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GDC 09: Virtual Console Arcade Announced

By Joel Luther. Wednesday, 25. March 2009, 19:19:54

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Fans longing to play classic arcade titles on their Wiis needn't wait any longer. Earlier today at GDC, Iwata announced the expansion of Wii's Virtual Console with "Virtual Console Arcade."

Six titles are currently available for the service, including Space Harrier, Mappy, The Return of Ishtar, Emeraldia, Solvalou, The Tower of Druaga, Gapius, and Star Force.

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GDC 09: Wii's Storage Solution

By Joel Luther. Wednesday, 25. March 2009, 19:16:02

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Earlier today at Satoru Iwata's keynote, Bill Trinen from Treehouse Group unveiled Nintendo's new storage solution for the Wii: the SD Card Menu.

Available now via the Wii System Menu 4.0 update, the SD Card Menu allows for support of SDHC card (up to 32 GB) and the ability to download titles directly to the SD card. The SD Card Menu allows for you to choose a title from a menu, and let it temporarily load to the Wii's memory, preventing long load times.

As mentioned above, the Wii System Menu 4.0 and the SD Card Menu are available now as a free update.

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GDC 09: Rock and Roll Climber Revealed

By Joel Luther. Wednesday, 25. March 2009, 19:09:14

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Though we've known about it for a while now (thanks to the ESRB) Nintendo president Satoru Iwata today announced a new first-party WiiWare game: Rock and Roll Climber. Rock and Roll Climber seems like a simple rock climbing game - use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to move your arms, use the Wii Balance Board to move your feet.

The real fun begins, however, when you reach the top of the mountain, as you're given a guitar and you're told to rock out. I know what you're thinking: "... what?"

We'll have more information as Rock and Roll Climber's release date draws nearer.

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Satoru Iwata to Headline GDC 2009

By Joel Luther. Wednesday, 4. February 2009, 23:07:58

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Recently, the folks behind the annual Game Developers Conference announced that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is set to deliver the keynote at the 2009 Conference. Titled "Discovering New Development Opportunities", Iwata will deliver his address at the conference which takes place from March 23-27.

As GDC is a conference for developers, not news outlets, we should know better than to get our hopes up for juicy news. Nevertheless, we can't wait to see what comes out of the conference.

Just for historical reference, Iwata has addressed the GDC attendees before. In 2005, Iwata revealed the first details of the Wii, then code-named Revolution. The following year, Iwata unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Link's first (and only) outing on the Nintendo DS.

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Iwata's Nintendo Media Summit 2008 Speech

By .ed. Friday, 3. October 2008, 16:37:31

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I decided I wanted to SEE what Iwata spoke about for threeleven hours during his speech at the Nintendo Media Summit 2008. Here is a word cloud I made where the larger words are used more, with the full text of the speech after the break.

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