December 9th, 2009

Zero Punctuation doesn't really like New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Left 4 Dead 2

Just in case you find yourself on crunchgear.com and not escapistmagazine.com, here’s Zero Punctuation’s review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2. He’s fairly critical of both, as is his wont. → Read More

December 2nd, 2009

Video: Emulated New Super Mario Bros. in 1080p makes us want Wii HD even more

This here is a video of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in 1080p, thanks to the wonders of emulation. (I had completely forgotten about the Dolphin emulator!) If there were ever a reason for Nintendo get off its backside and fully commit to the Wii HD, this is it. → Read More

November 15th, 2009

Braving the weather to see New Super Mario Bros. Wii at the Nintendo World Store

New Super Mario Bros. Wii hits stores today, and it will probably be on of the biggest games of the year. (Little Tommy and Little Susie shouldn’t be playing Modern Warfare 2!) To celebrate the launch of this latest Mario game, Nintendo invited its fans to the Nintendo World Store in New York yesterday. In addition to being able to buy the game a whole day early, fans could participate in a Mario… → Read More

November 11th, 2009

What's the bigger seller: New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Modern Warfare 2?

So by now you probably already have Modern Warfare 2, have beaten the single-player mode (cheap shot!), and have been killed within three seconds of re-spawning in multi-player mode more times than you’d care to admit. Great, good for you. Something that has been taken for granted, though, is that the game will be one of the best-selling games of the year, if not the best-selling. Hold your… → Read More

November 10th, 2009

First review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii gives the game a 9.2 (and guess from who that number's from!)

Super Mario Bros. Wii doesn’t come out here in North America for another five days, but, for whatever reason, it comes out in Australia in two days! That explains why you can find the world’s first review (nearest I can tell) on IGN Australia. The Web site gave the game a 9.2 (I swear, these decimal point reviews are 100 percent absurd), but I think it’s safe to conclude that the game is, indeed… → Read More