Nintendo World Report
Encyclopedia
Nintendo World Report (formerly known as Planet GameCube) is a Nintendo
-specific video game website that covers Nintendo's current consoles, the Nintendo DS
, Nintendo DSi
, and Wii
.
the site would be renamed Nintendo World Report. The staff chose this name because of its professional sound, and the way it encompasses every Nintendo product, past, present, and future. The name and design change was made on November 16, 2006.
Shortly after the site's fourth birthday in March 2003, Billy Berghammer retired as Director to become an editor at Game Informer
magazine's new online edition. Taking over as Director for Berghammer was Jonathan Metts, who had run his own Nintendo website years prior with The Nformant. On November 16, 2006, the site announced Metts was stepping down as Director, transitioning to a more scaled-back role as Reviews Editor (he has since taken the role of Contributing Editor and considers himself "semi-retired"). Long-time staff member Steven Rodriguez assumed the role of website Director until 2009. He was succeded by former Reviews Editor Jon Lindemann, who took over on January 18, 2009..
Neal Ronaghan is now the director of Nintendo World Report.
As of the website's redesign in July 2010, game reviews include a single, overall score and a section summarizing "Pros" and "Cons". Prior to July 2010, games reviewed by Nintendo World Report were judged based on the following criteria: graphics, sound, control, gameplay
, and lasting appeal (represented by the invented word "Lastability"). The game's final score is not an average of these scores, however.
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
-specific video game website that covers Nintendo's current consoles, the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
, Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi
The is a handheld game system created by Nintendo and launched in 2008 and 2009 in Japan, North America, PAL territories, and other regions. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable...
, and Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
.
History
Nintendo World Report began its life as a small webpage run by Billy Berghammer in his spare time in March 1999. Berghammer's site eventually merged with friend Justin Nation's Nintendo site OPN2000 to become PlanetN2000. The site operated under this moniker until the unveiling of the Nintendo GameCube, upon which the name was changed to Planet GameCube. On November 14, 2006, the staff of Planet GameCube announced on their Radio Free Nintendo podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
the site would be renamed Nintendo World Report. The staff chose this name because of its professional sound, and the way it encompasses every Nintendo product, past, present, and future. The name and design change was made on November 16, 2006.
Shortly after the site's fourth birthday in March 2003, Billy Berghammer retired as Director to become an editor at Game Informer
Game Informer
Game Informer is an American-based monthly magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of popular video games and associated consoles. It was formed in August 1991, when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine, free in all its retail locations...
magazine's new online edition. Taking over as Director for Berghammer was Jonathan Metts, who had run his own Nintendo website years prior with The Nformant. On November 16, 2006, the site announced Metts was stepping down as Director, transitioning to a more scaled-back role as Reviews Editor (he has since taken the role of Contributing Editor and considers himself "semi-retired"). Long-time staff member Steven Rodriguez assumed the role of website Director until 2009. He was succeded by former Reviews Editor Jon Lindemann, who took over on January 18, 2009..
Neal Ronaghan is now the director of Nintendo World Report.
Content
Nintendo World Report content includes game reviews and hands-on impressions, game previews, editorials, and coverage of major industry events such as the Electronic Entertainment Expo. NWR also features a dedicated user forum community.As of the website's redesign in July 2010, game reviews include a single, overall score and a section summarizing "Pros" and "Cons". Prior to July 2010, games reviewed by Nintendo World Report were judged based on the following criteria: graphics, sound, control, gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...
, and lasting appeal (represented by the invented word "Lastability"). The game's final score is not an average of these scores, however.