February 29, 2008
Filed under: Virtual Console, Imports
Every week when we go to look up the Japanese Virtual Console releases, we look down at the MSX section and notice the projected “2007″ release date for EGGY and Aleste and wonder when Nintendo’s going to get the memo. We … just didn’t see them meeting that ship date — not because we don’t have faith in Nintendo or in D4 Enterprise, but because 2007 has been over for almost three months now.
Finally, the dates have been changed to something that doesn’t require time travel to meet: May 2008. Will either of these games actually come out in May? We’re getting impatient … for games that will probably never be released outside Japan!
[Via VC Reviews]
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News, Screens
Would you believe Brawl contains even more Pokemans? It’s true! See which of the other critters made the cut after the break.
Would you believe Brawl contains even more Pokemans? It’s true! See which of the other critters made the cut after the break.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: Friday Video
>Oh, the good old days when we spent more time playing games and less time getting whipped bloody while we furiously tapped away on a rented laptop. That’s what this commercial reminds us of, back when we’d stay home from school, pretending to be sick so we could get more time in with the game. And when we’d host all of the neighborhood riffraff in one big
Super Smash Bros. 64 tournament on Saturday afternoons. But most importantly, it reminds us of
everyone ganging up on that cheap bastard Pikachu.
[Via SmashBrawlRankings]
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: Homebrew
Presented with a new toy to play with, Wii hackers have gone right to work producing a variety of game mods with the recently released Trucha Signer. For those of you out of the loop, the application allows programmers to run augmented games on chipped Wiis — the gore-enabled Manhunt 2 mod is a good example of the software’s possibilities.
So far, a lot of the developments focus on making it easier to play pirated copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but there are a few non-piracy-related modifications, too:
- Change the credits and increase character speed in Mario Strikers Charged
- Play Manhunt 2 in Italian or German
- Swap character movesets in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Invincibility mode in Manhunt 2
So, once you’re tired of pirating Super Smash Bros. Brawl, make sure to test these out!
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News, Wii Ware
Well, not so much a “bite” in the traditional sense. To be accurate to the source material, we should say that Major League Eating will dip Wii Ware in a cup of water, and cram it directly into its mouth, two-fisted.
Mastiff announced that their Major League Eating: The Game will be released as a Wii Ware launch title on May 12th. Score one for Wii Ware. The game uses a series of Wiimote motions to simulate, uh, “a variety of eating techniques including the cram, toss, and ‘typewriter.’”
We were ready to write this game off completely (and we still kind of are) but then we saw that this game supports online play. It also has leaderboards, though it remains to be seen whether outstanding performance in the field of fake gorging constitutes leadership.
[Via press release]
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News
The Consumerist has a very interesting story about a complete ripoff scam store promotion from Kelly’s. Apparently, they lease out Wii consoles, allowing you to pay off the thing in monthly payments of only $79.99. This means that after 12 months, when everything is said and done and you now own your Wii console, you’ll have paid a whopping $948.
Of course, if something were to happen a couple months in and you couldn’t make your payment, they’ll take back the console and you’ll be out a boatload of cash. That must be the convenience of lease-to-own …
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: Screens, Wii Ware
XGen Studios has revamped the look of Defend Your Castle significantly for its May 12th Wii Ware release, swapping out the, well, “Flash game” look of the original for a lovely “made of junk” theme. The castle has become a set of construction-paper rectangles decorated with paper flags on toothpick poles, and the enemy invaders have become doodles with button heads. Our absolute favorite detail is the user interface: the health bar is now made of fabric scraps.
We hate to make the comparison to a not-particularly-awesome game, but this style was used to excellent effect in the Napoleon Dynamite DS game. The art was by far the best thing about that game, whereas this has already been proven to be a pretty good game.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: Video
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Get this: David Jaffe, misunderstood genius/opinionated loudmouth (delete as you see fit) and creator of God of War would love to oversee a Mario project. Of course, because this is David Jaffe we’re talking about here, Mario had better prepare for a makeover, should the call ever come in from Nintendo.
After exchanging a few stilted jokes with Geoff Keighley about equipping Mario with a machete and making Peach a hooker (at which point we were getting hideous visions of a Shadow the Hedgehog-style reinvention), Jaffe became a little more serious about how he’d tweak Mario, arguing that the Mushroom Kingdom is “sort of a drug-induced, altered state of consciousness,” and adding that “There’s clearly a kind of drug culture reference thing that I pick up on. I’d explore that. I’d make it more violent.”
An early front runner for worst gaming idea of 2008? It might have some serious competition, but it gets our vote. Bless him for trying, though.
Note: Because Jaffe likes his naughty words, the above video is NSFW.
[Via Go Nintendo]
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News
Super Smash Bros. Brawl hung onto the top spot last week, but not by much. For the first time, the king of Nintendo fighters was actually close to the game behind it, with a lead of less than 10,000 units. Considering that Brawl has dominated for a month and is already over the million mark, though, we’re not surprised to see a little less dominance from the title.
A lot of new software was released last week, which finally caused Super Mario Galaxy to fall out of the top thirty. Winning Eleven: Play Maker 2008 was the Wii’s new game, debuting at the number six spot. Family Ski also managed to jump up five spots, despite the plethora of new titles.
On the hardware side, the Wii continues to reign in first place. The PSP and DS aren’t too far behind, but the Wii is outselling the PS3 4:1 with the help of Brawl.
You can check out the listings and sales numbers — they’re posted after the break.
Hardware:
- Wii: 63,504
- PSP: 53,373
- Nintendo DS: 50,151
- PlayStation 3: 14,060
- PlayStation 2: 9,634
- Xbox 360: 2,001
Software:
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) — 77,525 (1,291,000)
- Etrian Odyssey II: The Royal Grail (DS) — 68,913 (New)
- Wii Fit (Wii) — 61,922 (1,546,000)
- Musou Orochi (PSP) — 46,667 (New)
- Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (DS) — 44,721 (New)
- Winning Eleven: Play Maker 2008 (Wii) — 36,067 (New)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PS3) — 22,696 (New)
- Bioshock (360) — 17,808 (New)
- Wii Sports (Wii) — 17,077 (2,798,000)
- Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) — 14,932 (236,000)
- Family Ski (Wii)
- Wii Play (Wii)
- Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side 2nd Season (DS)
- Mario Party DS (DS)
- Poison Pink (PS2)
- Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)
- Iron Pachi-Chonmage 14: Pachinko Mask Rider (PS2)
- Burnout Paradise (PS3)
- L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen’s Trap (DS)
- New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
- Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren’s Ambition, the Axis’ Threat (PSP)
- Last Escort 2: Sweet Thorns Late at Night (PS2)
- NiGHTS into Dreams… (PS2)
- Naruto: Shippuuden Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki (DS)
- Hisshou Pachinko/Pachislo Capture Series DS, Vol. 1: Neon Genesis Evangelion: My Heart to You (DS)
- Mario Kart DS (DS)
- Taiko Drum Master DS (DS)
- Populuos (DS)
- Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP)
[Via NeoGAF]
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: What are you playing?
On this week’s release list, the Dreamcast-to-Wii port Sega Bass Fishing is likely on a lot of minds. It was a pretty fun game when it initially released on Sega’s now-dead system, so without a required peripheral and some additions to the game, it’s looking like quite the package.
What do you all think? Is the game just another cash-in? Are you looking to get your game on with something else this weekend? What are you playing?
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