Mattel’s Football (just “Football”) was one of the most popular standalone handheld games of the late ’70s, in the same ultra-addicting category as Tetris and Pac-Man. It was the beginning of the end for the attention span of American youth.
Modern Warfare 2′s exercise in excess “Prestige Edition” features a book of artwork and character details, a metallic collector’s edition of the game and…a fully functioning pair of night-vision goggles with a creepy sculpted head as a stand.
Melodie is one year old, can name more game characters than most people, likes chocolate cookies, and is the cutest thing ever. If you ask me, she should become the next Kotaku editor. [GoNintendo]
A true “next generation” Nintendo console, tentatively referred to as the Wii HD, will hit the market in 2011, according to the folks at What They Play. The site claimed that Nintendo is currently showing early presentations of Wii 2.0 to the game development community, and that Miyamoto’s new device will be based on completely new hardware and will contain HD visuals, digitally distributed content and expanded storage.
