Nintendo Blog

BAM! And the Ads are gone.

Kit Allen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:20:23 +0000

To celebrate almost 12 months without substantial content, the fairly crap widgetbucks ads have been removed and destroyed. It’s fairly likely that they will never return.

That’s pretty cool! Almost as cool as the Nintendo’s lack of a decent online gaming facility for the Wii.

Keep smiling people, and don’t even pretend you have broken the super smash brothers addiction. Everyone knows you still play it.

Its Only 20 Million Dollars

Kit Allen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:38:27 +0000

See this delightful plastic condom/cover for the Wiimote? It’s costing Nintendo over $20 million USD to send out free to all who request. But don’t worry about the company, Reggie is more than happy for Nintendo international to take the hit; and is not worried in the slightest about the news.

e3 will be cooler than ever!

Kit Allen — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:06:54 +0000

Early floorplans for e3 2007 have been made available for inspection. The question on everyone’s lips is, “Will the new e3 be cool?”T he following diagram [orignally from NintendoGal] proves that e3 is definitely going to be cool in 2007.

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Nintendo Toys Around With Wii-Board

Kit Allen — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:26:39 +0000

The May 2007 issue of GameInformer offered the above tidbit of Wii peripheral speculation. Could Nintendo seriosuly be considering releasing a first party peripheral in the form of a.. keyboard?

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Hip new stylus options for the DS

Adon Morrison — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:17:58 +0000

Sick of those old bland looking stylus’ day after day why your trying to play your favorite DS title? We have the answer for you! The clever lads and ladies at ProPoint have released a neat new two pack of stylus’ with a difference… glowiness!

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Revival of the Fittest

Kit Allen — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:05:05 +0000

The unofficial Nintendo Blog is back in the game, but has undergone a few changes. A improved cache system has been implemented to make page loads lightening fast, and excess code has been removed to decrease load time further.

The advertisements have been removed because the ads being served were not contextual, and were slow to load. We now wear our Askimet badge with pride in our sidebar, as we approach a massive 13000 spam comments. Askimet is a tool that helps prevent spam from flooding NC.

The theme is back to basic, and will remain compatible with all popular browsers. The tag system has been removed, a new bookmarking plugin configured and all the silverware is polished.

So raise your soda glasses in triumph and drink deeply!

1st to 7th January Japanese Software Sales

Kit Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:43:15 +0000

1. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS) 266,827 / 860,820
2. Wii Sports (Wii) 166,011 / 732,719
3. Wii Play (Wii) 141,702 / 664,512
4. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 128,211 / 3,986,506
5. General Knowledge Training (DS) 109,752 / 1,063,093
6. More Brain Training (DS) 99,320 / 3,805,787
7. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 94,917 / 3,843,832
8. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 94,370 / 2,479,819
9. Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) 93,522 / 836,588
10. Pokémon Pearl (DS) 78,398 / 2,054,443

What’s that? This is a chart for all games. Seriously! Nintendo used the charms of DS and the Wii to clean-up the Japanese software sales in the very first week of 2007.

Did it get any better for Sony and Microsoft in the 10-20..
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‘PlayWii’ Nintendo of Australia Wii Promo

Kit Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:29:34 +0000

His hair color is not natural. Look at that sweet belt!

Nintendo of Australia just released, or we just noticed, a small promotional page in the vein of ‘The Wii Experiece’ named PlayWii. On the aptly named page, are images of first time Wii players, with positive Wii quotes interspersed between the images.

Check out the page here

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition Wii Screens

Kit Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:07:07 +0000

Take one of the most popular movies of all time, add a little EA magic, and you have a themed video game released on every major console. The Wii gets The Godfather: Blackhand Edition. The game will be released around the beginning of April in most territories.

Twelve Interactive to Develop for Wii

Kit Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:40:36 +0000

Twelve Interactive, an Italian games developer, has reaffirmed their interest in developing for the Nintendo Wii. Managing director and founder of Twelve Interactive, Giuseppe Crugliano said, ‘The Nintendo Wii is a perfect console to work on for small independent developers like us. It give us the opportunity to work on triple A games, with very reduced budget.’

The first game to be released on the Wii? Crash Dummy Vs the Evil D-Troit. The game has already appeared on a range of consoles, and will also appear on the PSP.

Official Crash Dummy Vs The Evil D-Troit Web Page

Twelve Interactive Website