
Japan’s controversial new law criminalising mod chips and DVD ripping has been applied for the first time, resulting in the arrest of a man for modding several Nintendo Wiis.
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Samus removes her heavy armour to display her tight-fitting Zero suit and sexy figure for Max Factory’s latest figurine, set to be released in June 2012.
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Max Factory will start releasing Figmas of the sexy armoured bounty hunter Samus Aran in her Varia suit in June 2012, and she can even change into the famous morph ball…
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Animal rights crazies PETA have been denouncing Mario for promoting animal cruelty, saying Mario’s use of a “Tanooki” suit legitimises skinning animals alive for their fur.
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The 3DS version of Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been released and appears to be exerting strange influences over popular blogging idol Shoko-tan…
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Following the illustrious example set by Sweden, Australia’s game censorship board has revoked the rating of Dead or Alive Dimensions, effectively banning it, accusing the game of containing “content not drawn to the board’s attention.”
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Nintendo’s newly announced “Wii U” console is already the subject of controversy – the company has admitted using footage from the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of games in its promotional material, and when confronted over the swindle they lamely point to their discrete “all gameplay images are intended only as illustrations” disclaimer.
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Nintendo has announced the successor to the Wii, dubbed the “Wii U” and due in 2012 – this time the gimmick is a large screen in the controller, together with some much upgraded hardware.
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Busty 3DS schoolgirl beat-em-up Senran Kagura’s preview is even more jiggly than previously thought, coming so packed with bouncing 3D breast physics that overly excited 3DS fans have already proclaimed that “with this the 3DS will last 10 years!”
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A Pokémon collector was apparently so keen to catch ‘em all that he forcibly cut the Pokémon off a 6-year-old girl’s clothing with scissors.
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Nintendo is reporting it was hacked two weeks ago with the loss of data it refuses to identify, but that it decided not to bother announcing this fact to customers because “as there was no actual harm, it was not a matter which we needed to announce.”
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Nintendo’s much trumpeted 3DS increasingly has a Virtual Boy air about it, with buzz and sales having subsided rather too quickly for comfort – Japanese asked why it is they haven’t bothered buying it explain why in this survey.
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