Nintendo have made significant steps in cracking down on Nintendo DS piracy by hiring Warner Brother’s anti-piracy group.
Nintendo will now be putting more pressure on rogue retailers who sell Nintendo DS flash cards in stores by hiring the ex boss of Warner Brother’s anti-piracy group Neil Boyd.
Next Level Games Bryce Holliday, Ken Yeeloy and Chad York sat down with the Official Nintendo Magazine to express their interest in developing a new addition to the much-loved Pilotwings and Punch Out!! franchise.
“I would love to make a sequel. I think with this first product, we wanted to make sure there was a definite, undeniable connection to the original. The sequel would be our opportunity to evolve the franchise further and add some cool, new things.”
Ken Yeeloy, Next Level Games
Frontier’s stunning WiiWare launch title LostWinds is receiving a a much sought after sequel titled Lost Winds: Winter of the Melodias.
The game, which is revealed in the current issue of Edge magazine, will allow gamers to switch seasons in order to solve puzzles. Lead protagonist Toku can now swim in water as well as conjure up cyclones capable of drilling through rocks and picking up water.
Gamestop have started listing these rather funky New Super Mario Bros Wii classic controller remote shells.
The vibrant coloured controller shells have been made specifically to endorse the forthcoming New Super Mario Bros Wii. The four controller skins each represent one of the colours of the players in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Nintendo have announced finally announced the long awaited release date for Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story will launch in the United Kingdom on the 9th October 2009 for the Nintendo DS.
The story sees the evil Fawful attempting to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom by tricking Bowser into inhaling everyone inside Princess Peach’s castle, including Mario and Luigi. So the pair have to work with Bowser to stop Fawful and save the Mushroom Kingdom. But can Bowser be trusted?
Rumours are abound that suggest the next iteration in the Star Fox franchise could be coming to the Wii soon.
Turkish gaming news site, Nintendocu, are stating that the next Star Fox game is set to be unveiled in the next issue of Nintendo Power. The game itself is titled Star Fox Wii: Battle for Corneria and will incorporate online play as well as support for Wii MotionPlus.
Nintendo is working on yet another Wii peripheral this time setting their sights on the joys of American football.
Howard Cheng, Vice President of Research and Development at Nintendo of America, has recently issued a patent for a soft football controller for use with the Wii and the remote.
Throwing – Players firmly strap their hands to the ball and make a throwing motion. The pitch angle and force of the throw determines the trajectory arc of the throw. Side to side motion determines the yaw angle. Pressing buttons on the Wii remote can adjust other options.
Running – The football controller sense body motion, shifting left and right to dodge tacklers and even jumping motions by raising the ball. Running speed is determined by players making a jogging motion.
- American Football patent
Nintendo’s eagerly awaited Metroid Prime Trilogy is now finally available in stores throughout the United States.
The game itself consists of all three of the Retro Studios-developed 3D Metroid games, these include both the revered Gamecube titles, and of course, the mighty Metroid Prime: Corruption. It’s got to be said that this item is well worth getting your hands on.
American gamers will soon be able to get their hands on both the white and pink iterations of the Nintendo DSi.
It’s been confirmed that both the pink and white versions of the immensely popular Nintendo DSi will launch in the United States by September 12th 2009.
Greenpeace has decided enough is enough and has informed console manufactures to stop the use of hazardous chemicals in their game consoles. The environmental group claims console manufacturers have so far failed to reduce the toxic contents of their products
Game consoles manufacturers are lagging way behind the makers of mobile phones and PCs who have been reducing the toxic load of their products over the past year. Game consoles contain many of the same components as PCs so manufacturers can do a lot more.
- Zeina Al Hajj, Greenpeace International toxics campaigner
