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Disney/Pixar Toy Story Mania! Platform: Wii Rating: Everyone Content descriptors: No Descriptors Rating summary: This is a collection of carnival mini-games with characters and themes from the movie Toy Story. Mini-games include shaking coins out of a piggy bank, playing outer-space pinball, and tossing balls at colorful targets. Thanks to KnucklesSonic for the heads up!

“Healthcare is 18 percent of the GDP of the United States and so games for health is probably the largest sector of activity in the serious games field long-term. If you add up the 18 month sales of Wii Fit and the sales of EA Sports Active, Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution and other healthy [...]

A portion of a 1up review… Things would take a turn for the worse when Mega Man 4 nudged the series toward “soulless annual franchise” territory, but here the overall sensation is of a team of well-meaning designers doing their best to deliver a fresh take on a masterpiece. Maybe it’s not perfect, but it’s certainly [...]

The First Amendment does not render our nation’s youth defenseless against the predatory, billion-dollar video game industry that churns out increasingly graphic blood and gore for impressionable minds to imbibe… The corruption of our nation’s youth with increasingly deviant video games is a matter of national importance. Our nation’s youth is in crisis, by any measure. [...]

What is pushing Travis through to the end in No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle? As you may have heard Suda51 say in the past, revenge is a major theme in the game. It seems that Travis is feeling a bit hurt by the death of his friend, Bishop…and he’s not going to take [...]

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… There’s no doubt that Skip knows what they’re doing when it comes to puzzle games. That much is clear from what we’ve seen. While BOXLIFE may not appeal to everyone, anyone who enjoys a good puzzle game won’t be disappointed by this one. Full review here

On Monday, we launched “United We Serve,” our summer service initiative. It’s going to run all the way through our National Day of Service on September 11th. We want to ask every American to take some time out this summer to do something for others. Parents, take your [...]

This Pokemon reference appears in Episode 3 ” Endless Eight II ” of the 2009 season. Thanks to MattMagician for the heads up!

Tecmo and Koei have merged to become Tecmo Koei. That’s a catchy name, right?! Regardless of the boring moniker, Tecmo Koei has announced that they’re opening a European subsidiary. The new branch will be called…wait for it…Tecmo Koei Europe. “This is a momentous occasion for both Koei and Tecmo. With some great [...]

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… On the whole, Altered Beast is a lame dog that should just be left to die. It hasn’t aged well at all, with horribly shallow gameplay that pales in comparison to Sega’s other classic 2D scrollers such as Shinobi, Golden Axe or Streets of Rage. Full review here

DSi-enhanced features labeled prominently on the box. I guess Nintendo doesn’t have an official logo for that just yet. I’m sure they’ll put out a game in the future that needs a logo, and you can be sure that it’ll change from what we see above. More boxart reviews here