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On sale at Amazon -- Nine cheap games for Nintendo lovers [update 5]

Posted Jun 27th 2008 9:30AM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Sales

The "Nintendo Icon" Amazon Gold Box has gone live, so it's time for those of you who can shop at Amazon.com to get your credit cards at the ready. With nine different deals on the table today, you might just find something that appeals to you.

The "Deal of the Day" is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for $25.99, which really leaves you with no excuse not to buy it. The lightning deals are where the excitement is always at, though, and there are eight of them that will cycle throughout the day.

Before we get into what's on the list, we must say that the sales are slightly disappointing. Maybe it's just us, but we wish Amazon had included more second-party titles. After all, such games are considered "Nintendo Icons," too. There's one title in particular that we feel is sorely missing -- but we digress.

To see Amazon's hints for the eight lightning deals, just click past the break.

Continue reading On sale at Amazon -- Nine cheap games for Nintendo lovers [update 5]

Circuit City offering up Wii bundles as you read this

Posted Jun 16th 2008 3:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Sales

Still hunting for a Wii? If so, Circuit City's online store has them in around about ... now.

Think supplies are going to last long? Hell no! Even though Circuit City is selling the things with an extra Wiimote, nunchuk and two of the titles listed below, we estimate these puppies will be gone soon. We'd usually criticize the practice of forcing customers to buy bundles, but we estimate that at least three or four of the six games being offered are must-haves:

You're still here!? Go! Go! Go!

[Via Go Nintendo]

It's dangerous to go alone! Wear these!

Posted May 22nd 2008 10:34PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Fan stuff

What better way to venture off into Hyrule than with these snazzy Legend of Zelda shoes? Recreating the scenery from the original NES game, these kicks are sure to draw the envy of video game geeks around the world (like ourselves). They're also not too expensive; Etsy user ohmy will create a custom pair in your size for only $42.

To get a glimpse of the rest of the shoes, click past the break for pictures of the awesome heart-lined sides, as well as the Triforce-drawn backs.

Continue reading It's dangerous to go alone! Wear these!

GTA IV usurps Ocarina of Time

Posted Apr 30th 2008 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Back when it was Super Mario Galaxy sitting pretty atop The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as best-rated game ever on Gamerankings (SMG eventually dropped and let Ocarina have the throne back), we were fine with it. But, this, this, we cannot sit back and calmly take.

The game that everyone seems to be nutty about, Grand Theft Auto IV (or GTA IV, as most seem to be calling it), has now passed Ocarina and become the #1 rated game of all time on the site. While the game is very new (it came out yesterday), many reviews still need to come in, so we're hoping that once they do, Ocarina will be back where it belongs. Until then, sharpen those pitchforks and light your torches, it's time to become an unruly mob.

GC Twilight Princess, now 24 rupees cheaper

Posted Apr 19th 2008 4:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales

Amazon must need to clear out its GameCube stock of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, as this is the second sale the online retailer has hosted in just two days, not that we're complaining!

The last deal lasted only four hours and offered the GameCube release for only $19.99, and, while that sounds much cheaper than the $25.99 Amazon is asking for Twilight Princess now, keep in mind that that $25+ pricing includes free shipping. You can make that kind of change slashing at grass and breaking pots for two minutes!

[Via CAG]

Friday Video: The room of a Nintendo fanboy

Posted Apr 4th 2008 7:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Friday Video

And, before you ask, yes, our room puts this kid's to shame. Our room has a frozen clone of Shigeru Miyamoto in it. Why? Well, we need to get witty headlines for Eric's posts somehow. He can't be bothered, he's too busy counting his theoretical millions in internet money.

Back to the subject at hand, we dare you to say you have even half of the junk this guy does. If there's one thing he has that we don't, it's that Umbrella watch. Not like it matters, because the iron shackles that tie us to our Joystiq company Acer laptops would never allow us to escape out into the real world, where a computer desktop clock is nowhere to be seen.

Link gets a corset, too

Posted Mar 31st 2008 9:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Fan stuff

Many of you had some strong opinion's regarding TheVintageDoctor's Mario corset, so we only found it fitting to tell you about her new Zelda-related fashion item.

This corset is very similar to the last one, only featuring Link instead of the portly plumber. Unfortunately, the image used on the corset almost looks like it could be a Link "upskirt" pic, but we're still impressed by this outfit nonetheless.

Also, as of writing this, it's still in stock. So, you can wear (or have your girlfriend wear) Link's backside for $99.98 -- expensive, but a fair price for all the work that probably went into this.

Gallery: Corsets by TheVintageDoctor

[Via GoNintendo]

Twilight Princess cosplay leaves us agog

Posted Mar 31st 2008 7:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Fan stuff

Okay, so the dude looking slightly lost in the background doesn't quite make this scene as convincing as it could be -- you'll have to imagine him as, we don't know, a tree, or a random Beamos or ... something. Aside from that, however, this could totally be Midna, of Twilight Princess fame.

This was snapped at last year's Anime Expo in ~~the Gerudo Desert~~ Long Beach, California, though has only recently surfaced on the internets. We've got huge respect for cosplay when it's as well-executed as this -- just look at the craftsmanship on that headdress! For us, this ranks right up there with the Samus cosplay we posted about many moons ago on DS Fanboy (though doesn't give us the same lulz as the Dr. Kawashima example).

Go past the jump to see a full-length shot, as well as another fine Twilight Princess cosplay, this time based on bug-lover/general weirdo Agitha.

Continue reading Twilight Princess cosplay leaves us agog

How well do you know your Zelda grass? [update]

Posted Mar 26th 2008 10:30PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Fan stuff

So, you think you're a hardcore gamer? Maybe you are. But, how well do you know your grass samples?

These posters, which are being sold at a Viennese store called Subotron for €12 ($19 USD) each, will really put you to the test. To help you out a bit, there are two samples from ~~The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link~~ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, while the other four are from Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana), and Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2). All the games without the word "Zelda" in them were published by either Squaresoft or Enix, which is why we haven't gotten them (and might never get them) on the Virtual Console.

See if you can figure out what game each sample belongs to (despite the poor resolution). Don't worry if you can't discern which is which, though -- we've posted the answers after the break.

Continue reading How well do you know your Zelda grass? [update]

'Excuse me for selling my animation cel, Princess!'

Posted Mar 15th 2008 12:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff

When we started to write this, we were going to make jokes about how Link hates Zelda when he's not rescuing her, and how they have a dysfunctional relationship and all that, and then maybe about how Super Smash Bros. Brawl started with a Super Smash Bros. Yelling Match.

But then we noticed something: Zelda is clearly in the foreground, because she's drawn slightly bigger than Link, and because Link has turned toward the camera to look at her. And yet his hair is somehow in front of hers. A horribly out-of-context scene plus a technical flub? Good luck outbidding us!

[Via GameSniped]

The VC Advantage: A link to the past (of Zelda II)

Posted Mar 5th 2008 5:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: The VC Advantage

The Internet has made it easy to find cheats for games, but we miss the tips pages from game magazines, when the discovery of a new code could inspire you to go back to an old game. These codes aren't exactly new, but oldness is the essence of the Virtual Console! We're bringing back the classic codes every week on The VC Advantage.

We used to think that Nintendo's programming was above reproach, when, in reality, Nintendo's work -- even EAD's top-shelf games -- are just as riddled with bugs and glitches as anyone else's. And that's to our benefit, since without Nintendo's occasional gaffes, there'd be no Minus World, no secret Metroid maps, and no Chris Houlihan's Room (or no way to get there, anyway).

In the case of Zelda II, you can use a weird glitch to give yourself an advantage early in the game, provided you can get through, uh, the early part of the game. First, complete a palace level. Pause the game, save, and quit while the experience points are tallying (using the in-game save system, not the Wii's). Open a game in another profile. The experience points will be added to this player's profile instead of the first. Completing any of the later palaces would send multiple levels' worth of points into a new game.

As we mentioned, the catch is that you have to be able to complete palaces before you can benefit from this. The difficulty of the freaking palaces is what makes this glitch worth exploiting in the first place.

Wii Warm Up: 2D remakes

Posted Feb 22nd 2008 9:00AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff, Wii Warm Up

Yesterday's popular video demonstration of how Super Mario Galaxy would look on the SNES made us wish there really were 2D remakes of the 3D games we love. Wouldn't it be totally rad if Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 was recreated as a top-down shooter in the style of Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (GBA)? Or if Super Paper Mario was, uh ... Okay, so that example doesn't work.

What 3D titles, old and new, would you want to see turned into a 2D project?

Nintendo dominates list of most annoying game characters

Posted Feb 19th 2008 7:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Fan stuff

Nintendo might well have created some of the most enduring characters of all time, but it's more than capable of concocting annoying ones. At least, that's the message we drew from Cracked.com's list of video game characters that inspire rage -- of the fifteen personalities listed, around half appear in Nintendo games.

While we wouldn't normally post about such lists, there's very little room for complaining about many of these choices. Time and again, Slippy's utter ineptitude has seen us launching spittle-flecked rants at our screens, Waluigi possesses a voice akin to nails on a blackboard (though this blogger will admit to finding him useful in Mario Kart DS), and Tingle is annoying for reasons that should need no explaining whatsoever.

The only unfair inclusions we can see? The Dog from Duck Hunt, and Animal Crossing: Wild World's Mr. Resetti, whose bluster we actually find entertaining. Not that we're cheats.

[Via Digg]

Dojo update: A double whammy of special moves

Posted Feb 19th 2008 3:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Screens

It would be something of a stretch to describe today's dojo update as a spoiler, but we're not taking any chances -- our protective spoiler barrier remains! Further details are past the break.

Continue reading Dojo update: A double whammy of special moves

Using the 'Twilight Hack,' man runs Tetris

Posted Feb 19th 2008 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video, Homebrew

You remember the "Twilight Hack," right? Well, Pong isn't the only thing folks are using this to run, as one man shows us his homebrew version of Tetris running on the system. Originally created as a homebrew project for the GameCube many years ago, this version of Tetris is lacking the bells and whistles most have taken for granted over the last decade or so. Still, it's impressive to see homebrew running on the Wii.

[Via QJ]

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It's dangerous to go alone! Wear these!

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Link gets a corset, too

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How well do you know your Zelda grass? [update]

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Nintendo dominates list of most annoying game characters

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