Tekken 6 director Katsuhiro Harada was recently asked if Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection or Tekken 6 could be ported to Wii. Harada said that if there is enough demand from fans, the series could see action on Nintendo’s system.

“That would be very interesting [Tekken 5/6 on Wii]. Like the Xbox 360 owners, if Wii owners are passionate and make it known they really want the series on their system, we would love to be able to answer that request. Hearing about the huge number of Xbox 360 owners who are Tekken fans, especially in North America, definitely played a huge part in influencing us to bring the game to that system. As for the Wii, the standard controller lacks the right number of buttons and the placement is awkward, so… I suppose the classic controller could handle it!”

Independent Wii development “not really justified yet” says id CEO

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id Software has been involved with games such as Doom and Quake. But what does the company think of the Wii? According to Todd Hollenshead, id’s CEO, independent development in the Wii “is not really justified yet.”

“…So the game-centric game-based properties are successful on 360 and PS3, and PC, especially if you have a combined launch. They’re not as successful on the Wii. In fact, if you’re already doing those others, then maybe you add the Wii as your fourth platform. But if you look at the numbers, independent Wii-centric development is not really justified yet. Now, maybe it’s just that we don’t know how to exploit it, and Nintendo does because they made the Wii, and they’re really that good. And I’m not trying to take away from those guys at Nintendo. Their games are awesome–I’m a fan, too. But as a company that doesn’t make Nintendo-type games, the Wii is less of a compelling platform for us to really sink a lot of resources into.” – Todd Hollenshead, id’s CEO

Muramasa: The Demon Blade screenshots

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FFCC: The Crystal Bearers – In the Nick of Time

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers scan

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Capcom reveals list of expected games at CAPTIVATE 09

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Last year, Capcom held CAPTIVATE 08 to showcase upcoming games. The company has confirmed that the event will take place again this year and has revealed which games will be present when it takes place on April 29. In addition to the games mentioned below, Capcom says that Monster Hunter Free Unite, Resident Evil for Wii, and Bionic Commando will be at the event. New game announcements will be made as well.

Dead Rising 2: Inafune-san himself will be living it up in Monte Carlo. There’s a new, amazing trailer that will blow your socks off (more motorcycle action!) and we’ll be seeing gameplay for the first time.
Lost Planet 2: Takeuchi-san gets no rest, as he’s now full-time on LP2. If you’ve seen the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine, you’ll have read Fran’s breathless first-hand account of her co-op play session in Japan. This game is really impressing me, both from a technical perspective (the MT Framework 2.0 looks even better than RE5) and from a pure gameplay stance. Four man co-op to take down Akrids the size of battleships? Yes, please.
Dark Void: Morgano has a new playable demo filled with jetpack-y goodness and weak-crotched robots that is going to really rev you up. With SFIV and RE5 out the door and LP2 and DR2 so far away, I think it’s time for everyone to start paying more attention to this hot game.
Spyborgs: announced last year (too early), Spyborgs will be removing its cloaking field to show the direction that Capcom and the ex-Insomniac crew at Bionic Games have taken this title. All new art direction and gameplay mechanics have replaced some of the more “younger” feel of the game, and they’ve really fine-tuned the Wii controls for this new action directive.
Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles: Kawata-san also earned no vacation; after finishing the immensity of Resident Evil 5, he immediately had to jump back into the zombie-infested world of RE. We got a very early sneak preview of REDSC right before the launch of RE5, but Kawata-san has promised that he’s going to go more in depth with the new cover mechanic being introduced in this game, as well as showing off how the Wii remote is being used.

Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)

Japan:
1. Oboro Muramasa (Marvelous)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii de Asobu: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
4. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Ubisoft)
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
2. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar)

Japan:
1. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (Namco)
2. Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (Nintendo)
3. Rittai Picross (Nintendo)
4. Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)
5. Gakken Hangul Sanmai DS (Gakken)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar)
3. Brain Training (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

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Excitebots: Trick Racing trailer

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Decided to bump this to the front page since the trailer was unavailable for most of the day.