 |
|
A blog of all sections with no images
|
Well it was a decent month for sales for Nintendo, and Wii game sales!
- Crackdown (Xbox 360) Microsoft
- Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) Nintendo
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) Nintendo
- Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (PlayStation 2) Red Octane
- Gears of War (Xbox 360) Microsoft
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (Xbox 360) 2K Games
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360) Capcom
- Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii) Nintendo
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
I like this picture of a perfectly undamaged orb of glass. Just the foreshadowing of it being shattered into slivers by a Wii remote gets me all tingly.
"Playing tennis on the Wii requires a lot of space. Clearly I didn't have enough space for playing tennis. The Wii remote control is fine, no scratch at all. My friend just lost a game of tennis to his wife. Then he played against the computerplayer - and didn't wanted to lose against it.
My lamp came in the way. Now it looks like a cheap version of the deathstar.." -Claus
I don't want to be too critical of Claus's storytelling abilities, but I could have used more information on how his friends fingers are doing. Surely you can't put your fist through that ball and think you can get away from it without a scratch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rumours are rife right now that Resident Evil 4, considered by many to be the best of the Resi series, may be coming to our beloved Nintendo Wii. “So what?” I hear you say. “I played that back on the Gamecube ages ago.” Chances are, if you owned a cube, then this is the case. But just think about it for a second. Imagine what the Wii could do for this game. Imagine targeting those crazy villagers with your wiimote instead of your old controller. Imagine two Resident Evil Wii games on your shelf instead of one (Umbrella Chronicles coming soon). Imagine brandishing a pitchfork just like the crazy mob using the Wii’s wand set-up. Who knows, it could just happen. There’s been no formal announcement from Capcom, no leaked information, nothing. All these rumours are going on — as far as I can tell — are three little web listings. But it’s enough for me. GameStop, Sofmap and GoNintendo have all either listed or reported on listings of the Wii version of this game recently. That’s Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition available for preorder on those sites over in the States. Three separate listings. What do you think? Personally, I’d say that it’s only a matter of time till this is confirmed. Bring it on! |
|
|
Lumme, who’d have thought we’d see the day when Nintendo and Sega teamed up to make a joint Mario and Sonic game? It’s called Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games, and will be out before Christmas for Wii and DS.
Sega is publishing the game in Europe and North America, while Nintendo will handle Japan. The game will see Mario and Sonic competing in various Olympic events, including sprinting, swimming and table tennis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It seems like only yesterday that Wii fans were grumbling about the slightly threadbare-looking Wii games roadmap. Yet Nintendo moved quickly to outline what's coming up in the next three months, and this week has seen some big announcements, like EA’s Wii-Exclusive Boogie and Namco’s Beautiful Katamari. Another upcoming game that sounds pretty tasty is Sega’s Alien Syndrome, an action-RPG that’s due out this summer. The game will feature a solo campaign plus a co-op multiplayer mode for up to four people, with the basic plot seeing you play a heroic Earth Trooper handing numerous alien races their arses on plates. But the reason to get excited are the Wii-exclusive features of the game. It uses the Wiimote throughout for targeting, circle-strafing and “running and gunning” (I assume the nunchuk is involved too). However, Sega is also promising Wii-specific features, including using the Wiimote to make new items, pimp up existing items, and hack into computer networks. 100 enemies, 80 weapons, hundreds of armour and bonus items… it all sounds very good indeed. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nintendo just pulled a fast one on us. At an after-hours press briefing a mere minute ago, the company pulled another ace out of its sleeve: Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- the next installment in Nintendo's popular Super Smash Bros. series.
Shigeru Miyamoto himself has confirmed the following playable characters:
Pit (Kid Icarus)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Zero Suit Samus (the blue "no-suit" Samus from Metroid: Zero Mission)
Metaknight (Kirby)
Wario (Wario)
Under the direction of series creator Masahiro Sakurai, Super Smash Bros. Brawl will feature classic, GameCube-style combat -- not Wii-style motion-controlled combat. That means players who prefer to play the game with the traditional control setup can look forward to using the GameCube control-style they're already accustomed to.
"We found that trying to implement too much motion-sensory functionality can get in the way of the game. We're looking at keeping the control simple, as it has been," said Sakurai. "The Wii hardware has sockets for the GameCube controller, too. So I'll just say now that you may not want to throw away your GCN controller yet."
The game also features a range of new nasty toys, such as the ability to unleash a puppy from Nintendogs that will run up to the screen, put its paws up and obscure the view of the action. Mario, Kirby, Pikachu and Link have been confirmed as returning characters. Sakurai confirmed that Wario actually has a fart attack and that Solid Snake can use his trusty cardboard box. In the video trailer, Snake gets out of the box and says "It's showtime!"
"We thought a lot about what to do with Snake and his moves in Super Smash Bros. Brawl," said Sakurai. "As you all know Snake walks around with a gun, but with Super Smash Bros. I didn't want to bring in a lot of real weapons. So that was a real challenge. But conversely, if we could use things like rocket launchers and other explosives, not only would that be fitting for Snake, but it would work for the other characters. But who knows. Maybe Snake will exclusively use explosives throughout the game."
Sakurai said the decision to include Solid Snake when Hideo Kojima himself practically "begged" to include the Metal Gear character in the last Smash Bros. game. When asked about the possibility of Sonic the Hedgehod appearing in the game as well, Shigeru Miyamoto said: "There are probably possibilities for other third parties as well, and it maybe that even know there are corporate discussions going on about including some of these other characters."
Even better, the game will be fully online playable in addition to featuring a robust multiplayer mode. "My plan is to include Wi-Fi connection compatibility and online functionality. One of the primary reasons Super Smash Bros. Brawl was created was that Nintendo, when taking Wii online, wanted to have Smash Bros. to do that," added Sakurai.
The bad news is that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will no longer be a Wii launch title, but will instead be released in 2007 | |
|
|
Blog 
