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Wii EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Contest: Are you the ultimate Naruto fan? Prove it! 61 Well, are you? We want you to take a picture of yourself in front of whatever Naruto product you own. Whether it be clothing, DVDs, videogames -- even taking a picture of yourself in front of a c... Review: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles 24 When I first heard that Capcom's next Resident Evil game was going to be a sequel to the Wii-exclusive Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, I was pretty disappointed. Umbrella Chronicles actua... Black Friday: GameStop deals leaked for your pleasure 50 Black Friday and all its horror will soon be upon us, and the Internet has gotten its talons on GameStop's list of ludicrous offers. The list is absolutely huge, some great bundles such as a PS3 ... Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty, Kelly freakin' Clarkson 30 I think what most pleases me about the release of the "family friendly" LEGO Rock Band, it's that it opens up the platform to all kinds of pop nonsense we might not have ordinarily seen. By "nons... Atlus promises Shiren the Wanderer won't make you cry 18 Don't worry, Atlus may be known for its propensity for importing Japanese cruelty (alonside Shin Megami Tensei games), but they promise that THIS time, with the February 10 release of Shiren the ... PSA: Gamefly has a ton of Wii and 360 games for under $10 21 You wouldn't know it by looking at my credit card bills, but I have never been a member of GameFly. I have, however, racked up a bunch of meager transactions over the years whenever they try to p... Online Lessons 101: Monster Slaying in Monster Hunter Tri 16 Look, when I think of Monster Hunter, the last thing I think about is the high school education system. Apparently I must be in the minority, as Capcom seems to think that Monster Hunter and educ... Dog gets and plays Tony Hawk: Ride before we do 30 If you're waiting for our Tony Hawk: Ride review, sit tight -- we don't even have the game in our hands yet, despite the fact that it's on store shelves.  But you know that famous skat... Spike's Video Game Award nominations are here! 87 The VGAs may be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there's no denying that it's about as mainstream an award show as we're going to get. With that... New EA store sells EA Sports Active, and nothing else 19 Apparently EA Sports Active is so important that it deserves its own store. Throughout the run-up to Christmas, Electronic Arts will be operating two stores in San Fransisco and Boston, and EA Sp... Tony Hawk: RIDE is out, #tonyhawktuesday 12 If I was a game I wouldn’t dream of debuting on the same morning two mass marketed follow-ups to unique and successful IPs did. But I’m pretty sure if I was game, I wouldn’t ha... 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 ... Finally! A Darth Vader Wii Sensor bar holder 15 There's finally a Darth Vader Wii Sensor Bar holder. Finally. And it's Vader himself doing the holding work. Like, when I woke up this morning, I had no idea that the day would end with such a fe... Ten Minute Taste: New Super Mario Bros. Wii 20 Maybe you're like me and spent your weekend fighting against illness, unable to brave the cold world to pick up a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Or maybe you're just not yet convinced after ... Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex 34 I don't generally like wartime FPSes. In fact, I'd say that the "normal guy with guns shooting other normal guys with guns" genre is my least favorite in all of videogame-dom, starting with Golde... '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... What Sgt. Pepper's looks like in The Beatles: Rock Band 7 In case you own The Beatles: Rock Band and for some reason don't know what Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sounds like, Harmonix, MTV Games, and Apple Corp. would like to remind you. That'... Ten Minute Taste: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles 9 Capcom's Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles hits shelves tomorrow, and while Jonathan Holmes will have our full review later in the week, I wanted to give you a quick glimpse of what yo... Nintendo drops five downloadable Wii demos like it's 2005 29 Flip on your Wii (ha!), head on over to the Wii Shop Channel, and under WiiWare, search "demo." What you'll see is five shiny new demos from the lovely folks at Nintendo. Their goal is to give ga... NSMB Wii release bash: Bucken-Berry and Ala-Gold! 35 So, I took a five-hour bus ride to New York City yesterday to do some video coverage of the New Super Mario Bros. Wii launch event at the Nintendo World Store. It was supposed to be a four-hour b... Survey suggests Evan Longoria will be MLB 2K10 coverboy 23 The Tampa Bay Rays may have missed out on the playoffs this year, but the team’s third baseman, Evan Longoria (no relation to actress Eva Longoria) may be cashing in on his two very good ye... High Voltage teases a big announcement soon 23 The guys at High Voltage have been a bit silent since E3 and the launch of The Conduit. After announcing The Grinder and Gladiator A.D. I'm sure they're hard at work actually developing those gam... Phalanx coming to WiiWare, banjo accessory not confirmed 13 I have never played Phalanx. The SNES/Sharp X68000 computer game was never something I had the pleasure of playing. Beyond the fact that it's a space shooter I know absolutely nothing about it. N... SPOILERS: Entire game of Sin and Punishment 2 on Youtube 14 2D shmups are back with a vengeance these days, while 3D shmup releases are at an all time low. For my money, the last truly great game in the genre was Panzer Dragoon Orta on the original Xbox. ... The alt costumes and new mode in RE: Darkside Chronicles 15 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is almost out and despite all the media Capcom has been releasing over the weeks, there's still some surprises to be had. Remember in Resident Evil 2 how y... Expect fewer 'Hero' titles from Activision next year 15 No doubt about it -- a lot of Hero games came out this year. The list, in full: Guitar Hero: Metallica; Guitar Hero 5; Band Hero; DJ Hero; Band Hero for the Nintendo DS; Guitar Hero: Modern ... Win A Boy & His Blob, plus an art book, right now (day 4) 3088 The final day of our A Boy & His Blob contest is upon us! Our winners so far are MoX, Tragy and Justice! I need shipping addresses for you all, so please use Destructoid's brand new frontpage... 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" ... Rock Band DLC: AFI and The Bangles (Update) 15 If you thought that The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content that was announced earlier today was the only time I'd be writing about Rock Band DLC today, you're wrong. Thank god, because serio... Sgt. Pepper's to hit The Beatles: Rock Band next week 17 Next week, the second full album by The Beatles will be available for download for The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix/MTV Games/Apple Corp. announced today.  The Beatles' 1967 record, Sgt. Pep... Silent Hill: Shattered Memories hits December for Wii 12 Konami has finally put a firm date on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii -- December 8. How appropriate, considering the game's icy setting.  If your arms tire out easily, but you s... GameStop wants to sell you DLC in their stores 34 Whether you like it or not, the push towards a mostly-digital game industry is ahead of us. It may not be next year, it may not be in the next five years... but it's coming.  Brick and morta... New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Damn, Luigi is lazy 50 For completionists, collecting all of the Gold Coins in New Super Mario Bros. Wii (there are three in each world) won't simply be a matter of saying "I did it."  The coins act as currency, ... Interactive RE: The Darkside Chronicles trailer is messy 14 Capcom knows that standard trailers are so last year. You sit back, some stuff happens on the screen, and then it's over. Maybe you see some gameplay, maybe you don't. Neat.  So the publishe... Win A Boy & His Blob, plus an art book, right now (day 3) 1567 It's day three of the big, fat, wobbly, sexy, delicious, erotic A Boy & His Blob giveaway. Yet another day brings yet another copy of the game, plus a delightful art book, which we shall awar... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! The Legend of Zelda 213 Good gaming gods, last week's debate was epic, and I do not use that word lightly. I had to go through all 235 comments twice, just to make sure no tallying mistakes were made. The outcome broke ... 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 ... Win A Boy & His Blob, plus an art book, right now (day 2) 1063 Day two of our big A Boy & His Blob competition begins! Yesterday you all contested for a copy of A Boy & His Blob plus a kick-ass art book, with MoX becoming the 500th poster and snaggin... Yes, Pizza Delivery Boy is coming to the Wii 19 I can't believe I'm about to write this, but... Majesco has announced that its bringing Pizza Delivery Boy to the Wii. Apparently part of some secret industry initiative to bring every modern pro... 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... Ten Minute Taste: Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reflex 35 With all the hype and controversy about terrorists doing evil terrorists things involving terror, addictive multi-player and shiny graphics -- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has showered in a cra... Monsteca Corral has 'ambient feel' of Flower, Pikmin 9 How does an indie developer grab our attention? Well, throw around the names of games like Flower and Pikmin, of course. Developer Onteca is saying its upcoming WiiWare title, Monsteca Corra... Jurassic: The Hunted 'outtakes' 19 Maybe. Probably not. Okay, not really. [Warning: Contains foul language.] Dinosaurs. Here, have some random Spongebob Rock Band DLC 38 Last Friday, we passed along information about this week's Rock Band Music Store update, which included The White Stripes, Kasabian, and The Damned. Well, surprise -- there's more.  Today, t... 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... Review: Gravitronix 4 Rght around the time that WiiWare was just becoming known to the public, a little company in New Hampshire called Medaverse Studios announced that they would be jumping in on the fun with a game ... Rumor: IO working on something 'unlike anything else' 20 I'd imagine nearly every developer yearns to create a game that's unique, a special snowflake that will defy comparison, forge a new path of gaming innovation. But it's not always like that. Some... Win A Boy & His Blob, plus an art book, right now (day 1) 604 Hi gang! We love giving stuff away on Destructoid, and we know you love getting stuff from us. That's why we're pleased to announce that we have four copies of A Boy & His Blob to give away, ... Free beats: Update available for Bit.Trip Beat 5 Not playing Modern Warfare 2? Well then, chances are high that you'd like Bit.Trip Beat. The game is pretty much the anti-Call of Duty, and it's one of my all time favorites. If you haven't playe... Hit the dino in the face: Jurassic: The Hunted 28 Sure, Activision's big holiday title Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is about to hit shelves. In fact, you might be on your way out the door to head over to a midnight launch right now.  But... Totally safe for work: Tony Hawk: RIDE 'Love Story' 6 This latest trailer for Tony Hawk: RIDE doesn't show a lick of gameplay, but at least it's both cute and informative.  Here I was this whole time thinking that the folks and Robomodo worked... Ten Minute Taste: Excitebike World Rally 14 Out of the blue, Nintendo recently announced an update to its classic NES title, Excitebike. Called Excitebike: World Rally, the WiiWare title is just like the original that you know and love, j... Oops: 'Tales of Vesperia Wii' is actually Tales of Graces 11 You know you need a new brand name when your own staff can't remember which franchise game is coming out for which platform. That's what happened in the case of Rikiya Koyama, a Vesperia voice ac... Ten Minute Taste: Jurassic: The Hunted 42 Quick, name some videogames that let you punch a velociraptor in the face with a quicktime event. I'll start -- Jurassic: The Hunted! This Activition-published first-person shooter quietly made ... 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... Unsurprisingly, Activision trademarks 'Drum Hero' 26 Despite slowing sales of music/rhythm games, Activision just keeps on keeping on. Recently, the publisher filed for trademark of "Drum Hero." You're shocked, I know.  This isn't the first ti... Cave Story Wii gets closer to release, much more yellow 35 It's good news/bad news time again. Good news first- Cave Story Wii has been resubmitted to Nintendo for approval. The game was supposed to be out months ago, but for reasons unknown, Nintendo ha... 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. 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