Date archives for May, 2010

May 14th, 2010
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Also the Bit-running @NintenDaan, the state-saving @chickenbrutus and the news-posting, review-loving super-awesome @nintendolife



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It's #ff so it has to be the newly-disserted @Jamie_iPodTouch, the pant-pooing @DamienMcFerran and the hat-wearing @darrenkerwin



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Art Style: light trax Smoothly Glides to North America on May 24th

Ladies and gentlemen, start your Nintendo Points!

It seems like ages since the last Art Style game hit WiiWare as the series' focus shifted to DSiWare, but the drought will soon be over as the next entry is due to hit North America in just ten days' time.

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Nintendo’s New Redmond HQ is Rather Spiffing

Nintendo's Seattle HQ has been doing them proud for years now, but you know they love to tinker with a good thing. Their new headquarters, built next to their old building, is less of a slight upgrade and more of a next-generation revelation, though.

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May 13th, 2010
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Sticking a Laser Projector to a Wii Zapper Brings us Closer to Virtual Reality

Odd combination creates very cool effect

Remember those first Wii trailers showing people jumping across their living rooms, blasting at the screen, so immersed in the game it's like they were actually in it? Their minds would be blown by this video, as were ours.

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Necromancer 2 Lurches onto DSiWare in Japan Next Month

Western release currently uncertain

Hudson Soft's Necromancer probably isn't on your list of Top Ten Games for a DSiWare Revival. Released on the TurboGrafx-16 over twenty years ago, it's a decent RPG that received a sequel for mobile devices last year. Guess which version DSiWare is receiving?

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Mark Ronson Mixes Legend of Zelda with New Video

Spot the references in this one

Mark Ronson's made a bit of a name for himself remixing and revamping other artists' tracks, so it's no surprise to see the video for his new track Circuit Breaker take inspiration from other sources. Nobody expected it to borrow so heavily from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, though.

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May 12th, 2010
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Review: Rytmik

Music to your ears

It's tough to know how to approach Rytmik: it has no game elements whatsoever, only existing to allow you to create beautiful (and sometimes not-so beautiful) music. Although its complexity is initially off-putting, spend some time with it and you'll realise it's a very competent and enjoyable music studio.

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Review: Pokémon Black and White Starters are Disappointingly Ugly

Faces only a trainer could love

Want to see the Pokémon who'll be accompanying you on your next journey to become the world's greatest trainer? If the answer is "no", look away now.

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Review: Complete Your Living Room: My Fireplace Stoking up WiiWare

It burns, it burns

You've had an aquarium, a dolphin and a zoo in your Wii so far, but how about something even more sedate? How about... a fireplace?

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