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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 2 Comments

– Each bot has a weight, grip, boost power, longevity stat
– Turtle: Heavy, has serious boost
– Frog: All-around bot
– Bat: Light, good boost power/longevity, lacks grip
– Choose from the frog, beetle, ladybug, bat, turtle, grasshopper at beginning of the game
– All vehicles are different
– Each vehicle has four stock colors/seven unlockable ones, one special design
– Can buy the mouse, mantis, hummingbird for a price
– Hummingbird cost 2500 stars
– Very fast
– Rubber band bar hovers in mid-air, can trampoline off it + do front flips (for more stars)
– Question mark boxes lead to morphing the terrain, opening up shortcuts, micro-challenges
– Bottle rocket boosts you into the air, hovering + flying with a short boost
– Can create earthquakes with hammer
– New power-up allows your bot to run – it’s a wrench item – bot can sprint, burst into flames, tear through the track
– Hit ramps to go into the air, go into a glide mode – controls similar to wing cap Mario
– If you collect butterflies in the air then land on huge sunflower, then can gain more points
– Poker Race mode available
– Similar in visual/audio design to Excite Truck
– Can’t play own songs from SD card
– Tracks include Egypt, Scotland, Mexico, China, Kilimanjaro, and Finland

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Is this really where Nintendo is heading? If so, the Wii may be in for a new type of casual experience. A Nintendo patent was discovered today and seems to center around one thing: education with Mario and friends with the Wii. The patent harps on titles for a younger audience – toddlers, pre-kindergartners, and those with disabilities. Software would be designed around focusing on number recognition, color identification, reading/writing, and sound recognition. Concepts for games include animal matching, number matching, letter matching, mazes, memory challenges, and more.

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NPD numbers show that the lifetime sales of Wii Fit have surpassed Halo 3’s. More specifically, 6 million units of Nintendo’s balance board game have been sold in the U.S. while lifetime numbers for Halo 3 stand at 5.9 million units. This information accounts for all sales figures until the end of February. NPD sales data, which was released last night, illustrate Wii Fit’s ability to stay in the top 10 software sales chart. The title captured the fourth spot in February. Wii Fit, however, is behind its “brother,” Wii Play, in total sales numbers.

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1. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii
2. Street Fighter IV (Capcom, Xbox 360)
3. Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PlayStation 3)
4. Wii Play w/Remote (Nintendo, Wii)
5. Killzone 2 (Sony, PlayStation 3)
6. Mario Kart w/Wheel (Nintendo, Wii)
7. Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard, Xbox 360)
8. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, DS)
9. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo, DS)
10. Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision Blizzard, Wii)
11. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Warner Interactive, Xbox 360)
12. Skate 2 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
13. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
14. NBA 2K9 (Take-Two, Xbox 360)
15. Halo 3 (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
16. Call of Duty: World At War (Activision, PS3)
17. Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga (LucasArts, Wii)
18. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision, Xbox 360)
19. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft, Wii)
20. Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks, Xbox 360)

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Wii

North America:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
3. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Guitar Hero World Tour Full Band Kit (Activision)

Japan:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu NEXT (Konami)
3. Wii de Asobu: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco)

UK:
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. MadWorld (Sega)

DS

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

Japan:
1. Super Robot Taisen K — Special Edition (Bandai)
2. Rittai Picross (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (Nintendo)
4. Super Robot Taisen K (Bandai)
5. Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus — Premium Pack (ASCII Media Works)

UK:
1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar)
3. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
4. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
5. Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

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NGamer has the first review on Little King’s Story and the score isn’t too shabby…

Little King’s Story (Wii) – 92%
MadWorld (Wii) – 84%
New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Wii) – 80%
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii) – 56%
Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre (Wii) – 75%
Job Island (Wii) – 65%
Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy (Wii) – 75%
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut (Wii) – 68%
Don King Boxing (Wii) – 55%
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Wii) – 90%
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution (Wii) – 62%
LIT (WiiWare) – 3/5
Onslaught (WiiWare) – 2/5
Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (DS) – 85%
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS) – 78%
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) – 94%
Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure (DS) – 86%
Lux-Pain (DS) – 81%
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (DS) – 80%
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (DS) – 79%

Thanks to joclo for the news tip!

Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 2 Comments

Though quite a number of people were disappointed with the announcement that Dead Space: Extraction would be an on-rails shooter, it’s clear that the development team is trying to bring a unique product that to the Wii. Based on that alone, fans should definitely be excited about this game. There’s also some great news for those who have high expectations: The Extraction team’s goal is to “push the boundaries” of mature games on Wii.

“Bringing Dead Space: Extraction to the Wii means delivering on a mature and hard-edged title for Wii gamers. At this moment there are some very cool games already on the Wii that are in that mature space but our goal is to push the boundaries of what a mature game on the Wii means.” – Steve Papoutsis, producer of Dead Space: Extraction

Recently, Mr. Papoutsis additionally spoke about the decision to not implement Wii MotionPlus and discussed how the game will take advantage of the Wii’s control set up.

“Given our gameplay we are not currently planning on using the MotionPlus add-on. I think that the technology has a great deal of potential but with our aiming mechanic the existing precision achievable with the Wii Remote works great as it is.”

“We are using a frenetic first person perspective, so all shooting and dismemberment is handled by aiming the Wii Remote and firing at the Necromorphs in the game. In addition to shooting, our Telekinesis and Stasis mechanics are also handled in a similar way. We have gone to great lengths to make sure the controls feels natural for the Wii and are trying to avoid any unnecessary gestures that do not make sense in the Dead Space universe.”

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NPD has released official numbers for SEGA’s House of the Dead: Overkill. According to the organization, the game managed to sell 45,000 units in the month of February. The game launched on February 10, so the 45K number accounts for a little less than three weeks of sales. NPD analyst Anita Frazier also says that Overkill was somewhere around the 50th spot in the top-100 SKUs in February.

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Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii | 0 comments

Now…I’m having a bit of a tough time believing this speculation. Nonetheless, the rumor is that The Conduit will release on April 24 in Europe. There doesn’t seem to be any real base to this, especially when this would mean that the game would be out in about a month. If anything, I would think that The Conduit would release in North America first, and then Europe. SEGA has not confirmed or denied anything at this point, but again, I don’t think this is too likely.

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