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Nintendo.com gets updated in a big way

Posted Nov 29th 2007 11:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Forget your grandma's boring old Nintendo.com. The new Nintendo.com is extreme in a kind of way that can only be measured in Quantum Dew Units. That's right, the new Nintendo.com's most extreme nature can only be compared to cans of Mountain Dew, with a single can representing one QDU. Right now, Nintendo.com is at about 74,821.288888 QDU. In case you were wondering, that's enough Mountain Dew to choke a unicorn to death.

But, in all seriousness, Nintendo.com just looks very ... white now. There's so much white space, we're compelled to bust out a marker and draw little pictures in the margins like we did back in school. But, then again, maybe that's why we didn't graduate. Or may be are brain am broke.

Head on over to the new site and poke around. For those of you looking for the return of the Nsider forums, you're out of luck.

Sunlight messing with gameplay?

Posted Oct 9th 2006 4:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Over at the Nintendo NSider forums, a poster documented their time with the Wii during the NYC event. Yes, late coverage, but it poses an interesting scenario all the same. Turns out, the sunlight affected gameplay for this poster during the event, affected gameplay for the worse. To quote:

"We know that the sensor bar goes all wonky when halogen lights are in the room. But did you know that natural sunlight messes it up too? That's right, if you have the sun beaming right onto the sensor bar, it doesn't work. For about an hour or so, the sun shone right into the store, the two MP3:C kiosks had to have curtains above them, and the Wii Sports Tennis and Shooting Game kiosks were unplayable since they were "shrouded" in sunlight. Later the sun went behind a building, and everything was in working order again."

Interesting, however does it actually affect most of us? With the advent of curtains (or mini-blinds, if you're that kind of person), we're hard-pressed to believe this will really hurt the experience had on the console. That is, only if you're playing on the front porch or out by the pool.

Name	Date
Defendin de Penguin	Sep 5
NHL 2K9	Sep 8
Star Wars: Force Unleashed	Sep 16
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility	Sep 16
DDR Hottest Party 2	Sept. 16
Wario Land: Shake It!	Sept. 22
LEGO Batman	Sept. 23
Samba de Amigo	Sept. 23
SimCity Creator	Sept. 23
de Blob	Sept. 23
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked	Sept. 23
We Cheer	Sept. 30
Game Reviews (WiiWare and Retail)

Name

Date

Defendin de Penguin

Sep 5

NHL 2K9

Sep 8

Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Sep 16

Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility

Sep 16

DDR Hottest Party 2

Sept. 16

Wario Land: Shake It!

Sept. 22

Sept. 23

Sept. 23

Sept. 23

Sept. 23

Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked

Sept. 23

We Cheer

Sept. 30

Game Reviews (WiiWare and Retail)

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P/CP: Clone Wars	P/CP
Born for Wii: Sam and Max	Born for Wii
Review: Mario Super Sluggers	Reviews
Games for your day off	Top Five
In the Batter's Box	It's-a Mario World
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P/CP: Clone Wars

P/CP

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Games for your day off

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In the Batter's Box

It's-a Mario World

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