Guitar Rock Tour (DSi) – E
Penguins & Friends: Hey! That’s My Fish! (Wii) – E
The Clique: Diss and Make Up (DS) – E10+
Walt Disney Pictures The Princess and the Frog + DGamer (DS) – E
Pop Plus: Solo (DSi) – E
Rogue Trooper (Wii) – T
Smart Girl’s Playhouse II (DS) – E
Gauntlet (DS) – T
DiRT 2 (DS) – E
Incoming! (Wii) – E
Last Ninja 2 (Wii) – E10+
Wacky World of Sports (Wii) – E10+
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil (Wii) – M
Crazy Chicken Tales (Wii) – E10+

Itagaki comments on Metroid: Other M

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Nintendo made a huge announcement this past week that Team Ninja is working on Metroid: Other M. However, the company is not entirely the same as it was a few years ago. Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of both Dead or Alive and 3D Ninja Gaiden titles, left the company last year. So without a doubt, Team Ninja is missing an integral key to their success. How does Itagaki feel about Other M, though? His thoughts are below.

“Metroid is a fantastic game that I played a lot on the Disk System when I was a child. I also know Mr. Sakamoto, the producer at Nintendo, very well. He fathered Samus Aran. He’s been making games since I was a child, so he’s a veteran I really respect. I think [Yosuke] Hayashi will learn a lot working with him. I hope Team Ninja works hard in making a good game.”

Weekly savings (6/14 – 6/20)

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Best Buy

Save $20 when you buy a Wii console and either Wii Play or Mario Party 8

Target

Free $20 gift card with purchase of both Tiger Woods bundle and Grand Slam Tennis game
MySims Racing (Wii) – $29.99
Free $5 gift card with pre-order of Guitar Hero Smash Hits

Metroid Prime Trilogy boxart

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Thanks to Jake for the news tip!

Other M is a “more traditional” Metroid, developers and publishers interested in working with Nintendo

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“We wanted to place Samus back in the more traditional lineage of Metroid. We wanted to do it in a way that had a harder edge, and we wanted to go deeper into her story and more into this Metroid mythology. As we looked at our resources to do that, we could have done a fine job on our own but we saw the Team Ninja route as a way of adding a little extra special sauce if you will to make it a really compelling experience.

One of the pieces of feedback that I’ve heard is that as we made that announcement, that there were a lot of development teams and publishers who started to say to themselves, ‘Wow, Nintendo is open to these types of partnerships. Let’s think of other ideas to bring forward,” which I find exciting.” – Reggie Fils-Aime

I really was impressed with the first Metroid: Other M trailer in that the game looks to be providing well-rounded gameplay. The title will feature more of a 2D experience, but there will also be some FPS elements.

NGamer review scores – WarioWare, overlord, more

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Overlord: Dark Legend (Wii) – 75%
Grand Slam Tennis (Wii) – 89%
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Wii) – 69%
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii) – 80%
MySims Racing (Wii) – 69%
Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories (Wii) – 70%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) – 85%
Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Wii) – 64%
One Piece Unlimited: Cruise 1 (Wii) – 40%
The Munchables (Wii) – 67%
PDC World Championship Darts 2009 (DS) – 66%
Russell Grant’s Astrology (DS) – 25%
Polar Bowler (DS) – 24%
Deep Aquarium (DS) – 12%
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis (DS) – 68%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (DS) – 30%
Rhythm de Run Run (DS) – 79%
Overlord: Minions (DS) – 55%
Desktop Tower Defense (DS/import) – 53%
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier (DS/import) – 87%
Anno: Create a New World (DS/import) – 81%
WarioWare: Made in Ore (DS) – 100%