Nintendo E3 2009

It's that wonderful time of year again! Once again the Electronic Entertainment Expo delivered many surprises from all gaming companies. And one company that pretty much gave fans (almost) everything they want. Nintendo.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2

The biggest game revealed by Nintendo was once again explained to the audience, similar to the original Super Mario Galaxy.

The trailer sees the return of the Bee suit and more themed levels (snow, big things (left), etc.). But the biggest surprise was Yoshi's return! As seen in the trailer there will be many gameplay mechanics that can be used while riding Yoshi. It apears that when Mario is riding Yoshi, shooting star bits with curser is replaced with shooting Yoshi's tongue at enemies and hooks. Also shown in the trailer was a new suit that drills into planets.










New Super Mario Bros Wii

Also announced at E3 was the sequel to the very popular DS game of the same name: New Super Mario Bros.

At first glance it looks like a prettier version of the original, but the cooperative multiplayer component looks promising












Metroid: Other M
Nintendo announced another continuation of the Metroid Series with Metroid: Other M. The title is intriqueing. The whole game is intriguing actually. The game is being developed by Team Ninja, the company responsible for the Ninja Gaiden series. This change in direction definitely shows with a completely new look and art style, coupled with retro style gameplay (sidescrolling).






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Awesome Master Sword Stylus

This Nintendo DS stylus is pure awesome contained within a tiny white stick. It's the Master Sword carved to perfection!

This is one stylus you don't want to lose between the couch cushions!

World of Goo Review

In a world of sub par Wiiware titles, Wii users have often been given the least entertainment in downloadable content, and Nintendo haven’t helped this much with their own games. It’s a massive surprise then, that an independent developer would come out of nowhere and produce a game that laughs in the face of it’s rivals.
Head past the break for the full review.





World of Goo is a puzzle game in which the player has to construct a tower using Goo balls to reach a pipe to suck up the goo balls. The catch is, every string of Goo you construct has to use one of your Goo Balls which means you’ll have to think strategically in where your going use your Goo Balls.



If that wasn’t enough though, every level has it’s own unique twist added in, one level has the goo balls on the ground, the pipe is above, but their both separated by spinning gear that can easily kill your Goo.
The game also includes a large number of different Goo Balls. Some that can be attached and detached from the string, and others that act almost like drops of water.


The Game controls by pointing the Wii Remote at the screen and selecting your Goo Balls to drag over to different strings. The camera moves where your curser moves. That’s it! All you’ll be using for the games control system is the A button! This simplicity in design really does mean anyone can come to grips with the game in a few minutes.

Even if you’re not a puzzle game fan you’ll probably still enjoy this game. This game’s premise is very fresh and is always changing, and if you think the first levels are too easy, simply play through the later ones (trust me you’ll be left scratching your head on more than one occasion). There’s also one more mode other than the main mode in the game. It’s aptly name ‘Obsessive Completion Disorder’. Once you’re in a level simply, pause the game click on the OCD button and it’ll tell you what you need to do to complete it for the level. Most of the time these challenges raise the difficulty quite a bit, although they’re usually about using the least amount of Goo Balls as possible.

My one and only complaint with the game is that wen trying to select an individual Goo Ball among the other kinds of Goo balls, it’ll be difficult because they’re always moving around each other, but that problem seems unavoidable in a game like this.

Majora's mask coming to Virtual Console in Japan

One of the most controversial and critically acclaimed Zelda titles will be released in Japan! It's price (like Ocarina of Time) will be 1,200 wii points, and it's inevitable release here has excited a lot of fans.

Phantasy Star has also been announced, as well as Castlevania 3, Kirby's Dreamland 3, Ninja Gaiden and Space invaders!


In other news, It's been revealed that 'Punchout' will include balance board supports to detect dodging and create a more challenging experience.

GDC Updates

The Game Developers Convention brought a lot of surprises. But in case you missed any, I'll show you all the Nintendo news.

DSi and DSi only game cards announced
New Legend of Zelda

Virtual Console Arcade

The Virtual Arcade will all0w Wii users the chance to play very old classics that aren't available on any other system in the present day.

Games Announced for VCA

• Gaplus (Namco Bandai): 600 Wii Points -- available now
• Mappy (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points -- available now
• The Tower Of Druaga (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points -- available now
• Starforce (Tecmo): 500 Wii Points -- available now
• Space Harrier (Sega) -- coming soon
  
• Solvalou (Namco Bandai) -- coming soon

Wii Storage Solution

Along with the update (4.0), the Wii's virtual console storage will only be limited by the size of your SD card, in the SD card channel.

Proffessor Layton 2 planned for North America



Bye GDC! Seeya next year!

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks announced!

The Game Developers convention brought on quite a few surprises from Nintendo, but none as surprising as this.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks looks to continue the Phantom Hourglass series on the DS in an all new way.

Spirit Tracks will see players controlling a train travelling across the land (An incredible first for the series). The gameplay will involving the trains cannon similar to how you would in using the ship in Phantom Hourglass.

Here are some facts:

• The game will let you control Phantoms, the previous major enemy of Phantom Hourglass, during gameplay.
• The game will be playable on all versions of the Nintendo DS
• New items will be available. One of such is shown in the trailer and appears to be similar to the Gale Boomarang from Twilight Princess.
• Some dungeons will grant you the use of Phantoms for Puzzles and Combat.
• The game uses the same cel shaded graphics as Phantom Hourglass.
• Link will use his train to travel around the world.

Here's the trailer!

Club Nintendo Available to Australia!

YAY!

Club Nintendo is finnally available on teh internets for everyone!

Sooo, that's pretty much it...