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Dragon Quest IX - Luida’s Bar real-life version (video tour)

Some Australian gamers have been wondering why there haven’t been any updates to their version of Club Nintendo in awhile. Turns out that Nintendo of Australia isn’t actually the group in charge of positioning the upcoming updates for the service. That means, there’s nothing in the pipeline right now. Let’s hope that mess gets sorted out soon! Link

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Australia - Club Nintendo may not be updated for awhile

Wow, Wiimote accessories for a dollar. I’m sure these things are safe to use! Thanks to Shay for the heads up!

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The Dollar Tree, for all your Wii accessory needs

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… If you don’t have a Japanese Wii to take advantage of the excellent disc or WiiWare versions from Sunsoft, then you may want to exercise some patience and wait for a possible WiiWare release; you can always play it on the web while you wait! Full review here

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Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye - review

A portion of an Iwata asks feature on New Super Mario Bros. Wii… Iwata : I sense that you’re really getting a very strong “feel” from this game. Miyamoto : Of course! Iwata : It seems that you feel you’ve been able to achieve a structure for this game that you’ve long aimed for. Miyamoto : Yes, I have. I’ve always wanted to make a multiplayer Mario. It’s been my dream for many years. I really feel that this time, we’ve pulled it off. Iwata : Recently, you have become deeply absorbed in a large number of the games that we’ve made. But with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, there is clearly something different about the depth and the manner in which you’ve become absorbed. Miyamoto : Well, I was even writing specification documents! (laughs) Iwata : (laughs) You’ve really worked incredibly hard on this one! At the 2009 E3, I spoke about Nintendo wanting to make “games for everyone.” It’s become commonplace to assume that as games continue to develop, they will steadily become more clearly divided between games for very skilled players and games for beginners. But the motivation behind my speech was my strong belief that in order to further expand the gaming population, it’s necessary to make games that everyone can enjoy, regardless of their abilities. Now, perhaps it’s because they consider this completely unfeasible, but this isn’t something that a lot of other people seem to discuss. But in spite of that, I am very serious when it comes to making games for everyone and this is something, Miyamoto-san, which you and I have been talking about constantly for over a decade. The impression I get is that with Mario, which is in no sense an easy type of game for such a purpose, you have actually gone and done it - you’ve made a “game for everyone.” I’m quite excited to see how this new Mario title will be played. There’ll be plenty of players who will feel: “Wow! I can do this!” At the same time, players who are confident in their abilities won’t feel that the game is too tame and we’ll see them erasing their data and playing from the start to ensure that no hint blocks pop up. Full interview here

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Miyamoto worked incredibly hard to make New Super Mario Bros. Wii a game for everyone, finally realized a long-standing dream

A portion of an NY Times review… So New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers multiplayer support, but the actual design of the game encourages most people to play by themselves. That is not what Nintendo is supposed to be all about these days. Full review here

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii - review

Seems like Deux’s first day on the job went well. Glad to see you guys enjoyed his work! Also, thanks for all the fan-made banners for Deux! He couldn’t be happier, trust me! Glad we could all make his day. On that note, I’m off to bed! I’ll see you all in a few, short hours. I can’t believe that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is just around the corner. It feels like I was back at E3 for the announcement just yesterday. I also remember thinking that the launch would seem like a million years for now. Lucky for me, the time decided to fly by! That is, until this past couple of weeks. I swear, time seems to have slowed to a halt. When I can barely make it through a day without thinking about the game, I know I want it bad. Making the wait even worse would have to be all the coverage that’s coming out. For the last week or so, there has been an insane amount of video coverage for the title. I bet you could watch the entire game, start to finish, if you just hunted around YouTube long enough. Talk about spoilers! If you’ve been watching all the videos we’ve posted, there’s not much left to the game to learn! You’ll just be going through the motions when you pick it up. With all this coverage, I’ve been wondering how you guys have been dealing with it. Did you decide to go on a self-imposed NSMBW media blackout a few weeks back? Perhaps you’ve embraced all the video footage, and still can’t wait to get your copy. I’m sure there’s some middle-of-the-road people as well. Leave a comment and let us know how you’ve been fighting the urge!

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Seems like Deux’s first day on the job went well. Glad to see you guys enjoyed his work! Also, thanks for all the fan-made banners for Deux! He couldn’t be happier, trust me! Glad we could all make his day. On that note, I’m off to bed! I’ll see you all in a few, short hours. I can’t believe that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is just around the corner. It feels like I was back at E3 for the announcement just yesterday. I also remember thinking that the launch would seem like a million years for now. Lucky for me, the time decided to fly by! That is, until this past couple of weeks. I swear, time seems to have slowed to a halt. When I can barely make it through a day without thinking about the game, I know I want it bad. Making the wait even worse would have to be all the coverage that’s coming out. For the last week or so, there has been an insane amount of video coverage for the title. I bet you could watch the entire game, start to finish, if you just hunted around YouTube long enough. Talk about spoilers! If you’ve been watching all the videos we’ve posted, there’s not much left to the game to learn! You’ll just be going through the motions when you pick it up. With all this coverage, I’ve been wondering how you guys have been dealing with it. Did you decide to go on a self-imposed NSMBW media blackout a few weeks back? Perhaps you’ve embraced all the video footage, and still can’t wait to get your copy. I’m sure there’s some middle-of-the-road people as well. Leave a comment and let us know how you’ve been fighting the urge!

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - New Super Mario Bros. Wii is almost here…are you spoiler-free?

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Rabbids Go Home - 22 ways to customize a Rabbid

“So far it’s been selling very well. We’ve been really pleased with the numbers…we’re really pleased as we get ready for the holiday season.” - Reggie Fils-Aime Reggie also commented on the Wii being beat by the PS3 in sales totals for NPD numbers last month. “You have to put it in perspective. Sony had 5 full weeks of price reduction in their favor. We had the one week, and even with that the gap was pretty small.” Link

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Reggie comments on Wii price drop impact, taking second place to PS3 last month’s NPD numbers.