Take a Drive on the Wild Side with Excitebots: Trick Racing for Wii
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High-Octane Stunts, Unexpected Twists and Online Competition Highlight New Motion-Controlled Racing Game
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Not even the craziest morning commute can compare to the outrageous behind-the-wheel action of Excitebots™: Trick Racing, launching today exclusively for Nintendo’s top-selling Wii™ console. Combining high-speed racing thrills with gravity-defying stunts and support for online action via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection, the game pushes the full-throttle fun of the Excite franchise into the red.
Expanding upon the fast-paced action of Excite Truck™, Excitebots™: Trick Racing puts players in command of wild robotic vehicles styled to look like animals and insects. Players must drive, sprint and fly around the track to earn stars, performing wild stunts to boost their score while racing with an incredible burst of speed. The game puts the built-in wireless features of the Wii system to use, allowing as many as six friends to compete online using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Players can also trade ghost data via WiiConnect24™ and challenge each other to outdo their most dazzling tricks. Excitebots: Trick Racing uses the Wii Wheel™ accessory to let drivers pick up and play with ease, combining familiar steering motions with unique special moves such as turbo bursts, power slides and huge jumps.
Nintendo Download: It’s Crystal Clear: Mario, Magic and Monsters – Oh My!
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The first Nintendo DSiWare™ game starring superstar Mario™ enters the fold this week with the launch of Dr. Mario™ Express. The Master of Illusion™ Express series adds another installment that promotes portable prestidigitation. WiiWare™ users will find precious crystals to defend in CRYSTAL DEFENDERS R1, while Virtual Console™ players face a classic race against the clock in Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair™. Read on to learn all about the latest downloadable games from Nintendo, then log on to choose your favorites.
Download a Rhythm Paradise sample to your Nintendo DS (Europe)
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Take on the rhythmical challenge of firing pegs on an assembly line and singing in perfect harmony with a musical trio by downloading a special demo of Rhythm Paradise onto your Nintendo DS! This is just one of over 50 fun mini-games and rhythm toys you can take on in this addictive rhythm game.
Rhythm Paradise is a crazy compendium of musical mini-games that test your sense of rhythm as you try to keep up with the beat! You tap, flick and slide with your Nintendo DS stylus as you take on a range of tricky challenges – try keeping up with bird recruits at a bird boot camp, act as a backing dancer to some rock ‘n’ roll frogs or chop vegetables karate-style! Take a trip to Rhythm Paradise and tap into the rhythm!
“Technically possible” to bring Skype to the DSi
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“Skype’s growth strategy is focused on product enhancements that will increase user delight, engagement, and adoption of paid services. This includes extending the Skype infrastructure and platform to bring Skype functionality wherever, whenever, and on whatever device or site people choose to use it. Skype is extending its lead with a focus on rapid innovation, which delivers the new features and products people want, and by integrating Skype software and services into other open platforms with recent examples including the Skype application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Intel-based MIDs, Nokia N97, and a Lite version of Skype for Java-enabled mobile phones. Whilst we can’t comment on any future plans to bring Skype to Nintendo’s DSi, it would technically be possible.” – Skype rep
I think it’s more than possible that we’ll see Skype on the DSi sometime in the future. Satoru Iwata has said in the past he wouldn’t mind giving the DS a phone if users would not be forced into paying fees. Skype may very well be the perfect way to accomplish that.
Famitsu – Top 20 original titles of 2008, most anticipated in 2009
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1. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) 784,037 units sold
2. Wii Music (Wii) 383,076
3. White Knight Chronicles (PS3) 326,239
4. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (DS) 325,647
5. Inazuma Eleven (DS) 308,017
6. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 252,085
7. The Last Remnant (Xbox 360) 148,739
8. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) 141,589
9. Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360) 113,195
10. LittleBigPlanet (PS3) 111,160
11. Seventh Dragon (DS) 108,570
12. Demon’s Souls (PS3) 93,274
13. World Destruction (DS) 93,104
14. Afrika (PS3) 69,976
15. Ken To Mahou To Gakuen Mono (PSP) 67,774
16. Avalon Code (DS) 66,207
17. 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Wii) 64,188
18. Sigma Harmonics (DS) 62,480
19. Nanashi no Game (DS) 61,927
20. Saihai no Yukue (DS) 34,644
1. Ninokuni (DS) TBA 2009
2. Bayonetta (PS3/Xbox 360) Fall 2009
3. Ni-oH (PS3) TBA
4. Blood of Bahamut (DS) TBA
5. Project O (Wii) TBA
6. X-Blades (PS3/Xbox 360) April 30, 2009
7. Infinite Space (DS) June 11, 2009
8. Yuusha 30 (PSP) May 30, 2009
9. Dream C Club (Xbox 360) Summer 2009
10. Tom Clancy’s HAWX (PS3/Xbox 360) April 23, 2009
FFCC: The Crystal Bearers screenshots
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Perfect Partner Sought for World Domination…or a Nice Game of Chess
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Introversion has begun the search for the perfect publishing partner for the DS version of its classic, Wargames-inspired strategy title, DEFCON!
20th April 2009 – London, England. The UK’s favourite indie developer today announced it has regained all rights to the finished DS SKU of its critically-acclaimed DEFCON franchise.
As yet unpublished, the DS version was originally developed in conjunction with troubled distributor, Pinnacle.
A Ressha de Gyoukou DS Japanese debut trailer
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GamesTM review scores
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) – 8
Don King Boxing (Wii) – 6
Little King’s Story (Wii) – 8
Retro Game Challenge (DS) – 7
Fina Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii/DS) – 6
Shining Force Feather (DS) – 8
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS) – 6
Marbles! Balance Challenge (Wii) – 6
Thanks to Jake for the news tip.
