Steel Penny Games to Launch First Game “Bruiser & Scratch” for WiiWare in December 2008
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Austin, Texas – November 17, 2008 – Steel Penny Games, a videogame development company specializing in mass market and kid friendly games with an unwavering commitment to fun, announced today that it will be launching their first game, Bruiser and Scratch, exclusively for WiiWare in December 2008. Bruiser and Scratch is a unique take on a matching puzzle game where the player controls one of the heroes in each level and progressively unravels the puzzle by pushing life-sized pieces around. As the player matches pieces, they combine and transform into other shapes until at the end, they are combined into a single winning piece.
“Bruiser and Scratch is an exciting puzzle game for the whole family. As puzzle games go, this one is pretty challenging, rewarding and humorous,” said Jason Hughes, president and founder of Steel Penny Games. “It was our goal to develop a game full of character and fun that the entire family looks forward to enjoying together, a little bit at a time. Naturally, Wii is the ideal platform for this,” says Hughes.
New Wii update released, Nintendo looking to eliminate homebrew
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Nintendo has officially released a new system update for the Wii, version 3.4. With this update, Nintendo is once again looking to disable homebrew projects and has added in a few new “features.”
Nintendo’s description of the update is as follows:
# An enhancement was made to the Wii console’s Parental Controls.
# A compatible USB keyboard can be used with the Mii Channel.
# The Wii User Agreement, which includes the Wii Privacy Policy, has been updated. Because the updated agreement applies to you and your use of the Wii Network Service, you should view the updated version by clicking on the Wii icon located on the lower-left portion of the Wii Channel menu, selecting Wii Settings, accessing the Internet setting, and selecting User Agreements.
Nintendo obviously mentions nothing about homebrew applications directly, but there have been reports that the company is doing its best to eliminate such additions to the Wii system.
Mushroom Men launch trailer, art doc
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Factor 5 says news about Wii projects coming soon
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“We are working on several projects, both multi-platform as well as single-platform titles for the Wii which you will hear a lot more about very soon.” – Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht
So, we’re finally going to hear about Kid Icarus…Right?!
Updates to the Nintendo Channel
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Videos
Wii Music Tips 1: The Basics
My Animal Crossing Story 1
Personal Trainer: Cooking – Dad Cooks Lasagna
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party Video 5
Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 Video
Target Toss Pro: Bags Info Video
Wii Music: This Week’s Music Videos 2
Helix Review Video
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 11/23)
Personal Trainer: Cooking – Lasagna Demo
Walt Disney Pictures Bolt Demo
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King Demo
Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors
TouchMaster 2
Wii Shop Channel downloads – block sizes
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VC
Forgotten Worlds – 23
Space Invaders: The Original Game – 19
WiiWare
Strong Bad Episode 4 – 321
Target Toss Pro: Bags – 303
Wii-kly Update: Two WiiWare Games and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel
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Wii-kly Update
Two WiiWare Games and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel
The ever-growing library of games on the Wii™ Shop Channel truly offers something for every gaming occasion, as seen in this week’s new additions. Want to settle in for a few single-player laughs? Check out the latest hilarious Strong Bad adventure. Socializing with friends? Target Toss Pro: Bags lets you play with as many as 15 of your pals. Gathering with family? Even your grandparents can enjoy the arcade classic SPACE INVADERS®. And the side-scrolling action of FORGOTTEN WORLDS™ provides a wickedly fun diversion for solo gamers and fantasy-loving groups alike.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a broadband 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:
Activision explains why Wii will miss out on some DLC
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Due to technical or licensing restrictions, the DLC offerings will not be the same for every console platform. For example, certain artists prefer to keep the integrity of the track pack rather than releasing singles and the Wii’s infrastructure only allows us the ability to release single songs as DLC. We are very excited to be the first third-party publisher to bring a library of playable DLC songs to the Nintendo Wii platform. Vicarious Visions has pioneered with Nintendo a seamless way to download, store and access songs via SD Card. The development team is committed to offering Wii fans worldwide as much variety of DLC as possible on a regular basis. – Activision statement
