While it doesn’t seem like the most likely candidate for the cause, Madden NFL 09 has gone pink. The limited-edition Target-exclusive version of the game comes with a pink laced cover, and will only be available in October. The proceeds go to Deanna Favre HOPE Foundation, an organization started by its namesake and wife of [...]

Nintendo wrapped up their special press conference in Japan a few hours ago, making a number of announcements for both the DS and Wii in the process.
Most notably, the company confirmed the rumors of a new DS model. Dubbed the Nintendo DSi, the upgraded portable will have a 3.25 inch screen, an inside/outside 0.3 megapixel [...]

Remember Klonoa? Oh, you don’t? Well, that’s okay. Not many people do. The PlayStation 1 release was hard to find then, and even harder to find now. It’s one of the lost gems on the hardware. The game would spawn a few sequels, including two Game Boy Advance titles and one on the PS2. The [...]

The concept of a high-definition version of Nintendo’s Wii has been a hot button topic among gamers ever since the system launched in 2006. For the most part it’s been speculation, but if a recent report by What They Play’s John Davison is true, Nintendo is set to release a “Wii HD” by the year [...]

A few months back, Activision confirmed that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will support downloadable content like its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 brethren. It’s taken a while for Harmonix to come out and say the same for the Wii version of Rock Band 2, but today did just that via a [...]

Now this is what the Wii should be about. Quirky, inventive, original, and loads of fun, de Blob is exactly the sort of concept the Wii is in dire need of. While hardly perfect, and it could easily have been on other hardware, this is what gamers expected from the console following the initial announcement.

Innocent and unassuming, it’s normal to believe Wario Land Shake It! is forgettable. Its 2-D style is taken from gaming’s past, and its head bouncing mechanics have been done by Nintendo countless time prior. What’s not acceptable is to take this at its base level and dismiss it purely on how it looks. This is [...]

If you can escape the fact that The Price is Right is purely shovelware, there’s enough here to keep the game interesting. After all, this is a show that’s been on the air since 1972, the pricing games are iconic, and everyone knows how to play them. In a sense, it’s a perfect fit for [...]

Approaching Rock Band 2 is an interesting proposition from a review standpoint. Do you do it as an individual game or as the music platform that Harmonix has touted it to be? Regarding the former, Rock Band 2 doesn’t really push anything forward as far as innovation goes, but as for the latter it does [...]

Nintendo’s mainstream popularity with the Wii got a little more attention last night, as it was featured during a segment of last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards. For the award for Outstanding Writing For a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program, the writers for Saturday Night Live took a unique approach for their appearance, using their Miis [...]

Nintendo announced this morning that their “surprise” title of E3 2008, Wii Music, will be arriving in stores next month on October 20.
The game will let players improvise on the fly with over 60 instruments, and will come with more than 50 songs from a number of diffrent musical genres. Nintendo has also confirmed that [...]

Fans looking forward to Capcom’s retro sequel of Mega Man 9 got some more good news today, as they’ve announced that the “retail” package that was recently sent out to the press will indeed be sold to the public at their online store.
Specific details on what the package will come with aren’t clear, but if [...]

Well, everything has to start somewhere and sometime right, right? That somewhere is Japan and that time is now. The 360 has finally managed to win something in Japan, even if it was only for a week. Thanks ti the introduction of a lower price point and Square Enix RPG Infinite Undiscovery. The 360 pushed [...]

Capcom’s latest VS. brawler, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, will indeed be getting a home console release, according to the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. In what may be a surprise to some, that console will be the Nintendo Wii.
The game, which will arrive on December 11 in Japan, will have a few [...]

All gamers know Nintendo makes a crapload of money. Between the DS and Wii, the company hauls in way more money than most people reading this will ever see in their lifetime. Still, the fact that they’re estimated to make $1.6 billion in profits this year alone is flat out ridiculous. Plus, with only around [...]

In their annual report to investors, Capcom has warned that they expect a media backlash against their upcoming games, most assuredly meaning Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising’s port to the Wii. They must have a PR plan of attack, as they state they’re worried about the media linking their games to violent acts by [...]

The latest hardware and software sales numbers for August 2008 have just been released tonight courtesy of the NPD Group. On the hardware side, Nintendo continues its dominance with the sale of 453K Wii units, followed by a whopping 518.3K Nintendo DS units.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360, hot off the heels of a recent price cut, beat [...]

Though no actual numbers were provided and you’ll have to trust corporate Microsoft’s word, Xbox 360 sales have doubled since the previous weekend. Certain models of the hardware (unspecified) have increased six times their sales rates. Actual figures for September will come later down the road (mid-November) from NPD, but if this keeps up as [...]

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane recently inked a deal with Burger King to produce a new YouTube animated short series, Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. The basic style of the show is similar to the cutaway jokes in Family Guy minus the “You think that’s bad??” transitions that usually come with them.
With an episode [...]

It’s the third holiday season for the Wii. Working retail, I can assure you the first year was hell on Earth. Christmas usually is for retail employees, but when you have an item properly marketed that kids can’t live without, you’re screwed. Come to think of it, year two wasn’t much better in terms of [...]