$1.6 Million was the settlement

Australian man James Burt has been stung for a whooping $1.6 Million dollars by Nintendo for being the first person to illegally distrobute the newest Mario game.  Super Mario Wii pre-release version was available on the webfor download illegally from November 6th 2009.  James Burt was found by a forensic investigator employed by Nintendo to be responsible for copying and uploading the game.  As a result he was taken to court and fined $1.5million dollars and ordered to pay $100’000 in fees.  The illegal copy was downloaded thousands of times before it got shut down and this marks a big victory in the land of piracy.

I’m not sure if James Burt has the money tucked away somewhere to pay the fine back but the average person would probably declare themselves bankrupt and Nintendo wouldn’t see a dollar.  So is this really a victory, and possibly james could make some cash of his new found fame?  Piracy is definitly wrong but maybe a more realistic fine or perhaps a punishment would of been better suited?

For cheap Nintendo games you should check our store, and they are original copies   (see the link below. )

Cheap Wii Games

Original NES Games

DS and DSi Games

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Lets look at how you can play some calssic Nintendo Games on your Iphone or Itouch.

The process you have to perform in order to accomplish this is called jailbreaking.  This term has been given to this process and effectively means you are allowing your Iphone or Itouch to run unathorised code.  Such code is not authorised to be run by Apple and they have stated that this does void the warranty of the device.  However you can easily restore your device back to original (un jailbroken) status through Itunes.

The reason we are even talking about the Iphone and the meaning of jailbreaking is because devices which have had this operation done can run Nintendo emulators and mean users can play some classic Nintendo games among other things.  That equals good times.

Walking through the Jailbreaking process:

What will you need?

Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch
SNES4 iPhone SNES Emulator
TotalCommander software
T-PoT.0.2.zip
Squid
SNES Roms

To jailbrake your iPhone or iTouch you will need a PC or MAC along with the current upto date software used to do this.  Connect you device to your computer and run the software to achieve this.  The latest software for you device version can be found on wiki, here.  Once you have found the title of the software just Google it to find a download.  Below are the steps for TotalCommander.

Lets begin….

Install TotalCommander
Extract the T-PoT.0.2.zip archive
Open TotalCommander, click on Configuration at the top, then Options
Click on Plugins in the left column
Click Configure under File System Plugins.WFX
Click Add and find the T-PoT.0.2 folder and select the T-PoT.wfx file, click Ok
Close TotalCommander down and open it up again
In the Drop Down Menu on the right that says [-C-] change it to the last option [-/-]
This shows all of the files on your iPhone / iPod Touch we will use this software to transfer files to your device

Next step…… – Installing the iPhone SNES Emulator on your iPhone / iPod Touch

Open TotalCommander
In the right column locate the folder called applications
Drag the SNES4iPhone directory onto the applications folder
let it do its thing

Next step…… – Installing SNES Roms to play with your iPhone SNES Emulator

Use TotalCommander and navigate to the following path-

for Firmware lower then 1.1.3 in /var/root/Media/ROMs/SNES/
for Firmware higher or equal to 1.1.3 in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/SNES/

Transfer your ROMS by dragging and dropping them into TotalCommaner

Next step…… Playing games

Open up the iPhone SNES emulator and select the settngs you want.  You can just run with default.  now just select the SNES game you want to play and let it roll.

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Most people will remeber when the Wii was like gold dust back in 2008.  People were buying them on eBay for silly money and retail outlets where totally out of stock.  Well in short it’s happening again.  I know, I know, you just can’t believe it either, I mean we are now in 2010 and stock they should of learn’t their lesson, so whats going on?

The Wii is by far the most popular gaming console to date and everyone knows at least some one who has one if they don’t have a Wii themselves.  Apparently this Wii problem is common at this time of year and is due to the Christmas influx of buyers from the year before.  The Wii’s haven’t yet reached they adequate restocked levels and things should be back to normal by the end of February.

Even the big boys like Amazon are not coping with demand.  The Wii is a popular machine and people are still hungry for them.  Stocks are being distrobuted but not fast enough for the demand.  If you are having trouble buying a Wii then it shouldn’t be as bad as 2008 and will soon resolve itself, just keep your hear to ground for new stock deliveries.

Our online store has some of the cheapest Wii Systems on the web and at the time of writing they are in stock.  Click the link below to check it out.

Wii Systems – Store Page

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The Fifa 10 game released last year has made 9.7 million sales as of the end of December 2009.  The game, created by Electronic Arts (EA Sports) has most likely passed the 10 million sales mark by now which is an amazing achievment for the company.  The level of sales during the December period was over double that of the sales count up until the end of november 2009.  That means that up until end November they sold 4.5 million copies and in Decemeber sold 5.2 million.  This must of been due to Christmas.

The Fifa 10 game is a developement which has continued to grow from previous Fifa games and they keep getting better.  The Eurogamer score was rated at 9/10 which is near perfect. 

I’m definitly looking forward the the next release in the future.

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People who can remember Donkey Kong on the SNES have probably grown up with the gaming revolution and this game probably holds many different memories for many different people.  The general aim was to jump the barrels being tossed at you by some huge ape.

Donkey Kong Country was the first incarnation of this timeless classic which was unleashed in the mid nineties.  It was arguably ahead of its time in the gaming world with both the visual aspect of the game and the controls.  The main consoles that reviled each other in those days were the Nintendo, (from the original NES to be followed by the Super Nintendo (SNES)),   Sega, who had the master system and then Mega Drive and also the PC gamers.  Donkey Kong helped Nintendo conquer this revelry.

From the early stages of dodging the barrel throwing ape, Donkey Kong evolved into a game that meant completing various stages to recover the haul of bananas that had been stolen.  The player had a number of lives which could be added to by collecting all the bananas from each level and being awarded one life per 100 bananas.  This is the same process later seen with the hugely popular Nintendo game series, Mario where coins are the bananas replacement.  Nintendo also bought in another dimension by allowing players to choose between 2 characters.  The original Donkey Kong or his younger brother, Diddy Kong.

The overall success of this game was wide and helped make Nintendo into the main console gaming giant you see today with various incarnations of this game appearing throughout the years.

You can find classic Nintendo games for the NES in our  online store, just check out the link below.

Original NES Games – store page

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After browsing YouTube I came accross some Nintendo commercials which made me search some more.  Eventually I spent about an hour browsing all the different ads.  Its fun looking back at the old school stuff and what used to be top of the game.  This prompted me to write this post and to include a couple of the videos for others to enjoy.

Nintendo Filmd in Hong Kong

Original NES Ad

Nintendo Power Glove (I didn’t even know this bad boy exsited.

Virtual Boy Ad

Japanese Mario Basketball for DS

 

You can find old classic NES games in our store, just click the link below to be taken there.

Original NES games – store page

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The Nintendo DS range is the most popular handheld gaming console currently on the market, and there’s about to be a new version.  The Nintendo DSi XL.  As the name suggests it’s a Nintendo DSi but bigger.  In this post we will take a look at what the fuss is all about and throw down the facts.

First off when is it being released?  The answer is March 5th 2010.  The DSI XL will bring gamers a new touch pen, improved battery life on previous models and a 4.2 inch screen.  This is a 1inch increase on the previous screen size which will help improve gaming visibility making it clearer and larger.  The downside is that the previous Nintendo DSi will be smaller and lighter, making it more portable.

Colour options available are Red Wine, White, Black and Dark Brown.  If you ask me it’s a strange selection but obviously Nintendo don’t think so.  Whichever one you opt for they all come with three dsi-ware games preloaded.  These are Kiyou Akira Rakuhiku Language Easier, A Bit of Brain Training: Science, and A Bit of Brain Training: Arts.

Pre-order yours now, direct from amazon

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