Feb
1

New Nintendo-published titles coming to Oz

It has been revealed Nintendo will be releasing Samurai Warriors 3 and a few other weird and wonderful games in Australia sometime later this year.

Samurai Warriors 3 is a spin-off of the Dynasty Warriors series and has been developed by Koei. The Wii title has been rated M because it contains violence.

The other two games revealed Continue Reading…

Feb
0

DS2 development kit exists

The rumours of a DS2 development kit aren’t rumours anymore. According to gaming website CVG, the kits are in the hands of select developers around Japan.

An employee at The Pokémon Company has informed the gaming website that they have indeed received the development kits.

The new machine, which is still in its early stages of development, apparently has Continue Reading…

Feb
1

Epic Mickey multi-platform release possible

Disney executives Graham Hopper and Steve Wadsworth have recently talked about the upcoming Wii game, Epic Mickey, in an interview with Gamasutra at the DICE 2010 Summit.

Hopper said Epic Mickey’s core ink-and-paint gameplay mechanics went hand in hand with the Wii’s motion control system, and mentioned how the announcement of Project Natal and Sony’s new motion controller made it possible for the game to be released on other platforms in the future. Continue Reading…

Feb
1

R4 flash cartridge now illegal in Australia

Yesterday the Federal Court of Australia ordered a local R4 flash cartridge distributor to pay Nintendo more than $500,000 in fines.

The R4 distributor, RSJ. IT Solutions, was ordered to stop selling the cartridges immediately and relinquish all remaining stock. Continue Reading…

Feb
0

Eternal Darkness trademark renewed

It has been revealed Nintendo re-registered the trademark for the GameCube title Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem in North America on February 10, 2010.

Developed by Silicon Knights, the survival horror game was released in 2002 and became one of the first mature titles on the GameCube.

The reason the trademark has been renewed is unknown at this point in time, but many are Continue Reading…

Feb
0

First official images of 5th gen Pokémon released

Last week, scans of two fifth generation Pokémon were leaked onto the internet and now the Japanese Pokémon website has decided to post the first official images of the two Pokémon.

The first Pokemon, Zorua, is a dark-type evil fox Pokémon that is 0.7m and 12.5kg.

The next new pocket monster is Zoroark, an evolved form of Zorua, who is also a dark-type Pokémon, but is described as a “monster fox”. Zoroark is 1.6m and 81.1kg. Continue Reading…

Feb
0

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – DS Review

When Nintendo announced they were developing a DS game which involved their famous green garbed hero and a train, Zelda fans worldwide were swearing under their breath. The name ‘Wii’ had already pushed many westerners over the edge and now in the very same generation Nintendo was creating a game that involved Link and some magical train. So now that we’ve established the Gods at Nintendo are sniffing some low-quality paint, let’s get on with this review. Continue Reading…

Feb
2

NMH2 AUS and NZ release date confirmed

Rising Star has issued a press release to confirm No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle will be released in Australia and New Zealand at the end of April.

“Leading videogames publisher Rising Star Games today confirms that No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, is on track to be released in Australia and New Zealand at the end of April 2010.” Continue Reading…