Posts with tag nintendo-dsi
Wii Warm Up: Your favorite reveal
Nintendo Points non-transferable between Wii, DSi
Despite this rebranding exercise, Nintendo has revealed that you won't be able to transfer points between its new handheld and the Wii. In other words, if you buy a Nintendo Points card and use it to purchase (say) DSWare, you'll have to spend any remaining Points from the card on DSi downloads (and vice versa). This also means you won't be able to transfer any 'spare change' Points from the Wii to your DSi, meaning you're stuck with the 100 Points that have been on your Wii account since about March 2007. THERE'S ALWAYS A SPARE 100 POINTS ON OUR WII. They sit there, silently mocking us.
Anyway, the above slide, dug up by Siliconera from Nintendo's Media Summit presentation, highlights the point emphatically enough: you won't be able to transfer Nintendo Points.
Wii Warm Up: Are you satisfied?
A lot of people have been disappointed with Nintendo this year. Whether or not you're one of them doesn't really matter for this part of the exercise; the fact is that some folks have just been a little pissed off, after E3, after a lack of certain announcements, after stubbing a toe on all their Wii accessories, whatever. But a lot of things have happened in the past week, and while the biggest announcement was pretty DS(i)-centric, that doesn't mean we didn't get some great news on the Wii side of the equation. So our question today is: are you satisfied?
It's-a Mario World: In the fall conference
As you all well know, Nintendo's fall media summit dropped some serious megatons this week. In the wake of a fairly exciting press conference, the Internet is predictably bustling with skeptics reaching for a reason to be angry with Nintendo's business model. But to be fair, Tuesday's presentation sort of displaces the disappointment of E3. So how should we interpret this onrushing flood of Nintendo news? If you have any idea what this feature is about, you know where we're headed.
"But wait," we hear you ask, "is it healthy to filter all of our life experiences through a Mario-centric worldview?" And the answer, fair reader, is yes. Perfectly healthy. So let's begin: Aside from the obvious Mario & Luigi 3, how does our Super Bro factor in to Nintendo's recent news? Direct your attention to this week's gallery in which we process all of this hubbub in terms we know best.
"But wait," we hear you ask, "is it healthy to filter all of our life experiences through a Mario-centric worldview?" And the answer, fair reader, is yes. Perfectly healthy. So let's begin: Aside from the obvious Mario & Luigi 3, how does our Super Bro factor in to Nintendo's recent news? Direct your attention to this week's gallery in which we process all of this hubbub in terms we know best.
It's-a Mario World is a weekly feature in which the ubiquity of Nintendo's flagship character is celebrated: We'll incessantly ruminate about mustache wax, debate the curious whereabouts of the princess and covet the luminous power stars strewn about the galaxy. Check back here every Friday to find out what strange and wonderful thing has got us tipping our caps.
Highlights from Nintendo's big news day
The last 24 hours have been pretty amazing. We've gotten a dream sequel, a new Punch-Out!! and a new handheld to geek out to. There was a lot of news coming out of Nintendo's Japanese and American fall press conferences. As a recap, find all of the news from the show below, in case you missed something.
Highlights from the American show
- Cave Story coming to WiiWare this year
- Sin & Punishment 2 coming to US in 2009
- Punch-Out!! coming in first half of 2009
- Nintendo dates Pikmin port, names other Play on Wii titles
- North America gets Club Nintendo
- Nintendo sneaks Wii Speak Channel announcement out
- Rhythm Heaven, Mario & Luigi 3 vaguely dated for US
- Fire Emblem dated for US, fantastic Wi-Fi mode detailed
- Nintendo DSi not to reach North America until 'well into 2009'
- Brain Age getting retooled for DSi launch
- Nintendo encourages friends to help each other get Wiis online
- Nintendo conference reveals one billion new games
- Sin & Punishment 2 and other third-party gems confirmed
- Pikmin leads off Wii collection of GameCube masterpieces
- Nintendo unveils new Punch-Out!! for Wii
- Nintendo's storage solution: Load items direct from the SD slot
- Wii Points officially being renamed to Nintendo Points
- Let's tap into the site for Yuji Naka's latest
- New DS games make their Stage Debut
- Nintendo unveils pedometer for upcoming DS fitness title
- Nintendo announces Nintendo DSi
