So you want to be a record breaker? (Guinness World Record games)
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On Thursday 21st August at Leipzig Games Show Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be inviting show attendees to take part in a record breaking challenge playing Guinness World Records™: The Videogame on Wii™.
Participants will battle it out on three mini games in a bid to smash the most melons, pop the most balloons or secure the fastest time to sheer five sheep!
The official Guinness World Records™ adjudicators will even be there to officiate the world record attempt and give you the opportunity to enter the official Guinness World Records™ Gamers Edition 2009 book.
The competition kicks off on Thursday 21st August at 2pm sharp running until 4pm at the WBIE stand, Hall 5 stand D21. Participants will be invited to play on a first come first served basis. The award ceremony will take place at 4.20pm.
More details on Winds of Nostolgia
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– RED, Matrix, Tecmo all taking part in the game
– RED in charge of scenario and characters
– Developed by Matrix – team also created Final Fantasy III, IV DS
– Torajiro Tsujino handling character design
SEGA’s Leipzig lineup includes unannounced game
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– Samba De Amigo
– Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
– Sonic Unleashed
– Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
– Beijing 2008
– Dinosaur King
– Space Siege
– Empire: Total War
– Alpha Protocol
– MadWorld
– Bayonetta
– Golden Axe
– Valkyria Chronicles
– Stormrise
– Unannounced game
Press release:
GC 2008 – SEGA confirms games line-up
LONDON & MUNICH (August 14, 2008) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® Germany GmbH today announced the titles which will be presented to the public and industry professionals at Games Convention 2008. Two SEGA heroes will dominate events in the consumer area (Hall 5, Booth F02), which will strongly and positively stand out from the usual trade fair booths thanks to its special design. Amigo, the clever monkey from the Samba De Amigo game series celebrates his comeback exclusively on the Wii, and at the same time, his public premiere. For the first time customers will be able to shake their Wii remotes to the beat, next to, and on the stage – 40 well-known songs and new game modes provide long-lasting enthusiasm. Samba De Amigo will also be the primary element of our professionally moderated stage show – with full audience participation.
LucasArts upset with Nintendo over Wii MotionPlus?
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The newly announced Wii MotionPlus will be yet another peripheral Wii owners will be sucked into purchasing, but no one can argue that it will make some games more interactive. LucasArts, however, doesn’t seem to be too thrilled with Nintendo’s move. When Nintendo has a secret, they guard it well – which even applies to third parties. For LucasArts, this means that they are suffering from a missed opportunity with their latest game, Star Wars: The Clone Wars for Wii. The company seems to be unhappy that they were not informed about Wii MotionPlus earlier, especially considering their game was featured in Nintendo’s press conference. Sadly, this also means that we won’t see many third-party Wii MotionPlus games for quite awhile.
Capcom may bring 360/PS3 titles to Wii
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This comes from the Capcom-Unity forums per usual..
“Capcom, I’m really pissed right now. I want to play these games, but you give us Wii owners the shaft. No RE5 Wii, possibly no Dead Rising 2, no Lost Planet, no Flock, no Age of Booty, No Street Fighter 4, no Devil May Cry, no Dark Void.”
Which prompted this response…
“We are contemplating versions of one or two of the CEI titles you’ve mentioned on the Wii (not saying which), but we’d like to see how they do on their initial target systems before doubling down on additional SKUs” – Christian Svensson, VP of Strategic Planning & Business Development at Capcom
Obviously, I can’t speak for Capcom, but I would guess that the one or two titles they’re considering could be Street Fighter IV or Resident Evil 5. I just don’t see how Capcom could neglect the Wii audience with Resident Evil 5 after Resident Evil 4 sold well on the GameCube and Wii.
Game Informer review scores
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Madden NFL 09 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8.25, 8.25
NFL Head Coach 09 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 6.75, 6.75
Supreme Commander (Xbox 360, Aspyr): 5.5, 4
Wall-E (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii, THQ): 4, 4
Too Human (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 6.75, 7
Disgaea 3 (PS3, NIS America): 8.25, 8
Guitar Hero: On Tour (NDS, Activision): 7, 6.75
Bangai-O Spirits (NDS, D3): 7.5, 7.5
Top 20 WiiWare games of the week
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1 (N) – Strong Bad Episode 1 – Homestar Ruiner
2 (2) – Frat Party Games – Pong Toss
3 (1) – My Pokémon Ranch
4 (12) – Wild West Guns
5 (3) – Dr Mario Online Rx
6 (4) – Defend your Castle
7 (5) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
8 (6) – TV Show King
9 (8) – LostWinds
10 (7) – Pirates – The Key of Dreams
11 (11) – Family Table Tennis
12 (10) – Cocoto Fishing Master
13 (11) – Gyrostarr
14 (13) – SPOGS Racing
15 (16) – V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack
16 (15) – Block Breaker Deluxe
17 (14) – Major League Eating: The Game
18 (17) – Magnetica Twist
19 (18) – Pop
20 (19) – Toki Tori
I’ll get back to the full charts next week with the VC listings since I’m finally back from vacation.
Japanese software sales (8/4 – 8/10)
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01. [PSP] Phantasy Star Universe Portable (SEGA) 148,000 / 490,000
02. [DS] Fire Emblem (Nintendo) 145,000 / NEW
03. [DS] Rythem Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) – 130,000 / 343,000
04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai) – 108,000 / NEW
05. [DS] Dragon Quest V (Square Enix) – 73,000 / 1,019,000
06. [DS] Sangokushi Taisen Ten (SEGA) – 33,000 / NEW
07. [DS] Summon Night 2 (Namco Bandai) – 30,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 27,000 / 2,470,000
09. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 23,000 / 1,656,000
10. [PS3] Soul Calibur 4 (Namco Bandai) 23,000 / 97,000
SEGA has more plans for Wii Zapper, balance board
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“We are fans of the Wii Zapper. Our ‘Ghost Squad’ game keeps selling. We have more Zapper games going. The same for the Wii Balance Board, although we have nothing announced yet.” – Simon Jeffery, SEGA of America
This might be crazy (well, I have to admit that this is a ridiculous idea), but how about a Sonic game that uses the Wii balance board. It’d be pretty hilarious to watch someone running to emulate Sonic’s insane speed. Or, how about some monkey ball action?
Big news updates
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Woah, it’s…Valay?! Yep! I’m here in my hotel and saw that there weren’t too many updates…I apologize for that. I’m hoping Jackson will be able to cover more today, but I was actually able to find Internet access and provide some of the more significant news from the past day or so. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do so again, but I’ll do my best.
Complaints against MadWorld violence
Mario still captures the hearts of the Japanese
Rumored The Dark Knight video game info
Big glitch in Strong Bad for WiiWare
Luc Bernard calls it quits
Bionic Commando won’t be hitting the VC
Brawl sales explode with Amazon price drop