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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm, Business
Guitar Hero franchise tops the charts for '08 (so far) originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
This Christmas, Japanese gamers will be able to waggle flowery lemmings to their hearts content. Nintendo has announced (via
IGN) that the
Pikmin remake for Wii will launch December 25 in Japan for 3,800 yen (approx. US $36). The game is part of Nintendo's new "Play for Wii" series, which will be a collection of GameCube titles revised with Wii controls.
Before
Pikmin (and not counting previous Wii remake
Resident Evil 4), Nintendo will re-release
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on December 11. Upcoming titles in the collection include
Chibi Robo, Pikmin 2, Mario Tennis GC, Metroid Prime, and
Metroid Prime 2 Dark Echoes. No word on any release dates outside of Japan, but we'll be live at Nintendo of America's press conference in San Francisco later today.
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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Business
If there was ever any question as to how
obscenely rich Nintendo is, the
Financial Times has crunched some numbers to show the cash flow, per employee, at the House of Mario. The newspaper estimates that Nintendo produces more than $1.6 million per employee -- that's more than investment bank Goldman Sachs' $1.24 million per employee during its best year in 2007.
There are some caveats to the information, most of which revolve around how much outsourcing the Big N does.
Nintendo makes so much money for having so few employees (3000 full-time), because many of the company's necessities (external development, manufacturing, public relations, etc.) are handled by outside companies. Also, don't think this means that Nintendo is compensating its full-time employees too generously. Goldman's average (by mean) employee received $660,000 in 2007, while the average salary at Nintendo was $90,900.
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GameDaily]
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox 360
In the final part of
X3F's interview series,
Silicon Knights President
Denis Dyack said that the question of who owns the
Eternal Darkness IP is, "a complicated question with a complicated answer," while at the same time confirming that Nintendo is still a "silent partner" with the developer.
"That's a question we've never answered," he said. "At the end of the day, it's not time to even talk about those things for various different reasons. You know Nintendo, who's still our silent partner, a lot of people don't know that, we have a great relationship with those guys. It's not time to talk about Eternal Darkness 2." Dyack went on to say that, despite some reports to the contrary, SK has never announced
ED2 to be in development.
Dyack also discussed his one console theory, and how the consolidation of the developers and publishers support his claim that the industry is moving towards a one-console future, adding that Silicon Knights is not opposed to being acquired by a publisher. He also said that the company's next game will be "very different" from
Too Human, declining to elaborate further.
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Filed under: Arcade, Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Retro, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action
Whether you're a fan of
shmups or wish to throw a pile of dictionaries at us for using such an egregious portmanteau, you could learn a thing or two from
DS Fanboy's tribute to the shoot-em-up kings at Treasure. From 1993's
Gunstar Heroes (released last year as a Virtual Console title) to this year's
Bangai-O Spirits, the piece covers all of the developers' projectile-favored games (sorry
Dynamite Heddy fanatics).
Click here and get edumucated.
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Business
Nintendo could see its GameCube, Wavebird and Wii Classic Controller banned from retail shelves.
Bloomberg reports that Nintendo has lost its attempt to overturn a
$21 million patent-infringement verdict brought against the company by
patent trolls patent holders Anascape Ltd. of Tyler, Texas. The house of Mario has a stay on the ban by putting the judgment amount in escrow until its case goes to the US Court of Appeals in the Federal Circuit.
The Texas jury found the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers did not violate Anascape's patent; previously, Sony paid off Anascape back in 2004 and Microsoft settled on May 1, just before the Nintendo trial began. Anascape argued for the ban because it wants to enter the market and Nintendo has "clogged the channel." Yeah, we're very much looking forward to seeing if the third-party Anascape controller ever releases.
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Rhythm
Here at Joystiq, we've been
pretty consistent in our hatred of useless plastic attachments for the Wii Remote. We might have to break our streak, though, as we're uncharacteristically excited about the maraca attachments that were
recently shown as part of the leaked box art for the Wii version of
Samba de Amigo. There's just something about the weight and sound of those vibrating plastic beads that helped make the maraca shaking on the Dreamcast a transcendent experience, and one we're glad we'll now be able to relive on the Wii. We're not changing our minds on the
Wii Wheel, though. We have to keep our hater-rating up somehow ...
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
A dedicated Nintendo fan finishes one
helluva sleeve tattoo on his leg. (Thanks, Dave S) Check out the highlights for today:
Joystiquery
The best of WoW Insider: May 13-20. 2008A guide to homebrew on the DSMeet the Team: Jason DobsonMetareview -- Wii FitNews
Sony not amused by Uncharted replica gunFFXII composer bringing his music to non-Japanese gamesMetal Gear Solid Mobile coming to N-GageStreet Fighter, Mega Man going mobileMEGAowch: Haze handed 4.5 review by IGNNintendo shifts Wii Fit 'launch' to tomorrowSquare Enix considering stakes in competing developersE3 Santa Monica cost ESA $5 million in feesThis Wednesday: Penny Arcade Adventures onto XBLANintendo calls EU's $234m price-fixing fine 'illegal'Spore 'Cell Phase' flOwts into viewMicrosoft talks XBLA future, loosening download size limitThe Cars drive up next week as Rock Band's second full DLC albumNo Gun Metal Gray PS3 for U, K?Jake Gyllenhaal is The Prince of Persia, says Hollywood ReporterEpic Games takes seat, acquires Chair Entertainment GroupViva Pinata DS / Xbox 360 connectivity figured out, not happeningSega talks Platinum Games deal, franchisesJudge: Jack Thompson is guilty on 27 of 31 misconduct chargesGame consoles contain harmful materials, Greenpeace findsCasual games cost marketing moolah, Ubisoft saysXNA Community Games go 'Live' for indie devsWhat's Sony up to? Community websites abound!Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Splinter Cell Conviction delayed until 2009-10Rumor: New DS 'colours' hitting EuropeCulture & Community
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Business
Nintendo has been ordered to pay $21 million to Anascape Ltd. for infringing on a patent with its Gamecube and Wii Classic controllers. The
AP reports Anascape Ltd., a "small East Texas gaming company," also sued Microsoft, but that was settled out of court. Nintendo says it will appeal the decision.
A representative for Nintendo stated that no infringement was found in any of the
Wii's motion-sensing technology and it expects that on appeal the award to Anascape will be reduced "significantly." Remember kids, if you want to stick it to some big corporation in the future and cash in, just make patents for everything imaginable.
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Filed under: Features, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Driving
There are five ways to handle your racer in
Mario Kart Wii: Wii Remote solo, Wii Remote embedded in Wii Wheel, Wii Remote with Nunchuk, Classic Controller, and GameCube controller. But, removing all other variables, which control method is the best? Are there really
limitations to not using the Wii Wheel? We decided to pull out the ever-trusty "scientific method" and determine, once and for all, the best kart controller.
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Business
Each week Jeff Engel and Geoff Brooks contribute Counting Rupees, a column on the business behind gaming:
In my
last column I suggested that, if Microsoft is to make a Wii-like controller, it should still continue to focus on the "traditional" types of games that have so far made the 360 a success, because Nintendo had already basically wrapped up the "casual" crowd. I also mentioned that the only Wii games that are apparently selling are Nintendo games and some casual games. And with that in mind, the
New York Times published an article on Monday detailing that, while the Wii hardware is selling well, even seemingly popular Wii software still has some trouble continuing to sell to the Wii audience.
Continue reading Counting Rupees: The WiiCube
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Shacknews reports that several "key" employees of Austin, Texas-based developer, Retro Studios, have left the company. The studio is best known for its work on the critically acclaimed
Metroid Prime trilogy, which concluded in August last year on Nintendo's Wii.
Staff members said to have been escorted off the premises last Friday include design director Mark Pacini, art director Todd Keller and principal technology engineer Jack Matthews. There's no word yet on what their futures entail, but Shacknews notes that Retro Studios is in no danger of closing. Which is just as well, really, since we're in no danger of not wanting more games from them. We'll let you know when we hear more on this subject.
Update: There's some unconfirmed gossip from mysterious dealer in rumors, Surfer Girl, who mentioned that "something definitely went down at Retro" in
a post dated Sunday, April 20th. An unnamed individual is quoted in the post as saying, "Pretty much no one at retro would agree to relocate at nintendo's behest, as asinine shenanigans are typically met with little fanfare."
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
This shirt, entitled "The Legend Was Born," is
now sold out, but we're pining for its return. And for only $10, that's a pretty good deal anyway. Check out the highlights for today:
Joystiquery
Ask Joystiq: Chex Quest, He-Man and broken 360 gamepadsDS Fanboy Lite: Apr. 12 - Apr. 18Joystiq Podcast 046 - Bullets are bad editionOff the Grid: Risk Black Ops and Hasbro's wrong directionTonight's most American otaku music videoNews
MKO: Next Mortal Kombat pits MK against DCNew Xbox 360 update doesn't do anythingSony releases first trailer for Siren New TranslationEA extends Take-Two tender offer deadline (again)Judas Priest to lead Rock Band's full album downloads April 22Army of Two gets SSC Challenge pack April 24Konami bringing animals, music, and sandcastles to WiiWare9 million answer Call of Duty 4, DLC breaks recordsNew WiiWare racer answers the question: What's a SPOGS?GTA IV is gold and 'en route' to storesMass Effect's 'Bring Down the Sky' DLC free on PCMicrosoft's Greenberg claims victory in battle for 'core user' over SonyMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe gets confirmation, trailerVin Diesel is looking for a job in new The Wheelman trailerDC Comics to publish Gears of War seriesMiyamoto begins Wii Fit media blitzEnemy Territory: Quake Wars, a tale of two (different) portsEuphoria-based Backbreaker gameplay video is intriguingVader and Yoda battling in new Soul Calibur IV trailerRiver City Ransom on VC next weekCondemned 2 demo hits Xbox LiveXbox 360 power supply cited in Little Rock fireRumors & Speculation
Gamestop, Gamefly posts hint at Yakuza 2's North American debutCulture & Community
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii
Some people quit smoking with a patch, some with therapy, and some still with hypnosis or acupuncture. DS Fanboy reader Dan had an alternate method: he replaced his nicotine addiction
with an addiction to Pokemon. So far he's only 40 days into the trial, but he's reporting success. (What is not reported, however, is how many pokemon he's caught. This is a vital detail, folks!)
So what happens when Dan needs to break his
Pokemon addiction?
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Online, Polls
Big thanks to
Supafine's "Legend of Zelda: Visceration Station" webcomic for finally (and logically) explaining the heart system to us. The least we, as the Joystiq community, can apparently do is bestow you the honor of best game-related
webcomic of the week.
Second and third place went to
XKCD and
College Humor, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any gaming comics you stumble upon this week!
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Filed under: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Driving
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Fans of alternate Wii control schemes were obviously psyched when it was revealed that
Mario Kart Wii would support
a variety of control methods, including the Wii Classic Controller and Gamecube pad. But those fans might want to scale back their expectations, as an updated game fact sheet (posted on Nintendo's press site) claims that players who don't use the Wii Remote schemes will not be able to perform "certain moves" and "some maneuvers."
What maneuvers exactly? We're not quite sure, but the new
mid-air tricks probably aren't among them --
A Link to the Future notes that an
IGN preview specifically mentions Classic and Gamecube controller users can hit the d-pad to perform those. We find it hard to imagine that the plethora of joysticks and buttons on the alternate control schemes can't replicate the controls of the somewhat button-free design of the Wii Remote. Could this be an effort to encourage more use of the
practically useless 'extremely useful'
Wii Wheel? You'll know as soon as we do.
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