Date archives for March, 2011

March 30th, 2011
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Angry Birds Dev Calls Nintendo Games “$49 Pieces of Plastic”

Ruffles some feathers

Whether you think Nintendo has nothing to fear from mobile games or not, it's quite a verbal battleground these days as both sides stick up for their pricing and content structure. This time it's the turn of Angry Birds developer Rovio to send a few well-chosen word birds flying through the air to attack the metaphorical green pigs of Nintendo's boxed product business.

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I just blew my nose so hard my ear whistled. That's unusual, to say the least.



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3DS Had Best First Day Sales of Any Nintendo Handheld

Take that, GameBoy Micro!

It might be a little early in the day to talk about the 3DS's launch success, with in-depth statistics set to be available in the NPD Group's next report on 14th April, but Nintendo is obviously pleased with the console's day-one sales, claiming it beat every other Nintendo handheld's launch day figures in North America.

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WiiWare, Fez Developer Does Not Like You At All

Hence the cursing

Love it, hate it, WiiWare divides opinions even among the most ardent Wii fans. Its polarising effect goes much farther though, splitting developers down the middle like a samurai sword through a ripe watermelon. Falling on the juicy — if bitter — side is Phil Fish, developer of Xbox Live Arcade title Fez.

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Dig Into Cave Story 3DS on 28th June

Nearly ready for retail

Much-loved platform adventure Cave Story isn't just content with appearances on WiiWare and DSiWare: it wants to conquer every Nintendo format going. The next part of its world domination plan kicks off on 28th June, when Cave Story 3D reaches stores across North America.

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Can't believe all the fuss around GAME getting cheap 3DS consoles from Tesco. Can someone explain why it's so deplorably horrendous, please?



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Resistance 3 to use PlayStation Move! Good old @movemodo has you covered.



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Resistance 3 Gets PlayStation Move and Sharp Shooter Support

Shoot to thrill

We recently posed the question, Should Move Controls Become the FPS Standard?, and those of you who've become accustomed to blasting the Helghast with absolute precision stood up to be counted. It's not the only shooter threequel getting Move support though, as Insomniac Games announces that Resistance 3 will support the motion controller.

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Review: Nintendogs + Cats

New leash on life

The original Nintendogs blew many away upon its release way back in 2006 – here was a game designed to show off the DS in full, with voice recognition, plenty of touchscreen functions and even a communication feature called Bark Mode that let consoles exchange data automatically. Fast forward five years and we've got Nintendogs + Cats, hoping to impress even more than its pet predecessor all those years ago.

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Review: Nintendogs + Cats

New leash on life

The original Nintendogs blew many away upon its release way back in 2006 – here was a game designed to show off the DS in full, with voice recognition, plenty of touchscreen functions and even a communication feature called Bark Mode that let consoles exchange data automatically. Fast forward five years and we've got Nintendogs + Cats, hoping to impress even more than its pet predecessor all those years ago.

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