News Tagged: Video

Tuesday 13th October, 2009 - 11:59 BST

News: Epic Mickey Character Designs Surface

Epic Mickey Character Designs Surface

Hand-drawn artwork for new Disney enemy

Game Informer is primed to reveal a bunch of new Epic Mickey details in its November issue but in the meantime the magazine's website has some interesting video content for you to digest. It's a three-minute time-lapse video (shortened from a half-hour) and showcases a rather traditional-looking Mickey facing off against one of his new enemies - an evil robot..

19 comments | In Wii, Upcoming Games, Video, Disney.

Thursday 24th September, 2009 - 06:10 BST

News: Frank West Confirmed For Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

Frank West Confirmed For Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

Zombie killer channels Mega Man

Looks like that leaked list of new Tatsunoko vs. Capcom characters is spot-on in at least one regard, as Capcom has revealed at the Tokyo Game Show that Frank West has been added to the Western and Japanese rerelease of the fighter. West made his first appearance in Capcom's Xbox 360 game Dead Rising, which later received a bland Wii port. His fighting moves seem to..

20 comments | In Wii, Video, Tokyo Game Show 2009.

Friday 31st July, 2009 - 22:37 BST

News: Wii PlayOn Beta Begins

Wii PlayOn Beta Begins

Service allows you to watch Hulu, Netflix and Youtube content on your console.

The Wii has a pretty poor track record when it comes to streaming media outside of Japan. No video rental services for us, no downloads, just the Nintendo Channel and its somewhat hokey delivery of promo videos. That is, unless you're the fiddly type, in which case you may have tried to get Orb up and running.Fiddly..

30 comments | In Wii, Video.

Sunday 21st June, 2009 - 15:30 BST

News: Monster Hunter 3 Gets Seriously... Cute?!

Monster Hunter 3 Gets Seriously... Cute?!

Claymation shows softer side of lethal Wyverns

It may be one of the most anticipated hardcore releases for Wii this year, but Monster Hunter 3 (Tri~) isn't afraid to show its sillier side, with the latest video from Capcom introducing would-be Hunters to their new best friend - Chacha (yes, really.)The short claymation video shows the little acorn-headed Chacha exploring the world and hunting down..

12 comments | In Wii, Capcom, Video.

Tuesday 16th June, 2009 - 19:58 BST

News: Japan Gets Wii Movie Rental Service

Japan Gets Wii Movie Rental Service

Stream Tom Cruise into your living room.

Video services are breaking through on consoles in the West: Netflix is up and running on Xbox 360 in the US, with SkyTV coming soon for the UK, and Sony has their own iTunes-like video store. Nintendo? Not so much over here, but in the company's homeland it's a totally different story.In addition to the Nintendo's own quirky Wii no Ma service, Fuji Soft..

33 comments | In Wii, Video, Japan.

Thursday 4th June, 2009 - 10:51 BST

News: New Endless Ocean 2 Videos and Screens Surface

New Endless Ocean 2 Videos and Screens Surface

The sequel to 2007's swim 'em up looking mighty fine.

With all the excitement of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M, you may well need a bit of a sitdown and some relaxation, which is handy really as Nintendo have just released a batch of new screenshots and a freshly caught video of Endless Ocean 2: Beautiful Ocean. The sequel to Arika's 2007 oceanic opus, Endless..

12 comments | In Wii, Video, Coming Soon.

Tuesday 2nd June, 2009 - 22:10 BST

News: Exclusive Red Steel 2 footage

Exclusive Red Steel 2 footage

Get your eyes on the real-time opening for Ubi's new title.

If you've read our exclusive hands-on preview of Red Steel 2, you'll know I came away very impressed by the game's cel-shaded graphics. Nothing beats the ability to watch them in action yourself though, and earlier today Ubisoft revealed the game's opening scene to the public.[youtube:UStIqypHNUQ]Until the fade-to-black this is all in-game..

10 comments | In Wii, Video, Ubisoft, E3 2009.