Mario Galaxy has overtaken Zelda: Ocarina of Time to become the highest rated game on Gamerankings.com. Zelda has been sitting in the top spot for 9 years. A mere 0.2% separates the two games, with Mario ranked at 97.8% and Zelda at 97.6%. With Metriod Prime at number 3, Nintendo now hold the top 3 […]
Super Mario Galaxy gets all time highest rating
November 24th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Charts, Mario, Wii | 1 Comment »
Ninja Gaiden 2 taking shape
November 23rd, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Xbox 360 | Comment »
Ninja Gaiden was one of the defining games for the Xbox, so we’re pretty excited about Ninja Gaiden 2. 1up got a good look at the game recently, and an interview with Team Ninja’s Tomonobu Itagaki. It sounds like it’s coming along nicely, with all new moves, new characters and some interesting online possibilities. The […]
Mario hits Amsterdam
November 22nd, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Mario, Wii | Comment »
He’s made it to Europe at long last! Gamersdag got some pictures of the world’s greatest plumber at the Amsterdam launch party. [Read, via WiiNintendo]
A look at Populous DS
November 21st, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in DS | Comment »
The DS remake of Populous looks to be shaping up nicely. The game will feature the choice of touch screen or classic controls, maps from the original games and a four player wi-fi mode. [Read]
Insecticide crawling into sight
November 20th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in DS | Comment »
Insecticide is a DS and PC adventure coming out in January. Some of the developers worked on the old Lucas Arts graphic adventures, which make it worth looking out for. Follow the link for a trailer. [Read]
Eat This: Mario for Lunch
November 19th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan, Mario, Stuff | Comment »
The guys at Siliconera spotted this on Japanese TV: [Read]
Final Fantasy XI:Wings of the Goddess heading to 360
November 19th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Xbox 360 | Comment »
Wings of the Goddess, the Final Fantasy XI expansion, goes live on November 22nd. Here’s the trailer:
Winter Bells
November 19th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »
Everyone seems to be playing this at the moment. It’s a cute little flash game with a bunny, snow and falling bells. Just the thing to get you in the spirit in time for December. [Read, via Gamers with Jobs]
Japanese Charts November 5th-11th: Mario replaces himself at number 1
November 18th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Charts | Comment »
Mario Party DS goes in at number one, with Mario Galaxy falling to number three. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Dynasty Warriors 6) also sold pretty well. Mario Party DS DS 234,708 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 188,456 Super Mario Galaxy Wii 74,457 Final Fantasy Tactics A2 DS 22,759 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Xbox 360 21,837 […]
Classic SNES controller for Wii
November 17th, 2007 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan, Wii | Comment »
The Virtual Console is all well and good, but if there’s one thing that could be improved about it, it’s the controller. The classic controller is decent enough, but doesn’t quite have that authentic, mid 90’s feel that reminds us of our misspent youth. Now club Nintendo are giving Club Nintendo members a chance to […]