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Legendary Book Available as Exclusive Pre-Order Item in North America

AUSTIN, Texas – Sept. 29, 2009 – Aspyr Media and GameStop have teamed on an exclusive GameStop pre-order item for Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain for Nintendo DS™. Savvy gamers who reserve Fighting Fantasy will receive a copy of the re-released book that goes by the same name. The first in the hit series, this will be the only way to get the book in the U.S. With this special pre-order, North American gamers will experience the original Fighting Fantasy on both paper and Nintendo DS. Pre-orders can be made online at www.gamestop.com or in-store.

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a first-person RPG experience that draws directly from the pages of the original book. Customize your character from the start and work your way through the dreaded Firetop Mountain keep. Staying true to the original print version, you’ll be offered questions in the course of your quest that will ultimately affect the outcome of your adventure – it’s up to you which path you take every step of the way. There’s danger around every corner, with a multitude of enemies, traps and treasure! How will you decide to navigate this maze of tunnels to reach the treasure of Zagor, the Warlock of Firetop Mountain?

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Japanese gaming magazine Gemaga has released their list of the top 10 most disappointing games in their most recent issue. We’ve posted their choices below.

1. Thunder Force VI (PS2, Sega)
2. Final Fantasy VIII (PS, Square Enix)
3. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
4. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney) (NDS, Capcom)
5. Rogue Galaxy (PS2, Level 5)
6. Mario Sunshine (GC, Nintendo)
7. Unlimited Saga (PS2, Square Enix)
8. Devil May Cry 2 (PS2, Capcom)
9. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS, Square Enix)
10. Blood of Bahamut (NDS, Square Enix)

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Update: Nintendo has responded to the issues with the update and is offering to repair unmodified consoles for free.

Although initial reports suggested that the latest Wii update automatically only removes traces of the homebrew channel, there seems to be a much larger issue: It’s breaking some consoles.

The main issue lies in the actual update process. A program that allows the Wii to boot properly – boot2 – has also been upgraded but it apparently has a high chance of causing write errors. Because of this, some people are experiencing a frozen download screen when trying to download menu 4.2. The Wii will not respond if it’s frozen, and when you take the plug out…Nothing will happen when you boot it back up. This incident doesn’t seem to be happening to every Wii owner, but it looks like this could be a pretty significant problem nonetheless.

Source 1, Source 2

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Did you know that Scribblenauts originally had a different name? The current title is actually pretty unique. Well, it is  in the sense that there hasn’t been any game with a similar name. But initially, Scribblenauts was called “Wordplay.” Obviously we know that title didn’t stick and Jeremiah Slaczka, Creative Director, explained how the final name came to be in a recent developer diary.

“We had a lot of different names before Scribblenauts. The original name was Wordplay, which is really lame and not fun and very generic…We’ve always gone through a lot of names before we kinda settle on a final name…

Scribblenauts was also actually a temp name, which is kind of funny that it actually stuck. Because in the beginning, we were just like, well we need something, we always need something for a pitch and what’s the project name. So we were like, ‘Well, this is quirky and interesting, but maybe not completely what we want to go for.’ But it just stuck. It made sense. And it wasn’t generic at all.”

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Famitsu has published their estimates of the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. Keep in mind that Media Create numbers are considered to be more official data in some ways, and will be posted later this week.

DSi – 66,000
PS3 – 50,000
PSP – 20,000
Wii – 13,000
DS Lite – 10,000
PS2 – 3,500
Xbox 360 – 3,700

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Work your body and mind and relieve the daily stresses with fresh fun and family fitness
Work your body and mind and relieve the daily stresses with fresh fun and family fitness

30 September 2009 – If you’ve ever fancied your own personal trainer to work both body and mind in the comfort of your own home, now is your chance!

Wii Fit Plus hits the shops across Europe on 30 October 2009 bringing new exercise features for both mind and body to the acclaimed Wii Fit phenomenon and making your at-home training regime even easier.

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!