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First Impressions: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

I can remember when I first got a DS. It had already been out for about a year and a half and it just so happened that the first New Super Mario Bros. was on its way, promising an experience that mixes Mario’s new moves in an old 2D-style game.  Nevertheless I got it when [...]

Notable releases: Q4 2009 UPDATED

So, it’s been a bit of an uneventful third quarter at AGM.  It appears I have come down with severe cases of writer’s block, laziness, and just plain procrastination all at once.
But, without further ado, here are some of the games you can expect between now and the end of the year:
(Note: The following list [...]

Notable Q3 2009 Releases

Gimme a couple more weeks and I’ll be back on it. My E3 “coverage” ended kind of abrupt when I went all fanboy over Golden Sun DS.
Anyway, it’s that time again. Let’s take a look at what to expect from the gaming industry in the next quarter:
Again, help is always appreciated identify worthy [...]

E3 2009: Nintendo Press Conference – HOOOOOOOOOOOOLY CRAP

It was a short conference, but Nintendo definitely learned from its lesson after last year’s weak showing. This year, they pulled out all the stops and announced something for just about everyone this year, and it’ll have hardcore gamers dusting off their Wiis in anticipation.
Nintendo’s press conference was pretty much rattling off game after game [...]

E3 Is Upon Us!

It’s that time of year again. Starting Monday morning and continuing until Thursday night, the biggest and longest running gaming convention gets underway at the LA Convention Centre.  E3 is here!
Since I’m just an indie, upstart blog, I couldn’t even hope to get into E3 if I tried. However, our friends at Gaming Union are [...]

IT’S JAPANESE MAHVEL BAYBEE! Tatsunoku vs. Capcom Confirmed for US release.

Yes, I’m a bit slow on this.
By now, if you’ve been following this, you probably know the runaround.  Sometime late last week, a scan of the latest issue of Nintendo Power showed an article showing Tatsunoku vs. Capcom, the latest in the “vs. Capcom” series that was made famous by Marvel vs. Capcom. The article [...]

The Official Announcement for Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver is Super-Effective!

You know, if it’s something I still take to heart, it’s Pokémon. Although it doesn’t rank that high on my to play list anymore, I’ve been faithful to the franchise since the original release of Red & Blue back in 1998. It’s the RPG that got me hooked on RPGs.  Then in October 2001 came [...]

Hands-On with the Nintendo DSi

As if we didn’t need another interation of the Nintendo DS already, the DSi, which launched in Japan late last year, arrived in the rest of the world over the past weekend. The system, which looks to be the “Game Boy Color” of the original DS, has a few subtle improvements and additions from ths [...]

Wii Menu Updated to 4.0; Storage Woes Finally Solved

In a surprise announcement earlier today at the Game Developers Conference, it was announced that Wii Menu Update 4.0 would be made available immediately.  If you haven’t downloaded the update yet and you are a Virtual Console/WiiWare buff, then you need to download it right now.
This Wii update enhances the Wii’s SD card capabilities; Not [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different: Sega Announces Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Pardon my eagerness to write something about this, but as I’m an Olympic fanatic and the next Olympic games happens to be happening in my hometown, I just have to go through with this.
On a day where Canada is marking the one year countdown to the start of the opening ceremonies for the 2010 winter [...]