At Nintendo’s E3 press conference today, the company gave the 3D, no-glasses-required Nintendo DS the official “Nintendo 3DS” moniker. Originally announced in March, Nintendo’s next portable brought with it a fair amount of additional detail today. The official announcement can be found here, the specs page can be found here, and …
Nintendo
E3 2010: What We’re Looking Forward To
One of our Techland colleagues who shall not be named asked, “Is it bad that I don’t know what E3 is?”
Sigh.
Well, not really. But, it does make Peter and I a bit sad. So, if there’s anyone else out there who needs a quick primer, then you should know that E3 stands for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. For about 15 years, …
Free SNES Emulator for iPad Uses iPhone as Controller
This may be one of the more expensive ways, from a hardware standpoint, to get a SNES emulator up and running but if you have an iPad and an iPhone (both jailbroken, of course) then SNES (HD) may be worth checking out.
The basic idea is that you load your SNES roms into a specific folder on your jailbroken iPad and then connect …
Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players
Hot damn. This remote control Mario Kart set not only lets you race your favorite characters around on your kitchen floor, but the controllers feature built-in virtual projectiles and power-ups in the form of shells, banana peels, mushrooms, stars, and more.
The karts apparently have built-in sensors, so when you get hit from …
Wii2HDMI Adapter Simplifies Wii HDMI Output
Sure, the Wii doesn’t need HDMI output but there’s something about the simplicity of a single-cable connection from your console to your TV that’s very appealing. Hooking stuff up with five component cables or even three composite cables seems so archaic nowadays.
If you’ve been longing to connect your Wii to your HDTV via …
Jumping to a New Level: Techland Reviews Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Systems it’s available on: Wii
ESRB rating: E
System reviewed on: Wii
Aside from their Mediterranean background, it seems like Mario and Kratos have something else in common this year. Both have sequels out and both those follow-ups up the ante in terms of scale. …
+1 to Health: American Heart Association Gives Nintendo Stamp of Approval
Video games get a bad rap as a sedentary, unhealthy pursuit. It’s one of the reasons the medium fights for respectability and probably one of the reasons the President calls out video games as often as he does.
Whatever you may think about the Wii, Nintendo has changed the way people think about what it means to play a video game. …
Preview and Contest: Win A Free DSi XL to Play Nintendo’s new PhotoDojo game
Most fighting games ask you to invest a least little bit in the convoluted backstories of their stables of exotic characters to make you care about who wins or loses. Nintendo’s new downloadable PhotoDojo takes a different approach.
You’ll use the two cameras on Nintendo’s handheld to snap pictures of yourself and your …
It’s-A Him (Again!): Hands-On with Super Mario Galaxy 2
I kinda have a love/hate thing going on with my Wii. You see the worst kind of shovelware and craptastic mini-game collections proliferating on Nintendo’s uber-successful console. Worse yet, the company’s success with the Wii can be seen as reinforcing a cautious conservatism with their approach to hardware and first-party …
Does It Come in Black?: Nintendo to Offer New Color, New Bundle for Wii
Love it or hate it, it’s impossible to deny the Wii’s success. Nintendo’s had a hard time meeting demand for the system pretty much since launch and it’s introduced new demographic categories to video games like nothing before.
Capitalizing on that success, Nintendo of America’s announced that every Wii will come with Wii …
Bayer DIDGET blood glucose meter connects to Nintendo DS
Kids love games and diabetic kids hate testing their blood sugars. Bayer hopes its new DIDGET meter, which connects to Nintendo DS and DS Lite systems, will convince diabetic kids to test their blood sugars more often.
The $75 system comes with a DS game called Knock ‘Em Downs: World’s Fair featuring “a full length adventure game
…
Wii Classic Controller Pro Now Available
Aaand… exhale. The $20 Classic Controller Pro is now available for the Wii. It looks somewhat similar to the Classic Controller, except for some handy grips, two rows of shoulder buttons, and the handsome black color.
The Classic Controller Pro is also available in white or as part of a special limited-edition bundle for $60, …
