Hudson Entertainment’s Snowboard Riot now available for download on Wii
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Snowboard Riot Combines Snowboarding and Combat into One Exciting WiiWare Experience
SAN MATEO, CA – February 2, 2009 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that Snowboard Riot™, a snowboarding experience unlike any other snowboarding game players have ever encountered, is now available for WiiWare™.Snowboarding will reach new heights when players take to the slopes with action-packed racing utilizing weapons such as homing bullets and invisibility!
Gamers have several control options to carve their way to a dominating victory, via the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ or the Wii Balance Board™. Just like a real snowboard, players can lean left and right on the Wii Balance Board, providing a realistic snowboard experience. Boarders can also choose from four characters to bomb the slopes with, and can customize their look with Oakley apparel and goggles to improve their performance.
Roogoo Attack, Roogoo Twisted Towers at New York Comic Con
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SOUTHPEAK UNVEILS X-BLADES, VELVET ASSASSIN, AND ROOGOO TITLES AT NEW YORK COMIC CON
Exclusive Demos, Trailers, Tournaments and More Planned
MIDLOTHIAN, VA – February 2, 2009 – SouthPeak Games today announced its plans for the New York Comic Con show on February 6-8, 2009. Located at Booth 1349, SouthPeak will display some of their upcoming 2009 titles with both hands-on demos and producer-led demonstrations, along with special trailers featuring never before seen game footage.
Several members from the anime-inspired X-Blades development team will be present, along with Melinda Cohen, the model and in-game voice talent for Violette Summer in Velvet Assassin. Ninjatown creator Shawn Smith will have a signing session on Saturday from 2-3pm. In addition to an early look at the sci-fi FPS Section 8, Comic Con will also mark the first time that the new Roogoo titles – Roogoo Twisted Towers for Wii™ and Roogoo Attack! for Nintendo DS™ – will be on public display. SouthPeak is also coordinating an X-Blades tournament at the show where players will compete to win a rare figurine of Ayumi, the heroine from the game.
Wii-kly Update: Two WiiWare Games and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
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Wii-kly Update
Two WiiWare Games and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
If you’ve got a taste for the eclectic, check out this lively lineup of additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel. One new WiiWare™ title combines brisk winter sports with pulverizing power-ups, while another blends intuitive puzzle dynamics with various multiplayer options. Meanwhile, a classic Virtual Console™ game invites you to assume the role of a certain adventurous hedgehog. With diverse releases like these, players of all stripes are sure to find something they’ll love.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Global top 5 of 2008 (U.S./Japan/U.K, NPD/GfK/Enterbrain)
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2008* Top 5 Video Game Titles
Top Global Markets Report
Ranked By Units**
2008 Titles Publisher Total US Retail Japan Retail UK Retail
Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 8.94mil 5 mil 2mil 1.94mil
Wii Fit Nintendo 8.31mil 4.55mil 2.15mil 1.61mil
Grand Theft Auto IV Take 2 Interactive 7.29mil 5.18mil 256K 1.85mil
Super Smash Bros: Brawl Nintendo 6.32mil 4.17mil 1.75mil 404K
Call Of Duty: World At War Activision Blizzard 5.89mil 4.46mil 0 1.43mil
Wii storage solution coming in March?
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Back in October, Nintendo announced that a long-awaited storage solution was in the works for Wii. The company also promised that the fix would arrive in Spring. According to IGN, a more specific date has been determined. Matt Casamassina stated in the latest Nintendo Voice Chat that the update will be up for download towards the end of March and that gamers will be able to save games to their SD cards.
I believe Spring begins sometime around March 20, so chances are – if this information is correct – the update will be available sometime in between March 20 and March 31.
Other significant news from the podcast:
– Retro Studios’ next game will be “epic” and “cool”
– Crystal Defenders will release in the US
– Confirmed that Retro Studios is involved with Wiimakes of Metroid Prime 1 and 2
– More dark games will be announced in the near future
– Look out for major IPs from some publishers
– Have not heard back from Factor 5
– Confirmed that the devs from Excite Truck are working on another game
– Team making game composed of TOS’ game designer, cg director, scenario writer, main battle programmer and other people from TOS.
– The game will have Tales-like optional Skits, opened by pressing 2 button
– Weapons used in battle get level ups
– Their abilities pop off in form of geometric pieces-think tetris. Trade pieces among party or put em tetris style into frames of future weapons.
– Magical abilities are based on each character’s ‘cage’ ,they can be leveled in special shops and fit with gems allowing casting of various elemental spells.
– Game has a brisk pacing-30 house long.
– Sidequests-guild, casino. Casino has minigames that’ll use ir/motion sensing capabilities of the Wii.
-Characters- NP only did the first four characters that were revealed a long time ago.
L’arc Bright Lagoon- mc, merc supports sick mom, and lecherous uncle.
Ryfia-mystery girl
Alphonse ‘Arth’ Zena Meridia- meridia prince, older bro is the king, L’arc’s friend
Adelle Nevanlina- childhood friend/neighbor of L’arc, magic teacher
Best Buy
AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (Wii) – $9.99
Build-A-Bear Workshop: A Friend For All Seasons (Wii) – $19.99
Rubik’s WOrld (Wii) – $19.99
Ultimate Band (Wii) – $39.99
Nerf: N-Strike (Wii) – $39.99
Imagine: Fashion Designer: New York (DS) – $19.99
Petz: Dogz Pack (DS) – $19.99
Target
Nerf-N-Strike Bundle (Wii) – $37
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – Free $5 gift card with purchase
SimAnimals (DS) – Free $5 gift card with purchase
