SEGA deploys super-widget to showcase first Sonic Role Play Game
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Digital creative agency Collective today launches an innovative “game-training” widget for the upcoming SEGA title Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood™.
The widget release, distributed by SEGA through a title-specific webpage, will prepare users for the global launch of the new game on Nintendo DS, which is scheduled to appear later in September. The widget incorporates a series of Flash games to help familiarise users with the environments, game play, characters and other elements of Sonic’s first ever Role Play Game (RPG).
SEGA will deploy its own seeding team to enhance the viral effect of the widget using the Clearspring Technologies’ distribution platform for the launch. In Europe, initially the UK, Germany and France are the primary market targets. Social networking sites such as Bebo, Piczo and the French-focussed Skyrock will be primary sites for the seeding campaign. The game widget will also be seeded through SEGA sites in the US and Australia.
Meet The Characters: The Heroes of Luminous Arc 2
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Learn about the strong minded protagonists of Luminous Arc 2
September 24, 2008
Sixteen years ago a strange species of animal appeared in the Kingdom of Carnava. Beast Fiends, as they’re known, were monstrous creatures, attacking settlements and causing death and destruction in their wake. Master Mattias, leader of the Magic Association, a group that ensured the kingdom’s magic was never used for evil, took it upon himself to save the world from the threat of the Beast Fiends. The ensuing battle shook the ground for hundreds of miles around, and when the dust settled, the Beast Fiends had been stopped… but Mattias was dead.
Since Mattias’ death the Beast Fiends have slowly begun to reappear. Additionally, the rogue Shadow Frost Witch, Fatima, threatens to tip the balance of power in her favor by waging a private war against the Magic Association known as the Witch Conflict. When a young Knight named Roland is imbued with the power of magic through an accident at the kingdom’s Magic Technology labs, he is thrust into conflict with the Beast Fiends and the Witch Fatima as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Japanese software sales (9/15 – 9/21)
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01. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo) 315,000 / 1,278,000
02. [NDS] Dragonball DS (Namco Bandai) 72,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 63,000 / 787,000
04. [PS3] Trusty Bell (Namco Bandai) 34,000 / NEW
05. [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy (Konami) 29,000 / 148,000
06. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 28,000 / 2,663,000
07. [PSP] Hitman Reborn (Marvelous) 25,000 / NEW
08. [PSP] Shinobido PSP (Spike) 17,000 / NEW
09. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 (Namco Bandai) 15,000 / 76,000
10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 14,000 / 1,776,000
EDGE review scores
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The latest EDGE review scores are as follows:
– Spore [7]
– Star Wars: The Force Unleashed [5]
– Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [6]
– Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway [6]
– Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse [8]
– Infinite Undiscovery [6]
– Crysis Warhead [8]
– De Blob [8]
– Yakuza 2 [8]
– Viva Pinata; Trouble in Paradise [8]
– Reset Generation [8]
– Pure [7]
– Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 [6]
– Galaga Legions [6]
– Castle Crashers [7]
More info on Level 5 games
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Ninokuni: The Another World
– main character is 13-years-old
– you’re dragged into a fantasy land by a spirit
– the world you enter is much like earth, but it is being ruled by a dark sorceror
– the young boy deals with issues in his life, including the passing of his mother…which he was partly responsible for
– As mentioned last night, Studio Ghibli is involved. This is teh first time they have ever worked on a video game
Inazuma Eleven 2
– play once again as a middle-school soccer team
– battle an evil alien soccer race, hell-bent on destroying the world
Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel
– new puzzles
– new characters
– store: Layton receives a letter from Luke, marked 10 years in the future. Layton sets out to find the source of the letter, which leads him to a scientist that has created a time machine. This time machine goes on the fritz, and teleports the Prime Minister of England and his wife somewhere into time and space
Mariners and Nintendo Team Up to Salute Fans
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The Seattle Mariners and Nintendo are saluting fans on Saturday, September 27, at the second annual Nintendo Fan Network Day at Safeco Field.
Fans using Nintendo® Fan Network (NFN) will have the opportunity to win prizes such as signed, limited-edition Nintendo DS Units by competing with other NFN users in real-time trivia challenge.
Access to NFN is free to all users, and on Nintendo Fan Network Day, those who have not yet had the opportunity to try it, can check out Nintendo DS units free of charge to use during the game.
Mama moving her act from the kitchen to the garden
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Cooking Mama has seen huge success on the Wii and DS, but it looks like Mama is ready to temporarily retire her chef hat and move on to the outside world – more specifically, the garden. The latest issue of Famitsu has an article up on Gardening Mama. This game will be heading back to the DS and will be releasing in Japan this Winter. Unfortunately, there is no news on North American or European dates as of yet.
Nintendo didn’t want Rockstar to make a GTA for kids
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“No one disagreed with Sam [Houser, Rockstar president and Dan’s brother]’s very clear edict that GTA has to be an M rating. It can’t be softened to make it family-friendly – that’s not the game we’re making. We’ve never not done well by sticking to our guns. Nintendo wanted us to make GTA, and we wanted to make a game on their platform. They didn’t want us to make a GTA for kids, and we weren’t interested in making a game we wouldn’t normally make.” – Dan Houser
Personally, I can’t see any GTA game as family-friendly since the subject matter is much too mature for children. How could Rockstar possibly make Chinatown Wars for kids, even if they wanted to? I’d imagine that’d be a difficult task in itself.
