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Archive for May, 2007
New Dueling Analogs Comic
Monday, May 14th, 2007New VC Releases This Wiik
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Straight from Nintendo’s imaginary mouth, here are the new VC Titles for this week.
Pac-Man® (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Move Pac-Man through the maze, avoiding ghosts and eating all the Pac-Dots. Beware, each of the ghosts behave differently. When Pac-Man chomps a Power Pellet, he becomes invincible and is able to eat the blue ghosts. The more ghosts Pac-Man eats in a row, the higher the score. Don’t forget to eat the bonus fruit too. Released in 1980, Pac-Man is the most well-known video game on Earth and is also commonly acknowledged as one of the most successful coin-operated games in history. Enjoy this masterpiece of gaming history today.
Ninja Gaiden? (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Players take on the role of Ryu Hayabusa, a rising warrior in his family’s clan whose main role in the world is to protect the Dark Dragon Blade from falling into the hands of evil. Ryu travels to America to seek vengeance for his father’s death. Players fight their way through 14 challenging side-scrolling levels while defeating gangs of street thugs, battling evil ninjas and fighting barbarian bosses by using the deadly Dragon Sword, ninja skills and Ninpo (ninja magic). Players can run, crouch, jump and climb as they make their way through each stage and collect items to gain points, strength and weapons.
Ninja Spirit (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): Ninja Spirit is a side-scrolling action game that amazed the gaming world with its precision graphics and quality game play. Play as the ninja Moonlight and engage in a fierce battle to avenge his father’s death and unlock the secrets of his birth. Select between the original ARCADE MODE and PC-ENGINE MODE, which includes a life gauge. Use four types of weapons: katana, shuriken, bombs and chain and sickles to battle your way through the enemies. Pick up power-up items and switch between weapons to give you the advantage. You’ll need to consider the enemy attacks and your weapon’s abilities in order to deftly make it through all seven stages. Use your skills and attacks to get through the game’s boundless enemies and traps. That’s what ninja action is all about.
New Game Releases for May 15, 2007
Monday, May 14th, 2007
(Image from Etrian Odyssey)
Here’s the Nintendo games coming out tomorrow…
(Descriptions courtesy GameSpot)
Shrek the Third (Wii)
Shrek returns for a third showing, based on the DreamWorks animated movie.
Etrian Odyssey (DS)
Etrian Odyssey is a turn-based RPG from Atlus and features nine character classes to choose from.
Touch the Dead (DS)
Touch the Dead is an FPS for the DS, which puts you in the role of Rob Steiner, the sole human in a jail full of zombies – it’s up to you to kill all zombies in your path and escape to freedom. The game also has Wi-Fi support for multiplayer action.
Review: Wii Play
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Progress: 1 platinum metal, 3 gold metals, 4 silver metals, and 1 bronze metal
Wii Play is a continuation of the Nintendo series of “Wii” games (Wii Sports being the first, and Wii Music soon to be). It encompasses 9 different mini-games that are designed to improve the gamers abilities with the Wii remote. Each of the mini-games needs to be unlocked progressively, but it is not too difficult as it is simply a matter of completing at least one level. Once all the games have been played, you can go back and earn metals in each one just like in Wii Sports Training.
Quick Rygar Trailer Clip
Saturday, May 12th, 2007
IGN has the clip that was shown when Project Rygar was announced for the Wii on their site. The character art is very impressive, let’s hope that it will translate to impressive graphics in the game.
Coming (Very) Soon: Mario Party 8 (Wii)
Saturday, May 12th, 2007
A Mario game made for the Wii is finally coming out soon (besides Super Paper Mario). Mario Party 8 is set to be released on May 29, and features an assortment of mini-games that take advantage of the Wii’s remote capabilities.
Game features (from Futureshop website):
- Play With Motion Control: Row your way through a river race, punch a statue to pieces, steer race cars, mopeds, and go-karts, and handle a balancing pole while walking a tightrope.
- Play Using The Pointer: Shoot at Boos in a haunted house, drag and drop toppings in a cake-decorating competition, select the correct answers in game-show challenges.
- Play Using The Wii Remote’s Buttons: Jump and pummel your way through a football brawl, hop and run across a field of spinning platforms.
- Mario Party for Wii also includes dozens of mini-games, six party boards, and many game modes.
In a series first, players can transform their characters into many forms, such as player-smashing boulders and coin-sucking vampires. - Mario Party 8 also includes “extra-large” mini-games like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace.
One to four players can play Mario Party for Wii, each with a Wii Remote.
Needless to say – I’m excited for this game. I haven’t played Mario Party since the 3rd one, and I definitely have been waiting for a mario-based game for the Wii. Besides that, YouTube has provided me with some videos to enhance my excitement. Also, it happens to be my birthday that day… so I may need to pre-order this one and have a Mario Party birthday.
Spore Officially Coming to DS
Saturday, May 12th, 2007
EA has finally confirmed that the much anticipated game, Spore, will be heading to the Nintendo DS with an expected release date of March 31st, 2008. This is the game expected release date as the PS3 version. There’s no official word yet on the rumoured Wii version, but it seems much more plausible since the DS rumours have come true.