After watching this blissful nostalgia-inducing trailer dubbed "Eruption", I quickly went to Amazon to pre-order the game. I know what I'll be doing when I can steal some time away from my family over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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I've always been a fan of the Sonic series. I had a Genesis for much of my formative gaming years, and have fond memories of afternoons spent with the blue hedgehog. While the game series has faltered over the years in quality, it seems Sega is working to put Sonic on the right path. I got a chance to play "Colors" at E3 and was impressed, and I'm looking forward to picking up this Wii title when it is ships in November. The only thing I can't get used to is calling Dr. Robotnik by his new name, "Eggman"...
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The Wii is the king of accessories, and this may be the ultimate. This is an inflatable go-kart, which would be a perfect companion for some serious Mario Kart sessions. You can read more about it here.
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Nintendo revealed thatMario's brother will also be a playable character in the next installment of the Super Mario Galaxy series. The game will be coming out later this month. Check out this trailer to get excited about the less-famous member of the family.
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I can't wait for this sequel. Yoshi!
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I am a fairly substantial Nintendo fanboy. I may have strayed from the SNES and N64, but the NES was my formative console, and I've had every portable they have produced (unless you count the Virtual Boy). When the Wii came out, one of my major reasons for purchasing it was the potential to play all of those back-catalogue games near and dear to my heart through the Virtual Console. It has been a joy rediscovering old favorites, and being able to play through "Super Mario Brothers 3" again takes me back to my brother and I sitting in our family room negotiating with our mom over how many levels we could complete before we absolutely had to come in for dinner.
So, as a man who spends his life on the road, I want to be able to take this nostalgia with me. Considering the available horsepower of the DS combined with its WiFi capabilities, I am dismayed to not be able to have my Virtual Console locker be portable. My dream setup would be that I could transfer my VC titles from my Wii to my DS via wireless connectivity or have access to a DS store via WiFi for purchasing on the go. Nintendo already has licensing deals in place to provide catalogue access to systems like the Genesis, TurboGrafx 16, Neo Geo, etc., and could offer handheld consoles from the portable timeline like Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, Game Gear, and all the rest. Additionally, Nintendo could leverage their kiosks and WiFi download locations as distribution points for VC. They have great infrastructure already in place that they could leverage to help roll out DS Virtual Console access to the masses. Nintendo could offer a unified mobile platform for all classic gaming.
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Wow. I mean, wow. This is the union of two of the most important things in my life: Nerf Guns and video games. *Sniffle* (of joy). May heaven help those I work with...
