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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 0 comments

Vienna, Austria, April 15, 2009; Quantic Lab, an experienced Quality Assurance facility committed to bringing high quality PC/Wii/DS games to market, is pleased to announce the completion of their successful collaboration with JoWooD on DS title LifeSigns.

“This eagerly anticpated title for the DS, currently a top seller in the UK, is one of the titles Quantic Labs has had in the works for quite some time,” said Stefan Seicarescu, CEO of Quantic Lab.

“Developed in Japan, the testing procedures for LifeSigns proved to be challenging, but nevertheless a rewarding challenge. Services provided by Quantic Labs for this title exceeded standard testing procedures, our team also worked on adapting the game content to different language versions”. says Marius Popa, Project Manager at Quantic Lab. “This proved to be challenging as the title was first intended for release only in Japan. Fitting and adapting Japanese game design to other languages was very time-consuming. Furthermore the context of the game, a Soap Opera where you live the thrilling life of a surgeon with different paths to solve the game and a high re-playability grade, results in an unusually high amount of text lines, over 40.000, so it needed extended testing assistance” added Mr. Marius Popa.

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Update: Some more details below:

– Each Crystal Bearer has a unique ability
– Layle on an escort mission – busy guarding new passenger airship, gets attacked by an army (led by Amidatelion)
– Action-oriented battles
– Possibility that other players can join in with Wii remotes to help or hinder you)

As The Crystal Bearers begins, Layle is on a boring escort mission, guarding an enormous new passenger airship on its maiden voyage. The job gets more exciting when it’s attacked by an army that turns out to be led by a Yuke named Amidatelion.

A ton of new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers details are available thanks to the latest Famitsu.

– Takes place in Crystal Chronicles world in the future
– Knowledge of magic nonexistent now
– Yukes race died during war with Lilthies
– Lilthies use crystals to support citizens
– Main character is Layle (Crystal Bearer of Clavat race)
– Can manipulate gravity
– Layle’s story starts after coming into contact with Amidatelion, a Yuke
– Amidatelion causes trouble for Layle, wants to seek him out
– Part of Layle’s cheek crystalized (Crystal Bearers have part of body turned into crystal)
– Althea – Queen of Lilthies Kingdom, mother dead, father sick
– Jegran – In charge of Lilthies army
– Take on role of Layle, use his gravitational abilities with Wii remote
– Wii remote for pointing at objects – grab demons, use them
– Layle’s actions change depending on creature he grabs
– Layle will pull himself up with grappling hook when grabbing onto something heavy (ex: ceiling lamp)
– Development on the game hadn’t begun when the game was first announced, hence why it’s taken so long
– No leveling up
– Build characters by equipping accessories
– Encounter creatures with variety of actions
– People react differently to use as you advance in the game
– No separation between battle/other elements in the game
– Developers striving to make the game fun to watch
– 60% complete
– No release date

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 1 Comment

“The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities.” – Nintendo statement

This isn’t shocking at all. Simply put, older titles weren’t developed with Wii MotionPlus and there isn’t any real way that games could be patched so that they would be able to take advantage of the peripheral.

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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 4 Comments

“The last male character I want to touch upon is Issun in Okami. He isn’t a playable character, not to mention you don’t really see him during gameplay (LOL), but I think that people who have cleared Okami realize that he was a great main character. Conceptually, Issun is a childish character who manifests this immaturity in his extreme perversion and foul mouth; however, he is also a good-hearted, loyal, and compassionate figure. As Okami is an adventure game, Issun holds a special place as the character with the largest number of lines I have ever written, and as you move through the game, I think he is also the most fleshed out of my characters. Among all the characters I have created, he is the only character that hasn’t been used by another creator, and even now, he is a character whose story I feel I’d like to continue some day.” – Okami director/localization

There’s no way that I could refrain from posting this. Okami is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. It’s nice to see that there is some hope for a sequel or, at the very least, a spinoff of some kind.

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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Wednesday 15th April 2009 – SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that Virtua Tennis™ 2009 will support the new Wii MotionPlus™ feature. This means that for the first time Nintendo Wii™ owners will be able to experience the thrill of playing with the Wii Remote™ as you would with a real-tennis racket.

The Wii MotionPlus feature allows players greater control than ever before, with the Wii responding more accurately to the swings and shots of each individual player. With Wii MotionPlus and Virtua Tennis 2009 the shots you play in your living room are mimicked by your on screen character, so that satisfying cross court winner, or drop shot followed by the roar of the crowd feels so much more rewarding. As well as direction, Wii MotionPlus will allow a slice to be played with a simple twist of the wrist, while an upward motion allows players to lob the ball over your opponents head.

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 12 Comments

More details on The Conduit’s multiplayer functionality have been revealed, including why the development team shortened the number of players online from 16 to 12.

– Changed from 16 players online to 12 for better balance/gamer performance
– Free for All – fast match, finishes when a player reaches specified kill count
– Marathon – Have the highest kill count at the end of the specified time limit
– Three Strikes – Only have 3 lives to play with
– Last Man Standing – Be the last player to survive
– ASE Football – Tag game – Player who holds on to ASE for the longest time is the winner
– Bounty Hunter – Players go after specified player, if you hit an incorrect player you receive a penalty
– Team Reaper – Quick Match/Marathon, Shared Stock as well – Have additional lives from a pool
– Team Objective – CTF mode with ASE – Teams need to obtain own ASE
– Another mode requires teams to obtain one ASE – team that takes in the most in specified time limit wins
– WiiSpeak support reconfirmed
– Can only hear players that are closest – will hear 6 players are the most while battling

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

The latest Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Another Time Another Leaf (DS) – 8/6/7/8
Last Bullet (DS) -?6/6/6/6
Yatuhaka (DS) -?7/7/7/7
NANATAMA (PSP) -?8/8/8/8
Take the A-Train (DS) -?9/8/7/8
Fu-un! Dairojo (DS) -?8/6/7/6
Tsuri Master DS (DS) -?7/7/7/7
Meja Maji March (Wii) -?6/6//7/7
Killzone 2 (PS3) -?8/8/8/8
Death Smiles (360) -?7/7/7/8
H.A.W.X (360) -?8/8/8/8
Little Anchor (PS2) -?7/7/6/7
Kanuchi ????? (PS2) -?6/6/6/7

Posted on 15 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Wii | 2 Comments

I realize that this isn’t really news, but I thought it was an interesting (and frankly, humorous) little tidbit of info about Wii Sports Resort from the GameStop page for the game.

Apparently, the original price for the game was to be $230,591.00, but then gamestop probably realized that with the current economy, they’d have to cut it down a bit. Now, thanks to the drop in cost, you save $230,541.01! I for one would have paid the full asking price, because the peripheral would be worth it, but I don’t think too many people would agree with me.