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Nintendo announces Virtual Console titles

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 7:16pm

Between launch day (November 19) and the end of December, 30 games will arrive on the Virtual Console. The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64, Bonk’s Adventure and Sonic the Hedgehog make the initial list. If you’re wondering where Super…

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Survival Horror Classics: NES edition

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 2:39pm

When I think of the survival horror genre Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill pop into my mind. Alone in the Dark was a major pioneer of the genre. Resident Evil took the concept and added in…

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Cooking Mama coming to the Wii

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 1:37pm

The Cooking Mama series is expanding with a new game for the Wii. Cooking Mana: Cook Off (Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! in Japan) has 300 recipes to cook from ten different nations. Considering there are around…

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Limited edition Silver PS2 now on sale

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 12:25pm

While most of the attention has been focused on the Playstation 3, Sony quietly released a redesigned Playstation 2. The slim silver PS2 retails for $129.99, the same price as a regular PS2, but this one is “limited edition”. Is…

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Will you wait for a Wii that plays DVDs?

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 10:38am

Originally the Wii was going to be released with a built in player, but when the final specs arrived Nintendo the DVD feature was removed. Now Gameindustry.biz confirmed that an “enhanced” Wii is in the works for next year and one…

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Watch: Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz trailer

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 9:37am

This new trailer of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz for the Wii has a montage of footage of how the game is going to be played with the remote. Some mini games might look familiar if you’ve seen Wii Sports.…

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Remake This! A Boy and His Blob

By Trevor Fehrman . October 31, 2006 . 8:42am

One of the great wacky premises of the NES era, A Boy and His Blob is the story of…well pretty much what you’d expect it to be a story of.  In one of the earlier and more innovative console adventure…

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New Operations in Trauma Center: Second Opinion

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 7:25am

Two new missions for the Wii version of Trauma Center have been shown. The first is a remake of the time bomb stage found in Trauma Center: Under the Knife. Without spoiling too much of the plot Derek Styles has…

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Shadows avatars in Blue Dragon

By Spencer . October 31, 2006 . 6:16am

All of the characters in Blue Dragon have a shadowy avatar that helps out during combat. The main character, Shu, has the Blue Dragon which represents the fire inside his heart. Early on the dragon shadow can spew fire from…

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Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All

By Spencer . October 30, 2006 . 10:06pm

Even though the games were originally released for the Game Boy Advance, Capcom’s Phoenix Wright series found a home on the DS. The clever case twists and funny dialogue made it an instant cult hit. In North America the courtroom…

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Hands on with multiplayer Wii Sports

By Spencer . October 30, 2006 . 2:06pm

At the Life@50+ expo we had a chance to get some hands on time with Wii Sports. Instead of playing the single player modes, we played Baseball, Boxing and Tennis with a group of people. After trying three of the…

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Nintendo at the AARP Life@50+ event

By Spencer . October 30, 2006 . 1:02pm

This weekend the Anaheim Convention Center was home to the AARP’s Life@50+ convention where senior citizens went to an Elton John concert and played with the Wii. The only game on display was Wii Sports and anyone could come up…

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