Miyamoto’s hand drawn New Years 2010 Card

Thanks for sending this in, Rebecca!

Just saw this on Worth1000.com and thought I’d share. The contest was to create a real life image based on a video game.

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Daikaiju Battle Ultra Coliseum DX: Ultra Senshi Daishuketsu for the Nintendo Wii is due in Japanese shops on February 25th, 2010.

Fans of the show will no doubt be interested to know various Ultramen taken from various series and the movie: “Great Kaiju Battle Ultra Galaxy Legend” will feature as playable characters.

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Another 100 years have passed since the death of Count Dracula, but his curse has emerged once again within the realms of Transylvania. Play the role of the ultimate gothic hero from the long lineage of vampire hunters, the Belmont clan, and rid the universe of Dracula’s legion of darkness and doom. Based on the classic 1989 original Castlevania: The Adventure, this WiiWare version will allow players of a new generation – and older fans – to experience one of the most popular games within the storied Castlevania timeline from a new perspective.

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The Examiner.com editor, Shui Ta, gives us his Top 5 VC Games of the year:

5. Earthworm Jim 2 (Sega Genesis)

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The 16-bit gaming era was filled with many great 2D platformers. Earthworm Jim 2 is one of the best in the genre thanks to its quirky one-of-a-kind humor in addition to the diverse gameplay. So while the game may be insanely hard at times, the experience (especially the excellent soundtrack) is well worth the trials and tribulations in this classic Virtual Console game.

4. Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen Quest (Super Nintendo)

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Naughty Dog are behind some the Sony Playstation’s biggest IPs, including Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter and Uncharted. But that doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate the Nintendo Wii. When asked if they would ever make a motion controlled game, Naughty Dog’s co-president Evan Wells said that it won’t happen any time in the near future, but he does see the appeal behind such games…

“I think right for the genre that we’re in? We really don’t have any interest in using the motion control to do a third-person action game. If we were going to make a motion controller game, I ..read the full article

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After getting some hands-on time with the completed upcoming air combat game, James gives his initial impressions.

Tilting the Nunchuck works just like the control stick in an aircraft, controlling the direction of the nose of the plane. The Wii Remote lets you control the speed of your aircraft by tilting it up and back. At first it feels uncomfortable, forcing you to hold the controls out in order to maintain the neutral position; however, it does become more natural with time.

The fighting is much closer than the fights in Ace Combat titles. Head-to-head confrontations ..read the full article

Did you own a video game Boy Player? I don’t, but I wish I did. So much that I’m thinking of picking one up, especially if the much-desired Virtual Handheld service never comes to fruition. As a non-owner, answer me this, kind reader. 1) What’s the best way to play the video game Boy Player on an HD [...]

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s new live album, a three pack of songs from Blink-182 and singles from The Psychedelic Furs and The Ramones will be added next week to the Rock Band

Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, was immortalized Nov. 17, when Hear Music/Concord Music Group released Good Evening New York City. And, as previously announced, beginning Jan. 5, Rock Band and McCartney fans will be able to download ..read the full article

“Character Style Naruto Shippuden” adds Naruto elements to photos giving you the ability to ADD redeye, Sharingan style. You can also turn photos into Naruto themed sliding puzzles.

- 500 DSiWare points - Japan region Nintendo DSi

No word on a North American localization, just yet.

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Sometimes Mario and Luigi have to earn their coins.

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“Mario’s Closet” by Glenn Brogan, as seen onTiny Cartridge. Currently a candidate in a t-shirt design contest. Vote for it here.

ONM: Recently, you said that you’ve wanted to create a multiplayer Mario game for 15 years. Why did it take so long to come to fruition?

Shigeru Miyamoto: We’ve been experimenting with many different approaches over the years. As a result, through trial and error, we realised we finally had the know-how to create a multiplayer mode. But the biggest change was the availability of the technology within the Wii hardware.

Before then, it was not actually possible. It’s quite a technical thing you are talking about – to enable multiplayer mode in one fixed screen like in Super Mario Bros – ..read the full article

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s latest live album will soon be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO® Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, was immortalized Nov. 17, when Hear Music/Concord Music Group released Good Evening New York City. This momentous musical experience is available in ..read the full article

- Heron: Steam Machine, is a frantic single and multiplayer experience.

- Heron: Steam Machine for WiiWare will be available for 500 Wii Points in the Wii Shop Channel.

Plot: Ron, the factory mechanic, has been working at the factory for Rubber Duckies for many years. On one dark morning, Ron comes to the shocking discovery that his boss is going to hand over control of the factory to his evil son! The son raises production targets as soon as he takes charge of the factory, and Ron will have to work at least twice as hard in order to be able ..read the full article

Eiji Aonuma, master of all things Zelda at Nintendo, was a big fan of Link’s Crossbow Training. So big, in fact, he wanted to make a sequel to the Wii Zapper launch title.

“To tell you the truth, I actually wanted to create Link’s Crossbow Training 2,” he told gamesTM in an interview. “I thought that we should do something more and better in the field of the first person shooter, based on our experience of the first video game”.

The “more” he wanted was an expanded multiplayer mode, but Nintendo would have none of it. “The fact of the matter is ..read the full article