Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Nov 13 - Nov 19
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Meta It's been a big week for Nintendo fans, as Animal Crossing: City Folk has finally released on the Wii. To accompany its release, we've got a review for the game, as well as plenty of other great features for you to go through. So, without further delay, dive right in to the links below!DS Bury the Shovelware: Zoo Tycoon DSWe play the bad games so you don't have to G2G: Professor Layton and the Curious VillageFind out why it's great for when you're on-the-go Kingdom Hearts DSi at least kind of realMore DSi game news trickles out Show and Tell: EdiblesOur weekly spotlight on community crafts and other goodies Mama has skills: Taito trademarks Pet Shop MamaMama expands her empire GTA: Chinatown Wars has large map, obligatory microphone gimmickSounds like quite the portable GTA Wii Revolutionary: On the EdgeMike shows us how Wii owners can get in on Mirror's Edge VC Monday madness: Space Invaders and Forgotten WorldsVideo coverage of this week's Virtual Console releases Wii Fanboy Review: Animal Crossing: City FolkHow is it? Read on and find out Top 5: Get Up, Stand UpOur weekly list feature Wii Fanboy Review: Dangeresque 3Strong Bad's 4th episode is another winner It's-a Mario World: Super EducationalWe love Mario.

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2 months ago 

Evasive Space screens fail at evading our attention
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Screens The first shots of Evasive Space invaded our inbox earlier today, and apparently things get quite ... trippy in the Yuke's/High Voltage collaboration. Not Jeff Minter levels of trippy, but still pretty out there in parts. The game itself, which will cost 1000 Wii Points, seems to be a mix of open play shmupping (as seen in Geometry Wars) and more linear, contained areas.

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2 months ago 

Roll does her thing in latest Tatsunoko vs. Capcom video
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, Video We're not going to lie: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread. We're seriously in love with the game, even if we can't understand any of the weird Japanese squiggles that permeate the entire title. That won't stop us from importing the game, however.

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2 months ago 

Let's Tap with actors pretending to be a family
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, VideoAlthough it doesn't take much to explain Prope's minimalist Let's Tap, Sega sent out this promotional video demonstrating its gameplay. This clip highlights the Rhythm Tapping, Tap Runner, and Visualizer modes, offering brief glimpses of other modes, including what appears to be a tapping-based shmup.

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2 months ago 

Alone in the Deal of the Day
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsAtari's latest attempt to restart the Alone in the Dark franchise may have been disappointing at $50, but we can't help but wonder how much less disappointing it is as a $10 game. The lowered expectations that come with the price may be just the thing! If you only had enough interest in the game to justify spending that amount, chances are you've rented it already.

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2 months ago 

Variety spills Boom Blox 2 development
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsA sequel? From Electronic Arts? No way.In an otherwise pretty sad story about the closure of EA's shadowy, innovative Blueprint division, Variety mentioned that one of the titles being developed in the style of Blueprint (development distributed around the world, coordinated online) is a sequel to their wonderful puzzle-action game, Boom Blox.

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2 months ago 

Happy 2nd birthday, Wii
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News That's right, boys and girls. Today is the 2nd birthday (we're going by North American release) for our beloved console, the Nintendo Wii. It's been a crazy ride so far, and next year is looking to be even better. We've had highs and lows, but, overall, we're still loving Nintendo's latest console.

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2 months ago 

Revolutionary: On the Edge
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: How-tos, Tech stuff, Controller, Video, Homebrew, Features, Revolutionary Nintendo fans have been practicing parkour with their very own platforming princess since the 8-bit days. Now it seems another traceuse is stepping in on the territory Samus pioneered.

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2 months ago 

Atsushi Inaba talks MadWorld inspirations, Wii
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Interviews A lot of things come to mind when looking at screens or video from MadWorld. Its visual style has been compared to Sin City and Running Man, to name a few. So, is this where creator Atsushi Inaba got his inspiration for the game?"Of course we like Sin City very much and we have seen Running Man before but they are not the sources of our creation," said Inaba.

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2 months ago 

Nintendo planning greater community features
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Nintendo Wi-FiIt's not to say that the company hasn't been mindful of community features in the past. They've launched the Check Mii Out Channel, as well as the Everybody Votes Channel. Sure, they were flops, but it's good to know that Nintendo is at least trying.

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2 months ago 

Mama responds to PETA
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsMama, lovable cook and Majesco mascot, wants us all to know that her latest game, Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, isn't all about killing animals and preparing them as tasty dishes. No, the Mama has a bunch of vegetarian recipes, as well, evidenced by the press release sent over to Go Nintendo.

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2 months ago 

One very worthwhile Cave Story screen
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Screens, WiiWare Cave Story remake developer Nicalis has been spreading exclusive content around the web, turning our daily news crawling into a delightful Cave Story scavenger hunt. The latest release is this screenshot found on WiiWare World, featuring the updated, redrawn graphics.

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2 months ago 

Golden Zelda statue gallops back to European Club Nintendo
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuffAlthough we regard this golden statue of Link and Epona as tacky, we're clearly in a minority. Despite being the most expensive item ever in the European Club Nintendo shop (15,000 Star Points, thank you), it sold out in the blink of an eye.How rare is this, exactly? Our guess: pretty damn rare.

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2 months ago 

Wii Warm Up: Top title for 2009?
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm UpSo, yesterday we had some talk about 2009 and how there are plenty of great games releasing on the Wii. What we want to know this morning is what is the top 2009 title for you? What are you looking forward to most next year? We know it's a lot to ask, what with everything that is due to release.

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2 months ago 

The Crystal Bearers not dead just very badly burned
(via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News After the recent back-and-forth, is-it, isn't-it on the fate of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Game|Life's Chris Kohler sat down and did a little in-depth examination of the situation, and in his opinion, things aren't looking too great for Square Enix fans hoping for an epic SE experience on the Wii.

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2 months ago