GameSpoon: New Super Mario Bros. Wii footage

The New Super Mario Bros. Wii game could, in fact, be one of my favorite titles for the Nintendo Wii. I look forward to the multi-player experience in the game; up to four people playing at once! That will be fun.

This is the type of game that the Wii needs to capitalize on; 2D side-scrollers. I'm completely biased though. I grew up with the original NES and all I ever knew Nintendo to be, was a 2D side-scrolling platformer (with various exceptions such as the original Zelda). Anyway, this game looks great!

GameSpoon - Wii Games of 2009

Gamasutra has posted an article that briefly looks into some of the most anticipated Wii games for 2009. This list looks very promising and has a lot of potential to pull the hardcore gaming community back into Wii-mania. So, if your Wii is collecting dust as you rack up hours in Fallout 3 on your Xbox 360 or PS3, then grab a can of compressed air to clean out the dust and prep your machine for some major gaming action!

Here are some of the titles from Gamasutra's list:

Cave Story

Release Date: Early 2009
Developer: Studio Pixel, Nicalis
Publisher: Nicalis

The Conduit

Release Date: Spring
Developer: High Voltage Software
Publisher: Sega

Deadly Creatures

Release Date: February
Developer: Rainbow Studios
Publisher: THQ

Little King's Story

Release Date: February 19th
Developer: Cing, Town Factory
Publisher: Xseed Games

MadWorld

Release Date: March 10th
Developer: Platinum Games
Publisher: Sega

Monster Hunter 3

Release Date: No date announced
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom

Punch-Out!!

Release Date: Spring
Developer: Next Level Games
Publisher: Nintendo

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins

Release Date: February
Developer: Acquire
Publisher: Ubisoft

Checkout Gamasutra for the full list!

GameSpoon - Mega Man 2

After spending a portion of my Saturday evening, in an epic battle playing Ice Hockey on a top-loading NES against SpoonThrash, I was inspired. So inspired that I decided to fire up the ol' Nintendo Wii to browse through the Virtual Console NES titles. What did I find? Mega Man 2 of course! I loved, no, I love the Mega Man series. I've forgotten how great (and difficult) old Nintendo platforming can really be.

Mega Man 2 was originally released in North America in July of 1989 and I think it is safe to say that I haven't played that game since 1991 - give or take a few years. What surprised me about playing the VC version, is that I actually recognized a few of the boards! For someone with as bad of a memory as I have, that's pretty remarkable. It just goes to show how much time I must have invested in the Mega Man series when I was young. For those of you who also love(d) the series, I highly recommend throwing down the 500 points, you won't regret it.

Check this video out! Remember how EPIC the Mega Man 2 music is? Awesome.



Okay, okay, I have to add this video too. I think SpoonThrash and I will start a "mega man series" cover band, we'll get SpoonRavis to jump in there with a wicked saxophone solo too:

GameSpoon - The Wii will make your grandparents happy.....again

While doing my daily Google image search, I had noticed something amazing. Elderly people LOVE the Wii.......an I have proof. All I know, if my Grandpa was around right now, he would be the shit at Wii Bowling.

Here are a few of my favorites:











So happy.

Thank you Nintendo Wii for giving these people something to do while their family forgets about them in the nursing home.