Rumor Control: Nintendo’s Wii U has talks of Android Integration…
We just spotted this earlier today. Apparently, it seems that rumors suggest that Nintendo may be considering making a interface for Android-powered devices to ‘interact’ (one way or another) with the Wii U, the console that is still under development. Other rumors suggest that the Wii U may run on Android itself, or just have some parts of Android mixed in with it all.
Wii U: “New Super Mario Bros Mii” Tech Demo spotted
We may be late to the party, but we’ve spotted what seems to be a rehash of New Super Mario Bros Wii for the upcoming Nintendo Wii U. This time though, they have flipped the W upside down, and you get “Mii”. As the name suggests, your Mii characters can have platforming action too.
We don’t have much detail, but we do have some screenshots courtesy of GameFAQs, listed below. As you can see in the screenshots, the HUD gets some cosmetic changes and levels seem to be more interactive. Click them for a larger view.
Super Smash Land, a GameBoy remake of Super Smash Bros, hits PCs today
It may be chunky pixels but hey, you can’t blame a PC port of the beloved Super Smash Bros series that graced the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii consoles.
Dan Fornace’s Super Smash Land is what you’d expect to see on the original GameBoy or even a GameBoy Pocket. It features 11 stages, 6 characters, Arcade mode, 4-person multiplayer and even online leaderboards.
Piki Geek has the scoop, so get cracking and polish up your Super Smash Bros fighting skills.
Review: Super Mario 3D Land for Nintendo 3DS
At first glance, it looks like your average Mario platformer. The box shows Mario jumping over to some Bricks, while avoiding a Goomba with a Tandooki tail. But then you put the game cart into the 3DS, and this is where it shines. This review will be seperated into “Graphics”, “Gameplay”, “Audio” and then a summary of the game in general.
Google’s latest easter egg: “Do a barrel roll!”
Google’s latest easter egg is for the gamers and Nintendo fans alike. Simply search “do a barrel roll” in either Google Images or Google Web Search and the page will do exactly what Peppy says.
Note that this “easter egg” is confirmed not to work on the iPad (tested on our in-house generation 1 iPad). The easter egg also requires CSS 3.0 for proper operation – older browsers won’t support the new CSS version.
LetterBomb: Wii System Menu 4.3 Jailbreak
As with anything related to the Wii, once you have an exploit installed or The Homebrew Channel installed, DO NOT update the Wii console if it asks you to. Future updates kill homebrew unless another exploit is found.
A new interesting LetterBomb exploit/jailbreak has been released for the Wii that involves exploiting the Wii System Menu messaging center. This exploit is aimed for enabling homebrew on System Menu 4.3, however it may work for older system menu versions.
Nintendo 64 Android Emulator, N64oid, back up for download
Remember how the Nintendo 64 Emulator, n64oid, got removed from the Android market for some reason? Well, thanks to the long hours of searching here at Coburn’s Domain, we’ve managed to find the emulator and bring it back for the public to download.
Now, the latest version we found was version 1.1.4, and the author doesn’t seem to have a homepage. That aside, you can grab the installation package at this link. Plug in your Android device, select USB Mass Storage (or Memory Card Access) and copy that file over. Then, use your favorite File Manager to install N64oid.
Project Café: Nintendo’s next-gen console details leaked, surprise in store
As posted on the Emuparadise message forums under the user of lizard81288, some details of Nintendo’s upcoming console-to-end-all-consoles have surfaced. Of course, Coburn’s Domain can’t confirm if these specifications are authentic, but we’ll try to confirm them. Here’s the skinny (with commentary):
A new report from French technology website 01net says that the recently rumored Nintendo HD platform is currently codenamed Project Cafe. The site, which leaked NGP specs before its announcement, claims to have tech specs and controller details for the console.
Video Follow-up on the Nintendo 3DS Hands-on
We’ve uploaded the videos to our server, showing off the Nintendo 3DS as per the last article we published yesterday. The first video shows off the consoles’ features. Do note the “Development” text on the back of the unit.
The second video is a recording of the game that the 3DS was running, which was Nintendogs + Cats. Includes the issue when the 3DS unit froze on us. Sorry about the robot-like voice – blame our camera for that.
Australian Nintendo 3DS Booth Event: Hands-on by Coburn’s Domain
At a recent Top Gear Live event that our IT reporter, donttrythis and myself attended, we got a demo of the Nintendo 3DS running a demo of Nintendogs + cats. We “patted” them in-game, which after some time, the 3DS itself crashed. Oops.