Misc. Nintendo Archive

  • NES-haul-day-one

    NES game collecting after day 1

    So yesterday I posted about how I was going to try to collect all the North American NES games. Well, things kind of got out of hand from there. A few hours later I went from a decent stash to owning 1/3 of the releases....

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  • KnowYourShmups

    A SHMUP brush up

    With the release of Sin & Punishment: Star Successor for the Wii and Deathsmiles (impressions for both coming soon) for the Xbox 360, I figured I’d give a brief overview of the shoot ‘em up (shmup) genre and point out some of my favorites. The...

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  • Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum member awards announced

    Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum member awards announced

    If you’ve been saving your registration codes and entering them in at Club Nintendo, today you found out what this year’s prizes were. Last year there were a few to choose from, including a Mario hat and Doc Lewis’ Punch-Out!! downloadable game for the Wii....

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  • Nintendo announces Japanese Wii lineup

    Nintendo announces Japanese Wii lineup

    Nintendo’s Japanese Media Summit conference has just concluded, and I must say it was one hell of a ride. In addition to a flurry of announcements regarding the Wii and the new DSi, they also released a list of the Wii’s line up for the...

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  • Nintendo is doing ok

    Nintendo is doing ok

    This doesn’t mean much, and it doesn’t tell us really anything new, but dang it, you’re going to keep reading because you can’t get enough of what I have to say. Yesterday I was visiting Amazon.com, a little web site you might have heard of,...

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  • Top Ten GameCube Games

    Top Ten GameCube Games

    GameCube games? Who cares, right? Wrong! The GameCube was awesome, and despite it’s lackluster performance on the sales charts, it was probably the console that I put the most time into during the past generation. Since the Wii is fully backwards compatible with all GameCube...

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  • Nintendo defines “Holy Crap!” with their earnings report

    Nintendo defines “Holy Crap!” with their earnings report

    Nintendo’s latest earnings report showcased some insane sales numbers and some pretty lofty sales expectations for the DS and Wii. The numbers also provided lifetime sales for the GBA and GameCube. While there are still a few Cubes and GBAs getting sold, the numbers are...

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  • The mother lode of NES games all in one auction

    The mother lode of NES games all in one auction

    For the next 5 days you can have a crack at owning the complete collection of NES games without having to track anything down individually. An eBay seller has listed his entire collection of 739 NES games, many with boxes and manuals, for sale in...

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  • Metroid 2 remake

    Metroid 2 remake

    I’m down and out with a migraine today, but this was so cool I still had to share. This is a remake of Metroid II: Return of Samus. I’ve always felt that the game has been criminally underrated, but I can understand why many Metroid...

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  • Nintendo conference summary (because I couldn’t do it better)

    Nintendo conference summary (because I couldn’t do it better)

    Neomoto, over at the NeoGAF forums put together a great summary of the recently held Nintendo conference. Instead of just ripping off his info and work, I’ll just link to it directly. Lazy? Yep. Does it make my day a bit easier? You betcha. Check...

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