Another effort for Nintendo to stop homebrewing,  the release of the updated Wii Menu 3.4 will now check automatically for suspicious save files such as the twilight hack and remove them.

For how long will this ruin the homebrewers fun? Time will tell.

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Mother 3 (GBA) is a sequel to popular Earthbound RPG (SNES).  Nintendo of America was not interested on this game so fanatics took care of it by hacking the game and translating it on a ROM to be available to play it with professional english translation for being able to enjoy it worldwide.

Available from the website: Starmen

Game-play:

Finally, the long awaited game is here.  Today November 16 is the North American release date for Animal Crossing: City Folk. In which you interact with the world in social simulation with ability to play with your friends by the new technology from Nintendo; Wii Speak.

You can also transfer characters from the DS Animal Crossing to City Folk in an easy way and also have fun with other 3 friends interacting on your town with the Wi-Fi Feature.

Also it features extensive use of the WiiConnect24 for allowing friends to send you messages or visit your town when you are away.

During the BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, Reggie Fils-Aime was talking about how Nintendo was having success despite the global economical crisis and also was asked about any holiday price cuts, his interview questions:

Now that Microsoft just cut prices on the Xbox, you are the only console maker to not cut prices. Will you?

The consumer is voting with their wallet and their pocketbooks that the Wii and the DS represent fantastic values. So far this year, month in and month out, the Wii and DS have been number one and number two selling systems for the month. That suggest our value equation is finely tuned at this point.

Club Nintendo of USA is going to offer later this year a reward system in which you register your game on the Nintendo Website and special points will be added to your account.

You can also do surveys and reviews for points, in exchange, you can use the points for exclusive Nintendo merchandise, this system will be implemented for market research and to learn the habits of the Nintendo gamers for better quality games and for rewarding Nintendo users.

United Kingdom has a similar system that has been active for months/years.

Source: MTV

Hori: the new third party Wii Controller features a different way of placing the buttons with lots of buttons on the center it will be focused more for SNES and Gamecube games.   If it will be considered as a Gamecube Controller or a Classic Controller is yet unknown.

It can be purchased from the Amazon Japan website for 2932 yen.

After the great success of Wii Fit, EA Sports is now in the process of making the ultimate videogame based fitness training game with the name of EA Sports Active.

This game was done with the help of Bob Greene the personal trainer of Oprah and it will be a Wii Exclusive game that will be released on Spring 2009.

EA claims that it was:

“designed specifically for women seeking a simple, fun and cost-effective way to achieve a healthy lifestyle.”

With cardiovascular training, upper body and more, you could easily be on a better shape with this training that will be exclusive for Wii.

If you live in USA and have a Wal-Mart store near you this is are some good news for you.

For the Black Friday Sales upcoming real soon, Wal-Mart will be having exclusive deals such as Nintendo Wi bundle for $224:

Nintendo DS Bundle $199:

Wii Fit $78.84 :

If you have a Wal-Mart store near you call the manager of the store and ask them about more deals or what day you can get this deals.

Animal Crossing City Folk has gone now mainstream and since it will be released this Sunday, the marketing campaigns have started and now trying to target more casual players and people who are not usually into gaming such as the case of this video targeted for young adult women.

New TV Ad:

Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed during a recent interview about the plans for Wii and the future of technologies, when asked about the rumor of the Wii HD he said:

“…I’m afraid we cannot confirm what we are doing today. But the fact of the matter is that technology is evolving all the time and in Japan, for example…All the analog broadcast will be stopped and shifted into the digital broadcasting. So many things are taking place and we are working in terms of the changes of the technologies all the time.”