Tag: nintendo
E3 2008, best twenty video games, now done in Haiku
According to my watch, E3 is now finished. The conference has been shifted and downsized and generally turned upside down by format changes but it is still one of the biggest video games spectacles in the world. Nearly everything worth looking out for in the coming months and, in several cases, years was on show. I'm can't write up each one individually as it would take me till September, so here they are in a convenient Haiku form. I take no responsibility for whether these actually conform to rigorous Haiku format requirements.
Logitech unveils new wireless force feedback Racing Wheel for PS3
Console manufacturers and games publishers aren’t the only ones living it up at E3. Accessory-makers are out in force too, including Logitech. It has a load of new goodies for console owners including this Driving Force Wireless Racing Wheel for PS3.
Nintendo upgrading Wii controllers with Wii MotionPlus accessory
Phenomenally successful though the Nintendo Wii is, it certainly isn’t without its own share of niggles. Among them, perhaps at the forefront of ‘core’ players’ minds, is the fact that the motion sensing Wii remote is, well, not all that hot at sensing motion.
If you were born in the 80s: Nintendo console keychain
Just looking at this keychain makes me misty-eyed remembering days spent playing Super Mario and Tetris until it was time to watch Thundercats, Transformers and Voltron. Clearly made for us 80s kids, this nostalgic wonder features miniature versions of the console, a game cartridge and the NES controller.
Display your gaming history and inspire do-you-remember’s with mates you used to trash in Street Fighter with this officially-licensed keyring for only $5.99.
Product Link (Via Coolest Gadgets)
Don't bother rescuing the princess, just grab some Nintendo decals from Blik instead
It’s common knowledge ’round these parts that I dress as Mario at every available opportunity. Heck, you’ve probably even seen me right here on Tech Digest in my costume. So it’ll be of no surprise to you that I am salivating over these Super Mario Bros. decals for walls, then.
The hardest part is choosing between Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, or New Super Mario Bros. however – although at $75 a pop, you better choose just one or you won’t have any gold coins left over for actual games…
External hard drive planned for Nintendo Wii, or so the latest rumours go
Could Nintendo be answering many fanboys’ prayers message board tantrums, and be developing an external hard drive?
If an employment advertisement posted by Nintendo of America is anything to go by, then yes, yes they are. The job noticed called for developers to design a “test plan for Wii’s USB devices”, once again stoking the fire of external hard drive rumours.
Sadly the Nintendo of Europe head honcho, Laurent Fischer, claimed…
Peekaboo Pole Dancing might be taking Carmen Electra to the Xbox 360, not the Wii
When we broke the news about Peekaboo Pole Dancing launching a Wii game, we mentioned that Carmen Electra was already a fan of the portable dance poles, however it seems Carmen and her ‘Electra Poles’ might actually be launching on the Xbox 360 instead.
Speaking to MTV, Simon Kay from Peekaboo revealed “the biggest issue with the whole thing is Nintendo’s approval, we’re not going to get Nintendo to approve a Carmen Electra-based Wii game, not in near future at least.” Owing to the Wii’s ‘family-friendly’ reputation, they’re being forced to look at alternatives, such as the Xbox 360, which “could be edgier” according to Kay…
Ubisoft calls for Sony to "go back to the drawing board" with the PlayStation Portable.
Games publisher, Ubisoft, has criticised Sony’s PlayStation Portable for its failure to keep pace with the Nintendo DS handheld. UK Managing Director Rob Cooper has said in a recent interview that PSP lacks direction and that Sony has over-complicated and over-priced the console…
Guitar Hero Nintendo DS bundle will cost $180, look like this…
God Slash bless Toys ‘R’ Us, who has leaked the Guitar Hero bundle ahead of the release, complete with picture AND price. This is a good day for music-loving commuters.
The retailer will be charging $179.99 for the limited edition DS bundle, which includes not only the game and Guitar Grip peripheral, but…
YouTube Hits: What if Nintendo made Halo 3?
It’s a dangerous question to ask, and I’m surprised the comments over on the video at YouTube aren’t laced with more vitriol!
I think a better question to ask would be ‘what would Wii Fit look like if it was made for the PS3?’ Anyone else think it would involve reaching forward 3cm and flicking the switch on the side of the PS3 waffle grill?
