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Scribblenauts director: believe in the idea, move slowly - Ars Technica

2009 Jul 20, 5:04"We had five people, over about six months, research and come up with the tens of thousands of words present on the Scribblenauts dictionary."PermalinkCommentsgame scribblenauts videogame nintendo dictionary

E309: Scribblenauts DS settles Kraken vs. God vs. Keyboard Cat debate

2009 Jun 5, 3:27Looks cool and includes things like Keyboard Cat and Looong Cat.PermalinkCommentsgame nintendo video scribblenauts internet meme

E309: New Super Mario Bros Wii, the trailer

2009 Jun 3, 3:40The New Super Mario Bros for the Wii looks cool. I always wanted the multiplayer featured here in the previous games.PermalinkCommentsfor:hellosarah mario wii nintendo video videogame

FCEUX: cross-platform NES emulation for professionals

2009 Apr 15, 7:33The emulator behind those cool script based Mario hacks. "FCEUX is a cross platform, NTSC and PAL Famicom/NES emulator that ... gives the best of all worlds for the casual player, the ROM-hacking community, Lua Scripters, and the Tool-Assisted Speedrun Community."PermalinkCommentsemulator nintendo videogame software programming game

The Super Mario Bros. 3 'rainbow riding' LUA hack - Offworld

2009 Apr 15, 7:30Another cool Mario hack via some sort of awesome emulator: "...the FCEUX emulator includes a second LUA script that turns Super Mario Bros. 3 into the DS game Nintendo never made. The hack disables direct control of Mario completely, and only allows you to manipulate him (and protect him from the rest of the world) via mouse-drawn lines ala the DS's Kirby Canvas Curse and Atari's The Chase."PermalinkCommentsgame video mario smb3 videogame emulator

Nintendo GDC keynote: Wii Storage, new Zelda, world domination - Ars Technica

2009 Mar 25, 1:03Finally more storage for all those virtual console games I download: "What is going to interest gamers, however, is the expanded support for storage on the Nintendo Wii. The new update for the Wii Menu allows you to download and launch content straight from an SD card, and there is now support for SDHC cards, meaning you can cheaply add as much storage to your system as you'd like. A game was shown launching from a memory stick, with only a short loading time."PermalinkCommentsnintendo wii videogame storage

Etre Touchy - Welcome - Gloves for your iPhone, iPod Touch, Nintendo DS, Blackberry, PDA and more...

2009 Jan 8, 5:49Gloves with the ends of the index finger and thumb missing for using phones and the like while keeping the rest of your hands warm. Good idea!PermalinkCommentsglove design shopping wishlist phone cellphone clothing gloves

7 Wii tricks Nintendo doesn't tell you | News | TechRadar UK

2008 Oct 25, 10:22My Xbox has a blog and my Wii has an email address: "Email a chum's Wii: You'll need to have a record of those damnably unmemorable friend codes for anyone you want to mail, but once you do it's simple: just drop a message to w[friendcode]@wii.com. For instance, w1234567891011@wii.com."PermalinkCommentswii howto email nintendo tips via:sarah

Drumline Meets Revenge of the Nerds - CollegeHumor video

2008 Sep 26, 10:34"Drumline Meets Revenge of the Nerds. UC Berkeley's Marching band is still only 16-bit."PermalinkCommentshumor video drumline berkley videogame nintendo

Studio Walljump Announces Liight For WiiWare - WiiWare World

2008 Sep 5, 1:56This is the game from the same person I linked to previously who has a son named Link: "I'm very excited to finally announce our first game, Liight, for WiiWare! So... what is it? Liight is a puzzle solving game where the pieces are colored lights and the goal is to make cool music! Anyone can play! Just illuminate all the targets in each puzzle with light of the matching color... but it's not always so easy! You'll have to mix colors, cast shadows and make the most of your limited resources to solve these brain teasers. Solve 100 challenging puzzles! Create your own puzzles, and Share them with your friends via WiiConnect24. Host a Contest to see who can solve your puzzle the fastest. If you're ready, take on Nonstop mode, a whole new way to play where arcade-style scoring meets split-second strategy!"PermalinkCommentsliight game videogame nintendo wii wiiware

Finished First Three Zelda Games

2008 Jul 17, 4:45
Screen shot from Legend of ZeldaScreen shot from Zelda II: The Adventures of LinkScreen shot from Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

I want to once again profess my love for the Wii's Virtual Console. Sarah and I recently finished playing through the first three Zelda games. Although I'd played a bit of the first two I never had a Nintendo as a kid and so unlike Sarah this was my first time completely playing through Zelda I & II. What people say about Zelda II is true... its all so true. And on the flip side I have fond memories of beating the third Zelda game which Sarah hadn't played.

In hilarious Zelda related news, a friend from work's husband posted the following blog post concerning their son named Link.

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link World Map - IGN FAQs

2008 Jun 1, 4:56World map of Zelda IIPermalinkCommentszelda nintendo videogame map faq zelda2

Finished Paper Mario Games

2008 May 12, 4:05
Super Paper MarioPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorPaper Mario Title Screen

Sarah and I have finished playing through the games "Paper Mario", "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door", and "Super Paper Mario" last week (including the various Pits of 100 Trials). We played them all on the Wii, because even though Super Paper Mario was the only one released explicitly for that platform, Wii maintains compatibility with Game Cube games such as Thousand-Year Door and Paper Mario although originally released for the Nintendo 64 is now available as a pay for download game on the Wii's Virtual Console. So, yay for Nintendo!

I think my favorite of the three is Thousand-Year Door mostly because of the RPG attack system. In Thousand-Year Door and Paper Mario when you come into contact with an enemy you go into an RPG style attack system where you take turns selecting actions. In Super Paper Mario you still have hit points and such, but you don't go into a turn based RPG style attack system, rather you do the regular Mario jumping on bad guys thing (or hitting them with a mallet etc...). Thousand-Year Door and Paper Mario are very similar in terms of game play but Thousand-Year Door looks very pretty and has made improvements to how your party-mates are handled in battle (they have HP and can fall as you would expect) and there's an audience that cheers you on during your battles.

Even if the gameplay sucked the humor throughout the series might be tempting enough. Mario's clothing and mustache are mocked throughout and standard RPG expectations are subverted. I hate to describe any of these moments for fear of ruining anything but, for instance, an optional and very difficult enemy who may only be killed after hours of work only results in one experience point, or a very intimidating enemy who you imagine you'll have to fight actually challenges you to a quiz.

Despite how I personally rank them, all the games are great and I'd recommend any of them.

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Carl.Kenner - GlovePIE download

2007 May 20, 2:39GlovePIE provides a simple scripting interface to Wii remotes. It also comes with a bunch of premade scripts for example wiimote accel. controls the mouse.PermalinkCommentsbluetooth nintendo programming coding tool videogames wii wiimote wireless research:wii-remote

Trivia

2007 Apr 21, 11:38This previous Wednesday, I went to trivia at the Wilde Rover. Our team consisted of Sarah, myself, Jane, Eric, Rachel, and Ansen. Before the last round we were 16th (out of ~32) but after the final round we were 6th! The previous time Sarah played there the exact same thing happened. Of course you must be in the top five to win money (or last place who gets their money back). You could say, of those who didn't get any money we did the best! I didn't contribute too much except for spotting a street from Paris in the picture round and knowing which generation the Wii is of Nintendo home consoles. Mostly I focused on increasing our bill =)PermalinkCommentsbar game personal trivia nontechnical

BattleBricks: WiigoBot, The Perfect Game

2007 Mar 30, 1:05Video of a Lego robot that bowls a perfect game in Wii bowling.PermalinkCommentswii robot robots bowling humor game nintendo lego video

GameDrift - Technology and Gaming Combined - Articles - 22 Month Old Baby Rocks at Wii Sports

2007 Mar 22, 12:24A 22 month old child plays Wii Tennis pretty well.PermalinkCommentswii video nintendo games humor baby

Mario - Communist Edition (from OMG LMAO)

2007 Mar 5, 7:30Flash video depicting Mario in stylized communism form.PermalinkCommentsflash video humor game nintendo mario animation communism neat-fp

WiiBot

2007 Jan 29, 3:58Hook an industrial robotic arm up to the Wii remote. Watch as these guys play tennis (sort of) and wield a sword (scary). I for one welcome our new sword-wielding robot arm overlords.PermalinkCommentswii robot robotics robots hack video nintendo humor

YouTube - My Animated World

2006 Sep 14, 10:17Cool stopmotion video.PermalinkCommentshumor video nintendo youtube stopmotion videogames
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