Tiburcio de la Cárcova, co-founder of social games studio Atakama Labs, doesn’t sell things at a cash register. His games go out over the internet. Meaning a sale isn’t as satisfying as seeing cash in the hand!
So he built this awesome Wario Robot (with help from his daughter!) to help make everything seem a little more real. Programmed to check his company’s store once a minute, every time the robot detects a sale, it reacts. So Tiburcio can be cooking some dinner, and ding, he knows he’s made money. Doing the laundry, ding, more money. Brushing his teeth, ding, hey, more money.
With corridors made of bamboo, a roof layered with flowering sedum plants and buildings named after Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario, Nintendo’s new Redmond headquarters sounds every bit as fanciful as the games the publisher makes. More »
Wario – Captures the essence of the man better than any minigame, kart racer or platformer ever could.
Take a gander at the recently announced Wario Land Shake, which, crap scan aside, looks pretty great. The game will apparently have hand-drawn character animation, sport 20 stages and mix-and-mash straight up D-pad and buttion pressing with Wii-mote shaking. Squint at the above scan to see what kind of shake-action the game has.
Haven’t had enough upcoming Nintendo game scan stuff? Hit the jump for looks at promotional images for Fatal Frame IV and Rhythm Heaven Gold.
According to Japanese Nintendo-centric blog Rambling Man, the company’s upcoming release schedule looks something like this:
July 10 DS Densetsu no Starfi Taiketsu! ¥4,800 July 24 Wii Wario Land Shake ¥5,800 July 31 Wii Rei Gesshoku no Kamen ¥6,800 July 31 DS Rhythm Tengoku Gold ¥3,800 August 7 DS Fire Emblem DS ¥4,800 August 22 DS Inazuma Eleven ¥4,800
Details on the site are scant, but the titles are definitely something to get excited about. But remember kids, just because something appears on a Japanese blog, doesn’t mean it’s real. Just means, it’s in Japanese!
Eds Note: Rhythm Tengoku Gold has been confirmed as real by the Nintendo Japanese site. Thanks, 刘治家! The new issue of Famitsu confirms the other games as well. Nintendo of Europe today has confirmed Wario Land as well. Hooray!
Upcoming Releases [Rambling Man via NeoGAF]
While all of the other members of the Smash Bros. Brawl cast can change the color of their costumes or change accessories, Wario gets his very own change of clothes, presumably once he blows a hole in his other pants. Along with the Blue Oyster Wario we’ve seen since the very first trailers ran, classic Wario will make an appearance, wearing his traditional suspenders and cap combo in a variety of different colors and (gag) flavors. The promised daily weekday updates continue at the Smash Bros. Dojo! Join us later this week to see if Masahiro Sakurai finally breaks down and just posts a picture of his name scribbled over and over again on a diner napkin.
Overalls Wario [Smash Bros. DOJO!]
A Kotaku reader didn’t send this in, but SHOULD HAVE. Found over at game site Infendo, here is wonderfully diabolical Wario pumpkin. Nightmare inducing! Remember, if you have amazing game Jack-o’-Lanterns on your hands, send them to tipsATkotakuDOTcom. Screw cakes, we’re gunning to be your number one source for gaming pumpkins.
Wario Halloween [Flickr via Infendo] More »
