"What is Nintendo’s biggest influence on the modern gaming scene? Motion controls? The meteoric rise of the casual market? The range of lifestyle games? They’re all biggies, no doubt. But for our money we’d have to say that the reinvention of the game advert has undoubtedly sent more shockwaves through the gaming bedrock than any of these. You know what we’re talking about: white living rooms populated by long attractive models waving their long attractive limbs as only long attractive people ..."

From Nintendo's Online Press Kit comes the latest screenshots from the Sega-published and Gearbox Software developed Samba De Amigo for the Wii.

The latest version of this Dreamcast classic, the Wii version of the game will feature more than 40 tracks, and at least five different gameplay modes, gleamed from the original game, the 2000 version, and all new modes. Samba de Amigo Wii will also reportedly ship with Maraca attachments for the Wii Remote. Players will be able to use either Wi...

"There's a genius in the higher management of Sega who recently came to a revelation. "My God," he said, "we can make a crapload of money by bringing back popular franchises that find suitable uses for the Wiimote." And lo, his word became gospel, and now there's a tasty rumor on the horizon that his teachings are spreading far and wide: the classic arcade rhythm title Samba de Amigo may be coming to the Wii by year's end.

We don't need to tell you, of course, that the Wii was originally de..."