With the popularity of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the upcoming Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo has decided to release a new, shiny, white Game Cube controller to match the rest of the Wii and its many accessories. Now of course, the GC controller can be plugged into the Wii, and my guess is that […]
Yes, it’s time for another installment of ‘Iwata Asks’ which has now become tradition with new Wii games released from Nintendo themselves. The latest one has Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, and two developers that worked on Mario Kart Wii discussing both that game as well as the reasoning behind the Wii Wheel […]
Nintendo of America crowed announced today that their recent hit, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, racked up 1.4 million copies sold within 1 week. 874K of those were sold on the first day of release. Nintendo also claims that Brawl has become the fastest selling game in NOA’s history, which if true, […]
Much like Japan has seen, some Wii’s may not want to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl when you pop it in. Nintendo blames this issue on ‘dust’ and ‘dirt’ on the Wii disc lens and urges players who experience any issues with Brawl not working correctly to fill out this form, meaning you’ll have […]
So you thought that Nintendo sponsored tournament was pretty cool? Not so much compared to the one Gamestop is about to unleash on the Brawl salivating crowd. The giant game retailer has launched a nationwide Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament in addition to their company wide midnight launch on Saturday night. The […]
Hot on the heels of Insomniac’s announcement that they will be sharing portions of their source code, free of charge, to developers, comes word that physics specialists Havok will be going down the same route. However, only the PC version of its physics based middlware will be made available. Havok’s technology will […]
IGN has a great interview with Masahiro Sakurai, who is the creative director of the Super Smash Bros. series, and who just completed development on Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He comes off as a likable guy and seems pretty honest when asked about some of Brawl’s technical limitations.
For instance, the reason for no voice […]
Nintendo has announced the official, well official for now, dates for two upcoming releases. Wii Ware is Nintendo’s downloadable portal which will offer smaller, more creative driven games to be available for purchase online. The first Wii Ware title will be available on May 12th.
Nintendo’s semi fitness / weight scale game […]
Are you like us who don’t feel like watching any more spoiler videos of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, don’t want to read any more previews or reviews, and just want to play the damn thing? Well then, you might be in luck, depending on your current location.
Nintendo and Best Buy have teamed up […]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has a total of 4 control schemes. Which is sorta crazy when you think about it, but yet welcomed due to the possible restrictions of the Wii control setup. Also, with Smash Bros. Melee’s scary loyal following (it was the best selling Gamecube game after all - by a […]