I’ve decided to change my blog slightly. I’m still going to write wiiviews, but, in addition, I’m going to do a lot of Nintendo ramblings.
I know I missed a lot of big releases, (Animal Crossing, Wii Music) but I’ll get around to wiiviewing them.
So, new things in the world of Nintendo. The DSi just got a release date, April 5 this year! They have announced two colors on amazon, matte blue and matte black. It’s suddenly (finally) getting a lot of press, but with all the articles, links, and sites I’ve been reading, I still can’t find out if it has wifi or if you have to be connected to something like your home internet connection. If anyone can confirm whether or not it has wifi, please let me know. It does seem like this time they are really going up against the Ipod touch and PSP. Of course I am planning to get it on release date, one way or another (and in blue!).
We’re going to New York this year and I can’t wait to see Nintendo World (no, I mean REALLY CAN’T WAIT). They’re supposed to have a huge selection of games, toys, clothing, and everything else Nintendo. My kind of place 
Nintendo has announced a new line of games called new play control. These are Gamecube games reworked to utilize the awesome capabilities of the wiimote. So, it’s the exact same game, just with the wiimote control. It’s slightly cheaper than almost all the other Nintendo games at release, being released at $30. So far, they’ve only announced Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin, both with the release date of 3/9/09 (Mario of course is a release date must, I might wait and see with Pikmin).
I can’t wait to see which other games Nintendo will release with “new play control.” I’m personally hoping for Super Mario Sunshine, which is one of my all time favorite games. I also think Luigi’s Mansion would be a good choice. I like to see the vaccum function with the wiimote. And speaking of Nintendo releasing stuff – what is up with Wii Resort????? Wii Resort was showcased at E3, yet they said nothing of the DSi, and here we are with the DSi coming out in April and not a date listed anywhere for Wii Resort. Yet, I found cheats published in National Geographic Kids latest issue, bizarre.
This has nothing to do with video games, but I wanted to put it out there, Disney and Lego have once again partnered and have announced Pixar’s Toy Story and Cars for January 2010. However, the inferior Megabloks will be gaining the Nickelodeon franchise, which probably means no more Lego Spongebob. Megabloks has also gained Yo Gabba Gabba (one of my sisters favorites shows). Oh, and speaking of Lego’s, I am building a giant Lego sculpture of Mario. I’ll post a picture of it when it’s done.
Mario and Luigi RPG 3 now has a very interesting story line. While a sickness that causes characters to inflate is sweeping the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi get swallowed by Bowser with his new ‘inhale’ ability. During gameplay you control Bowser on the top screen of the DS using the ‘X’ and ‘Y’ buttons, while you control Mario and Luigi on the bottom screen using the ‘A’ and ‘B’ buttons. Mario and Luigi are linked with Bowser, such as if Mario hits a nerve inside Bowser, Bowser will react accordingly. Bowser also swallowed Toad who decided to make the most of his stay by setting up a shop inside Bowser. This sounds like it’s going to be a weird RPG, but also really fun.
Currently I seem to be getting my gameplay monies worth with Paper Mario, Animal Crossing Cityfolk, and my new favorite, which happens to be an old game that I never had gotten, Zack and Wiki. Also, another completely fun game worth EVERY dime (Wiipoints) is World of Goo. If you haven’t gone on the Wii Shop Channel, which I am surprised by everyday when someone tells me they haven’t….. go on today spend your $15 (15,000 Wiipoints) and get this game today. Not a ton of levels or anything, but completely addicting and really entertaining. Totally worth a future Wiiview.
Well, I’m off to go finish Lego Mario!
