Monthly Archives: May 2010

Nintendo Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Receives a Perfect 10 from IGN

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Online gaming publication IGN has awarded Nintendo’s latest opus Super Mario Galaxy 2 with a perfect 10/10 review score. Could this become the highest rated game of the year? Only time will tell…

I think the one thing you should take away from this review: Super Mario Galaxy 2 wholly exceeded my expectations. Leading up to the game’s release I hadn’t expected much more than simply “more of the same.” I loved the original Super Mario Galaxy, but the company would have to do something pretty special to really “wow” me.

Consider me “wowed.” Again. Yes, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is more of what made the original so amazingly good: brilliant gravity platfoming. Incredibly tight and responsive controls. Fantastic musical score. But it’s not a “me too” experience — a significant majority of this sequel is brand new. New level challenges, new gameplay mechanics, new (and incredible) orchestral pieces. All done up in a package that streamlines the classic Mario experience: a straightforward presentation, a much more intelligent camera system, and a rewarding progression that opens up some seriously devious and fulfilling level challenges.

Mario has always been a universally appealing game design and Nintendo has done an incredible job to make sure its key franchise is just as accessible to gamers of all walks of life. Most of all, Super Mario Galaxy 2 perfectly captures that classic videogame charm, the reason why most of us got into gaming from the start.

- IGN closing comments

Nintendo Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Reviews Going Live On Sunday

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The online embargo for the highly anticipated Super Mario Galaxy 2 is set to lift this Sunday, May 23.

A couple of magazine reviews have already been published and garnish nothing but praise on Miyamoto’s latest masterpiece, with Edge magazine giving the game a spectacular 10/10 and Game Informer awarding it 9.25/10.

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Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Wants To Simplify The New Zelda For Wii

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Shigeru Miyamoto has clearly stated to gaming press that the forthcoming Legend of Zelda title for the Wii will include a simplified control scheme.

He also suggested that the integral gameplay of the series will become more intuitive to enable the company to reach out to more casual gamers.

“For us, it is important to optimise gameplay and make the controls easier. We do our best to make the controls player friendly, since Zelda has become complicated.”

“For us, two things are important: to meet expectations and to surprise people. How we do it this time, I will not reveal.”

- Shigeru Miyamoto

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Nintendo Wii: American Heart Association Officially Endorses Wii

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Nintendo announced today that the American Heart Association will endorse the Wii as a healthy-lifestyle product.

The company have revealed that each and every Wii consoles sold within the United States will be branded with the American Heart Association logo to inform more and more consumers that the Wii can be beneficial for health.

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Nintendo DS: New Pokémon Black & White Screen Shots Surface

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Finally we’ve been granted some official screen shots of the highly awaited Pokémon Black & White in action.

The new screens show off the recently revealed starter Pokémon during their battles scenes and also showcases Zoroark’s much talked about Illusion ability, which enables him to appear as other legendary Pokémon such as Entei and Raikou.

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Vitality Sensor And Games To Be Revealed May 17th?

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Nintendo could show off the Wii Vitality Sensor before E3 after the company announced it was holding a press event with the American Heart Association on May 17th.

“Everyone under pressure in our stressful society could use this to help us relax in a videogame. Videogames could be made for people to unwind or even fall asleep.”

- Satoru Iwata speaking at last year’s E3 event

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Nintendo DS: New Pokémon Black & White Details Revealed

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New information has surfaced regarding the attacks and abilities of the newly revealed Pokémon Black & White starters.

CoroCoro magazine has officially announced the Japanese naming of the three new starter Pokémon as Tsutaja, Pokabu and Mijumaru.

Tsutaja (Grass Starter) and it is a Grass Snake, Pokabu (Fire Starter) is a Fire Pig Pokémon while Mijumaru (Warer Starter) is a Sea Otter.

CoroCoro magazine has also revealed that there are two new attacks for the Pokémon, the first being Trickery which allows the attack to be calculated using the opponent’s stats, and secondly there’s Claw Sharpen which raises the user’s Attack and Accuracy stats. Plus it’s also been revealed that Zoroark will have an illusion ability that will enable it to transform into other Pokémon.

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Additional Pokémon Black & White Scans