Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 5 Comments

Remember: Games like Zack & Wiki were released in Europe this year.

1 – Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
2 – Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
3 – Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4 – Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
5 – Okami (Wii)
6 – Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (DS)
7 – Soul Bubbles (DS)
8 – Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii)
9 – de Blob (Wii)
10 – No More Heroes (Wii)
11 – Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
12 – The World Ends With You (DS)
13 – Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
14 – Sonic Chronicles (DS)
15 – FIFA 09 All Play (Wii)
16 – Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (WiiWare)
17 – Boom Blox (Wii)
18 – Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
19 – Trackmania DS (DS)
20 – We Love Golf (Wii)
21 – Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
22 – Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
23 – Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People (WiiWare)
24 – Call of Duty: World at War (Wii)
25 – Wii Fit (Wii)

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– 13 different background themes to listen to whilst you read (14 if you include ‘No BGM’!), e.g. Easy Listening, Beach, Airport and Summer Day.

– Change font size from small to large (small is probably more like a ‘medium’ – no strain on the eyes)

– Can choose to just show the current page number, or show page number and total pages (for those that want to know how long is left)

– Use either the D-Pad or L/R buttons to change pages (remember the DS is held sideways, like in Brain Training and Hotel Dusk to emulate a real book!)

– The DS orientation can be changed to suit left-handed people

– Local Wireless: Send a trial version to another DS (‘Send Trial’, ‘Send Book’, ‘Receive Book’)

– Wi-Fi: Download New Books (ten available right now – seems like there’s about 1MB of free space on the cartridge and the books are less than 100KB – took about six seconds to download a 70KB book and a further five to save it to the DS card), and Update Rankings (book popularity – ranked by users of the game or categorised by ten different user-attributed criteria, such as ‘Exciting’, ‘Shocking’, ‘Profound’ and ‘Bizarre’)

– Tutorial: tap either edge of the touch screen to change page or slide stylus across screen to flip pages back and forth. Tap the bottom of the screen to bring up a scroll bar that lets you jump to whatever page you want. Tap the top of the screen to bring up a menu that lets you bookmark the current page (automatically removed when you go back in and change the page) or exit the book.

– Books that have been read will be highlighted with an ‘R’ on its spine in the selection screen.

– Quiz feature: The in-game owl asks several questions (‘What did you dream last night’, ‘What is your favourite colour’, etc) to determine what books will most likely be interest to the user (for me the three were ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’, ‘The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’!)

– Choosing books is as simple as going to the in-game bookshelf and using either the stylus (slower) or scroll bar at the bottom (faster) to browse what’s on offer. When a book spine is tapped on, its specific menu pops up, where users can read the book, learn more about it or learn about its author.

– Search and sort functions also exist by tapping the top of the screen in the bookshelf mode. Search Alphabetically, By Length, Genre, Era, My History, Ratings and/or Description. Sort by Author or Title.

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If you’ve been trying to access the site over the past few hours, I’m sure you’ve noticed that it’s been impossible to connect to Nintendo Everything. Honestly, I’m not sure why the site went down, but it looked as though the issue affected the entire server. I haven’t been in contact with two of the guys who run the technical side of Nintendo Everything yet, but I don’t think the site will go down again anytime soon. Actually, it’s a pretty rare occurrence that the site over goes down, but I’m just happy the site’s back up.

Sorry for the downtime, but thanks for sticking with us!

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Best Buy

Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) – $39.99
Carnival Games: MiniGolf (Wii) – $29.99
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii) – $39.99
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (DS) – $19.99
Ben 10: Alien Force (DS) – $19.99
Zenses: Ocean (DS) – $14.99
Zenses: Rain Forest (DS) – $14.99

Circuit City

Skate City Heroes (Wii) – $19.99
My Fitness Coach (Wii) – $19.99
NCAA Football ’09: All Play (Wii) – $19.99
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Wii) – $19.99
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (DS) – Free gift card with purchase

Target

Guitar Hero World Tour (2 guitars + game) – $88
Guitar Hero On Tour Box Set (DS) – $59
Tinker Bell (DS) – $25
The Cheetah Girls: Passport To Stardom (DS) – $25
Ultimate Band (DS) – $25
Bolt (DS) – $25
Spongebob Squarepants: Globs Of Doom (DS) – $25
Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS) – $25
Clube Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (DS) – $25
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) – $46

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“There has been a 100 per cent increase in patients complaining of Wii-itis. I’ve seen many patients aged between eight and 13 — and I’ve seen adults. It’s possible that Wii-itus may lead to rheumatism and arthritis in later life. Patients often have inflammation of the shoulder or wrist. People who are double-jointed are most likely to suffer from Wii-knee — and in extreme cases the knee cap can be dislocated or can even pop out.” – Dr Dev Mukerjee, of Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex

Wow…I don’t know if this is really true or not, but somehow I really have a difficult time believing this! We’ve all heard of Wiiitis before, but have things really the situation really deteriorated to this extent? Or do people not know when they should stop playing Wii Sports/Wii Fit?

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“One thing we’d like to do is – if this game is well received – think about releasing Klonoa 2 [on Wii] followed up by a sequel after that so that players could see the entire series. We feel very proud of Klonoa. We feel that the gameplay is both unique and solid. And we’d like as many players to experience that as possible. We think it’s got a unique story and we hope that a new generation of players will play through to the end and enjoy it just as much as the fans did 10 years ago.” – Hideo Yoshizawa, Klonoa director

I actually never played the first Klonoa game, but I’m heavily interested in playing it on Wii. I’d be especially happy to see more Klonoa games on Wii, but as Mr. Yoshizawa mentions, the first game needs to be well received. Make sure you guys buy the game when it releases!

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There’s a few old shots in this batch but most of these images look new.

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Sonic Unleashed (Wii) – 79%
Skate It (Wii) – 78%
Tomb Raider Underworld (Wii) – 70%
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS) – 84%
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – 71%
Facebreaker: KO Party (Wii) – 42%
Guitar Rock Tour (DS) – 80%
Call of Duty: World At War (Wii) – 92% / Gold Award
Need For Speed: Undercover (Wii) – 39%
Forgotten Worlds (Wii Virtual Console) – 61%
The Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (DS) – 80%
Exit DS (DS) – 77%
Tomb Raider Underworld (DS): 77%
Mega Man 3 (Wii Virtual Console): 64%
Guinness World Records (Wii): 72%
SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. One (Wii): 81%
Tom Clancy’s EndWar (DS): 61%
Dragon Ball Origins (DS): 70%
Monster Lab (Wii): 79%
Strong Bad: Dangeresque (WiiWare) – 88%
World of Goo (WiiWare) -95% / Gold Award
Art Style: ORBIENT (WiiWare): 81%
Art Style: CUBELLO (WiiWare): 86%
Art Style: ROTOHEX (WiiWare): 72%

Thanks to Joclo for the news tip!

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– Combat is in real time
– Move character on battle field attacking directly
– Wait gauge – wait for it to fill before attacking again
– Access magic through circles on touch screen
– Online compatible – groups of three, can send chat messages to each other while taking on quests
– Complex character customization system – Start with default male or female, then can change parts
– Eyebrows, eyes, hair styles/color, mouth shape, voice can all be changed
– Equipment has visual effects on the characters
– Single player also has parties of three
– Takes two years after events of the original
– Still on track for 2009

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