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Nintendo has announced that Metroid: Other M will be released in the US on August 31st, 2010. The date was revealed during Nintendo’s E3 press conference, during a demonstration of the highly-anticipated game. The game is developed by Nintendo and Team Ninja, and merges both 2D platforming and first-person shooting, …
Read More »No UK delay for Metroid: Other M
Nintendo has stated that the delays suffered to both Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment 2 in the US will not affect the games’ planned release in Europe. Reports emerged late last week that Metroid: Other M had moved from a June 27th release to simply TBD and Treasure …
Read More »Nintendo dates key UK titles
Further to its announcement of a June 11th release for Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the UK and Europe, Nintendo has dated a number of its key upcoming Wii titles for the months ahead. Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri will be released on April 23rd and will offer free online play …
Read More »Mid year release for Mario Galaxy 2
The wait for Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks to be a far shorter one than many had expected, with news that the already highly anticipated platformer is being lined up for a summer release worldwide. Joining it will be the curiously titled 2D action title Metroid: Other M. The news …
Read More »Metroid Prime Trilogy discontinued
Most consumers take the term ‘Limited Edition’ with a pinch of salt nowadays, but Nintendo has confirmed that its Limited Edition Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii is exactly that. Unfortunately, Metroid Prime Trilogy is no longer being shipped,” a Nintendo rep told blog Coffee With Games. You may be able …
Read More »DS Metroid title in the works?
Whilst the recent Wii release of Metroid Prime Trilogy seemed to have drawn a close to Samus Aran’s FPS wanderings for the time being, Nintendo has now hinted at the possibility of a new game on the series for the DS. Speaking to ONM, developer Kansuke Tanabe admitted: We are …
Read More »Nintendo sets 2m sales benchmark
Nintendo has revealed that it considers anything less than two million global sales for its major releases a disappointment. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the firm was aiming for at least 1.5 million sales with Metroid Other M – the latest game in the space series, announced …
Read More »NINTENDO: New Metroid title shown
Nintendo has unveiled Metroid: Other M, the latest instalment in the long-running Metroid series. The game was revealed during Nintendo’s E3 pres conference has been developed in conjunction with Team Ninja, the studio behind the Ninja Gaiden and Dead Or Alive titles. Metroid: Other M is a darker, edgier” take …
Read More »Metroid Prime Trilogy aims for Wii
Nintendo has confirmed that space adventurer Samus Aran is to take the centre stage in its next Play Control release – Metroid Prime Trilogy. The game will include GameCube pair Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, as well as Wii outing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. All will include WiiMote …
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