The Nintendo Weekend Warrior: the old, the new, and optimism anew
The old: the music may be decades old but the most successful band in history charges into the gaming world, showing us its box art and its bundle. As for the new, Nintendo‘s fancy new controller is not looking back – you’re gonna have to get the new games if you want to make full use of Wii MotionPlus since Nintendo won’t add support for older games. Meanwhile, Nintendo is looking forward to coming months, where they expect the hardware sales that they’ve enjoyed for a long time.
The old: the music may be decades old but the most successful band in history charges into the gaming world, showing us its box art and its bundle. As for the new, Nintendo‘s fancy new controller is not looking back – you’re gonna have to get the new games if you want to make full use of Wii MotionPlus since Nintendo won’t add support for older games. Meanwhile, Nintendo is looking forward to coming months, where they expect the hardware sales that they’ve enjoyed for a long time.
Game News
- The Wii is not all about sunshine and sports resorts. AQ Interactive let the first few screens for their Wii horror game, The Feel. Link
- Here comes the sun Beatles: Rock Band box art. The black and white, the hair, and the retro feel – all coming to the face of the game. Link
- Also adding beat to the Beatles: Rock Band is its bundle, coming with some Beatles-themed peripherals and a heavy US$ 250 price tag. Link
- The latest in Nintendo’s motion-sensing technology, the Wii MotionPlus, gets a release date, to be followed later by Wii Sports Resort. Link
- Nintendo’s new handheld, the DSi, gets a big statement from the PSP as the latter outsold the former in Japan in the previous week, as reported by Media Create. Link
- It may have gotten outsold by the PSP, but the DSi boasts its powerful anti-piracy measures, which Nintendo doesn’t seem to want to go into detail about. Link
- The NPD also handed out their sales report, and both Nintendo and Sony responded with optimism facing the coming months. Link
- New toy only for the new boys – Nintendo has no plans of adding MotionPlus support for older games, so you’re gonna have to get the new games for the new toy. Link
- After coming up dry in last year’s E3, Nintendo of America exec Reggie Fils-Aime promises the they’ll do a “much-better job” at E3 2009. Link
Homebrew News
- Wii homebrew stalwart Waninkoko updated his SD/USB Loader app, allowing you to install and load your legal game backups from a USB storage device and more. Link
- CashMan has outdone himself with a massive overhaul for an update for his Homebrew Browser, getting features stuffed into it like a turkey on Thanksgiving. Link
- Another big brew got an update this week – it’s DeSmuME DS emulator for the PC, and it now has compatibility for a bigger list of games. Link