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A portion of an IndustryGamers interview with Will Wright… IG: Maxis is working on bringing Spore to Wii, but what about the high-end platforms, Xbox 360 and PS3? WW: I know there’s been a lot of talk about it internally, but for us it’s really an opportunity/cost issue. You know, we either do that or we continue [...]

If you’re watching [Mental], you probably caught last night’s episode in which a kid is deprived of videogames, and therefore invents one in his head. But the problem is that the videogame he invents in his head sucks… the kid ends up freaking out, hurting his mother with a knife, and then going catatonic. [...]

The Metroid series has gone through some of the most radical transitions of any video game franchise. Who would have guessed that Samus would go from side-scroller to first-person shooter, and now into the world of pseudo 2d/3d? If anyone can handle it, it’s definitely Samus. With that said, which way do you want [...]

We post Nintendo-related crafts all the time on GoNintendo. It’s simply impossible to keep track of what the Nintendo fan nation is doing! The link below shows off a few more goodies that Nintendo fans around the world have created. No doubt, Nintendo fans are the most creative fans in the game [...]

Ever play Ghostbusters on the NES? Of course you have…but even if you haven’t, you are familiar with the horribly-translated ending screen. While I cannot confirm this tribute in the Wii version, at least we can see it in the 360/PS3 version. Link

You know what I really miss from the days of 8 and 16-bit gaming? Those little idle animations that you used to get when letting your character stand still. Those don’t seem to pop up in games much anymore, which is something I feel games of today could really use. It was [...]

The Game Developers’ Conference is one of my favorite events of the year. Sure, going to E3 allows you a lot more hands-on time with titles, but I do miss the interaction with developers, and getting to hear what’s on their mind. While some of that can be done at E3, GDC is [...]

Oh yes, he’s coming back. We knew it from the first ad, then the teaser site confirmed it. Yet another Tingle adventure that North America won’t get to experience! Link

These studies show the same kind of impact on three different age groups from three very different cultures. In addition, the studies use different analytic approaches—correlational, longitudinal and experimental. The resulting triangulation of evidence provides the strongest possible proof that the findings are both valid and generalizable… [The [...]

“A lot of these games that you think are the perfect game for Wii don’t sell because companies don’t have the money to market them. Whereas Nintendo is spending gazillions of dollars marketing their games. It’s fool’s gold, the Wii. It looks great, but it’s very hard to get money out of it. [...]

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Factor 5 is having one hell of a bad time lately. Everything seemed to go downhill after the launch of Lair, which was not exactly the greatest display of Factor 5’s talent. Now we learn that some ex-Factor 5 employees are suing Factor 5 for ‘allegedly fraudulently conveying intellectual property to another company prior to [...]

Let’s Tap is out in North America, and it’s soon to hit Europe as well. Our European friends are getting a nice special edition package, which comes with two tapping boxes. In North America, we don’t get anything like that. You better have some spare boxes lying around if you plan on [...]

We know that you guys are very familiar with Capcom’s lineup of all-stars, but do you know anyone from the Tatsunoko side? Capcom is willing to bet that you don’t, which is why they’ve started up character profiles on their official Unity blog. Right now, you can learn all the details of Ken [...]

A portion of an ONM interview with Jason Vandenberghe, the creative director of Red Steel 2… ONM: Will you use MotionPlus to introduce non-combat uses of the technology? JV: Oh yeah, as many as we can get into the game. It’s very, very interesting what the Wii MotionPlus can do. We want people to manipulate a lot [...]

- take a Pokemon out of your game and transfer it into your PokeWalker - choose a course for your Pokemon to walk - some courses are unlocked later on - earn watts with every real-life step you take - exchange watts for experience, items, and the ability to catch new wild Pokemon Link

Firebrand Games, the International handheld development specialists responsible for GRID and TrackMania, today announce details of their next project, the Nintendo DS videogame version of the hugely anticipated animated film Planet 51. With a US theatrical release through Sony on Thanksgiving, Planet 51 is the tale of US astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker (Dwayne Johnson, The [...]

- Find out what Crime Scene is all about - Discover all the game features - Learn about the game mechanics (from the discovery of the crime scene to the identification of the potential suspect, through the removal and analysis of clues and comparisons of the results…) - Watch and download the official trailer - And start the investigation [...]

We told you this news yesterday, but now you can check out the official PR as a reminder. SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA America, Inc. today announced they have shipped LET’S TAP™ for Nintendo Wii™, which will be available at retail for £24.99. Another Wii exclusive, LET’S CATCH™, Yuji Naka’s second title from his Prope studio, [...]