Max & the Magic Marker now online in the Wii Shop Channel.

Max & the Magic Marker now online in the Wii Shop Channel.

Tweet Max & the Magic Marker, a creative new platform game from independent Danish developer Press Play, is now available for WiiWare in the Wii Shop Channel. Set in a cartoon world inspired by children’s drawings, Max & the Magic Marker is a classic 2D platformer with a unique twist: the...

Diner Dash on the way to Wii

Diner Dash on the way to Wii

Tweet From mobile phones to the DS to Xbox Live Arcade, it seems casual gamers just can’t get enough of that Flo !  Now the tables are being set for the launch of Diner Dash on WiiWare, coming to the Wii on March 29, 2010. Diner Dash is also currently available on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video...

Metroid Franchise’s Heroine Gets Personal

Metroid Franchise’s Heroine Gets Personal

Tweet For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games, and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus™ finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and...

Climb Every Mountain, with HardGrip

Climb Every Mountain, with HardGrip

Tweet Adrenaline junkies may soon get to experience the thrill of hanging from a sheer rockface without even leaving their living room. San Diego-based Human Soft has announced it is developing HardGrip, the first extreme rock climbing game for Wii™. Climbers will experience the thrill of free soloing...

Wii-ngardium Leviosa ! Nyko wands now in new colors.

Wii-ngardium Leviosa ! Nyko wands now in new colors.

Tweet There must be something in the air this year.  Young wizards everywhere are eagerly awaiting the May release of Lego Harry Potter.  And now it appears that there will be new “wands” to use when the game arrives. Nyko Technologies® has announced that their best-selling Wand™ controller is now...

Gods Vs Humans Coming to WiiWare

Gods Vs Humans Coming to WiiWare

Tweet Game publisher Zallag has announced a new game created specifically for the WiiWareTM : Gods vs Humans. A game developed by Artefacts Studio. Gods vs Humans is a strategy game taking place in a universe mixing goofy characters and the greatest mythologies. Starting with the Norse mythology, the player...

Retro Confessional: Making Lemonade Out of Cthulhu

Retro Confessional: Making Lemonade Out of Cthulhu

Tweet I tremble before the Old Ones, generally speaking. I think all those tentacles and eyes are pretty intimidating. The only thing that might be more powerful than the ranks of Ghatanothoa, Yog-Sothoth, Nyogtha, and Nyarlathotep is something I like to call “Mother Nature”. This monster has...

Fear of a Sonic 4 Planet: One Fan’s Manifesto

Fear of a Sonic 4 Planet: One Fan’s Manifesto

Tweet This has happened before, and it will happen again. Sonic the Hedgehog 4. I want you to say it slowly. SONIC. THE. HEDGEHOG. FOUR. The eight-year-old me just got so excited hearing that. That we were getting a new 2D-only, no-bullshit Sonic game on the consoles was cool enough, but Sega had the stones...

Where Have All the Consoles Gone?

Where Have All the Consoles Gone?

Tweet In what conspiracy theorists may one day dub a Microsoft plot, retailers nationwide are in extremely short supply of Sony Playstations and Nintendo Wiis. According to an anonymous source (you know how these retailers hate for their employees to talk about things), many stores in one company have only...

Review: Chronos Twins DX (Wiiware)

Review: Chronos Twins DX (Wiiware)

Tweet Game: Chronos Twins DX Publisher: EnjoyUp Games Developer: EnjoyUp Games Price: 1000 Nintendo Points Genre: Platformer Pro: Runs Very Smooth, time travel is always cool, interesting idea Con: Easy to be distracted, twice the chance of death, oddly devoid of a tutorial. Chronos Twins actually started...

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