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Nintendo EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Game Debate to the Death! Super Mario series Part 2 28 Many castles were pillaged and passed as we went from one Mario platformer game to another last week. Which game's flags gave us the most victory slides? Here are the top results: Super Mario Wo... Nintendo DLC Update: Bit.Trip and Super Mario Kart 12 It’s Monday morning. Aside from meaning that I need a lot more coffee, fat strippers, and protein to operate than on a normal day of the week, it means a whole new host of Nintendo digital ... Black Friday: Nintendo DSi bundled with DSiWare games 9 Just in time for America's shopping nightmare, Black Friday, Nintendo has announced two Nintendo DSi bundles that will be available on November 27.  Customers who purchase the Metallica Blue... 3D isn't everything says Miyamoto 42 In a recent article in Nintendo Power Shigeru Miyamoto got to talking about 3D games versus 2D and voiced his opinion that going 3D isn't always the best thing. It's an age old argument, and cons... Actual good games are coming to the Wii Virtual Console 43 One of the best Super Nintendo games ever, Super Mario Kart, will be hitting the Virtual Console this Monday. The classic racing game will cost you 800 Wii points. Later this holiday season, we c... Today's TeeFury shirt wants you to play outside 3 Remember when your parents told you to go play outside instead of playing videogames all day long? Well today's TeeFury shirt takes that saying and gives it a whole new spin. Classic Nintendo car... Chugging along with Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 15 I have to indulge in a little narcissism right: not only did I get farther along in the second dungeon of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks than any other journalist who previewed the game, I had al... Hands on: Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks train whistle 14 Along with a USB stick containing the opening of the upcoming Nintendo DS title The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Nintendo sent me a wooden train whistle. Oh, and there were also some pretty n... You will never look at Mario the same way again 19 What is it about this obese Mario mask that makes it so damned terrifying? My immediate thought was the tongue. Oh God, the tongue! But then my eyes were drawn to the bulbous red nose. Has Mario ... Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 68 Erik Estavillo, the agoraphobic Resistance player who keeps attempting to sue Sony for banning his trolling arse, has now decided to try and get some money from Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Hi... DSi LL got a big ol' butt, spotted in the wild 27 With the DSi LL set to be released in Japan this Saturday, display units have started popping up here and there to help Nintendo promote it. Anoop over at Andriasang got to peep some at the Bic C... Nintendo invades malls for the holidays 15 Unless you're the type that confines yourself to your home and orders all your Christmas gifts through Amazon (not the world's worst idea, really), you're likely to go to a mall at least once thi... Level 1-1 done in Reggie!, a New Super Mario Bros. editor 20 New Super Mario Brothers Wii has been out for, oh, about 48 hours, but the Wii homebrew scene is already on the case: GBAtemp user Tanks has recreated Level 1-1 from the original Super Mario Bro... Nintendo DLC Update: WiiWare demo, Pokemon, Indiana Jones 11 Another week, another batch of downloadable games on the little console that could (and did, and continues to do). If you jump onto the Wii Shop Channel, you'll see the usual addition of Virtual ... More Metroid Prime? Maybe a DS/DSi game, says Nintendo 44 Right now, all sights are set on Other M, the beautiful Wii Metroid game that is set to be released next year. But what about Metroid Prime? Was it all over with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption? Mayb... 'Super Guide' for Super Mario Galaxy 2? It could happen 10 While the "Super Guide" -- which you can now see for yourself in the recently released New Super Mario Bros. Wii -- is something many of us will never encounter accidentally, it's going to be hel... Mario voiceover wanted to give Link a speaking role 45 Charles Martinet is known and beloved to gamers as the vaguely creepy old man who can make himself sound like a high-pitched Italian plumber, but if he'd have had his way, the voiceover artist wo... Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii 72 It's a-me! Mario! Nick said he's too lazy to write an intro! But he reviewed New Super Mario Bros. Wii and you can read that after the jump! There's also a neat-o video review, too! Woo hoo! Lov... Sure, Resident Evil 5 is 'possible' on Wii 33 When Resident Evil 5 was announced for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, everyone asked -- how about a Wii version? At the time, it didn't seem likely. In fact, the words "not possible" ... Super Mario Wii gets its own NASCAR car 13 I don't watch this "NASCAR," and I don't know who "Denny Hamlin" is, but there's a reason I just typed those two things -- Nintendo.  This Saturday, NASCAR pro Hamlin will get behind the whe... New Super Mario Bros. Wii 'Super Guide' walkthrough 28 You've probably heard -- New Super Mario Bros. Wii is supposedly difficult.  But don't worry, since we have the Internet and access to videogame Web sites, blogs, and message boards, we're ... As promised, New Super Mario Bros. Wii box is fancy 44 A final retail copy of New Super Mario Wii arrived today, and as promised, the box is fancy.  Unlike the normal, boring white boxes that most Wii games come in, New Super Mario Wii will hit ... EA frustrated over a 'weak' Wii 34 Silver-haired king of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello, has confessed that his company is feeling frustration over the current performance of a "weak" Wii, with Nintendo's smash-hit superconsole... Did a DS help save a girl from child abuse? 33 I knew that the Ninteno DS was quite useful for doing things like playing games and helping me make oyakodon, but fighting child abuse? That's wasn't on the back of the box. The Ayr Advertiser re... The Mushroom Kingdom is coming to life for New SMB Wii 18 Nintendo is encouraging any and all fans to celebrate the launch of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and it's shaping up to be one helluva neat shindig. On November 14, from 3:00 - 7:00 PM, you'll have... Nintendo DLC: Excitebike, Frogger, Electroplankton 15 Three words -- Excitebike: World Rally (1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points). The WiiWare update of the original that was just recently announced is available today, with online multiplayer, updated v... Michael Jackson's Moonwalker heading to Virtual Console 19 Moonwalker, the game everybody found an excuse to keep talking about after Michael Jackson died, finally has some relevant news attached to it. The game is scheduled for release on the Wii's Virt... Iwata: Digital distribution will be prevalent in 20 years 28 During his comments following the release of Nintendo's recent financials, company President Satoru Iwata laid out the connectivity rates for the Wii and DS in Japan. According to Nintendo's numb... No committing to Zelda in 2010 for Nintendo 31 Despite the fact that Miyamoto himself has said that Nintendo is shooting for a 2010 release of the new Zelda teased at E3 behind closed doors, we find it very hard to believe that it will actual... Choke to death on these New Super Mario Bros. Wii screens 44 How great is it to see the Koopa Kids back together again? Pretty damn great, if you ask me. Which you didn't. But I'm telling you anyway, so shut up and agree with me. Iggy FTW! New Super Mario ... New Super Mario Bros. 'could' outsell Modern Warfare 2 61 Reggie Fils-Aime is a big talker, and today he's made one of his biggest statements yet, claiming that if Modern Warfare 2 and New Super Mario Bros. were on equal ground, the latter would have no... Zelda useful for the first time in 23 years 48 Princess Zelda -- always getting herself into trouble, be it getting kidnapped by Ganon or getting kidnapped by someone who isn't Ganon who then later turns out to be Ganon. But no longer w... Reggie: There is no Wii HD 87 It's been rumored for a long time, and many gamers have clamored for such a mythical beast, but Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has decided to play dream killer and put paid to any fantasies ... Game Boy inducted into National Toy Hall of Fame 25 Did you know there was a National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong Nation Museum of Play in Rochester, New York? True story! Inducted last year into the Toy Hall of Fame was the Stick (seriously?), and... Watch this Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks ad 13 A new commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is hitting the United Kingdom, showing off a little bit of new footage as well as the GAME-exclusive limited edition set. It also features... New Kids on the Block NES game prototype on eBay 16 Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and even Danny Wood wouldn't buy this piece of crap. Sure, it's a piece of gaming history, but it's also just some glossy paper tap... Nintendo and Treasure execs pooh-pooh the N64 59 If you would have asked either Nintendo or Treasure at the time, they would have told you that the Nintendo 64 was the best thing ever. Now? Not so much. In a roundtable session called Ask Iwata,... Miyamoto talks MotionPlus for next Zelda game 27 Following previous talk about how the next Wii Zelda game would utilize MotionPlus -- an accessory which has totally been worth the investment thanks to widespread support and clever implementati... Nintendo sort of interested in WiiWare demos ... maybe 19 One of the smartest things Microsoft has done with Xbox LIVE Arcade is make demos a requirement for each and every game, and furthermore, made it so upgrading to the full version is a mere button... Iwata: Wii situation cannot be defined as healthy 68 It's no secret that the Wii isn't the scarce object of lust that once it was, now freely available to purchase and no longer selling out everywhere in the world. Nintendo, of course, does not lik... Nintendo hints at free 3G Internet with next-gen DS 42 There's no escaping the fact that, despite the DS being a brilliant platform for games, its technical prowess leaves a little to be desired. According to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, the next iter... Luigi rides again in fan made Luigi's Boo Hunt 10 Oh Luigi's Mansion, you, much like you protagonist, are always seen as a second stringer in the world of Mario, despite your obvious charms and uniqueness. But just because you're a second fiddle... Mario rises up in the latest There Will Be Brawl 7 The latest episode of There Will Be Brawl is finally here. The new episode focuses on Mario as he tries to build an army to go up against Bowser and his forces. A lot more Nintendo characters di... Video interview: Dementium II 8 I won't lie, I've done my fair share of interviews in strange places, however this one takes the cake. In the basement of the Bright Dawn Treatment Center, I had the opportunity to speak with Aub... Miyamoto has a cat, but there 'won't be a Nintencats' 16 Since this is important information to know, Kotaku has learned that Shigeru Miyamoto is now the proud owner of a cat. No details on the cat's breed, color, size of stool, or name are known at th... Band Hero event to rawk Nintendo Store this Sunday 5 If you simply can't wait to rock out the Janet Jackson's "Black Cat," then you might want to hit up the Nintendo World Store in New York City this Sunday.  The store will be host to the Band... DS sells 113 million units worldwide 39 Hot off the heels of announcing the DSi LL, Nintendo has rubbed its vast profits in our faces by announcing that the DS as an overall product has shifted 113 million units worldwide since its lau... Nintendo's revenue and profits plummet 32 Nintendo's not had a brilliant six months, revealing today that, during the period which ended on September 30, both revenue and profit are down by a significant amount. According to the figures,... Nintendo officially reveals the DSi LL 101 Early adopter burning FTW! Nintendo has announced that, less than a year after the launch of the DSi, a brand new, bigger, better DSi is on the way. We had already heard that a DSi with a bigger ... Miyamoto wishes you'd like Star Fox as much as he does 72 Nintendo has released five Star Fox games since the series was introduced in 1993, along with Super Nintendo "Super FX" chip like it was the second coming. Problem is, it just hasn't be... Majesco to publish Ghostwire for DSi 6 Remember that "augmented reality" Nintendo DSi title Ghostwire? No, well Majesco has snatched up the publishing rights for the game, which is set for release in late 2010. Now let'... Check out the official box art for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom 47 There it is, folks, in the gallery below. The final, official box art for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom. Is it everything you'd hoped it would be? Works for me, I'd say. It's got Frank West on it, after al... Pachter: Netflix on Wii within a year 41 Videogame analyst and skilled huntsman Michael Pachter has been shining his crystal balls once again and peering into the future, predicting that the recent Netflix/PS3 partnership has paved the ... Look at this gorgeous New Super Mario Bros. Wii artwork 41 Even though the serious lack of a playable Princess Peach in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is disappointing, I can't stay mad. Watching this gameplay footage always leaves a smile on my face, and I'l... New DSi with bigger screen to hit Japan this year 51 For those of you straining your eyes to see the Nintendo DSi's 3.25" screen, Nintendo hears your cries. According to Japan's Nikkei post, Nintendo will be releasing a Nintendo DSi with a 4&q... First look at Excitebike World Rally for WiiWare 31 Big news for fans of the original NES Excitebike -- an all new, updated version of the game will be hitting WiiWare on November 9. Called Excitebike World Rally, the game will feature the sa... Art Attack Friday: Jublin 10 Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.Prepare to have your heart broken as today's Art Attack artist shows no mercy to your favorite Pokemons. Ju... Pixel Mario art is as adorable as it is stylish 12 In the fast-paced world of gaming news, it's always nice to take a breather with a low-key, artsy story every once in a while.First up, oZEPPELINo over on the Sprite Stitch Board! forums made a n... Defending Nintendo: Gaijin's support of Wiiware 17 If you notice one thing about Gaijin Games current profile of titles, there's one thing the unites them all: they all have released on Nintendo's WiiWare service. Say what you will about Nintendo... BIT.Tripping back in the day with Gaijin Games 4 It's a story we have all heard before. The almost mythical creation of tiny companies in the 70's and 80's who would later transform into epic mega corporations of today. 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