How, after all, does a year ending in “Wii Music,” “Fallout 3,” and “Gears of War 2” compete for gaming greatness with years that concluded with “BioShock,” “Super Mario Galaxy,” “Portal” or “Grand Theft Auto III,” “Metal Gear Solid 2” and “Ico“?

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During the holiday shopping season, it’s more important than ever for games to stand out… in a good way. Here are the covers of this week’s releases and how they fared in our weekly box art reviews…

“Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars” (Wii)
What the Box Tells Us: A pair of mouthless, weapon-wielding mushroom men make their [...]

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Filed under: Screens

You may or may not like the changes that are coming for the Play on Wii release of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, but we’re willing to bet that you’ll like at least one thing — the game’s updated look. While the changes aren’t particularly obvious at a glance, when they’re side-by-side with the [...]

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You may or may not like the changes that are coming for the Play on Wii release of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, but we’re willing to bet that you’ll like at least one thing — the game’s updated look. While the changes aren’t particularly obvious at a glance, when they’re side-by-side with the [...]

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Filed under: Screens

You may or may not like the changes that are coming for the Play on Wii release of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, but we’re willing to bet that you’ll like at least one thing — the game’s updated look. While the changes aren’t particularly obvious at a glance, when they’re side-by-side with the [...]

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Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Yesterday was the most hyped shopping day of the year. Some of you braved the morning insanity out in the retail world, and some of you (and us) took advantage of delightful online deals. One thing every shopping experience had in common: unexpectedly awesome deals other than the ones you’d planned [...]

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Filed under: Rumors
We’ve been pessimistic about Disaster: Day of Crisis getting localized for North America, and with (what we believe to be) good reason. Now, the will-it-won’t-it saga has taken another twist, after Go Nintendo reader Silver Lunar received an email from Nintendo customer support saying the game would be released in the region.
Okay, we [...]

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Filed under: Rumors
We’ve been pessimistic about Disaster: Day of Crisis getting localized for North America, and with (what we believe to be) good reason. Now, the will-it-won’t-it saga has taken another twist, after Go Nintendo reader Silver Lunar received an email from Nintendo customer support saying the game would be released in the region.
Okay, we [...]

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Filed under: Rumors
We’ve been pessimistic about Disaster: Day of Crisis getting localized for North America, and with (what we believe to be) good reason. Now, the will-it-won’t-it saga has taken another twist, after Go Nintendo reader Silver Lunar received an email from Nintendo customer support saying the game would be released in the region.
Okay, we [...]

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Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Not long ago, we spent a little time talking about the games you were looking forward to next year. Today, we want to do the opposite. What upcoming hyped game just doesn’t do it for you? Are you so over The Conduit? Could you possible care any less about anything to [...]

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Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Not long ago, we spent a little time talking about the games you were looking forward to next year. Today, we want to do the opposite. What upcoming hyped game just doesn’t do it for you? Are you so over The Conduit? Could you possible care any less about anything to [...]

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Filed under: Wii Warm Up
Not long ago, we spent a little time talking about the games you were looking forward to next year. Today, we want to do the opposite. What upcoming hyped game just doesn’t do it for you? Are you so over The Conduit? Could you possible care any less about anything to [...]

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Filed under: News

Looks like Monster Games — the folks behind the Wii launch title Excite Truck — are hard at work on a super secret new project for the console, and have been for a long time. How secret is it? So secret, apparently, that they have to turn down their monitors when unauthorized folks [...]

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Looks like Monster Games — the folks behind the Wii launch title Excite Truck — are hard at work on a super secret new project for the console, and have been for a long time. How secret is it? So secret, apparently, that they have to turn down their monitors when unauthorized folks [...]

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Looks like Monster Games — the folks behind the Wii launch title Excite Truck — are hard at work on a super secret new project for the console, and have been for a long time. How secret is it? So secret, apparently, that they have to turn down their monitors when unauthorized folks [...]

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Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Have kids, or maybe younger siblings or cousins? If so, it’s likely that, sometimes, you play games with them — but what to play? The Brainy Gamer has a list of actually-good games that are also kid-friendly, and while this set is definitely a great place to start, we’re betting you [...]

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Filed under: Fan stuff, Video
We love Mega Man. In fact, when Mega Man 9 was announced, we ran around picking up random telephones looking for a way out of what we thought was surely The Matrix. Seriously, how could something so good happen to us? It seemed like a dream. And now, this trailer for [...]

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MTV Multiplayer has posted another statement from EA Sports president Peter Moore about the company’s prospects on Wii. Apparently the smiling athletes and “All-Play” control schemes are working, but not so much that sales of the Wii versions of their sports franchises are catching up to those on the other consoles.
“The challenge [...]

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Filed under: VC Monday Madness
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)Wii Fanboy says: do not download
Well, this week doesn’t have much for us in the way of Virtual Console releases. All that is available for download is the mediocre platformer Boogerman. For 800 Wii Points, you’d be better off [...]

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Filed under: News
Following up their recent Super Mario Bros. and Cooking Mama games, PETA has commented to GI.biz that they’ll continue this format as a way of “engaging with the public.” We guess it’s been successful for them, as they say this approach to spreading their message is as “important as music, movies, and television.” [...]

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Filed under: News, Video

With Tomb Raider: Underworld releasing last week, we’ve been digging Lara’s latest adventure, having fun exploring the depths of the Mediterranean and running through an exploding Croft mansion. Turns out, however, the game has a very bad glitch which can halt your progress. As evidenced in the image above, you can see [...]

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As happens each month, some of the more interesting tidbits from the holiday issue of Nintendo Power have been transcribed by the tireless folks at Aeropause.
The most eye-catching news, for us? A novel and particularly painful-sounding attack in Platinum Games’ MadWorld. According to the magazine, you’ll be able to lodge “a trumpet where [...]

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Filed under: News, Imports

We’re assuming that this is a clerical error of some sort — perhaps a new intern keeps uploading the wrong images and product descriptions for Wii Fit wallpapers. For the second week in a row, actual items have been added to the European Stars Catalogue, and they are cool.
For 3,850 and 4,850 [...]

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Filed under: News, Sales

Joystiq has tirelessly compiled a list of some of the great deals you can expect this Black Friday, as most of the U.S. wakes at the crack of dawn to rush out and get all of the deals they possibly can. Joystiq’s guide covers all of the major retailers and even includes [...]

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Filed under: Homebrew
Occasionally, you do have to wonder why Nintendo bothers. In typical fashion, the latest Wii Menu update (released only seven days ago) was designed to render the Twilight Hack useless. Also in typical fashion, it’s already been beaten, proving yet again that you can’t keep a good hack down.
While some in the homebrew [...]

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Filed under: Screens, WiiWare

Before your crew gets to work, pretty much every item that arrives in Pit Crew Panic is in a shocking state of disrepair. Covered in a thick layer of dirt, dented, cracked, and in some cases marred by unfortunate cartoon-face graffiti, they inspire the Panic suggested in the title. In their filthiest [...]

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Filed under: News
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The House of the Dead: Overkill collector’s edition bundle is one of the best preorder items we’ve seen in a while, so it was understandably upsetting when Sega initially revealed the package as a Europe-only bonus. You can pack that pitchfork away for another day, however, because Sega has confirmed [...]

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Filed under: Top Five

Ahh, the quote. Whether used to end an essay or defame a political opponent, the quote is a very versatile tool. Particularly in the era of blogging, every word that escapes a well-known figure’s mouth has the potential to be immediately [...]

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Nintendo of Australia’s executives have probably gotten congratulatory phone calls from Japan by now. For Wii Music‘s launch week (two weeks ago), the controversial musical toy was the top-selling console game in the region, according to a Nintendo press release. The 28,000 copies of Wii Music no doubt helped the Wii have its [...]

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Filed under: News, Virtual Console, WiiWare

Well, there isn’t that much in the way of interesting, new gaming content available for the Wii this week. Releases from the previous weeks have been very good, but this week just doesn’t have much for us (that is, unless you’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Ultimate Band, but [...]

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