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11 year-old Judson King, after becoming a Sonic the Hedgehog follower, decided that he desired his own hedgehog. Unfortunately for him, there was just one problem: Lawrence law in Kansas made owning such animals illegal in the area.

King’s mother didn’t really mind that her son wouldn’t be able to purchase one. After all, she wasn’t too thrilled about her son having a hedgehog as a pet in the first place. She said, “I thought, that’s my out. Now I don’t have to get him one. Then he said, ‘How do we make them legal?'”

From that point on, both King and his mother worked their tails off. The two spent three years conducting research and gathering pictures in order to fight the Lawrence law. Thankfully for King, commissioners finally agreed to let Judson speak at the city hall after a few months. The commissioners were unable to find a reason why such a law was in place and overturned the law.

King received his very own hedgehog for Christmas this year. Though, the fact that the commissioners couldn’t find a good reason why owning hedgehogs should be illegal makes one wonder why hedgehog ownership was against the law originally, doesn’t it? At least it can be said that, thanks to Sonic and King, anyone can now have their own hedgehog in Lawrence.

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TT Games recently finished work on their latest LEGO title, LEGO Batman. A LEGO Harry Potter video game has been rumored to be in development for a couple of months, though you may be surprised to hear what may be on the way instead. That’s right, Rock Band in LEGO form. A source told VG247 that Traveller’s Tales is busy at work on a Rock Band LEGO title for EA. Although the source states that the information is “100 percent correct,” it wouldn’t necessarily be wise to buy into this rumor immediately.

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Wii Play (Nintendo)
4. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)

Japan:
1. Taiko: Drum Master Wii (Namco)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
5. Shape Boxing: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (Rocket Company)

Europe:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo)
4. Disney Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
5. Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition (THQ)

Japan:
1. Legend of the Strongest Penguin!: A Penguin’s Troubles (Konami)
2. Little Magician’s Magic Adventure: 365 Point System (Konami)
3. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
4. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
5. Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)

Europe:
1. 100 Classic Book Collection (Nintendo)
2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
3. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo)
4. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)
5. Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

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Platinum Games, who are working hard on highly anticipated titles such as MadWorld, have released a new logo to represent the company. The logo features characters from MadWorld, Bayonetta, and Infinite Space. Tatsuya Minami, President/CEO of Platinum Games wasn’t ready to explain the meaning of the logo though. That’ll come at a later date.

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Posted on 16 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 3 Comments

“…I mean, seriously, there’s all manner of new interactions with the NPCs, or have you not played hide-and-seek yet? And the multiplayer is much more robust than in previous Animal Crossing games. Have you noticed that the villagers don’t all run and hide indoors when strangers are around? I’m so proud that they got over their stranger fear.” – Rich Amtower, member of the localization team at Nintendo’s Treehouse

“Because there are so many small elements that come together to make Animal Crossing what it is, it’s easy to think that this is the same game. But once people pick up the controller and experience life, they’ll see how different it is. The aspect of communication or interaction was really enhanced in this version — not only when it comes to visiting friends over Nintendo WFC but also interacting with friends over WiiConnect24 by sending letters and photos and participating in the auction in the city.” – Reiko Ninomiya, member of the localization team at Nintendo’s Treehouse

I’m willing to acknowledge the fact that City Folk does bring a few additions to the series, but personally, I don’t think they’re entirely significant. The game isn’t bad…It just seems like City Folk was a missed opportunity to truly revolutionize the series.

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More people are using the online capabilities of the PS3 over the Wii to browse the internet according to statistics from Market Share. The PS3 is ahead with 0.04%, but both browsers control only a tiny portion of the internet market. The PC leads all platforms with a 88.7% majority.

It comes at a surprise that the Wii Internet Channel is used sparingly considering that the install base for the system is at around 44 million, quite a great deal more than the PS3. At the same time, the data from Market Share makes perfect sense if you take into account that the Wii browser does not readily receive updates and lacks crucial features such as the latest version of the Adobe Flash player.

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These details come from German magazine N-Zone. A bit of the information we already know about, but there are a few pieces that are new.

– Both online and offline multiplayer support
– Item-exchange and stat access via Rockstar Games Social Club Support (Achievements)
– Will include some sort of chat function
– Day/night cycle, weather effects such as rain
– Can pick from already played story-missions, mini-games (police/taxi/firefighters) and sidequests from your hideout – play them again and get a better mission rating (bronze, silver, gold for every mission)
– N-Zone says the graphics are impressive, city feels alive with citizens
– Magazine also praises the controls, says they work perfectly

Posted on 16 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Course: Toad’s Factory
Main objective: Complete the course
Secondary objective: Find alternate routes
Tournament date: 1/1 – 1/10

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WiiWare

Fun! Fun! Minigolf
Strong Bad Ep. 5: 8-bit is Enough

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