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By Joystiq Staff Before we get into all of the tasty links, check out our two latest giveaways. On DS Fanboy, we're giving away a copy of Mystery Case Files: Millionheir. On Wii Fanboy, we're hooking up one lucky reader with a copy of Wario Land: Shake It! Head on over and check out those posts for details on how t...

By Joystiq Staff Top 5: Nintendo's biggest surprises Read 5 of Nintendo's big "oooh" and "ahh"-inspiring moments; It's-a Mario World: In the fall press conference A Mario-focused slant on the big Nintendo news last week; Born for Wii: Klonoa 2: ...

By Alexander Sliwinski The new Nintendo Points cards will force you to pick a platform when it's redeemed. Siliconera reports that the House of Mario currency will not go into one main Nintendo piggy bank for the user, but will need to be redeemed for either DSWare or WiiWare titles.

By Randy Nelson Filed under: Nintendo DS, Action, Adventure, RPGs Another of the games shown in video-only form at Nintendo's recent North American media summit, Mario and Luigi 3 (or Mario and Luigi RPG 3, depending on who you ask) is the latest chapter in Intelligent Systems' superb action-RPG serie...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo Wii, First Person Shooters After building so much hype as a publisher-less, motion-plussed, sci-fi shooter for (gasp) the Nintendo Wii, The Conduit now has home at Nintendo -- surprise! (okay, not really). At Nintendo's fall media summit, Cammie Dunaway is now ca...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii Not content with announcing a new DS iteration and a few franchise updates, Nintendo has used its Japanese press conference to reveal approximately 3 bajillion more new titles, including new editions of WarioWare and Mario & Luigi. Highlight...

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First up, we're giving away a copy of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Hit up the original contest post by clicking on the image above or hitting this link. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff: links!

By Joystiq Staff We've got some great features and other original content that went down on the Nintendo Fanboys over the past week. Below, you'll find some great content to jam into your eyeballs from the world of Nintendo, so skip this unimportant text and hit the links below to check out our best stuff fro...

By Joystiq Staff So, we guess you heard about the homebrew app that lets you play DVDs on your Wii? Well, Wii Fanboy has put together a simple guide on how to do this yourself. All you have to do is click here to check it out. Gallery: Nintendo Wii mockups Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Nintendo: Wii Music not competing against Rock Band, Guitar Hero BioWare considering Mass Effect DS Nintendo doesn't have exclusive rights to MotionPlus Nintendo spins false assumptions on software sales See Call of Duty: World at War's co-op gameplay

By David Hinkle Filed under: Nintendo Wii It's been a busy week in the Wii world, but when isn't it? We've got lots of great homegrown content for you, as well as some of the most popular pages on the site over the last week. Don't dip your toes, dive in! And check out the new images from Castlevania Judgment.

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By Ross Miller Metareview -- Wii FitWii Fanboy Review: Critter Round-UpWii Fanboy Review: Dr. Mario and Germ BusterWii Fanboy's Review: Star Soldier RWii Fanboy Review: Battle of the BandsWii Fanboy Review: FFCC: My Life as a KingWii Fanboy Review: Heavenly GuardianBrawl Stage of the Week: Metroid...

By David Hinkle It's been a hectic past few weeks over at Wii Fanboy. On top of the WiiWare games we've been reviewing, we've also been hard at work reviewing retail games and pumping out original features. If you've been busy catching up with other console news here at The 'Stiq, then check out what you've be...

By Ross Miller The Conduit gameplay trailer released Obesity experts frown on Wii Fit's fatty-labeling, Nintendo apologizes LittleBigPlanet gameplay details showcased in Sony Gamers' Day previews Pokemon Platinum revealed, set for fall release in Japan

By Ross Miller Sega announces Platinum Games partnership, first three games Nintendo ordered to pay $21 million for patent infringement Infinite Line RPG announced for DS More DS Castlevania: 'Order of Ecclesia,' first screens April NPD: GTA IV, Mario Kart Wii race to the top

By Alexander Sliwinski Dr. Mario has been priced for WiiWare and given a new name. Dr. Mario Online RX will cost 1000 Wii Points ($10), but there's still no word of an actual release date. Wii Fanboy noticed the price and name while meticulously scouring the video introducing the Nintendo Channel.

By Alexander Sliwinski Yes, Europe. It's shocking, but Mario Kart Wii comes out in North America tomorrow. But, y'all are probably over the latest real kart simulator and have moved on to enjoying Wii Fit. The continent where the history comes from already reviewed Mario Kart Wii many moons ago and rated it a perfec...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 We've had our hands full today mulling over what should we play -- Mario Kart Wii or Metal Gear Online, both titles we weren't expecting until the weekend. We were going to use the snaking joke regardle...

By David Hinkle What a week to be a Wii Fanboy. Not only are we giving away 5, count 'em, 5 copies of Mario Kart Wii, but we're also paying homage to the game by contributing a new feature every day up until its release. On Sunday, we spoke about the franchise's history. On Monday, we talked about the alternate kar...

By Ross Miller As a rule of the thumb, LEGO makes everything better. For the record, that's Mario with the star rod fighting Young/Toon Link. Check out the highlights for today: Culture & Community The Star Wars Retrospective: Episode IIPermalink | Email this | Comments

By David Hinkle A lot better than we hopedWii Fanboy Review: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Mario Kart tracks make the jump from DS to Wii, look awesome How long until this releases?New Mushroom Men trailer sprouts Wii World 1-1 Super Mario Bros. mod Fore!Wii Fanboy poll: Best way to play Brawl?

By Alexander Sliwinski GamePro (100/100): "From the fighting mechanics to roster of players Brawl is a well-rounded game that I just couldn't put down. The only downside to Brawl is that it doesn't do anything to reinvent the series. It takes elements of past SSB games and refines them, which is great, but players...

By Ross Miller Culture & Community Zero Punctuation hears the Call of Duty Ziff Davis reorganizes, changes review scoring Gerstmann talks firing on X-Play tonight Paper" Mario comes to life in art projectPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller uery hands-on: Rez HD Metareview - No More Heroes (Wii) Metareview - Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360) Today's most fruit-tastic video: Penny Arcade Adventures 'fruit lover' footage X3F Week in Review: January 18, 2007 - January 24, 2007

By Ross Miller Super Mario Fusion makes Mushroom Kingdom Hearts a reality Bully causes Brit-troversy a year late and a pound short See the Top 12 covers of Portal's 'Still Alive' E3's Game Critics Awards do the Game of the Year thing Microsoft announces Xbox Live Arcade Awards

By Ross Miller First Look: Fallout 3 More Fallout 3 details than you can shake a nuke at Podcast Rodeo for July 1: Head Earleader Today's most impressively boring video: Automatic Mario Today's most pre-alpha video: Call of Duty 4 multiplayer Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: 'Penny Arcade did it!' edition

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo WiiSince it began on May 21 the Wendy's Wii giveaway has distributed over 400 of the 800 available systems. Wiis aren't the only thing they're giving away, they also have gone through half of their 800 Wii Point cards and games. The Wii Point cards are the 2000 p...

By Ross Miller A few more online Wii titles are coming on the horizon: Battalion Wars, Super Mario Strikers and potentially Metroid Prime and Smash Bros. Brawl. Notice anything missing? Various third-party developers have claimed that Nintendo early on had not provided code for online play, but we kno...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360Today is Sonic the Hedgehog's 16th birthday. He was cute as a baby and burst into the world with the delightful Sonic the Hedgehog. As of late though, he has certainly been experiencing the highs (Sonic...

By John Bardinelli According to Jeux-France (who cite rumors that "appear credible"), Nintendo is planning to drop several bombs at the upcoming min-E3 in mid-July. Release dates for Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy will be divulged, and the company will also unveil the next Mario Kart game fo...

By John Bardinelli Instructables has just posted a detailed guide on how to craft your own set of trays suitable for making tetrimino ice cubes. You'll need some woodworking skillz and a good chunk of time, but the thought of plunking a T-block into a glass of shaken-not-stirred water makes our geekiness sta...

By John Bardinelli Filed under: Nintendo DS, Online, BusinessNintendo announced today the free online gaming service Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection has reached more than 5 million unique DS owners worldwide. Nearly 65 games support online multiplayer through the service, accumulating over 200 million ga...

By Ludwig Kietzmann That is, until Reggie Fils-Aime administered an unforgiving slap to the face and instilled hope once more. Speaking at the recent Nintendo Summit in Seattle, the Nintendo of America president confirmed that the musically rich Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy would both be o...

By Justin McElroy Kids in the U.S. who dreamed of whiling away the summer days with Samus Aran may still be able to jam a few days of visor-scanning fun before class is back in session when Metroid Prime 3: Corruption drops on Aug. 20. At least they'll have Mario Strikers Charged, due out on July 30, to help fill the l...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Arcade What is sad about this image is not its relevance in today's political atmosphere, but that the arcade unit itself has become largely irrelevant in the Western world, especially when contrasted with Japan. (Image Credit) Check out the highlights for today:

By Kyle Orland Filed under: Nintendo Wii, SportsIt's been a long time coming, but the Wii's first online-enabled sports game, Mario Strikers: Charged, is getting on towards completion. French gaming mega-site JeuxFrance sat down with the developers at Next Level Games to get some details on how onli...

By Christopher Grant This week's release of the much anticipated one-time Gamecube title, Super Paper Mario, goes relatively uncontested, which is a good thing for multi-platform gamers with a limited budget. First, a gallery of the 2D - 3D gameplay, then the rest of the week's releases after the break.

By Ludwig Kietzmann So, we agree then. In speaking to Newsweek's N'Gai Croal about the Olympic pairing of Sonic and Mario, Sega of America president, Simon Jeffery, echoes a widespread sentiment that it's time to give Sonic a bit of a reboot. "We are actually undergoing a fairly considerable refresh of Sonic a...

By John Bardinelli Filed under: CultureHow many times have you thought "Wish I could watch that old Super Mario 3 cartoon."? This June the situation will be remedied when The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 comes to DVD. The classic (and cheesy by today's standards) cartoon joins the ranks of other animated N...

By Alexander Sliwinski Nintendo does not comment on rumors and speculation. Best Buy currently has 3/15/2007 as the release date on their website, other major retailers in the U.S. and gaming sites are still using 6/1/2007 or later as their placeholder date. We raise one eyebrow and now seek signs of a 2007 Mario Gal...

By John Bardinelli Filed under: Culture, GDC, VideoMost fans stalk their role models for a handshake, an autograph, or a quick photo. Not Jonathan Mann, a.k.a. GameJew. Sporting a full Mario costume and carrying a guitar, Mann tailed Shigeru Miyamoto at this year's GDC hoping to get a chance to sing him "his song....

By Kyle Orland The Game Developers Conference has been trying to get Koji Kondo to come speak about game audio for ten years, according to an introduction by Tommy Tallarico. The wait seemed well worth it, as the famed Nintendo composer's first public appearance in the United States drew a standing ovat...

By Dan Choi Filed under: Culture, Nintendo GameCube, Retro, SportsWhile we question the ability of McSweeney's to integrate classic Nintendo characters into a major-league squad, that's just the scouting report that's been released for this truly fantasy baseball roster.