VC games this week

Nintendo has announced the newest retro games hitting the Wii Shop today, 12/31/07 at 9 AM PST. The following three games will be available:
BUBBLE BOBBLE (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): BUBBLE BOBBLE’s release in 1986 introduced the two bubble dragons, Bub and Bob, and brand new play mechanics, with players […]

Nintendo Wii hack opens door to homebrew games

Security researchers have hacked into a Nintendo Wii game console to run their own code in a move that makes it far easier to develop homebrew games for the popular gaming device.
Awesome article and video concerning hacking the Wii for homebrew applicationds.
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2007 in video games: Wii is the champion

Check out this news article.
 Looks like the Nintendo Wii wasn’t just a fad, after all.
Of course, that’s just our opinion. Nintendo’s rivals, Sony and Microsoft, may try to argue that the popularity of the Wii really is still just a fleeting craze - one that has spanned more than a year and has bridged two […]

No More Heroes to See Early Release?

For all of those out there who are eagerly anticipating one of Wii’s most promising 3rd party titles “No More Heroes”, our good friends over GoNintendo had this to say about the titles possible release:
Both Amazon and GameCrazy have shifted their No More Heroes release dates to January 22nd, 2008. GameStop has it listed for […]

Replay Saturday (December 29th)

In case you missed last week’s story, I introduced a new column on the site entitled “Replay Saturday’s” in which your host (that would be me), chooses a title that I haven’t played in a while and gives you impressions that I get for that specific game in hopes that some of you try out […]

Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatoskr Trailer

If you enjoy a great storyline with plenty of plot twists and hours upon hours of great gameplay, then look no further my young Jedi’s; Tale of Symphonia: KOR looks to be your game. Built from the ground up with the Wii gamer in mind, this title looks to improve on everything its Gamecube […]

Wii Selling Like Crazy…So What Else is New?

More great news for Nintendo Wii:
Amazon is now reporting to have had its best holiday season ever with the Wii selling at a rate of 17 units per second while it was in stock…17 Wii per second that’s 1020 Wii’s per minute! On the other hand Super Mario Galaxy and Call of Duty 4 have […]

Image of the Day…Another Street Fighter IV Picture!

Even if it doesn’t land on Nintendo Wii, there is no denying the true nostalgic smile we all got when we heard that a new Street Fighter title was in development. Today’s I.O.T.D (that’s image of the day) features a stand off against the infamous Ryu and the watercolor-painting-come-to-life Ken. I hope you […]

Japanese Software Sales 12/17-12/23

In case you were wondering how Nintendo is doing in the land of the rising sun, here are the official Japanese software sales for last week. Impressive to say the least Nintendo… Here is the list:
01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 330,000 / 1,156,000
02. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 288,000 / […]

Red Steel 2 Officially Confirmed

“Official Nintendo Magazine has today finally announced in their latest issue, that Red Steel has officially got a sequel. Called “Ubisoft’s worst kept secret”, they could finally tell readers that the game had been in development for almost a year.
ONM has confirmed that it will include better controls, better AI, better graphics and the feature […]