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June 03, 2011Hey all you gamers out there! The occasion has almost come for one of our favoritetimes of the year! The E3 Expo is about to start in less than a week. The dates for E3 are July 7-9, 2011. This means all of our television sets or computer screens are going to be displaying nothing but the best thegaming world has to offer.Many websites are talking about the Expo and gives us all kinds of exciting information and thrilling videos on what we can expect this year from E3. They are sure not to disappoint with big name companies attending such as, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Square Enix, etc. What will they comeup with next? That is the question. You think, what more could they possibly give us? Last yearMicrosoft made it big when they launched the
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June 01, 2011
Playing computer / video games help stroke victims in recovery.
Medical scientists have discovered that video games can help in the recovery of a patient from paralysis after suffering from a stroke. From the information found here, it states from an article published in the Journal of Neuro Engineering and Rehabilitation, computer simulations and techniques used mainly in the film industry can help produce computer-generation actions. These
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May 14, 2011
Focus on "Sonic Generations" and the Sonic the Hedgehog Series.
It's hard to believe it's been TWENTY YEARS since Sega introduced Sonic the Hedgehog andhis fast-paced action to the video game audience of the 1990s and began a long-running rivalry with a plumber named Mario (though now they're best friends via racing, brawling, and sports). Sega decided to celebrate those twenty great years by teaming up the Sonic of my years (the shorter-legged Genesis version) with the Sonic of today (the one you see in Sonic 4 and in Smash Bros. Brawl).
In Sonic generations, both generations of Sonic the Hedgehog will team up and run themselves through rebuilt HD versions of old classic levels and modern
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April 26, 2011
Nintendo confirms that the Wii's successor will be arriving in 2012.
Nintendo has recently confirmed the release of the successor to the Wii. While no name has been announced for it yet, they are planning to reveal it at this year's E3 convention. They did release information that the new console will go on sale in 2012.
While the sales of this new Nintendo console hasn't been included in Nintendo's forecasts (that go up till March 2012), it is believed we won't see it until something Spring 2012 or after.
There is a code name for
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April 21, 2011
Coffee Table Turned into a Nintendo Controller
Here at Evil Controllers we pride ourselves on making modified and customized controllers to fit every gamer. So of course when I came across a giant Nintendo controller that doubled as a coffee table I was intrigued. The giant Nintendo coffee table controller was built with 100 hours of labor, and with $200 worth of supplies. The top of the controller doubles as a surface to the coffee table and also as a lid to a storage box. But the coolest part is that the controller actually works!! You can connect it to a NES and play your favorite retro games.
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April 21, 2011
Jack Tretton of Sony states some harsh words for gamers, especially 3DS owners.
Okay so after finding this technology article from Fortune Magazine's online site, I think you can see what myself (and about 99% of the gaming community) thinks about this statement. Frankly, I think Jack just probably shot himself in the foot with this statement, probably thinking no one in the gaming community would find it on Fortune Magazine's site.
It's proof that this man (not the company)
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April 19, 2011
Gamer News: DS in March outsold the 3DS.
Found here on Kotaku, the Nintendo DS outsold the Nintendo 3DS in the month of March. Sure, the DS had all of the MONTH of March to sell its units and the 3DS did have a smaller set of time to sell. The Nintendo DS sold at 460,000 units while the 3DS sold 400,000 units.When it was released back in 2004, the DS sold sold 500,000 units in its first seven days here in the US, while the 3DS sold around 400,000 during its US launch. Smaller, yet most likely contributing to that number of
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April 12, 2011
Nintendo's 3DS units in Japan, only about half have been sold.
According to this article (if you can read Japanese), when the 3DS was released, Nintendo claimed that 1.5 million of the 4 million handhelds were heading to Japan by the end of March. According to Japanese sales trackers like Media Create, there are a ton of unsold units in Japan. The sales trackerreports that only 836,000 3DS units have been sold, meaning Nintendo hasn't hit the one million mark in Japan. About 664,000 units from
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April 05, 2011
As of this Tuesday, Nintendo confirmed that the first-day 3DS sales in the United States were the highest ever for any Nintendo hand-held system. Unfortunately, however, no exact numbers were released and wont be released until early to mid April (which, I guess isnt that far away, even though it sure feels like it), when they announce the first-week US sales.
The 3DS, which launched on the 27th in the United States, sold a hefty amount through preorders, which apparently doubled the amount of preorders for the Wii on Amazon. The 3DS also came with about 30 new titles released as well, including:
Asphalt 3D (Ubisoft)
Bust-a-Move Universe (Square Enix)
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D (Ubisoft)
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March 29, 2011
TriForce Johnson, the First 3DS owner, was signaled by authorities...for being first in line.
Isiah "Triforce" Johnson is a dedicated Nintendo fan. He wears their gear, heck he is known to always wear a Power Glove (because it's so "bad"). In addition, he was waiting since last Tuesday to be in line for the Nintendo 3DS. The thing is, he was the only one with that dedication. See last week, he was waiting in his one-man line when the security staff of the New York City Best Buy called the cops to shoo him off their property.