Coming soon: Kinect and Sony PlayStation Move Airstream trailers

Nintendo is at again with their custom Airstream trailer. Like previous summers, this one will feature the old school trailer making its way across the U.S., franchise characters plastered on its sides for all to see. The latest games and select “soon to be released” Nintendo titles will surely be contained within.

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Atlus: A Mini Etrian Odyssey Update Video

Quests are awesome, aren’t they? They give you purpose, they reward you, and in RPGs, they’re often the heart of things. You know what’s just as good as a quest, maybe even a bit better? A side quest, that’s what. A side quest gives you choices. It lets you take a break from a game’s main story. It lets you further explore a world you’re really enjoying.

What are your feelings on quests and side quest management in games, Infendo?

Comments (4) READ MORE: Atlus, Etrian Odyssey 4 Comments durpaderp says...
August 26th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Final Fantasy Tactics drives me crazy. I’ve still never managed to get all 300 due to missing quest items and whatnot. I definitely plan on picking up Etrian Odyssey III though.

Marcus says...
August 26th, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Nintendo to Invade Pax! Brings everything except Zelda and the 3DS

Comments (1) READ MORE: Donkey Kong, Kirby, Metroid, Nintendo, PAX One Comment izzi says...
August 27th, 2010 at 10:27 am

Hmmmm No Zelda or 3DS i think they ere preparing a new trailer for SS by this time showing more story elements this time and are getting new games to demo on the 3DS

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Video games seek immunity from used sales, fail to see the irony

Used video games have been around since the early ’80s. But they weren’t a problem in the eyes of developers until the middle of the decade, at which point game sales weren’t growing as fast as they used to.

Rather than blame the safe creative bets, bloated budgets, and $10 HD surcharge (yes, many games carry an MSRP of $60 these days) for the decline, developers set their sights on used game sales.

Remember how hard F-Zero GX was?

Anyone complaining about the lack of difficult games recently obviously missed this discouraging hard GameCube game. After 15 attempts, I don’t think I ever made it past the second track. I haven’t picked it up since.

Comments (26) READ MORE: F-Zero, GameCube, Gameplay, hard, Retro, Trailers, Videos 26 Comments Fuzz says...
August 27th, 2010 at 2:38 pm

This was an awesome game. Sure, it took some time to get in the groove, but once you hit the zone, it was ridiculously fun. I agree though, tough, and not one you could just sit and play for 20 minutes at a time if you want to get anywhere.

Josh says...
August 27th, 2010 at 3:00 pm

The game is amazing… as long as you don’t play the story mode. It made me want to throw my Gamecube out the window.

EdEN says...
August 27th, 2010 at 3:04 pm

Finishing F-Zero GX is definitely one of my proudest moments…

David says...
August 27th, 2010 at 3:20 pm

F-Zero is probably one of the only Nintendo game series I haven’t played yet! I should look for one of the earlier entries on the Virtual Console.

ROGY says...
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm

What an amazing game. This really gives me an itch to play again. I remember playing the 2nd to the last story mode level and thinking it was the end. Yeah, don’t think I ever got to beating the Actual final story mode level.

frstOne says...
August 27th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Yep, really great game, one of my favorites on gamecube.

paq says...
August 27th, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Finished it. Twice.

Rich T. says...
August 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm

Got nowhere in story mode. Had fun with it as a party game…though I came in last nearly every time.

MrMiyamoto says...
August 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm

If by “hard” you mean “fantastic”, then yes it was.

Fabio says...
August 27th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

I had a hard time to get used to the control scheme. But once you master it, the game is much fun. I finished it once, IIRC, but never finished the Story mode (which is damn hard).

I don’t know if it is a Hoax, but it is said that you can unlock all racers and tracks of the AX version (the arcade counterpart of the GX) if you beat the game. It would be nice, though.

Best!

Parker Dickenson says...
August 27th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

I remember. Oh how I remember.

Darkstar1141 says...
August 27th, 2010 at 7:16 pm

Yeah, took me forever to beat it. Hated that announcer “RETIRE”

yellow bear says...
August 27th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

anyone else unlock sum of the f zero arcade game characters (rainbow Phoenix rolling turtle fat shark)me and my brother did it is insanely hard you have to go to story mode and beat the chapters on expert.we still havent gotin everyone.

Toadofsky says...
August 27th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

I couldn’t finish story mode. That one stage where both Blood Falcon and Black Bull have to be beat. Ugh. I must have played that over fifty times…

X-Play’s review had a very fitting reaction from Sessler when he messed up on a turn, it was similar to mine at times with the game.

Great game though. Great graphics, and an awesome soundtrack.

Metal_Link says...
August 27th, 2010 at 8:28 pm

Story mode was the devil. The definition of “Nintendo hard”.

Toadofsky says...
August 27th, 2010 at 8:32 pm

Bit.Trip Fate teaser image released

There is a strong chance that we’ll hear more about this game next weekend. Nothing has been confirmed at this point, but Bit.Trip Beat is a likely candidate to be revealed at PAX.

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Kawazu working on an unannounced RPG

August 28th, 2010 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Written by Valay

Akitoshi Kawazu, the producer of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, is working on an unannounced RPG. The news comes from issue 258 of Nintendo Power, though the magazine didn’t have any additional information to share. There is only small note that states his next game “remains a secret for now, but you can bet it won’t play things safe.”

Even though we’re hearing about this through a Nintendo publication, it doesn’t necessarily mean the project will end up on a Nintendo platform. Still, one would think that it’s likely that Kawazu will work on the Wii again, or possibly the 3DS in the future.

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Metroid, Kirby, Donkey Kong headline year-end Nintendo games

Nintendo today revealed their “upcoming cool games” for the rest of the year. Such as…

Wii

Metroid: Other M (August 31)New Carnival Games (September 21)Samurai Warriors 3 (September 27)Wii Party (October 3)NBA Jam (October 5)Just Dance 2 (October 12)Kirby’s Epic Yarn (October 17)PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure (November 1)FlingSmash (November 7)Sonic Colors (November 16)Donkey Kong Country Returns (November 21)Goldeneye 007 (November)Epic Mickey (Holidays)

Nintendo DS

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (September 12)Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (October 4)Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (October 5)Art Academy (October 25)Rock Band 3 (October 29)Super Scribblenauts (October)Mario vs Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (November 14)

WiiWare

And Yet it Moves (August 23)Bit.Trip.Fate (Fall)Super Meat Boy (Holidays)

DSiWare

Need for Speed Nitro-X (September 20)Shantae: Risky Revenge (Holidays)

My most anticipated? I gotta go with Epic Yarn or Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Comments (10) READ MORE: DS, Wii 10 Comments T.Rollan says...
August 17th, 2010 at 12:53 pm

>>Shantae: Risky Revenge

Oh boy! Oh boy!

EdEN says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Out of all those games I would only NOT buy the following:

New Carnival Games
Wii Party
NBA Jam
PokePark
Sonic Colors
Need for Speed Nitro-X

Too bad that Shantae won’t be released until november-december AND without a real release date yet…

durpaderp says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

WAHRS THE GOLDEN SUNNN?

garyaga says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

I’ll take golden eye, metroid, and donkey kong. scribblenauts for the girlfriend.

Karnage says...
August 17th, 2010 at 2:05 pm

I will buy metroid other M, donkey kong country, kirby’s epic yarn, epic mickey, sonic colors (looks promising) and maybe goldeneye… very good year for wii owners! and after that of course zelda

NES controls that stand the test of time

In December, Game Informer named The Legend of Zelda “the greatest game of all time” on their Top 200 list. I disagree, if only for one reason: its controls

Scott Pilgrim Tanking at the Box Offices

The first “true” video game movie isn’t doing to well at the box offices, according to sales data. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World only managed to pull in a measly 10 million over opening weekend; which isn’t exactly cutting it for the movie with a 60 million budget.

Strangely enough, if you guys didn’t already know this, this is one of the few movies that Miyamoto has given the thumbs up too. The director of the movie gave him a special screening at E3 2010 so that he could approve some “Nintendo” elements in the movie. So if Miyamoto’s approval isn’t enough… I don’t know what is. It’ll be sad if this movie tanks, which is unfair considering it’s a pretty good movie.

Comments (13) READ MORE: movies, Scott Pilgrim, Zelda 13 Comments Jake Barber says...
August 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

Don’t feel too bad. It will have a huge cult following and it’ll make up for it in DVD/Blu-Ray sales.

David says...
August 18th, 2010 at 5:19 pm

I find it hard to believe how the box office turned out; it seems like everyone I know has seen it except for me. http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr

Pointless button actions that fail to enhance my enjoyment

In researching the best Zelda clone games for a story I’m working on, I recently played Darksiders for PS3, Xbox 360, and (coming soon) to PC. It’s an okay game with awesome production values, and it’s very reminiscent of Zelda.

That said, it’s one of many modern games that feel the need to artificially inflate the number of buttons used, as if they add any real value to the experience. For example, combat in Darksiders is pure hack and slash. So you’d think you can button mash your way to victory. But no, the developer requires that you press a secondary attack button to finish off your enemies.

It may not sound like a big deal. And other games require secondary or tertieary buttons for strategic purposes. But in this case it doesnt work. It feels forced. Pointless. Letting me cycle through X number of primary buttons presses would have been more enjoyable, since this combat is neither strategic nor puzzling.

My rant aside, what other games make poor use of button actions?

Comments (7) READ MORE: controls, Zelda 7 Comments KEITH says...
August 19th, 2010 at 8:56 am

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Nintendo releases Metroid retrospective narrated by Samus

As the August 31 release of Metroid Other M nears. No Prime though?

Comments (15) READ MORE: Metroid, Retro, Wii 15 Comments EdEN says...
August 19th, 2010 at 2:05 pm

Nice video and I like the voice of Samus unlike the rest of the internet. Only 12 days for Other M!

Drahken says...
August 19th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

Okay, we get it! She feels bad about that baby metroid. From the previews and cutscenes Nintendo has shown us, the game seems to be really keen on shoving this fact down our throats. Also, yeah you’re right. The Prime trilogy should have been in there before Metroid II. Except, I guess it doesn’t have much relevance to story of Other M so they left it out. That was less about metroids and more about phazon.

Geoff says...
August 19th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

That video was awesome. It brings back so many memories and really gets me thinking about The Other M. Perhaps this will be a day one.

Verius says...
August 19th, 2010 at 2:26 pm

cant wait for metroid other m to come out! only problem is that it comes out a week before school starts up again in canada… D:

CreepingDeathJr says...
August 19th, 2010 at 4:12 pm

Problem is, I start school THE DAY it comes out.

Blake R. says...
August 19th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

I like Samus’ voice. Very soothing to listen to, but also serious

CZsWorld says...
August 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

I saw this on the Nintendo channel, its one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen, it really makes me want to jump into the game. I hope that that is the opening movie for the game to be honest.

PDF says...
August 19th, 2010 at 7:08 pm

NO! It comes out on the last day of my summer vacation.

Verius says...
August 20th, 2010 at 12:15 am

overall looks to be a good game but not so good timing for us students…

What do YOU think? How to make your game sell

August 21st, 2010 Posted in Features, General Nintendo, Written by Austin

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GoldenEye to include golden Classic Controller

Fans won’t receive a Golden Gun when they pick up the $70 GoldenEye Classic Controller Pro bundle, but they will receive—as the name implies—a Classic Controller Pro. Pricey!

The regular version will retail for the usual $50. Excited?

Comments (8) READ MORE: bundles, Classic COntroller, goldeneye, Wii 8 Comments Marcus says...
August 11th, 2010 at 11:45 am

Very nice, might get that.

Sean says...
August 11th, 2010 at 11:57 am

That’s a lot of money for a game without a controller.

Lance says...
August 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Not worth getting the controller IMO. I’ll stick to the regular game.

EdEN says...
August 11th, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Sorry, Mario, but the Princess is in another file cabinet

I think we have a better idea of what the Nintendo Finance department might look like today. Maybe not.

Comments (3) READ MORE: mario, office space 3 Comments Brian says...
August 11th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

Odd to see SMB2 character graphics mixed with the original SMB bricks and coin blocks.

bananaoomarang says...
August 12th, 2010 at 9:21 am

Those look awesome. I wanna buy.

Josh says...
August 13th, 2010 at 8:35 am

SMB2 really does have some lovely 8-bit sprites.

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What made GoldenEye 007 so good?

Was it the controls? The first of its kind on consoles? Something else?

Whatever it was, I’m not so sure developer Eurocom will be able to revive the series on Wii, especially after reviewing their unimpressive portfolio.

I suppose they could surprise us. After all, they did make Dead Space: Extraction. And a lot of people seemed to like that game. (I thought it was meh.) But overall the revamp feels more like a cash-in than any genuine attempt at reviving a classic.

Whatever the case, Activision will release GoldenEye 007 on November 2, exclusively for Wii. With four-person split-screen and eight-person online, is this a day one purchase? Wait and see? Or a pass?