A ton of Famitsu news
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7th Dragon (DS/Sega/Spring 09)
– New game from Niinou, the director of EO
– Command based battles
– 4 characters in a party at one time
– Simple game concept: kill all the dragons
– There are 7 classes in the game (Rogue, Mage, Fighter, Princess, Knight, Samurai, Healer)
– For each class there are 4 different appearances
– There are skill trees for each of the classes
– The stats include LIFE, MANA, ATK, POW, DEF, INT, SPD
– While moving around, the top screen is a top-down map view, while the bottom screen is a conquest map
Resident Evil Wiimake
– port of Cube remake
– supports Cube controller
– waggle Wiimote to draw gun
– Dec. 25th in Japan
Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii/MMV/Winter)
– A party consist of 3 characters, the longer the same characters stay in the party and battle, the stronger their bond grows. As this intimacy bond increases, there will be visible effects.
– A single character can pull off a combination of attacks with “single connect”, while multiple characters can pull off a combination attack on an enemy with “party connect”.
– If all 3 party members use a special “Excel act” attack on the same enemy, it turns into a super attack callde “trinity act” that does huge damage.
Famitsu review scores
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Disaster: Day of Crisis (Wii, Nintendo): 8 / 8 / 8 / 7 – (31/40)
Unknown Soldier: Mokuba no Houkou (NDS, D3): 5 / 6 / 4 / 5 – (20/40)
Jikkyou Powerful Major League 3 (Wii/PS2, Konami): 8 / 8 / 8 / 7 – (31/40)
So it looks as though Disaster received a 34/40 from the Nintendo Famitsu and a 31/40 from the overall Famitsu.
Mastiff and Renegade Kid Announce GameStop Exclusive Preorder Items for Moon
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San Francisco, Calif. – September 22, 2008 – Mastiff, a worldwide publisher of videogames and Renegade Kid, developer of innovative interactive software, announced today the availability of GameStop-exclusive preorder items with the reservation of Moon, a sci-fi, action-adventure FPS for Nintendo DSTM.
Customers who preorder Moon at GameStop stores and through GameStop.com will receive an exclusive telescoping Moon stylus and game case. Quantities are limited so act fast!
Moon is currently scheduled for release on November 18.
Analyst says Chinatown Wars could head to the iPhone
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“We expect GTA will likely be ported to Apple’s iPhone platform, leveraging the device’s touch screen technology and accelerometer. Apple’s determination to layer gaming applications into the device’s consumer value proposition and growing installed base is likely sufficient motivation for a deal.” – Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey
Knowing that the iPhone would be more than capable of handling Chinatown Wars, the possibility certainly seems likely. Rockstar, however, has noted that the DS suits the game very well and have specifically mentioned the two screens.
Note: I haven’t posted the Guitar Hero interview because I do not have enough time. However, I believe the interview was only three or four minutes.
Mega Man 9
– Debate was going on about what score the graphics should get
– Matt thinks the graphics are outdated and kind of ugly, but it doesn’t affect the gameplay
– Craig/Bozon say it’s not a bad looking game, just a step back in technology
– Daemon doesn’t think the graphics are bad either
– Graphics score given was a 3
– In the swing of things, the whole breakdown doesn’t affect the scores as much as people think they do
– Talk about how cool the Mega Man 9 press kit is
Wario Land: Shake It!
– 8.4 review score
– Doesn’t run in true widescreen, Matt feels its almost a deal-breaker for him these days
– Still a quality product, controls are responsive
– Level design is great, a lot of variety
– Backdrops change a lot too, reminds Matt of the games he grew up with playing and loved
– Doesn’t have many gimmicks other
– You know where to go, you just have to figure out how to get there
– Bozon doesn’t like some of the backgrounds – such a small amount of parallax and foreground layers
– Can complete the stages in about 5 hours but you can keep (and will want to) come back to the stages
– Matt highly recommends the game, would pay $50 for it
Game Informer review scores
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The latest Game Informer review scores are as follows…
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360/PS3, Activision): 8.75 / 8.75
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii, Activision): 7.75
Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360/PS3, EA): 9.25 / 9.25
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360/PS3, Pandemic): 7.25 / 7.5
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (NDS, Square Enix): 7
Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360, Square Enix): 8 / 8
Mario Super Sluggers (Wii, Nintendo): 5.5 / 5.5
FaceBreaker (Xbox 360/PS3, EA): 7.75 / 6.5
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Xbox 360/PS3, EA): 8.5 / 8.75
NHL 09 (Xbox 360/PS3, EA): 9.25 / 9
NHL 2K9 (Xbox 360/PS3, 2K Sports): 6.75 / 7
Pure (Xbox 360/PS3, Disney): 8.5 / 8.5
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (Xbox 360, Arc System Works): 6.25
Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360, Namco Bandai): 7.25 / 8
Battle Fantasia (Xbox 360, Arc System Works): 7.5
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8.25 / 7.5
Zoids Assault (Xbox 360, Atlus): 5 / 4.5
De Blob (Wii, THQ): 7.75 / 8
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii, Natsume): 6.75 / 7.5
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (NDS, Natsume): 6.75
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (NDS, Nintendo): 7
Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (NDS, Koei): 7.5
N+ (NDS/PSP, Atari): 8.75 / 8.75
Away: Shuffle Dungeon (NDS, Majesco Games): 7.5
New International Track & Field (NDS, Konami): 6.25 / 8
From the Abyss (NDS, Aksys Games): 5
Disgaea DS (NDS, Atlus): 8
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (NDS, NIS America): 5.5
Updates to the Nintendo Channel
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Videos
Mega Man 9 Info Video
Plättchen – twist ‘n’ paint Info Video
SimCity Creator TV Spot
Skate It Info Video
Luminous Arc 2 Info Video
Ninjatown Info Video
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 9/28)
Crosswords DS – Wordsearch Demo
Spore Creatures Demo
Air Traffic Chaos
Arknoid DS
