CES Las Vegas 2009 Gaming Roundup

So as you may have heard there was a little convention in Sin City last week.  (Warning - the dude in this video is kind of annoying).  Even though attendance was down 30% from last year, there were still enough cool games and gadgets to keep gamers and electronics lovers happy, including the new FC Mobile NES portable cartridge player seen in the video.

Capcom talked about a number of their upcoming games, even allowing members of the press to give them a go. Street Fighter IV looks to fulfill all of the expectations gamers worldwide have for it. Resident Evil 5 was also quite impressive with smooth gameplay and excellent graphics.

One of the biggest highlights from the video game industry at CES is the Nyko Wand.  When released it will be the first third-party Wii Remote in the North American market. The Wand also won CNET’s “Best of CES” award for gaming. Wii users look forward to Nyko’s version of the Wii Mote, which undoubtedly will be cheaper than the Nintendo version.  That is, of course, unless Nintendo sues Nyko again, like they did over the Nyko wireless Nunchuk.

Other Nyko CES products include wired versions of last year’s wireless releases of the Wing Classic Controller and Kama Wireless Nunchuk Controller. Also they will soon be releasing a heavy-duty foot pedal designed for the Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour drum kits.

And finally, for those retro-gamers out there, importer Innex also let CES attendees play old-fashioned Super Mario Bros and Star Fox on their new Limited-Edition Red & Gold Retro Duo console. Having debuted at last year’s CES, the Retro Duo plays both NES and SNES game cartridges, and is available now at vpgames.com

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