Category: GN
Nintendo Encourages Developers to Make Fun and Inexpensive Games for Wii
Back in the days of the Nintendo SNES, high quality graphics were in short supply due to the limited technology available at the time. Because of this, game companies focused on content and gameplay to make up for this constraint… Read More »
Wii Controller Under a Whole New Light
The revolutionary controller for Nintendo,s next-gen console may run into a bit of a problem come launch, as rumors are flying that the aiming sensor on the remote portion of the controller could malfunction if used in a room with… Read More »
Iwata Comments on Wii Philosophy; Online Delivery
In a recent interview with Japanese newspaper NikkeiBP, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata commented on some of the ideas that brought the Wii,s innovative concept to life.When asked about the Wii,s controller, Iwata explained that the research stage of the controller,s… Read More »
Bigger Hard Drives, Less Backwards Compatibility for 360
Xbox chief Peter Moore gave comments to Kikizo in regards to the 360,s direction, backwards compatibility support and new hard drives for the next-gen console. In regards to larger hard drives for the 360, he said, “…"there’s going to be… Read More »
Video Gaming in the Olympics?
Previously, GamerNode once quipped that one day we may see video games as an Olympic sport. Our statements were made in reference to the growing popularity of professional gaming contests held around the world. Ted Owen, founder of the Global… Read More »
Hacker's Holy Grail: Xbox 360
There are certain pinnacles in which humans strive to conquer. For race car drivers it is the Indy 500. For runners, it is running the marathon. And for many hackers, it is the Xbox 360. When Microsoft announced that one… Read More »
Nintendo Carries 2006 E3 Game Critics Awards
The gaming community may despise Nintendo,s renaming of its Revolution to Wii, but Mario and friends are dancing in the streets with glee as the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 have announced their picks for top honors. Nintendo… Read More »
Sony Denies Copying Wii's Motion Sensing Controller
Last week, UK Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton, accused Sony of stealing the idea of a motion sensing controller from them. In some terse words for Sony, Yarnton stated, "I don,t know what their decision making process is but I… Read More »
Microsoft Expresses Doubts About Sony's Online Service
Microsoft, feeling confident, if not a little belligerent about the success of their Xbox 360, decided to kick a little more sand into the executive faces at Sony by harping on the slated PS3 online service-an obvious copying tactic, according… Read More »
Analyst Predicts Lower Xbox 360 Game Prices
Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, has predicted the lowering of prices for Xbox 360 games in the near future due to, “…normal occurrences in the industry.” The normal occurrences Pachter is referring to is the tendency for… Read More »
