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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Nintendo Wii chat announced along with new games Punch-Out!! - Sin & Punishment 2 - Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon - Mario & Luigi RPG 3 - Wii Music

via FlickrNintendo disclosed a number of surprises, including new games, the ability to use the Wii console to chat with friends near and far, and the expansion of the popular Club Nintendo rewards program to North America.

Continuing its commitment to supply new game experiences for every level of player, Nintendo revealed a wide range of games for the 2008 holiday season and beyond. A number of games are slated for 2009, including a new Punch-Out!! and Sin & Punishment 2 for Nintendo Wii, and Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon and Mario & Luigi RPG 3 for Nintendo DS.

Consumers also can expect a new “Personal Trainer” series of titles designed to help users enrich their lives and learn new skills in fun and interesting ways.

Nintendo also announced that North American supplies of the Nintendo Wii video game console between October and December will see a significant increase from 2007’s levels, and that Nintendo DS will also be available in greater abundance than ever before.

“We have new games and new experiences for every kind of player this holiday season, and that will certainly fuel increased interest in Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS,” said Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada’s vice-president and general manager. “While there’s no way to gauge total demand for our hardware systems, we’re trying to satisfy as many of those players as possible.”

The new Wii Speak Channel arrives on Nov. 16 and uses the Wii Speak, a microphone which sits on top of your television. This accessory is sold separately at an price of $29.95. People who buy the microphone are given a code that allows them to download the Wii Speak Channel from the Wii Shop Channel at no charge. The Wii Speak lets people in up to four locations who have traded Friend Codes chat with one another at no extra cost. When you use Wii Speak in real time, your Nintendo Mii appears on your TV screen and mimics your chat. You also can leave audio messages for your friends and family members or use Wii Speak to narrate captions for your photos.

Gamers have longed for the expansion of Club Nintendo to North America for years, and now Nintendo is making it a reality for everyone. Club Nintendo rewards Nintendo loyalists who complete surveys and register Nintendo products with loyalty coins that can be redeemed for exclusive items available only to Club Nintendo members. Club Nintendo is set to debut in North America this holiday season.

Key software available for Wii this holiday season includes:

Wii Music - It’s a new Nintendo Wii experience that launches on Oct. 20 and gives you the ability to play a wide variety of musical instruments by using the Nintendo Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to mimic the motions used to play real instruments. Everyone in the family will enjoy jamming together, while music fans will enjoy creating their own fresh, stylized takes on a variety of songs. Songs range from classical favorites like Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” to pop hits like “Material Girl” or “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” to Nintendo standards like the Super Mario Bros. theme.

Animal Crossing - City Folk - This game lets you live your life in a virtual community that’s all your own. You can interact with the fun characters in your town, customize everything from your house to your clothing, and even chat with other friends in the game using the Nintendo Wii Speak. Animal Crossing: City Folk launches on Nov. 16.

WiiWare delivers great new games directly to Wii consoles that are connected to the Internet. Nintendo’s downloadable game service will see games like:

Tetris Party - This game will feature 18 game modes, including 10 never-before-seen single-player and multiplayer variations of Tetris. Some modes will use the unique capabilities of the Wii Remote and the Wii Balance Board.

Strong Bad Episode 3 - This third episode in the series features humorous story-driven game play, music-themed collectibles and achievements and an old-school side scrolling shoot ‘em up mini-game, as well as a special celebrity guest appearance by rock gods Limozeen!

World of Goo - This title is an award-winning, physics-based puzzle/construction game. Grab living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins and giant tongues.

Cave Story - This title is an action-adventure game with new, exclusive content and features created only for the WiiWare version.

Boingz - Developed by the award-winning studio NinjaBee and published by RealNetworks, Inc., Boingz introduces players to bendy, stretchy little critters who’ve found themselves scattered about an alien world. Using the Wii Remote, players can grab, stretch and fling the rubber-band bodies of the Boingz to bounce them around the environments and help them find their way home.

Key games planned for Wii in 2009 include:

Punch-Out!! - Nintendo is reviving one of its most storied and popular franchises with the first new Punch-Out!! boxing game in 15 years. Players will once again follow the exploits of the up-and-coming challenger, Little Mac, and take on a series of opponents, including favourites from the past like Glass Joe and King Hippo.

Sin & Punishment 2 - The announcement of a sequel to one of the most popular Japanese import titles ever is a dream come true for avid Nintendo fans. This new sequel blends intuitive Wii Remote pointing controls with the shooting and sword-swinging game play that made the original an instant classic and fan favourite.

Some Nintendo products available this fall for Nintendo DS include:

Personal Trainer - Cooking - This title launches on Nov. 24 as the first in Nintendo’s new Personal Trainer series. Personal Trainer: Cooking includes more than 200 recipes from around the world and transforms the Nintendo DS into an electronic, interactive cookbook, complete with a glossary of terms and even instructional videos. In 2009, the Personal Trainer series will expand with Personal Trainer™: Math, a collection of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division drills based on the Kageyama method. Meanwhile, Personal Trainer™: Walking will introduce a wireless pedometer, letting consumers not only track every step they take, but also turn walking into interactive entertainment.

Pokémon Ranger - Shadows of Almia - On Nov. 10, this new installment in the Pokémon Ranger series allows you to use the power of Pokémon to protect nature and help people in need as you strive to become a Top Ranger. Use the DS stylus to encircle and capture Pokémon with the “Capture Styler” as you explore the vast new Almia region.

Key games planned for Nintendo DS in 2009 include:

Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon - A reinvention of the original NES titles with revamped graphics and intuitive touch control, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will finally introduce longtime fans to the stories that gave birth to the series nearly 20 years ago in Japan, while introducing the Fire Emblem franchise to a broader audience of strategy and chess fans. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon also reveals the back story of Marth, the original lead character in the Fire Emblem series introduced and made popular in North America by the Super Smash Bros.® series of fighting games.

Mario & Luigi RPG 3 - The acclaimed Mario & Luigi series returns with another hilarious action role-playing game. Join the Mario Bros. as their travels take them far and wide.

Rhythm Heaven - If you can snap your fingers in time to music, you’re ready to play this simple but infectious rhythm game. Just tap your stylus on the touch screen to the beat of the music.

Nintendo has a strong lineup of legacy games and accessories that have continued selling well, even a year after they launched. These include Super Mario Galaxy, the Wii Zapper accessory, Wii Fit, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. These five products are expected to remain in high demand as shoppers look for ways to make their holiday dollars go further.

Remember that Nintendo Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about these and other Nintendo products, visit www.Nintendo.ca.

Spiderman - Web of Shadows for Nintendo Wii

I’ll admit, I was scared to see Spider-Man on the Nintendo Wii. I was having flashbacks of Spider Man 3’s horrible textures and extreme Superman fog.

But Treyarch did an amazing job on this one, built from the ground up for the Nintendo Wii and not a port of the PlayStation 2 version. You can see the differences. No more fog, amazing city geometry, the ability to destroy things like in the other console versions… it’s all there. The game on all consoles is great and there were no sacrifice made for the the Nintendo Wii version, which is not only nice, but it makes me want to high-five the developer and say, “yeah! that’s how it’s done”!

The biggest addition in this game is fighting in the air.

The air combat is so fluid that I thought I was playing a Tony Hawk game, chaining all my combos together and never hitting the ground. Shaba Games, who’s doing the Xbox 360 version, are the ones that came up with air combat system.

They have wanted to do something like this for about 10 years. They wanted it to feel like playing an extreme sports game, only with combat. And it does.

From four colour rebellion here...

Call of Duty - World at war on Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS

I was quite surprised to see Call of Duty - World at War on the Nintendo Wii.

The game is running on a modified engine of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which never made it out to the Nintendo Wii, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Treyarch did a great job getting this running on the Nintendo Wii.

Everything from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 single player made it over on the Nintendo Wii. Yeah, the graphics were toned down a little, but it still looked great. I had a chance to try out the Single Player mode and the Squadmate mode with Nick. What’s Squadmate?

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It’s co-op on the same screen.

Anytime when playing the single player campaign, your friend can jump in with a second controller and his cross-hair will appear on the screen.

So while the first player is controlling the movements and his own gun, the second player can shoot, with his own guns and ammo supply, helping out the first player through the waves of upcoming enemies.

Full post at Four Color Rebellion here...

Hello Kitty Daily - Nintendo DS game for Christmas

Hello Kitty Daily

Hello Kitty Daily reveals its cute and useful applications through this 2 minute trailer! You will follow Kitty during one day and discover how the Personal Ds Assistant is essential for all Kawaï (cute in Japanese) girls!

From the morning to the end of the school day, you will realize that Hello Kitty Daily will be the must have to assist you everyday!

Friend Directory, planner, pocket money log, and more! Hello Kitty Daily has got what every young girl needs to be organized AND trendy!

About Hello Kitty Daily

Genre: Personal Ds Assistant
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nobilis
Developer: Dorasu
Release date: October 2008

New Nintendo DSi includes camera, Wii Sync, memory, music player, thinner, plus bigger screen than DS

The New Nintendo DS the DSi portable video games console will come with a camera allowing players to edit pictures.

The Nintendo DSi is thinner and has a bigger screen than the Nintendo DS.

A new built in music player allows players to speed up and slow down music - stored on the memory card. New game software including Wii Music with up to 60 musical instruments - drums, sitar, piano and saxophones included.

One in six Japanese games players already own a Nintendo DS say Nintendo with Super Mario and Pokemon being some of their favourite games.

2 cameras - .3-megapixel = maximum resolution of 640×480

bigger 3.25 inch LCD screen (DS Lite’s has a three inch screen)

SD memory card slot added on right-hand side

Memory on-board

Sync to your Wii Photo Channel allowing you to edit photos

Web browser built-in with ability to play back music

Downloadable games (like Wii Ware) with Nintendo Points (same as Nintendo Wii)

Free DS ware titles

NO Gameboy advance slot!

Price $180 - £95 - 18900 yen

Colours - white and matt black

DSi available from 1st november in Japan and early next year for the rest of us

Official New Nintendo DSi website here...

All Nintendo DS posts on gamezplay.org here...

Compare the New Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DS

New Nintendo DSi versus the current Nintendo DS compare the specifications...

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Click image to enlarge Nintendo DSi v Nintendo DS spec...

Sword of Stars - A Murder of Crows expansion release date

Sword of Stars - A Murder of Crows expansion release date

A Murder of Crows, the latest expansion to their highly acclaimed 4X space strategy game Sword of the Stars (PC) will be available for purchase tomorrow at 12:00 am PDT (03:00 am EDT, 09:00 am CET) exclusively at www.GamersGate.com for USD$29.99 / €24.99. Players are required to have either Sword of the Stars: Collector’s Edition or Born of Blood in order to play this new addition to the franchise.

Lighthouse Interactive is part of SilverBirch video game division.

GAME SUMMARY

While the four civilized races battle back the voracious Zuul and seek advantage over each other, a ghost from the past returns to the galaxy in the form of the manipulative Morrigi. Already known for their dark crow-shaped attack drones and deadly traps, this race once thought long extinct, returns looking for vengeance.

Using never-before-seen weapons, ships and tactics, the Morrigi fall upon the other five races of the Sword of the Stars universe, who must now adapt to the ancient masters of space or be destroyed.

Time is of the essence as world after world falls to the black winged ships that surge out of the dark like A Murder of Crows.

FEATURES

• A New Sixth race – The Morrigi, who appeared as a series of mysterious random events in Born of Blood (the first Sword of the Stars expansion pack), continues to evolve the ever-expanding Sword of the Stars universe
• New Ship Sections - Over a dozen new ship sections for all races to match against your opponents
• Unique ‘Grav Flock’ Drive System for Morrigi Ships – The more Morrigi ships in a fleet, the faster they can travel, continuing the racial diversity unique to the Sword of the Stars gameplay experience
• 15 new weapons
• 27 new technologies and the new Xeno-Cultural and Drones tech trees
• Sword of the Stars gameplay continues to deepen with Civilian populations, independent worlds, Espionage options, and demands for planetary surrender
• Drone carrying ships in all three size classes
• Construction ships, a variety of orbital stations, spy ships, Police Cutters, and more
• A whole new set of GUI enhancements and additions

Secret Files 2 - Puritas Cordis - The adventure continues for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS

Handheld and console versions of the Secret Files brand's second installment, “Secret Files 2 – Puritas Cordis”. The production for the two popular Nintendo platforms is already underway.

"We are very happy to join Deep Silver once again in producing the second part of Secret Files for Wii and Nintendo DS. The games will be tailored to the platforms' specialties, with puzzles and gameplay features developed specifically to achieve the ultimate in gaming fun with Nintendo Wii Remote and the innovative Nintendo DSi Touch Screen controls," says René Lange, Producer at keen games.

About Secret Files 2 - Puritas Cordis:

Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis... the world is on the brink of disaster. By the time Nina Kalenkow realizes that the recent catastrophes were caused not by nature, but by an unscrupulous secret society known as Puritas Cordis, it is almost too late. While her ex-boyfriend Max, a scientist, witnesses the brutal methods of Puritas Cordis at the excavation site of an ancient Indonesian temple complex, Nina joins forces with a priest in France to investigate the connection between the secret society's sinister prophesies and the creepy leader of an ancient order. A dramatic race against time begins. Will the protagonists be able to avert the impending apocalypse?

FEATURES

• Official sequel to Secret Files: Tunguska, now on Nintendo DS and Wii
• Puzzles and elements of gameplay tailored to the specific features of Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS
• Spectacular graphics and cinematic cutscenes
• Four playable, sometimes cooperating characters
• Comfortable controls with a diary, puzzle help and hotspot display
• Professional voice actors (Nintendo Wii)
• Two-player mode for cooperative gameplay (Nintendo Wii only)

Platform: Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii
Genre: Graphic Adventure Developer: keen games
Publisher: Deep Silver
Release: 2009

Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel new video

Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel new video

Cooperative multiplayer destruction is the name of the game in today's new video for Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel, the Action-RPG. The new trailer, showcases six of the available character classes, including the nefarious Inquisitor, the sci-fi inspired Temple Guardian and the beautiful but lethal Seraphim – engaged in mortal combat with a variety of hazardous beasts from the world of Ancaria. Check out the new trailer to immerse yourself in the game's lush environments and furious battles while coming face-to-face with powerful bosses and their deadly minions in furious multiplayer action.

Watch the video on YouTube here...

Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel is an Action-RPG with a rich story that takes place in a giant, open-ended and seamless world. This world contains hundreds of dungeons, treacherous opponents and a variety of challenging quests. Intelligent enemies, steadily adapting in number and difficulty based on player progress, challenge in heroic single- and multiplayer battles.

Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel provides numerous unique items that can be gathered in this mystical world. A deep reward system further enables advancements in character, individual attributes and character-specific fighting styles, each designed to keep players returning to the world of Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel to discover what is around the next bend.

Drop-in styled cooperative multiplayer gameplay ensures players will enjoy the game alone or seamlessly with friends at any time. Five unique multiplayer modes round out the experience and offer a refreshing, first-class gaming experience in Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel.

The Windows PC version of Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel is currently slated for a November 2008 release in North America, with versions for both next-generation consoles following in early 2009.

Nintendo new Wii games Sin and Punishment 2, Final Fantasy - Crystal Chronicles DS, Wario Ware, Mario and Luigi 3 and more...

Nintendo announce -

Sin and Punishment 2 - treasure and arcade video game on Nintendo Wii
Another Code - Trace Memory on Nintendo Wii
Dynasty Warriors, Taiko Drum Master, Punch-Out (SNES game) and Endless Ocean 2.
On the New Nintendo DSi - Final Fantasy - Crystal Chronicles
WiiWare Wario Ware and Mario and Luigi 3

Nintendo conference games videos here

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