‘Super Mario Galaxy 2′ mostly for kids
Super Mario Galaxy 2″ is a very cute Mario game that I would strongly suggest for my nephew, Kyle. It’s quite good. On the other hand, I’m going to devote a lot of this review to criticizing the one super dumb thing in it that’s annoying me to no end.
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Will this gadget kill 3D?
Want to know what the death knell for 3D content looks like? Check out these pictures.
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Check this video out. Looks fun, right? Sure, because Super Mario Kart is the best game of all time. But the giant touch controls? Really, now. This is why I’m looking forward to a jailbroken iPad: support for non-Apple peripherals like, I don’t know, the gamepad add-on we’ve all been waiting for in vain for the last couple years.
The Wii is the hottest gaming program about the market today. You no doubt enjoy hours and hours of great gaming, playing with your system by your self and together with your pals. The Wii also comes with lots of awesome Wii remote add-ons. You can find even some that you simply could possibly get to dress up your Wii and show your personal person fashion. Did you know there is also a line of Nintendo apparel that you simply can put on to show your excellent adore of the Wii?
Silicone skins for your controllers will not just protect your Wii Remotes, wii Nunchuks and Classic Controllers, but also are available in many cool shades and stylish designs. They can help to improve your grip as well as help to prevent your controllers from developing scratches and dents. Wii skins come in a wide array of colors and patterned designs, including two toned and solid colors and some also glow in the dark. They are created particularly for the Wii controllers so they’ve holes to expose the sensors and buttons in all the correct locations. You can also get skins for your game console. These skins are so useful for maintaining your Wii console and controllers clean and guarded. It can also be a fun way to dress up your Wii and show your fashion.
You can find also wrist straps that you simply can put on to protect your Wii Remotes from getting dropped or flung throughout the room. The wrist straps also arrive in the variety of colors and you can find even leather ones. This is an additional excellent method to not only protect your Wii accessories but have some fun dressing them up as well.
Another style statement you can make would be to wear Nintendo jewelry and clothing to show how much you adore the video games. I love the Mario Brothers t shirt. There is also a necklace and a number of shirts that feature the Zelda logo. You can find Guitar Hero shirts, pajamas, hats, and underwear. Yes you can find even boxers featuring scenes from the Mario games.
As you are able to see there are a lot of fun ways to demonstrate your style with Wii remote add-ons and Nintendo apparel. You can make your own fashion statement with your personal shades and designs. Make your Wii gaming system all your personal, and it will assist to make your gaming encounter even more enjoyable and unique. So get creative together with your Wii add-ons and demonstrate your style.
Can we agree that Modern Warfare 2 was an average shooter, just one that happened to be backed by a gigantic marketing budget? It wasn’t bad, certainly, but the story was bat-shit crazy—Red Dawn was more plausible—and No Russian was so clearly developed to spark controversy. This is why this Mario story warms my heart so. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is now the fastest-selling game on a single console to reach 10 million units sold worldwide. The previous record holder was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The key to all this is the single console caveat. The game, as its name implies, was only available on the Nintendo Wii, while Modern Warfare 2 was available for multiple consoles, and technically available for the PC, the lack of dedicated servers notwithstanding.
It took Mario only seven weeks to reach the 10 million mark. That breaks down to 4.5 million sold in North America, 2.9 million in Japan, and 2.9 million everywhere else.
It just goes to show you: Nintendo could release a new Mario game every few years and be guaranteed a hit. Mario is untouchable.
Meanwhile, in just a few years I’m sure we’ll be looking at Modern Warfare 18 and Modern Warfare-branded kids vitamins. Who knows, maybe Activision will actually become a defense contractor in order to better milk the license for money?
Japan’s biggest gaming magazine, the Famitsu [JP], has given Nintendo’s newest Mario game New Super Mario Bros. the highest honor in the latest issue. All four editors who tested the game gave 10 points out of 10, resulting in a perfect 40/40 score.
New Super Mario Bros. is already the fourth game in 2009 to get a 40/40 rating, even though until 2007 the magazine was well-known for not giving away this score easily. But the perfect rating isn’t that surprising, as the game seems to be really that good and many reviewers outside Japan gave it the thumbs up already.
Here is a time line for all of Famitsu’s 40/40-games so far:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, for Nintendo 64)
2. Soul Calibur (1999, for Dreamcast)
3. Vagrant Story (2000, for PlayStation)
4. The Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker (2003, for GameCube)
5. Nintendogs (2005, for the DS)
6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, for PlayStation 2)
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, for the Wii)
8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, for PlayStation 3)
9. 428: Fusasareta Shibuya de (2008, for the Wii)
10. Dragon Quest IX (2009, for the DS)
11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, for the Wii)
12. Bayonetta (2009, for PlayStation 3/XBox 360)
13. New Super Mario Bros.
It must be pretty darn easy being an analyst at one of those fancy Wall Street firms. Take this story, that Nintendo may well launch an on-demand video service for the Wii here in North America next year. Japan’s Nikkei reported the same thing nearly two months ago, but it’s only now that someone at Lazard Capital Markets has officially predicted such a store for the North American market.
Here’s what the analyst said, two months after the Nikkei said the same thing:
We expect Nintendo to continue experimenting with content delivery and eventually to launch a service in the U.S., establishing a family- oriented media hub in the living room, and providing a more competitive option to Xbox Live and PlayStation Home.
The Wii is a really strange system, no? Nintendo as a whole, too. While Microsoft and Sony welcome and promote violent games like Modern Warfare 2, Nintendo goes out of its way to promote New Super Mario Bros. , a game that’s going to be huge, yes, but is for a totally different audience.
Nintendo’s hasn’t really jumped onboard the online bandwagon, either. There’s no Xbox Live or PSN you can point to, downloadable content is rare (excepting the Virtual Console, which I wouldn’t really consider DLC in the traditional sense of the phrase), and there’s no emphasis on “extra” features, like Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
All well and good, yes, but I have one question: where’s the new Zelda? Surely I’m not the only person who looks at Nintendo systems as Zelda/Mario-to-TV adapters.