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We’ve heard about Yoshiro Kimura and his love of playing with toys…and now we get to see it in action! Direct link here

A portion of a GamePro Arcade review… Pros: Simple platforming, enemy design was nice Cons: Lack of content, short, too pricey for its length Full review here

I was pretty surprised to see the lower score for Grand Slam Tennis from Eurogamer. While I was left scratching my head, we now find out what the issue was. It looks like GST was played on a debug Wii, and the final retail version ends up being a lot more response than [...]

John Riccitiello (EA CEO) asks Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime: “Why did you show the development community the video of your presentation but the press the live presentation? What were your considerations?” (Game developers were not in Club Nokia to check out the E3 presentation. They watched via live-stream at the Nokia Theater) Reggie Fils-Aime [...]

“Logically, if Sony cuts the price of PS3 to $299, Nintendo may be forced to cut to maintain sufficient price differential versus the PS3 and 360. In other words, hardware sales, while slow now, are about to get a boost in the near-term driven by price cuts.” - Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia I really don’t [...]

See all Nintendo Wii reviews at Expotv Direct link here (thanks J!)

“I would say feasible is a good word. To me I always think of the big three as, and maybe it’s just because of when I was playing and when I was first starting at LucasArts, I always think of Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island as the big three [...]

Have you already blasted your way through Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again? Feeling a little sad because you don’t have anymore levels to play? Reader Moto writes in to remind all of you that there are new levels for Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again every week, added by the [...]

A portion of a 1up review… You’ve probably already picked up Mega Man 2 on Virtual Console, but if not — jeez, man, what are you waiting for? Go! Get it! You’re months behind the curve. Full review here

Nintendo Wii North America: 1. EA Sports Active (EA Sports) 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii MotionPlus Bundle (EA Sports) 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 5. Wii Play (Nintendo) Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 2. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Rocket Company) 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo) 5. Wii de Asobu: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) UK: 1. EA Sports Active [...]

It was at $30, then it went back up to original price, and now it’s back down to $30 again. Time for you to run out and grab a copy! Thanks to Brandon for the heads up.

“Video games were the big issue in my review, specifically their classification system. I didn’t have time to outline a new classification system entirely, but I did outline principles for how it should look. My suggestions then went to consultation and the Government have this week made their decision, which is an enhanced PEGI [...]

DSiWare Chuugakku Kihon Hana Tango Word Puzzle (200pts) Chiria no Doobutsu Koya (500pts) Dragon Quest Wars (500pts) Real Soccer 2009 (800pts) Native Kaiwa Hen (800pts) WiiWare Bang Bang Kids (Water Warfare) 800pts Virtual Console Arcade Golden Axe (Sega) Galaga ‘88 (Namco) Link

Those certainly look like DS character models to me, but I’ll stay away from confirming until we actually catch word from Square-Enix. Link