 May 2007
10:05 GMT |
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You have to admit that a woman's body is the most beautiful thing in the whole world. Not that it's got anything to do with the picture in the left, I was just sharing with you my feelings towards women. But yeah, the girl in the photo is great. Too bad we can't see her face. This one I found by accid... |
23 April 2007
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Finally, PSP news. I was beginning to worry that the console had been erased from fans' hearts, with that wicked DS Lite out there that still sells like water in the desert, but I was wrong. Recent announcements about Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, a game developed by Nihon Falcom and published by Mastiff, have... |
29 March 2007
07:16 GMT |
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Some games have great music, did you know that? Of course you did, but what you didn't know is that five shows at the Sydney Opera House between June 19-23 will bring delight to your years with la crème de la crème, that's the best of the best not the cream of the cream, from video game music, in a concert ... |
20 March 2007
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Xbox 360 see through case - Seen it, wrote about it, not impressed. Xbox 360 gold case - heard about it, sounded great, gold doesn't do it for me so I didn't even bother to check it out. PS2 casing mod and controller mod - seen dozens, that's why I didn't write about any of them. But nothing has e... |
19 March 2007
10:46 GMT |
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I was born in the same year when Zelda first surfaced, changing the gaming world forever. To some, it had the same magnitude as Mario did, the first time it became known as a hit. 20 years have passed and the Zelda-mania got so bad that fans were making queues in front of the stores to buy the Wii and the Zelda Twili... |
16 March 2007
07:49 GMT |
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