Why HSN Should Stick To Bartering Jewelry

And why you should be extra careful with that new Wiimote

Mario For Wii Announced, Legendary Designer Elaborates on Console's Future

So, after having mentioned our irrepressible excitement over a possible new "Mario" game this week, we actually researched the announcement a bit to find an entry on Wired's GameLife blog from last week that has, in fact, already announced a new Mario Brothers for the Wii console (see: Miyamoto: New Mario Tests Your Hard-Core Gaming Chops). 

Additionally, the game's creator, god-father of gaming, Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken out this week about the advances on the gaming console Nintendo plans to make in the coming months. He spoke out to Popular Mechanics quoting the following... 

“'What we’ve been able to do [with the Wiimote] is introduce an interface that is both I think appealing and at the right price for a broad audience.'

 

But more interesting are his comments on what lies beyond the Wii. Amazingly, he envisions a console that is largely the same, but even cheaper.

'What I can say is that, my guess is that because we found this interface to be so interesting, I think it would be likely that we would try to make that same functionality perhaps more compact and perhaps even more cost-efficient.''"

Though we agree the new series of "Wiimotes" are fairly slick, and will likely give quite a holiday gifting booster to the already massively popular gaming system, what possible minimazation of the console and it's cheaper price will do for sales down the line remains to be seen.

Check out the formal Mario Brothers's announcement here and the full article on Miyamoto via Geek.com.

Recession What??

The title of this post is the question Ninetendo must have been asking themselves when they slated the release of their newest set of Wii controllers for somewhere just before Black Friday. Seeing as the Wii system is basically the biggest thing in the industry, putting out a pair of black controllers (Wiimote and Wii Motion Plus, to be specific) plus a specialized nun-chuck (and NO, its not a "numchuck", that's not a word) the Wii folks must be supposing that nobody's pocketbooks are stretched so far as being unable to purchase an added set of controllers for their system and will likely use the holiday consumer onslaught that typically begins in late November to purchase each other the new set of products. And why not right? Because now, instead of punching each-other accidentally, players will be able to accidentally hit each other in the face while trying out their favorite childhood fantasy karate moves, and who doesn't love that! 


Anyway, product photos are up after the jump

Full article via Joystiq

Edery at the Digital Distribution Summit

Our own David Edery spoke at the Digital Distribution Summit in Melbourne, Austrailia about the opportunities and set backs for game creators on the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and WiiWare markets.

He stated that although the market is smaller than they would like, it is growing rapidly and that "these [digital distribution] ecosystems are going to be the future" in this console generation.

Read the whole article here.