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Nintendo Power awards: vote Wii
The Nintendo Power Awards 2006 have begun and its up to you to vote for the winners. That's right, Nintendo has unleashed the list, asking one and all to take a look (and more importantly, cast a vote) at all the categories. There certainly are plenty to choose from, including Game of the Year on the Wii. The games up for this prestigious honor include: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Madden NFL 07 Rayman Raving Rabbids Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Trauma Center: Second Opinion Wii Sports Be sure to let us know what you voted for in the comments section.
Nintendo Power awards: vote DS
The Nintendo Power Awards 2006 have begun and its up to you to vote for the winners. That's right, Nintendo has unleashed the list, asking one and all to take a look (and more importantly, cast a vote) at all the categories. There certainly are plenty to choose from, including Game of the Year on the DS. The games up for this prestigious honor include: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Elite Beat Agents Final Fantasy III Metroid Prime Hunters New Super Mario Bros. Star Fox Command Be sure to let us know what you voted for in the comments section.
The Joystiq Weekend: February 17-18. 2007
Flickr user fuzzcat won this in chain chomp soccer ball in a December 2005 Nintendo Power contest. Check out the highlights for this weekend: JoystiqueryAOU 2007: Cave's Muchi Muchi Pork shmup released (from its sty)Today's most inspiring game video: the 1000 Mii MarchWeekly Webcomic Wrapup: XL editionNewsBlue Dragon anime coming to TV TokyoLord of the Rings Online a contender?Halo 3: Fall 2007Oops: Game Informer says Mercenaries 2 Xbox 360 exclusiveDecrypted Blu-ray & HD-DVD movies on PS3, no disc necessaryMicro Center's Xbox 360 Pres. Day saleThe Geordi LaForge future in gaming is nowSalt Lake City mall shooter didn't own video gamesHard questions: Wii novelty and drought in effect?Rumors & SpeculationMicrosoft strongly considering a Xbox 360 price drop?Next Wii channel could be 'Nintendo Power'CultureGrowing old and bored with video gamesRumor: Alien Hominid HD on XBLA next weekThe art of High DeliveryCriticism of racial stereotyping in games Gaming's Kobayashi Maru and how to enjoy itSharing the love of gaming
Next Wii channel could be 'Nintendo Power'
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/Next_Wii_channel_could_be_Nintendo_Power_archives'; Plucked from Nintendo's brain trust and tucked into the tail end of MTV's recent interview with Reggie Fils-Aime is the latest Wii channel concept: Nintendo Power. "We have a tremendous amount of old Nintendo Power content ... that we could present to consumers," Reggie told MTV.The interview (the one where Reg dodges the "Where's Metroid?" question) doesn't delve further into the thought, leading us to believe the digital archive is a ways from fruition. Still, coupled with Virtual Console, a back catalogue could provide a valuable resource for those digging around for tips and strategies -- or just general information about games of yesteryear. And, of course, Nintendo is never one to underestimate the nostalgia factor, always eager to find another familiar to resell to old-timers -- that's assuming the archive would be pay-to-view. Would you subscribe (again)?[Via Supercabra]
Wii Warm Up: Vintage Nintendo Power content coming to the VC?
In our fit of righteous anger over the idea of delaying Metroid Prime 3 again, we missed an interesting aside Reggie dropped at the recent DICE conference -- the idea that old Nintendo Power content may turn up on the Virtual Console. While the idea of reliving some of our greatest memories of gaming journalism is intriguing, we're as yet undecided on how we feel about this one. We could go either way, depending on how it's offered. We are, after all, largely concerned with hoarding our money like the misers we are for games ... but if the price is right, we could throw down with some retro mags. How about you?[Thanks, Robert!]
Nintendo Power January issue details leaked
In getting all the news that's fit to print in the January issue of Nintendo Power, Codename Revolution has dropped several delicious morsels onto our plate. In an effort to save you the trouble of reading our paragraphs of text here, we'll just consolidate all of the important news into bullet points below. WarioWare: Smooth Moves is to utilize a 'pass-the-Wiimote' 12-player multiplayer mode and Mii support (which we already knew). The Wii Play bundle everyone else is getting has finally been confirmed for a January release in North America and will be bundled with the Wiimote. A new baseball game has been revealed in The BIGS, which is set to release in Q3 2007 and will support online gameplay. It is being handled by 2K Sports and Big Castle Games. The issue has an interview with Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, where he claims that the Wiimote is too gimmicky for a Castlevania title.
Mario Galaxy, Wii details predicted in '91 by modern day Nostradamus
The December 1991 issue of Nintendo Power was recently unearthed, revealing eerie similarities between lil' Jimmy Peterford's "ultimate game system" fantasy and Nintendo's forthcoming Wii. As it turns out, Peterford nailed the Super Mario Galaxy name and likely came within a few dollars of the actual Wii launch price with the $259.95 figure he offered up. But the connection between Peterford's seemingly innocent wish and Wii doesn't end there...
Koopalings to return in New Super Mario Bros., Yoshi on the sideline
According to a recent Nintendo Power interview with Takashi Tezuka, New Super Mario Bros. for the DS will feature the return of the beloved koopalings. This welcome addition should significantly boost the game's boss element. Tezuka also confirmed that Bowser and Toad would make appearances. As for the green dinosaur, since the game is a throwback to the NES Super Mario Bros., "Yoshi doesn't really fit," says Tezuka.Tezuka also noted that the game will be set in the Mushroom Kingdom and that there will be no boss battles in 2-player mode, no WiFi connectivity, and no microphone functionality. Finally, when questioned about the possibility of a console-bound Mario side scroller, Tezuka replied, "The probability is not zero, but no further comment at this point." Then he just laughed.[Thanks, Ahms]
