A few months ago I was going to do a write-up on the “music game” genre. More specifically, I was going to speak on the ridiculousness that has become the genre, and what I thought to be basic mediocrity. This was right around the time Guitar Hero 5 was announced as well as Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Guitar Hero: Polka, and Guitar Hero: Roy Orbison. Okay, I made the last two up, but you get my drift. The market is too saturated for these games to matter. I don’t need anymore SingStar, RockBand, WiiMusic, Band Hero, Guitar ..read the full article

I tried over and over and over to make her, but celery has probably come closer than I ever did to getting the essence of Jessica Alba into a Mii.

Jessica Alba, by celery

It’ll be October in two days. It’s kind of ridiculous. I’ve talked before about time flying, but this is getting a bit out of hand. Dead Space:Extraction is out as of today, and yes, I will be getting it soon; SuperTurtleSmashBros. (yes, I know it’s called TMNT:Smash Up, just sayin’…) is also out; we all know MySims:Agents is out….where the hell did the time go? You know in those alien movies where people who got abducted come back and didn’t realize any time has passed but in real life it’s been like 5 years and their wives remarried their best ..read the full article

UPDATE: It’s over. You can listen to it below!

WiiNintendo’s new, interactive Nintendo podcast shall begin TONIGHT at 9 pm eastern time. The podcast, entitled Nintendo Fuse, will allow YOU to join in and give your input LIVE. You can chat or even call in during the podcast to voice your thoughts. But how can you join in?

You have THREE options:

1) Chat in the chatroom by going to the Nintendo Fuse TalkShoe page once the podcast begins at 9 pm est.

2) Call in with your phone by dialing (724) 444-7444 and when prompted for the Call ID, dial 59264#. You can ..read the full article

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Leave it to Stan Lee to have us reach back into our childhood spirits and realize how much of a blessing video games really are. We’re so obsessed with putting games under a microscope and counting polygons we forget how much of a miracle they are. Luckily, we have Stan Lee to remind us. Good on ya Stan. And as always, Excelsior!

Here’s Lee’s statement in a Guardian interview, where he talks about video games:

If you were starting out now, do you think you would have started out in games rather than comics?

If I were young now and I wanted to ..read the full article

Here we all went through life thinking that Paperboy: The Video Game was just a bland tale about a jack ass kid that threw newspapers through people’s windows. Little did we know there’s a deep and dark drama behind the madness. Enjoy the trailer.

A WiiNintendo game review by hattrick.

Game – MySims Agents Version – Wii (also available on DS) Time Spent Playing – 7 hours, 2 minutes Control Method – Wii Remote & Nunchuck (only method allowed) Obtained – From EA (review copy)

For my earlier preview of MySims Agents, during my trip to EA headquarters, which includes gameplay video click here.

Introduction & Story MySims Agents follows the popular MySims line of games that EA developed specifically for Nintendo game systems.  The two games that proceeded Agents was MySims and MySims Kingdom.  Agents follows the popular characters once again. According to EA’s official description, “In MySims Agents, players ..read the full article

Nintendo announced today that New Super Mario Bros. Wii will be out in the United States this November.

November 15 if you want to split hairs. Nintendo also announced that Wii Fit Plus will be out on October 4, in case you didn’t know that already.

Nintendo has released the 4.2 firmware update for Wii. What new features does it bring? Well, none it seems. What it does do though is delete the Homebrew Channel, BootMii, all forms of cIOS, and more. So if you have any homebrew on your Wii at all, do not update!

[UPDATE] From Nintendo…

“This update provides behind-the-scenes fixes that will not affect features but will improve overall system performance.”

As far as homebrew goes, Bannerbomb no longer works, but Indiana PWNS and SmashStack both work. However, you won’t be able to install the Homebrew Channel or BootMii on a 4.2 version Wii. Based on ..read the full article

Viewing the whole track from a bird’s-eye view (ala Off-Road for the NES), Driift Mania sees players racing against each other in a variety of vehicles ranging from sports cars and trucks to buses, tanks and hovercraft. The game features fifteen tracks set across four different environments including the city, country, desert and snow, with each environment raising different advantages and disadvantages for particular types of vehicle.

The game supports up to eight players simultaneously using a combination of Wii Remotes, Nunchuks and Classic Controllers, and features several game modes including single and multiplayer championships as well as team races. Competitive ..read the full article

The new trailer, which showed us a new chapter, Operation Javiar. The year is 2002 and the setting is South America. We see Leon S. Kennedy, who has walked into a deserted village together with Jack Krauser.

Leon and Krauser search through the village, only to find their guide gravely injured inside one of the wrecked houses, mumbling something about a girl. Then, the trailer quickly shifts back to the village streets, except this time, they’re no longer deserted. Leon and Krauser find themselves surrounded by mobs of zombies all too eager to take a bite out of the two protagonists. ..read the full article

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Dover, NH – September 28th, 2009 – Medaverse Studios is proud to announce the release of Gravitronix for the WiiWare™ download service on October 5th for 500 Wii Points™ in North America!

Gravitronix is an action/battle game in which players play as a “Gravity Platform” on the circumference of a circular arena. The object of the game is to defend your territory on the arena while assaulting enemy territories using only your wits, the projectiles that spawn in the arena and the two powerful beams of your Gravity Platform.

Each territory is lined with a wall of shield pieces when the game begins. ..read the full article

If you’re looking for a way to rally a cause, I can honestly think of no better way than a Zelda marathon. All of the donations for the event will be going to the Big Brothers Big Sisters St. Catharines – Thorold & District. Below is some more information. If 5,000 rupees are donated, then someone has to have a tri-force waxed into their chest. So get to donatin’.

The intent of The Zelda Marathon is to raise funds in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters St. Catharines – Thorold & District. The funds will directly support their organization by aiding ..read the full article

If you’re a fan of Sega then you might want to have a look at the Nintendo Download for this week. Altered Beast, the classic from way back when makes it’s way to the Virtual Console this week.

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: ART LESSONS, AUTO RACING AND ARCADE ACTION MULTIPLY THE DOWNLOADABLE FUN

Sept. 28, 2009

Greek mythology, grid-based strategy, high-speed racing, classic arcade action and a hand-held art course - this week’s additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi™ Shop deliver a wildly entertaining mix. With new WiiWare™, Nintendo DSiWare™ and Virtual Console™ games debuting each week, Nintendo offers downloadable games to ..read the full article