Just a quick post for those who like their gaming news crunchy.
Jack Thompson, scourge of the gaming community, has been disbarred. This means he can't do law any more. That'll teach him. Yes, GTA Chinatown Wars, go ahead with your drug-dealery! The crazy lawyer is gone now!
This new edition of Everybody Votes at N+ was inspired by the My.Opera front page where they ask what your favorite gaming system is, which by the way you should go vote in to secure the Wii in number one spot, becuase currently PS3 is winning! But over here at N+ we put a list of Nintendo's systems together for you to vote on your favorite system that they have produced. It's a tough choice - I can't decide. It's between Wii, DS Lite, Gameboy Color, and Super Nintendo for me - decisions! Oh and as for the results of our last poll - What N+ Header was your favorite:
0% - Duckhunt 3% - Tie for Tingle and Kawaii Pikachu 7% - Tie for Super Mario Galaxy and No More Heroes 14% - Missingno 17% - Smash Bros Brawl 21% - Mario Kart Wii 28% - Metroid Prime 3 (our first one!)
Thanks guys for the votes, I love doing these headers/wallpapers for N+, it gives me great practice in my computer aided art, and produces a great look for N+ month to month! I am sure that the Khad man feels the same way. Oh and make sure to prepare yourself for next months header image - it hasn't been rated by the ESRB.
It happens to me every time I get a game. I'll play it non-stop for days, weeks, even. And then I'll just stop. I'll stop playing it, and I'll rarely play it again.
It doesn't matter what game it is, or even its quality. Take Mario Kart Wii, for example. For me it's probably the best game on the console, but I haven't touched it in months. I played it everyday for weeks when it was released, got into the tournaments, the online racing, and absolutely loved it.
Stay put right here for LIVE UPDATES as they happen from E3! This blog will be the written documentation on what gets announced and when! This is also going to be one of the best ways to check the news while on mobile internet devices that can't watch the show, or visit flash updated articles. This year we are getting good confirmations of games we have been waiting for, and hopefully new games weve never heard about! New handhelds? Wii accessories? You can also join us in the IRC for live discussion of the event.
It seems that the folks at Red Fly Studio are drinking quite a lot of mushroom tea. This has resulted in a new game for the Wii and the DS. Both games bears the title "Mushroom Men". The Wii version has the subtitle "The Spore Wars" and the DS version has the subtitle "Rise of the Fungi".
Here is a trailer for the Wii version of Mushroom Men:
As you can see this game looks like a lot of fun and it certainly has some potential.
Read more after the break for more info and links.
Haha, awesome. Nintendo has THE marketing plan for getting women into gaming, seriously check this video out. bonus points to those that get the blog title reference!
Brain training in videogames began, well, as a game. But today it has proven to be far more useful than anyone had anticipated (and yes, way more profitable).
A lot of companies are betting on new 'mental fitness' software for different consoles, and even online play, but market figures place Nintendo's Brain Age and the DS console in the lead.
And besides the money-making, these games have also helped people prevent degenerative mental illnesses; the 'hype' right now is using these games to fight Alzheimer's, just as Stella Zielecki (88) and Ethel Bockman (94) are doing in the picture.
Spook81 came accross the following article in Mexican Newspaper, EL Norte. It's an interesting read, and he's translated it for us. Is the DS the new Speak & Spell?
Tokio, Japan (26/6/2008).- The portable videogame console, Nintendo DS, will no longer be just fun and games for Japanese girls studying English at Tokio’s Joshi Gakuen school for girls. The console is used there as an important tool for education, breaking with the standard academic methods for teaching.
During a seventh-year class with 32 students, the girls used their stylus pens to spell words such as “hamburger” and “cola” on the device’s touch-sensitive screen -a main feature of the Nintendo DS- after listening to the console’s electronic voice.
It is a high-tech Spelling class. When the students write each word with correct spelling, the word “good” is displayed on screen and the student can move on to another exercise. The first five students to complete the tests receive vivid-colored stickers.
"It’s fun!", claims 12-year-old Chigusa Matsumoto, who solved the test in time and won herself a sticker. “You can study while you have fun”.
This English teaching program for the Nintendo DS console was developed by Paon Corp.
Many people complain about the tiny bit of internal memory the Wii has. Many people haven't run into any problems, I myself still feeling that the built in memory is decent, still feel really good with the 2 gig SD card. The problems arise for everyone though, that "one day" we are going to have to move things between the SD card and Wii, deleting and re-downloading VC games, and backing up our gamesaves on the SD card and deleting them off the Wii temporarily.
I think all games should allow direct reading and writing to SD cards, this would greatly improve things for a while. Especially if a simple downloadable update gave us the option to use higher capacity SD cards then 2G. I hear some of these things are getting near 8G! Another simple downloadable update could allow us to use one of the USB ports on the back of the Wii for Jump Drives, or better yet - External Hard Drives. Well Nintendo is beginning to look at options like this, as they do hear what their fans are asking for, and while i think they downlplay the amount of fans asking for it a little bit, it still isn't a huge issue - just yet.
Statistically speaking, it is true that there are a small number of customers who feel that the flash memory is too small, while many others find that they have plenty of memory. However, because this small number of people are none other than the most avid players, we know we have to review the best possible solution to eliminate their inconvenience.
- Satoru Iwata (President of Nintendo)
What are your thoughts? I think that if they let direct reading and writing to an external hard drive happen this would solve all problems. Hacking would become easier I am sure, but all Ninty needs to do is every once in a while release a software update that disables "popular mods" from working, thus rendering hackers time and money investments null.
You are a nerd right? I mean you are at N+ right? well I guess I will at least let you away with dork. And even dorks know how friggen awesome it would be to have force powers and a lightsaber (or beam katana)!
We reported before about Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but now we get a much deeper look at the game, and omigawd does it ever look fresh! Fricken A! in battle mode you can play as Luke from either IV OR VI! and VI Luke looks like a friggen Sith, only hes Jedi! OMIGAWD! Anywho check past the break for a sweet screen-grab-thingy of how controls will work! looks a tad bit complicating at first, but I bet like No More Heroes we will have this all second-nature after a couple battles, thats normal for padawan learners right?
USA: September 16, 2008 EURO: September 19, 2008 ASIA: September 19, 2008 AUSTRALIA: September 17, 2008
... And so is Tingle! We thought it would be an excellent way to begin spring with flowers and sunshine and rupees and Tingle! Freshly Picked: Tingles Rosey Rupee Land is a DS game that came out in Japan, then Europe. That was it, and thats as far as it's going!
Except! HAHA! The American Captain Seagull and the European Seaempty have planned a super sweet game trade! Seaempty has shipped reshly Picked: Tingles Rosey Rupee Land to Seagull, and in return the Seagull is shipping the has-yet-to-get-a-European-release-date Professor Layton and the Curious Village to Seaempty!
I was thinking, should N+ try to set some kind of area up for you guys to do the same thing? you all know that DS games are region free right?! - anyway if we set this thing up we DEFINITELY need to have rules, and we really really need you guys to follow them! for instance some things that would HAVE to be followed:
Parents know what games you are trading away AND getting in return (and ratings!)
Parents MUST ok the exchange of addresses
These MUST be done with PRIVATE MESSAGES - NO POSTING ADDRESSES IN FORUMS. They will be removed.
Those MUST be followed, we don't want anyone getting in big trouble, including ourselves (N+)! But I think we could set up an official forum where you post what game you would like from what region, and what games you would be willing to trade for it! then you can contact that person via Private Message.
What do you guys think? should N+ get its butt in gear and try to find the perfect solution to make this happen?
It appears that Nintendo may start charging for certain online services in the future. Speaking at GDC Nintendo's Takashi Aoyama stated that a new service would be introduced that runs alongside the current WFC. It's called Wii Pay & Play, and will carry a red logo to contrast against the WFC's blue one. Through it Nintendo will be:
collecting fees for some services [that] will allow us to adapt flexibly.
I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I have to say I'm initially disappointed by this. I love the fact that Nintendo's online service is free, but judgment shouldn't be passed without knowing all the details. I think we'd all agree that there is room for improvement, and if paying for the service makes this happen, surely it's a good thing?
What are your thoughts? Will you be happy to pay to go online with the Wii and DS? Doesn't it contradict Nintendo's "gaming for all" philosophy, as I'm sure younger gamers won't be able to subscribe without parental assistance. If that's the case, is Nintendo targeting a more mature audience with this?
Nplus was bent on pushing No More Heroes into the light of day, the project was something that we felt needed to be experienced once it was released, we also knew that every time a game for older audiences shows up on Wii that it also carries heavy ramifications on the future of mature titles on the system. So on top of our love of sharing good games with everyone - thank you, were nerds, we also wanted this title to sell really well, so that more mature titles would come out more often, and more importantly Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda 51 continue to produce for Nintendo systems. We decorated N+ in NMH theme, .Ed dressed as the star "Travis Touchdown" for our costume contest, and now we bring you the review. (beware of foul-language)
You knew we were going to review it, we knew we were going to review it, but the question still remains: did we love it?
Zero ~ Tsukihami no Kamen, also named as Fatal Frame: Mask of Lunar Eclipse (tentative title), already known to be exclusive to Wii, produced by Tecmo and Grasshopper Manufacture, including directing from Goichi Suda / Suda 51, published by Nintendo who will also be handling all marketing and sales around the world... (*breath*) ...is also garnering a sweet new rumor:
As an interesting note, rumors have stated that the Big N has purchased the Fatal Frame name, and it looks like one of the industry's top horror franchises could now be a Nintendo exclusive from now on. This is exactly the kind of announcement hardcore gamers have been waiting for on Wii. - IGN
Considering the source, it feels comfortably reliable. Considering Nintendo having master control over this, the number IV in the series, the rumor feels even more reliable. What do you think of this rumor? does this make sense to you, does it make absolutely no sense, what's your "gut" telling you?
Oh and by the way the Fatal Frame IV gallery has been updated with higher quality pictures that are also watermark free. Same images, but better to look at and use for projects!
Again, we will save the image for you to "Read More" about because it is the final roster of all playable characters in the single screenshot (character select screen). This update contains one more character our last few posts missed, there are rumors that a similar image is doctored up, but this one looks pretty convincing to me, and i did see the other screenshot including this character, the character in this shot has an orginal pose his previous artwork in the original games never gave him...
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