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Rune Factory Frontier trailer

Publishers Marvelous have brought out a new trailer promoting Rune Factory: Frontier. These games are supposedly like Harvest Moon but with more action. How do you like it? Rune Factory: Frontier hits store shelves on March 17th.... read more

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A Boy and His Blob new screenshots

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A Boy and his Blob Wii

A Boy and His Blob is an 8-bit classic from the NES days released in 1989. A new announcement in Nintendo Power magazine says that developers WayForward, the guys behind LIT, are doing a remake for Wii. The remake will feature hand-drawn backgrounds and animations. A side-scrolling platformer at heart, gameplay will remain unchanged, the boy feeds jellybeans to his blob in order to change him into... read more

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More on Excite Bots

On the Q2 release list you may have spotted a new game from Nintendo called Excitebots: Trick Racing. What's it all about? Details are still scarce, but at least we have a box art now. As you'd expect, Excitebots supports the Wii Wheel accessory. It claims to take the big air antics from Excite Truck and add mini-games and challenges into the mix. Things like shooting goals, throwing pies and playing... read more

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News tidbits for March 3rd

Goro and pals for sale It turns out that struggling publishers Midway may be moving towards selling their hit franchise Mortal Kombat. This comes after offloading "The Wheelman" (a game featuring Vin Diesel) onto Ubisoft. No Classic Pro for the US American folk interested in the previously mentioned Classic Controller Pro may be in for disappointment, a Nintendo spokesperson commented: "At this time,... read more

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Box art roundup

The cover art for four new Wii games has surfaced. First, take on fifty "wacky" (but unpaid) jobs in Hudson's Help Wanted. Next, Indy's having staff problems and cursing the credit crunch in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Yu-Gi-Oh is still going strong apparently, this is Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers. We've already got a lot of horses on the Wii, but this time it's... read more

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Iwata caught snacking

Breaking news, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has been caught on film eating a snack. Repercussions throughout the industry are as yet unknown, but expected to be severe.... read more

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Furry Legends new screenshots

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Family & Friends Party new screenshots

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Family & Friends Party on WiiWare

A game from Gammick Entertainment hit the WiiWare service in the US today, along with a Virtual Console title from ye olde SNES ages. Family & Friends Party (WiiWare) Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (SNES) Tune in on Friday for news about the Euro/Aussie releases.... read more

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Family Pirate Party new screenshots

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Truck Racer new screenshots

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Kart Racer new screenshots

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Punch-Out!! info

Some details on the new Punch-Out!! game from Nintendo have arisen, including this lovely box art seen below. Release date: May 18th, 2009. Centered around the battles of a boxer called Little Mac, this will be the next entry in the classic series which began on the NES in 1987. It's being developed by Next Level Games, have they got what it takes to make this game a knockout?... read more

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Snowboards and Beer Pong for Europe

Two WiiWare games were released for Europe this morning, neither of them much to get excited about imo. Snowboard Riot (WiiWare) Pong Toss: Frat Party Games (WiiWare) News of the US releases on Monday, have a bitter weekend.... read more

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Skyscraper new screenshots

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Wii Q2 2009 release list

Nintendo has released a list of titles coming to the Wii throughout the second quarter of this year: March Major League Baseball 2K9 (2K Sports) - March 3rd New Play Control: Pikmin (Nintendo) - March 9th New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) - March 9th M&M's Beach Party (Zoo) - March 10th Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (Aksys) - May 12th Ready 2 Rumble Revolution (Atari) - March 17th ... read more

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Classic Controller Pro

The official website for Nintendo in Japan has a listing for a remodeled Classic Controller. Dubbed the Classic Controller Pro, it features repositioned shoulder buttons, added side grips.. and a cable that comes out the top instead of the bottom. The Japanese will see it in stores this Summer. There's currently no mention of a US release, would you be interested in buying one?... read more

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Top 20 WiiWare and VC

Here are the top 20 charts for downloadables as they stand this week, for both WiiWare games and Virtual Console. WiiWare Tetris Party My Aquarium World of Goo Pool Revolution: Cue Sports Dr Mario Online Rx My Pokemon Ranch Brain Challenge Fun Fun Minigolf Midnight Bowling Target Toss Pro: Bags LIT Sandy Beach Snowboard Riot Defend Your Castle TV Show King Wild West Guns ... read more

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New DSi colors for Japan

Ahh the Japanese, they're way ahead over there. Nintendo has already revealed plans to bring out the DSi handheld in three new colors, this is how they look: So that's pink, light green (..or is it yellow?) and dark blue. They'll be released on March 20th, priced just the same as the black and white models. Would you pick up one of these over the standard colors?... read more