• Super Smash Bros Brawl goes Platinum: Over 1 million sold in Japan
    Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

    Between January 31st and today Super Smash Bros Brawl has sold 1.08 million copies in Japan. That’s the fastest-selling Wii game ever in Japan. Over 5 weeks faster than Wii Fit, sold separately from the console there, made it to the platinum sales mark.
    We can hardly wait until March 9th, and it doesn’t seem like [...]

    Video of Super Smash Bros Brawl – Final Smashes Revealed
    Friday, February 1st, 2008

    The only part of Super Smash Bros Brawl not in the dozens of game trailers that have hit North America is the incredible Final Smash attacks. Now that the game has been released in Japan (and handily sold 500,000 copies despite Nintendo’s distribution problems) the Final Smashes are all over the internet. They’re a bit [...]

    Big Brother Finds a New Weapon: Video Game Reviews for Parents
    Friday, February 1st, 2008

    The internet stinks sometimes, but this isn’t a spam-blog or an ugly made by a friend-of-a-friend site. What They Play is a professional site built for parents, and it’s about video games.
    The site reviews video games for all systems (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, & older consoles) and gives each a rating. None of these [...]

    Opening Cinematic: Super Smash Bros Brawl is Here!
    Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

    Actually it’s there, in Japan. They always gets the cool toys first … but we can spoil all the surprises by checking out footage like this Super Smash Bros Brawl opening cinematic video:

    Get ready to brawl. The best game ever drops March 9th.

    Gameplay Trailer: Why it’s Good to be a Super Smash Bros. Brawl Developer
    Thursday, January 24th, 2008

    Developers at Nintendo and Sora get busy beating the pixels out of each other in the bestest, most unreleased game ever – Super Smash Bros. Brawl:

    Looks ready for release to me. If it’s really not ready then maybe those developers could be nice to all of us and get back to fixing the problems instead [...]

    $10 from Walmart for Super Smash Bros Brawl victims
    Friday, January 18th, 2008

    Queue yet another PR disaster buy-off from a big corporation, to the tune of $10 per cheated customer. Walmart priced preorders for Super Smash Bros Brawl at $19.82 last week. Not long after the pricing error was all over the internet and Walmart canceled all the low-priced orders.
    Today Walmart announced a $10 gift card is [...]

    This Better Be Good: Super Smash Bros Brawl Delayed Again, Drops March 9
    Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

    Please don’t say it: Super Smash Bros Brawl has been delayed again. This time until March 9th in the US. Maybe I’m more patient than the rest of the fanboys but I’d rather see the game finished, perfected, and shining like gold than to see another steaming heap of Wii-gameage for sale.
    It feels a bit [...]

    Orders for Walmart’s Bargain Super Smash Bros Brawl Canceled
    Friday, January 11th, 2008

    Bummer. All those orders for Super Smash Bros Brawl for just $19.82 were canceled by Walmart. Figures.
    This certainly isn’t the first time a big retailer hasn’t honored its online prices. It won’t be the last. We all know how this works too. Someone is sure to file a class action lawsuit. That probably won’t go [...]

    Pre-Orders for Super Smash Bros Brawl $30 Off
    Friday, January 11th, 2008

    UPDATE: Price is back to normal. Pulling the link to Walmart.
    Walmart has knocked the pre-order price for Super Smash Bros Brawl down to $19.82. That’s an incredible $30 off the retail price – for a game that’s WAY better than the river of sludge that qualifies as Wii games lately. Get on over there because [...]