– Team looking to create the best DS game
– Has its own storyline/narrative
– Original experience with new characters/environments/encounters
– Smooth/high rates of fire
– In terms of length, the game is “beefy” – “hefty” single player campaign
– 6 players online
– Server lobby board – find + play friends easier online
– Sabotage, Switch, Survival multiplayer modes added
– 20 player weapons
– Full tank control
– No DSi features, but n-Space has dev kits for the system
– Can unlock weapons for those who play online a lot – Stack up kills to unlock more powerful weapons with higher fire rates

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey boxart

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WiiWare/VC/DSiWare downloads – block sizes

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WiiWare

Family Slot Car Racing – 314 blocks
PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit – 115 blocks

The Revenge of Shinobi – 25 blocks

DSiWare

Brain Age Express: Sudoku – 80 blocks
Guitar Rock Tour – 88 blocks

Spore Hero Arena screenshots

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UK software sales (Week ending 8/15)

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1 1 ASHES CRICKET 2009 GUSTO GAMES CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
2 2 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 3 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 4 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD TECHLAND UBISOFT UBISOFT
4 5 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 6 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 7 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 8 MADDEN NFL 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 9 G-FORCE KEEN GAMES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
6 10 HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE EA BRIGHT LIGHT EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS

Nintendo Download: Fun Keeps Popping Up, From Slot Cars to Rock Stars, Sudoku to Ninjutsu

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Choosing a game to download from the Wii™ Shop Channel or Nintendo DSi Shop™ can be a little like taking a personality test. Do you like mystery and surprises? A new WiiWare™ game offers elements of magic and pop-up excitement. Are you an extrovert who craves the spotlight? Try a Nintendo DSiWare™ title that turns players into rock stars. Do you crave competition and fierce action? Choose from a new car racing game or a bona fide martial-arts classic. Or maybe you’re more of a brainiac? Check out the sudoku-themed installment in the popular Brain Age™ series. This week’s new downloadable games offer something for players of any disposition.

Spore franchise leaps onto Nintendo platforms this October (UK)

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– Create, Fight and Explore Spore-Style for the First Time on the Wii –
Guildford, UK – 17th August 2009 – Get ready for heroic battles, vibrant worlds and boundless creativity! Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore™ Hero and Spore™ Hero Arena will be available on the 9th October 2009. Built from the ground up exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ platforms, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena introduce a new level of action-packed adventure and combat to the critically acclaimed Spore franchise.
““Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena give Spore and Nintendo fans a new, dynamic and engaging way to interact with their customised creature heroes,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “Players’ heroes take center stage as both games, distinctly tailor-made for its Nintendo platform, infuse creativity, combat and adventure to create a unique gameplay experience on the Wii and Nintendo DS.”

Pop+ Solo dated for North America, Europe

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Nnooo are proud to announce that Pop+ Solo™ has been approved for release in both Europe and North America for Nintendo DSiWare™. Pop+ Solo will launch on August 24th in Americas and August 21st in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the UK for 500 Wii Points™.
In Pop+ Solo not only are users tasked with popping bubbles to make long chains and trying to keep the timer alive but also in a first for the series Nnooo have introduced a new Adventure mode with four boss battles. Players can now play through 16 waves of popping action with bosses interrupting the flow to try to stop players in their tracks.