The Super Mario Bros. franchise is world-recognized for its dedication to fun for all ages, while welcoming gamers of all skill levels. This holiday season the Nintendo Wii re-introduces video game fans to the gameplay style that they have been craving since the early 90s, as the Mario Bros. series makes its triumphant return to the world of side-scrolling adventure. Join us at http://WatchMojo.com as we take you through the seven things you may not know about Mario’s newest adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom!
from Joystiq.com:
Not only will the first few months of 2010 play host to the release dates of a squadron of delayed aught-nine blockbusters, it’s also when we can expect to see the recently announced, seriously embiggened DSi XL hit North American and European store shelves. According to a Nintendo spokesperson, the new model of the handheld will be released stateside (and … union-side?) in the first quarter of 2010.
That just leaves us with one final, appropriately oversized question: How much is it going to cost? Don’t get us wrong, we love the idea of buying a bigger version of a smaller version of a smaller version of an originally bulky handheld — but based on the sheer number of titles we’ll be buying in the dawn of next year, we’re probably going to be kinda strapped.
Those hoping for full web browsing capabilities on their Xbox 360 Media system will be left wanting. So while PS3 and Wii owners continue to log into Facebook and Twitter, in addition to every other web page, the Xbox 360 continues to tease only portions of true online. Is anyone else bummed? In a way I’m happy as this keeps my Wii in constant use with its excellent Internet Channel.
Is anyone else out there baffled as to why Microsoft of all companies continues to sit out on a basic media application? Go nuts!
from Mirror.co.uk:
The Nintendo Wii 2 will be smaller and cheaper. That’s the word from Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario and Donkey Kong. He says the console will also move into “other aspects of daily life”, hinting Ninty will follow Microsoft and Sony into the world of home entertainment.
Speaking with Popular Mechanics, Miyamoto, who has plenty of knowledge of what goes down inside Nintendo HQ said, “While we don’t have any concrete plans for what we’ll be doing with hardware in the future… I think it would be likely that we would try to make that same functionality perhaps more compact and perhaps even more cost-efficient.”
Black Wii and controllers UK bound
Miyamoto does think, though, that the Wii 2 will be more than just a “toy”. “We’re gradually seeing video games moving beyond simply entertainment into other aspects of everyday life,” he said. Maybe he was simply talking about the new Wii Exercise Bike?
This is amazing… skip to 5:00 for all the fun!
The latest wii controller is a full size bicycle!
The latest Nintendo Wii exercise game comes with its very own, full-size exercise bike packed right in. According to the gamers at Kotaku, you save the planet, cleaning up pollution by flying your bike over things.
The price of the bike it yet to be announced, but will be revealed before the bike’s launch in 2010.
According to Kotaku
from Bloomberg.com:
Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 video-game console outsold Nintendo Co.’s Wii for the first time on a monthly basis in Japan in September, after a price cut, according to market researcher Enterbrain Inc.
From Aug. 31 to Sept. 27, 309,939 PS3s were sold, a monthly record for the console in Japan since it became available in November 2006, the Tokyo-based research firm said in a faxed statement today. Nintendo’s DS Lite and DSi handheld players sold a combined 297,060 units.
Sony cut the price of the PS3 in Japan on Sept. 3 by 25 percent to 29,980 yen ($335) and introduced a model that is one- third the size of the original and consumes 34 percent less power. A similar price cut in the U.S. helped the Tokyo-based company sell more than 1 million units worldwide in three weeks, bringing it closer to its annual sales target of 13 million, Kazuo Hirai, head of Sony’s games business said last month.
The company also said last month that it will lower the price of its PlayStation Portable handheld player 15 percent in Japan to 16,800 yen from October. The PSP was the third-best selling hardware in Japan in September with 83,887 units, followed by Nintendo’s Wii with 61,691 units.
Rival Microsoft Corp. followed with a $100 reduction for its most expensive Xbox 360 player to $300 in the U.S. and 29,800 yen in Japan. Nintendo was the last of the major console makers to weigh in, cutting the price of its motion-sensing Wii 20 percent to $200 in the U.S. from Sept. 27 and to 20,000 yen in Japan from Oct. 1.
Sony fell 5 percent to close at 2,450 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. Nintendo slipped 0.4 percent to 22,530 yen in Osaka trading, while Microsoft declined 3.3 percent to $24.88 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday.
from ElectronicTheater.co.uk:
Nintendo’s autumn/winter line-up of new titles has every base covered. The schedule heralds the return of some old friends with a brand new instalment in the The Legend of Zelda series for Nintendo DS and a totally new take on the Super Mario Bros. games which sees the dawn of simultaneous multi-player action in the Mushroom Kingdom.
As if that weren’t enough excitement, the world of high fashion comes to Nintendo DS as players can create their very own Style Boutique. What’s more, players can also flex their muscles this winter as they take up the new challenges of Wii Fit Plus.
Wii Fit Plus hits stores across Europe on 30th October 2009, as revealed earlier this morning by Electronic Theatre, bringing exciting new exercise features for both mind and body to the acclaimed Wii Fit phenomenon, making your at-home training regime even easier. For theElectronic Theatre Image first time, you can personalise your own yoga routines and strength-training exercises to create a continuous exercise plan to suit your individual fitness goals. Wii Fit Plus can even create a randomised routine for you using the Yoga and Muscle exercises, for example, Lifestyle routine gives you exercise combinations to help train muscles and boost flexibility or even warm your hands and feet to ease tension. In Health routines you can work your tummy and fat burn, Youth routines help you train body and mind and work your lower body.
A brand new caloriemeter lets you estimate the amount of oxygen used by the body during physical activity and so estimates your calories burned on each activity during gameplay. In addition to all the original Wii Fit features, Wii Fit Plus now brings you 50% more content, including fifteen new trainings and six new strength training and yoga activities meaning you can relax and ease away the stresses of daily life from those aching muscles.
New Super Mario Bros. brings collaboration to the Mushroom Kingdom
For the first time, you can experience an action-packed Mario platformer on Wii with simultaneous multiplayer fun as New Super Mario Bros. Wii launches across Europe on 20th November 2009.This is a fully fledged Mario adventure if played alone however a great new feature of this Mario Platformer is that up to four players can join in the fun at the same time, playing as Mario, Luigi or either one of the Toads in a mission to save Princess Peach. New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a mix of cooperative and competitive play. Choose whether to work together to rescue Princess Peach, or use your skills to battle for the best ranking. Co-operate by saving your friends from danger - or get rid of the competition by tossing them straight into it!
You’ll be able to make full use of the motion control capabilities of Wii to enhance gameplay - tilting the Wii Remote to control a see-saw platform and reach secret areas, for example.
New features in the game include the new propeller suit, which, by shaking the Wii Remote, allows your character to fly and hover - great for reaching secret areas. You can also use your suit to help your fellow players, for instance if another player picks you up, you can both fly together! There is a new penguin suit too which enables you to throw ice balls at your enemy, jump onto your stomach and slide with incredible speed across icy sections of a stage. Players can even ride different Yoshis through the crazy and imaginative levels, using their tongues to swallow enemies - or their fellow players!
There is something to please everyone on Nintendo DS this autumn and winter, from high fashion to the return of Link in the brand new The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the hotly-anticipated new title coming to Nintendo DS in time for Christmas. The new game features a new mode of transport as you must control a train to navigate Link’s world, charting a course to the end of the line past all manner of obstacles and enemies that will try to thwart your plans.
What’s more, Link has a new companion in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: the Phantom. This giant suit of armour now responds to commands, helping Link by battling enemies and walking through fire and lava. Whether working the tracks on the train or battling through the dungeons, the new Zelda adventure will keep your stylus tapping this winter as you crack its fiendish new storyline. Make tracks for the latest instalment of Link’s adventures on 11th December 2009.
High fashion is the name of the game in Nintendo Presents Style Boutique. Nintendo brings the catwalk to your Nintendo DS on 23rd October 2009 as you are challenged to run your own fashion store as a style consultant. Hand pick your own stock, take part in Fashion Contests, choose new clothes from the online shop and even play against other consultants with multiplayer. Starting out as a shop assistant, you build up your experience offering style advice for your customers, outfitting them in the must-have pieces. As your fashion savvy grows, you will attend the catwalk shows choosing from over 10,000 items to create the season’s “must-have” trend.
For the full updated line-up for both Nintendo DS and Wii, including exciting titles available from other selected publishers, please see the list below:
Wii Software 2009Family Party: Outdoor Fun (D3Publisher) – 2nd October
Crazy Mini Golf 2 (Data Design Interactive) – 2nd October
FIFA 10 (EA SPORTS) – 2nd October
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquillity (Nintendo) – 9th October
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (LucasArts) – 9th October
Cate West: The Vanishing Files (Oxygen Interactive) – 9th October
All Star Cheerleader 2 (THQ) – 16th October
Drawn to Life The Next Chapter (THQ) – 16th October
Countdown (Mindscape) – 16th October
Family Fortunes (Mindscape) – 16th October
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (SEGA) – 16th October
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers (Activision) – 23rd October
The Ultimate Red Ball Challenge (Mindscape) – 23rd October
Super Hero Squad (THQ) – 23rd October
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (THQ) – 23rd October
Arcade Zone (Activision) - 30th October
Science Papa (Activision) - 30th October
Mountains Sports (Activision) - 30th October
Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 30th October
Wii Fit Plus with Wii Balance Board (Nintendo) - 30th October
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe, SAS) - 30th October
My Personal Golf trainer (Data Design Interactive) - 30th October
Ju-On: The Grudge (Rising Star Games) - 30th October
Cars: Race O’ Rama (THQ) - October
Casper’s Scare School Spooky Sports Day (Blast Entertainment) - October
THE SECRET SATURDAYS: Beasts of the 5th Sun (D3Publisher) - October
Ballerina presented by Repetto (Deep Silver) - October
A Boy And His Blob (Majesco) - October
Go Play Circus Star (Majesco) - October
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SMASH-UP (UBISOFT) - October
Squeeballs (Zen United) - October
Playmobil Circus (HMH Interactive) - 5th November
Animal Planet: Vet Life (Activision) - 6th November
Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Activision) - 6th November
i Carly (Activision) - 6th November
Madagascar: Kartz (Activision) - 6th November
Rapala: We Fish (Activision) - 6th November
My Baby 2 (NOBILIS) - 6th November
Beat The Intro (Mindscape) - 6th November
U-SING (Mindscape) - 6th November
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Rising Star Games) - 6th November
World of Zoo (THQ) - 6th November
SpongeBob Truth or Square (THQ) - 13th November
The Biggest Loser (THQ) - 13th November
Princess and the Frog (Disney Interactive Studios) - 19th November
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 20th November
Where the Wild Things Are (WBIE) - 27th November (UK, DE)
Yoga (JoWooD) - November
Karaoke Revolution (Konami) - November
Let’s Party (Konami) - November
Tornado Outbreak (Konami) - November
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe, SAS) - November
RTL Winter Sports 2010 The Great Tournament (RTL Sports) - November
Jambo Safari (SEGA) - November
ARTHUR AND THE REVENGE OF MALTAZARD (UBISOFT) - November
CSI DEADLY INTENT (UBISOFT) - November
Family Gameshow (zushi games ltd) - November
North American Hunting Extravaganza (zushi games ltd) - November
Planet 51 (SEGA) - November onwards
Tony Hawk: RIDE (Activision) - 4th December (DE, UK)
JUST DANCE (UBISOFT) - December
YOUR SHAPE (UBISOFT) - December
It’s My Circus (2K Play) - Autumn
NBA 2K10 (2K Sports) - Autumn
NHL 2K10 (2K Sports) - Autumn
HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 2 (EA) - Autumn
LITTLEST PET SHOP FRIENDS (EA) - Autumn
MySims Agents (EA) - Autumn
Need for Speed Nitro (EA) - Autumn
SimAnimals Africa (EA) - Autumn
Spore Hero (EA) - Autumn
Formula 1 (Codemasters) - Q4
Pony Friends (Eidos) - Q4
PES 2010 (Konami) - Q4
Horrid Henry’s Missions of Mischief (SouthPeak Games) - Q4
Miniclip Sushi Go Round (SouthPeak Games) - Q4
Build a Bear: Friendship Valley (The Game Factory) - Q4
AVATAR (UBISOFT) - Q4
MONSTER 4×4 STUNTRACE (UBISOFT) - Q4
RABBIDS GO HOME (UBISOFT) - Q4
SHAUN WHITE SNOW WORLD STAGE (UBISOFT) - Q4
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Capcom) - Winter
Silent Hill Shattered Memories (Konami) - Winter
LEGO Indiana Jones 2 The Adventure Continues (LucasArts) - WinterNintendo DS Software 2009
FIFA 10 (EA SPORTS) - 2nd October
Famous (NOBILIS) - 2nd October
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo) - 9th October
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (LucasArts) - 9th October
Cate West: The Vanishing Files (Oxygen Interactive) - 9th October
Angel Cat Sugar (Rising Star Games) - 9th October
Harvest Fishing (Rising Star Games) - 15th October
All Star Cheerleader 2 (THQ) - 16th October
Luminous Arc 2 (Rising Star Games) - 16th October
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (SEGA) - 16th October
Drawn to Life The Next Chapter (THQ) - 16th October
Countdown (Mindscape) - 16th October
Family Fortunes (Mindscape) - 16th October
Blood Bowl (THQ) - 18th October
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers (Activision) - 23rd October
Super Hero Squad (THQ) - 23rd October
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (THQ) - 23rd October
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (Disney Interactive Studios) - 29th October
Nintendo Presents Style Boutique (Nintendo) - 23rd October
Science Papa (Activision) - 30th October
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe, SAS) - 30th October
Cars: Race O Rama (THQ) - October
Casper’s Scare School Spooky Sports Day (Blast Entertainment) - October
Shaun the Sheep: Off His Head (D3Publisher) - October
Carcassonne (Deep Silver) - October
Crosswords Italy (Deep Silver) - October
Let’s play Flight Attendant (Deep Silver) - October
Ant Nation (Konami) - October
Ballerina presented by Repetto (Deep Silver) - October
Let’s play Journalists (Deep Silver) - October
Agatha Christie: ABC Murders (The Adventure Company) - October
DOLPHIN ISLAND UNDERWATER ADVENTURES (UBISOFT) - October
GIRLS LIFE MAKEOVER (UBISOFT) - October
IMAGINE BEAUTY STYLIST (UBISOFT) - October
IMAGINE JOURNALIST (UBISOFT) - October
PETZ MY PONY CLUB (UBISOFT) - October
Squeeballs (Zen United) - October
Animal Planet: Vet Life (Activision) - 6th November
Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Activision) - 6th November
i Carly (Activision) - 6th November
Madagascar: Kartz (Activision) - 6th November
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Disney Interactive Studios) - 6th November
My Baby 2 (NOBILIS) - 6th November
Beat The Intro (Mindscape) - 6th November
Women’s Murder Club Games of Passion (THQ) - 6th November
World of Zoo (THQ) - 6th November
SpongeBob Truth or Square (THQ) - 13th November
The Biggest Loser (THQ) - 13th November
Jewel Quest Solitaire (astragon Software GmbH) - 16th November
Quest Mysteries (astragon Software GmbH) - 16th November
Princess and the Frog (Disney Interactive Studios) - 19th November
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Nintendo) - 20th November
Where the Wild Things Are (WBIE) - 27th November (UK, DE)
Buddy Maths/Scoyo Mathe (Deep Silver) - November
Buddy Vocabulary Trainer English (Deep Silver) - November
Buddy Vocabulary Trainer French (Deep Silver) - November
Scoyo Mathe lernen (Deep Silver) - November
Easy Learning: Discover Our Earth (JoWooD) - November
Wire Way (Konami) - November
Crash Time III (Playtainment) - November
Jambo Safari (SEGA) - November
Safecracker (The Adventure Company) - November
ARTHUR AND THE REVENGE OF MALTAZARD (UBISOFT) - November
CSI DEADLY INTENT: THE HIDDEN CASES (UBISOFT) - November
GIRLS LIFE FASHION ADDICT (UBISOFT) - November
GIRLS LIFE JEWELLERY DESIGN (UBISOFT) - November
GIRLS LIFE SLEEPOVER PARTY (UBISOFT) - November
PETZ DOGZ SUPERSTAR (UBISOFT) - November
PETZ HAMSTERZ SUPERSTAR (UBISOFT) - November
PETZ NURSERY (UBISOFT) - November
PRINCESS MELODY (UBISOFT) - November
JIGAPIX Range (zushi games ltd) - November
Planet 51 (SEGA) - November onwards
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 11th December
Nintendo Presents: Crossword Collection (Nintendo) - 18th December (UK Only)
Legend Of Kay (The Adventure Company) - December
Zenses: Zen Garden (The Game Factory) - Q3/Q4
Build A Bear: Welcome to Hugsville (The Game Factory) - Q4
Horrid Henry’s Missions of Mischief (SouthPeak Games) - Q4
Miniclip Sushi Go Round (SouthPeak Games) - Q4
COP THE RECRUIT (UBISOFT) - Q4
It’s My Circus (2K Play) - Autumn
LITTLEST PET SHOP FRIENDS (EA) - Autumn
MySims Agents (EA) - Autumn
Need for Speed Nitro (EA) - Autumn
SimAnimals Africa (EA) - Autumn
Spore Hero Arena (EA) - Autumn
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (LucasArts) - Autumn
HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 2 (EA) - Autumn
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (LucasArts) - Winter
A super powerful Wii? I’m listening. Read more from CNET:
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors about a new Wii HD coming in 2011, but when the head of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada, predicts it, you tend to pay more attention. Wada, whose company is behind the uber popular Final Fantasy franchise, was recently interviewed by the Financial Times and had some interesting comments about a potential Wii HD, as well as the future of motion controllers.
Not surprisingly, Wada predicts the new Wii will feature similar graphics capabilities as the current PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles (why the Wii doesn’t at least have an HDMI connection at this point seems ridiculous). While he thinks Nintendo will bring out a brand new motion controller, his more biting comments were reserved for Microsoft’s and Sony’s upcoming motion-enabled systems. He largely dismissed them.
“Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network terminal, a Blu-ray or DVD player, and a gaming machine. Compared to these three pillars, the (new motion) controllers are quite limited, so the impact may be small,” Wada said.
I tend to agree with Wada. Then again, I think the whole motion controller thing is pretty gimmicky at this point, with so few Wii games out there that are truly enhanced by using a motion control scheme.
What do you guys think? Is the Wii destined for tepid sales for the next couple of years, even with a price drop to $199? Or is 2011 the prefect time to come out with a new system?
Nintendo: Helping you be a better person! Read more from Hexus.net:
The Wii Vitality Sensor, which was announced by President and CEO Satoru Iwata at Nintendo’s E3 2009 media briefing in June, will be available to gamers at some point in 2010.
The vitality sensor is a fingertip pulse oximeter sensor that connects through the Wii Remote. According to Nintendo, the device “will initially sense the user’s pulse and a number of other signals being transmitted by their bodies, and will then provide information to the users about the body’s inner world.”
Speaking in a Q&A session with investors yesterday, Iwata elaborated on what the device could be used for.
“Wii Vitality Sensor has great potential for various applications like measuring how horrified a player is in a horror title. What we are trying to propose first is a videogame with a theme of relaxation, which is completely opposite from traditional ones, to enrich the users’ lives,” he enthused.
He continues:
What if you were able to visualise how to unwind and relax, or check the condition of your automatic nerve by simply inserting your finger in the device once a day?” You have all had an experience where you are not in tune with how your body is doing or aware of how exhausted you body may be in a busy, strained period, but if you can visibly measure your condition every day, you can start to see how you’re doing.”
At first glance the Vitality Sensor seems like a gimmick, but knowing Nintendo, we wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if its new accessory has just as big an impact as Wii Fit.
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