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Madden NFL 09

– Controls tweaked, less gestures
– Call Your Shots feature – draw path for player to follow
– Vibrant, arcade graphics
– With All-Play turned on: “Controls are simpler, the playbook is slimmed down, and potential annoyances such as the playclock are turned off.” Also, when running the ball, there is a better chance of avoiding the first tackle
– 5-on-5: “Backyard styled graphics and gameplay” – big heads, backyard rules
– Updateable rosters probable, live scores from NFL games, leaderboards, more online functions
– John Madden + Al Michaels doing the commentary
– Miis will show up: “Refer-Mii”

FIFA 09

– All-Play assists new players (like the other EA titles)
– Classic, GameCube, Wii controller (with pointer/regular method), Wiimote + Nunchuck controller options
– Footii Party: Minigames + New Footii Match
– Support over 500 teams, 14,000 players with appropriate attribute + stats
– Online: Interactive Leagues, see the control set up of opponents before matches

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Reader’s Most Wanted

1) Earthbound
2) Mother
3) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
4) Chrono Trigger
5) Tie: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask/Super Smash Bros.

NP Staff’s Most Wanted

1) Mega Man: The Willy Wars
2) Terranigma
3) Super Mario All-Stars
4) Super Punch-Out!!
5) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

So, Nintendo – When will you finally give in to the demands of gamers and release Earthbound on the VC?

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Boom Blox (Wii) – A+, A, A
Wii Fit (Wii) – B+, B-, B
Hail to the Chimp (Multi) – B+, C+, C+
Dragonball Z: Burst Limit (Multi) – C+, B+, B
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Multi) – B, B, B
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (Multi) – C-, D, C
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) – B+, C+, B+
Operation Darkness (360) – C+, D, D-
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard (DS) – A, B+, B
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS) – B-, B-, B
Secret Agent Clank (PSP) – C+, B, B-
Space Invaders Extreme (DS) – A-, B+, B+
Arkanoid DS (DS) – B+, B-, B-

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– Classic visual style
– Wii controls supposed to mimic the moves of players in real life
– Dribble moves, shot fakes, blocks executed with Wiimote movements
– Gesture system more in-depth than last year, system has been tweaked
– Recognition rate, response time improved for controls
– Classic mode: Hold Wii controller sideways
– Mii characters will inform you about a double team, tell you when you’re close to a dunk, tell you when it’s best to take a jump shot
– Visual characteristics slightly exaggerated to determine who is who on court
– 2-on-2 mode: “Oversized players and absurd backboard-shattering jams”
– Minigames with Miis to be included
– Online functions streamlined
– 24 international teams

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– Goal: Prevent Wee Devils from reaching town gate
– Main defense are ninja huts that you construct
– Many varieties of huts which produce ninjas
– Wee Devils come in different forms
– Usually you must pit one of your ninjas against a Wee Devil for the best results
– Anti-Ninja: Breaks through defenses but are slow
– White Ninja: Freezes enemies
– Baker Ninja: Bakes ninja-star cookies (the currency of the game)
– Progress through the game to unlock more ninjas
– Cookies can upgrade huts or build modifier buildings(ex: dojo, temple)
– Dojo increases power of ninjas in adjacent huts
– Temple speeds up time that you can call on Master Ninja for great powers (Hickory Lunge – inflict heavy damage, Get Off My Lawn – blow into mic to send enemies flying)

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– Activities similar to Xbox 360 version, but with touch screen controls
– Ex: Draw grass with grass-seed packet, whack something with shovel
– Tickle piñatas to make them happier
– Use shovel to remove litter/rubble to make garden more open to others
– First visitor is Whirlm – If you build a house and there are two Whirlm characters, they will “romance each other”
– Hire Willy Builder to construct houses
– Tap on one Whirlm, drag to other to initiate mating – dancing cut-scene ensues, another Whirlm becomes available at Storkos, the egg-deliverer
– Whirlms bring in the Sparrowmints
– Dead piñatas turn into candy
– Grow vegetables or purchase them – growing is cheaper but longer
– Seedos comes occasionally and offers free seeds
– Can sell excess crops for chocolate points to buy new objects to attract other piñatas, improve garden
– Playground mode: Garden created for you, build anything, attract piñatas without chocolate coins
– Jeli piñata hinted to be in the game
– Can send piñatas and other things to friends (local Wi-Fi)
– No downloadable content

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– Over 65 mingames
– Rabbids are now invading T.V.
– Story mode: Play through a week of television
– New minigames presented each day
– Many of the minigames to use the Wii balance board
– Can play the minigames with up to four people simultaneously, 8 on turn-by-turn basis
– Players can aid or harm person using balance board
– One of the minigames: Ride “a live wildbeest down an Olympic ski slope.” You sit on the balance board and guide the animal, jump off slopes
– Developers focusing more on single player experience this time around
– First-person shooting games return, but it’s not FMV
– Music a big part of RRR3 – you will find out who has no rhythm. Not ready to reveal tracklist.
– Weather channel, music channel, movie channel, and “trash TV”
– Interactive commercial breaks: Call up TV ad to make up for poor performance in a minigame
– In multiplayer, winning player can control TV remote: Challenge the winner through brief TV program
– Shaking, precision, dexterity, balance, rhythm, combos, acting, stepping all elements in the game
– Rayman not too involved: Mainly makes a cameo
– Online leaderboards, send photos
– Mr. T involved?!

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– Game takes place in mid 1800s when Belmont went missing
– All people unsuccessful at combating Dracula until Ecclesia formed
– Shanoa is the main character – first time a female stars
– Shanoa can use Glyphs (have many abilities) – source of Shanoa’s power
– “No real weapons in this game” – Glyphs used for every attack with MP
– Glyphs can change form: Ex – turn into a sword
– Glyphs located in environments, found when enemies dropped them, and other ways
– New layer of strategy due to glyph MP consumption with glyphs
– MP refills quickly when not attacking
– Can create combos
– Glyph Union special attack: Huge sword travels across the screen, constant barrage of knife hits -requires hearts
– Glyphs can be used in other ways: Ex – Produce magnetic field and cling to metal rods
– Barlowe part of Order of Ecclesia – gives tips and teaches you about your abilities at the beginning
– Albus also part of the Ecclesia group – Takes Dominus at the start of the game(the best Glyph weapon against the Dracula) – Shanoa loses her memory + power)
– World map utilized
– More than 20 locales in the game, Shanoa travels to find Dominus
– Save statues, teleport rooms return
– Side quests given by rescued villagers – villager data available in menui
– Game looks more mature, somber, painted than other games on the DS
– Michiru Yamane handling sound again
– No returning characters except for Dracula
– Returning from previous versions: Leveling-up, dodging (L/R buttons), select button to switch between map and stats, hard difficulty setting, multiple endings, Wi-Fi support
– Wi-Fi: New item interface: you can have your own shop, vs. competition considers items used and damaged received to determine winner
– Other features NP can’t talk about

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Final Fantasy A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS) – 7.0
Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS) – 7.0
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii) – 7.5
GRID (DS) – 8.5
Death Jr.: Root of Evil (Wii) – 7.0
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard (DS) – 8.5
Mister Slime (DS) – 6.0
Arkanoid DS (DS) – 6.5
Cake Mania 2 (DS) – 6.5
Soul Bubbles (DS) – 6.5
Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (DS) – 6.5
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii) – 7.5
Space Invaders Extreme (DS) – 8.0