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Get Your Free Wii Remote Jacket Accessory
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10.02.2007 at 10:49 am
From nintendo.com
“Nintendo is now including the Wii Remote Jacket for the Wii Remotes in all new hardware being shipped. For Wii owners who purchased their systems prior to this addition, we are offering to send free Wii Remote Jackets for their existing Wii Remotes. If you would like to request a Wii Remote Jacket, please start by completing the information form below.”
Well, what are you waiting on, go, go!
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No More Nintendo Power?
Rumors + IGN + Joystiq + Kotaku + Wii Fanboy + Nintendo
05.15.2007 at 8:43 pm
The news of the possible demise of Nintendo Power put a little gray cloud in my day today. I’ve been reading Nintendo Power since the first issue (when it was bi-monthly). IGN has reported that sources close to the publication are reporting layoffs are underway and that employees are being told to look for new work.
“This is most unfortunate! :(”
“I imagine the decline to being ‘old news’ by time it hits the doorstep. I would fathom that 90% of serious gamers have access to the internets and DO get their news from gaming websites such as this. Don’t feel guilty about having a small hand in this Joystiq. It’s evolution and saving some trees at the same time.”
“I’ve had a subscription for almost 10 years. This would be a real shame. While I frequent IGN, Joystiq, and a few other sites, I still really look forward to my issue every month.”
“Hm. No more free 9/10s for Nintendo games anymore, eh?”
“I already know all the news, but I look forward to it every month. I hope this is just a rumor. I don’t want to have to pay for new walkthroughs and player’s guides when I can get them as a gift.”
“Anyway, they ought to just make Nintendo power an eZine on the Wii if they want to stick around. If Nintendo is talking about putting the archives up on the shop channel or whatever, I’m sure they can do something like that, too.”
“sheds a tear for the magazine”
“The grim reaper now has his eye on you, Official Xbox Magazine”
“I still love my Nintendo Power magazine. Maybe cause the DS is my favourite system or maybe because subscribing to the magazine gets me free Player’s Guides. $20 sub minus $15 guide equals $5 for 12 issues. Good for car rides and waiting for haircuts. Either way, I really hope the magazine stays put.”
“I doubt this is true, they have a huge fan-base. Though one of the main writers did just leave… maybe a sign of things to come(?).”
“Or perhaps Nintendo Power is moving their headquarters to San Fran or NY, and employees that cannot move have no choice but to be laid off…”
“Aww.. yeah I may not have read an issue of Nintendo Power for nearly 10 years but it was my first magazine. Used to put it’s posters up on my wall and stuff. It really was out classed in almost everywhere by multiplatform mags but once in a while it would have some cool exclusive stuff. Not enough to deserve my money of course. Remember the Zelda and Star Fox comics? Heh Nester. Don’t really understand why Nintendo is gonna close shop on it, I mean it’s not like they are hurting for money. Even if it is little more than an advertisement for their products.”
“Some of my earliest gaming memories come from reading that magazine. It was one of the highlights of the month for a kid to get an issue of Nintendo Power in the mail. Every month that a new issue came in, I’d remember going to school and seeing a bunch of kids crowded around someone reading the new issue before class started. I’ve still got the first 50 or so issues in perfect, pristine condition. Boy, does that take me back. And now it might be shutting down? Damn…another piece of gaming history in the U.S. consigned to the past. How times change.”
“I think with the advent of the internet it’s been harder to sell magazines anymore, but i still get pleasure from receiving actual mail that I like via snail mail. Like a hand personal written letter or a good magazine. Anything that will get me off the internet and reading is great for me.”
“This is sad news. I remember reading Nintendo power ever since it first released! Although if I had to choose between video game blogs (such as this one!) and Nintendo power, I would choose the former.”
“It’s not even that it’s all Nintendo, though I agree with Suicide that it got annoying when there were 20 pages of Pokemon stats… it’s just that everything in there is old news. Magazines like People and Time etc exist with blogs and internet news by providing opinions and interviews. NP was totally just going deep into gaming news, which I can get on Joystiq, or if I’m interested in a Wii cake or something to that affect I can check out Wiifanboy. It’s sad, but they didn’t adjust. It’s their own fault for not providing something people CAN’T get anywhere on the net.”
“They should totally add a Nintendo Power channel to Wii (not just legacy content, but new stuff too). A channel devoted to previews, reviews and game tips of games on Nintendo systems would be very cool, even if it cost something to subscribe to.”
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Shigeru Miyamoto Calls out 3rd Parties
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04.02.2007 at 7:26 pm
In a recent interview Miyamoto says the reason 3rd party games don’t sell well on Nintendo platforms is because they put their third and fourth-string teams on the games.
“If there’s only one piece of advice that I could give to the managers of third party companies, it would be that a lot of times it seems that when they’re putting games out on Nintendo hardware, those games are being developed by their third-string team or their fourth-string team. Maybe that’s because they see those products as being unique projects or somewhat smaller-scale projects. But when Nintendo puts out a title that is designed to really support and sell its hardware, that title is always developed by one of our number one teams. And so I think that when it comes to the question of trying to compete with our software, I would really like to see the parties try to do that with their number one teams rather than with the third- or fourth-string teams.”
Maybe instead of putting down 3rd parties Nintendo should take a look at why companies do this and do something to fix it.
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Blame Fanboys for Nintendo’s 3rd Party Problems?
Fanboys + Nintendo + GoNintendo
03.13.2007 at 4:08 pm
Kevin Cassidy, founder of GoNintendo, was asked the question “Are Nintendo fans too hard on third-party games?”.
Kevin makes the argument that Nintendo fans want more violent games but is this the real or only problem? Could Nintendo’s very strong 1st party games be an issue? Most people do buy Nintendo consoles for the 1st party support. Could Nintendo support 3rd parties more with promotion or development tools? What could the big N do to help with 3rd party games?
“Konami, Ubisoft, THQ, EA, and many other big name third party developers have announced that they have a number of games in the works for the Wii. You have ports of last generation games, original IPs exclusive to the Wii, huge titles from EA’s lineup, and more. Yet from what I have seen, Wii owners are complaining about almost everything the Wii has heading its way.”
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They’re attacking Sony’s home!
Fanboys + Sony + Nintendo + Home + PS3 Fanboy + Microsoft
03.11.2007 at 12:43 pm
Sony fanboys gather the wagons because the home attack has begun. Earlier Nintendo released their response to the new Sony service stating, “This is an example of Sony’s “Mii-too” approach. Today we find Microsoft’s Chris Satcheel, general manager of Microsoft’s Game Developer Group, saying Home was “not a very game-centric approach.”
Sony supporters unite!
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Nintendo’s Q2 Releases
Joystiq + GameSpot + Message Boards + Nintendo
03.11.2007 at 12:23 pm
During the GDC action Nintendo released their Q2 release list, which included games such as Super Paper Mario and Mario Party 8.
Wii
April 9: Super Paper Mario - Nintendo
April: Prince of Persia Rival Swords - Ubisoft
April: Bust-A-Move Bash - Majesco
April: Bioncle Heroes - Eidos
May 15: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - Midway
May 29: Mario Party 8 - Nintendo
May: Tamagotchi Party On - Namco Bandai
May: Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean at World’s End - Disney Interactive
May: Escape from Bug Island - Eidos
May: Spider-Man The Movie 3 - Activision
June 11: Big Brain Academy - Nintendo
June 25: Pokemon Battle Revolution - Nintendo
June: Cosmic Family - Ubisoft
Spring: Heatseeker - Codemasters
Q2: Legend of the Dragon - American Game Factory
Summer: Shrek the Third - Activision
Summer: Transformers the Game – Activision
Nintendo DS
April 22: Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl - Nintendo
May: Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - Buena Vista
May: Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu - Atari
May: Pony Friends - Eidos
May: Diner Dash - Eidos
May: Touch the Dead - Eidos
June 4: Nintendo DS browser - Nintendo
June 4: Planet Puzzle League - Nintendo
June 11: Touchmaster DS - Midway
June: Zendoku - Eidos
Spring: Naruto Ninja Council 3 - Tomy
Spring: Time Ace - Konami
Spring: Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom - Konami
Q2: Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon - Natsume
Summer: Shrek the Third - Activision
Summer: Transformers: Autobots - Activision
Summer: Transformers: Decepticons – Activision
Game Boy Advance
Summer: Shrek the Third - Activision
In spite of a few great titles we still found discussions (Joystiq, GameSpot Forums) concerning the quality of the Q2 list.
So what does everyone think?
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