Nintendo Weekend Warrior – a struggling industry, strange peripherals, and games flying west

Despite five months of hurting sales, Nintendo still manages to come out on top of the drop, largely thanks to Wii Sports Resort and possibly the Wii MotionPlus that comes with it. Speaking of new controllers, we’ve got the Wii Vitality Sensor and a funny Wii horseback riding controller on the spotlight as well. Get all the goods on those, plus news of Japanese releases flying West in this edition of the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

Despite five months of hurting sales, Nintendo still manages to come out on top of the drop, largely thanks to Wii Sports Resort and possibly the Wii MotionPlus that comes with it. Speaking of new controllers, we’ve got the Wii Vitality Sensor and a funny Wii horseback riding controller on the spotlight as well. Get all the goods on those, plus news of Japanese releases flying West in this edition of the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

• Pokemon HeartGold/ SoulSilver confirmed to arrive in North America and Europe in 2010. Link
• Rabbids Go Home Character Featurette: Meet the Human. Link
• Dragon Quest IX being ‘considered’ for overseas release. Link
• Tony Hawk Ride Wii version coming in November. Link

Nintendo

• NPD results out: Industry down by 29%; Wii Sports Resort, DS reign. Link
• Sega Prez explains why they’re still giving hardcore a go on the Wii. Link
• Patent found for a Wii horseback riding peripheral. Link
• Satoru Iwata: Wii Vitality Sensor coming “not too late next year. Link

Homebrew

• DS homebrew game – DronS v1.6 Link
• DS homebrew – DSi4DS Link
• DS homebrew – DSDice v0.1 Link
• New DSi firmware update work around discovered. Link
• Wii homebrew – Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 3972. Link
• Wii homebrew – BootMii Configuration Editor v2.4. Link
• Wii homebrew – Betwiin v1.0. Link
• Wii homebrew game – Quadrax v0.2 Link
• Wii homebrew – Wii Homebrew Browser v0.3.4 Link