Archive for January, 2007

Wii News Channel Launches

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 Posted in Wii | No Comments »

Wii owners in Japan can now tune in to the Wii news channel. Featuring a cool interface, users can explore the globe google earth style. News stories appear ... Read more..

Japanese Virtual Console Releases for February

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 Posted in Wii | No Comments »

The following games are due for release on Wii Virtual Console over February: Famicom (500 points) Galaga Mighty Boxing Hoshi no Kirby Super Famicom Kamaitachi no Yoru (800 points) Megami Tensei (900 points) Daimakaimura (800 points) Sangokushi IV (800 ... Read more..

Top 100 Countdown – 30 – 21

Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in Charts | No Comments »

30. Super Monkey Ball (GameCube) A monkey in a marble.  Fiendish mazes.  Bananas.  Minigames. Excellent. 29.    Asteroids (Arcade) Der, dun, der, dun, der dun der dun der dun, psshhh.  Asteroids is one of the ... Read more..

Top 100 countdown – 40 – 31

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Charts | 1 Comment »

40. Super Mario 64 (N64) With Mario 64 it felt as if every element of Mario's universe had been given an extra dimension.  Miyamoto delivered again with the N64s flagship title. 39. ... Read more..

Top 100 Countdown – 50 – 41

Monday, January 15th, 2007 Posted in Charts | 1 Comment »

50. Mario World II: Yoshi's Island (SNES) The more experimental of Mario's adventures tend to be the weaker titles in the series.  Not so Yoshi's island which features Yoshi carrying baby ... Read more..

Top 100 Countdown – 60 – 51

Sunday, January 7th, 2007 Posted in Charts | 2 Comments »

60. Secret of Mana (SNES) Another classic Squaresoft RPG.  Secret of Mana combined real time combat with Square's traditional outstanding plotting, evocative graphics and great soundtrack. 59. NiGHTS (Saturn) Sonic Team's unique game ... Read more..

Wii Virtual Console releases for January

Friday, January 5th, 2007 Posted in Wii | No Comments »

Japanese Wii owners have a few new games to choose from this month: Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64 Super Nintendo: Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu Genesis/Megadrive: Bonanza Bros. Gain Ground TurboGrafx-16: Alien Crush Moto Roader R-Type II Soldier Blade NES Ikki Ice Climber Kid Icarus Zelda II: ... Read more..

Top 100 Countdown – 70 – 61

Thursday, January 4th, 2007 Posted in Charts | No Comments »

70. Renegade (Spectrum) This awesome 8-bit arcade conversion actually managed to portray genuinely painful looking attacks out of a few pixels and blobs of colour.  The knee in the groin move ... Read more..