Team Ninja talks about the possibility of working on a Wii game
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“Maybe not Team Ninja specifically [have not created a game for Wii], but with Tecmo as a whole, we’ve been supporting the platform from the very beginning. Internally at the company, we have a lot of knowledge, and I think we’ve mastered most of the components to make a very compelling and entertaining product using the console. We will continue to work in that path. We have a lot of Wii console fans within the company, so hopefully there’s something that we can work on.” – Hitoshi Hasegawa, Team Ninja producer
Hudson Entertainment Announces The Release of Alien Crush Returns for Wii
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It’s Back and It’s Better Than Ever, Now with Online Multiplayer!
HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
THE RELEASE OF ALIEN CRUSH RETURNS FOR WiiIt’s Back and It’s Better Than Ever, Now with Online Multiplayer!
REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 3, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that it has officially launched Alien Crush Returns, available for digital download on WiiWare™ for Wii™. Alien Crush Returns is a sci-fi pinball game based on the classic TurboGrafx-16 series from Hudson Entertainment.
The timeless brand is reborn on WiiWare with an entirely new sci-fi take on pinball including bonus stages and power-ups. Players never know what kind of bizarre creatures will appear in the next board. In extraordinary pinball fashion, the game offers gameplay spanning two screens, providing players a lot of real estate to rack up points, multipliers and bonuses. The game is played across multiple boards, all of which feature an eerie sci-fi landscape with enemies that try to prevent players from obtaining pinball perfection.
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
Sometimes you feel like a pinball, bouncing from one thing to the other. Do you spend time blasting things in outer space or just spend a quiet afternoon at home, redecorating? Fortunately this week’s Wii-kly Update doesn’t force you to make those tough choices.
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:
Cursed Mountain devs might implement MotionPlus
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Wii MotionPlus is making the rounds to developers and the latest company to take interest in the peripheral is Deep Silver. Deep Silver, who is responsible for the upcoming Cursed Mountain, has expressed interest in possibility using the add-on to enhance gameplay. The company has not made a definitive decision as to whether or not they will include MotionPlus, but the idea is certainly an option at this point.
Avatar: The Legend of Aang – Into The Inferno (Wii) – 65%
Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant (Wii) – 71%
Disaster: Day of Crisis (Wii) – 73%
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Wii) – 86%
Lost In Blue: Shipwrecked (Wii) – 46%
Manhunt 2 (Wii, censored version) – 80% (Uncensored version – 90%)
MySims Kingdom (Wii) – 84%
NBA Live 09: All-Play (Wii) – 63%
Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party (Wii) – 80%
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii) – 84%
SpongeBob SquarePants Feat. Nicktoons: Globs of Doom (Wii) – 33%
Tak and the Guardians of Gross (Wii) – 71%
Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii) – 84%
Wii Music (Wii) – 89%
Boing! Docomodake DS (DS) – 80%
Colour Cross (DS) – 70%
Disgaea DS (DS) – 83%
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome (DS) – 63%
Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) – 68%
The Last King of Africa (DS) – 50%
Line Rider 2: Unbound (DS) – 68%
Littlest Pet Shop: Winter (DS) – 62%
Nanostray 2 (DS) – 79%
Princess Debut (DS) – 75%
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) – 86%
Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle (DS) – 50%
Sim City Creator (DS) – 78%
Time Hollow (DS) – 70%
Trackmania DS (DS) – 77%
Unsolved Crimes (DS) – 74%
Zubo (DS) – 72%
Midnight Bowling (WiiWare) – 1 Star
Midnight Pool (WiiWare) – 2 Stars
Plattchen: Twist ‘n’ Paint – 2 Stars
Potpourri (WiiWare) – 2 Stars
Thanks to Joclo for the news tip!
As I promised last week, I have something original to present to you guys this week. Stay tuned for the next few weeks to see what else we have in store!
Sonic Unleashed videos – Opening CG, Apotos
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Update: It looks as though YouTube took down the videos, but the footage has been re-uploaded. Watch while you can!
Warning: Videos contain spoilers!
Weekly savings (11/2 – 11/8)
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Best Buy
Free $10 instantly with purchase of Samba de Amigo, Backyard Football 09, Madagascar 2: Escape From Africa, Line Rider Unbound 2, or NHL 2K9
Circuit City
Carnival Games Mini Golf (Wii) – $29.99
Save $5 on all Wii Fit accessories
Free character game case with purchase of any DS
Target
Buy 2 Wii games, get another one free
Toys R Us
Save $20 when you purchase two of the following DS games: Wall-E, Lego Batman: The Videogame, Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars the Force Unleashed
Save $20 when you purchase two of the following Wii games: MySims Kingdom, Crash: Mind Over Mutant, Madagascar Escape 2 Africa, de Blob
High Voltage has more projects in the works, will make announcements in the “near future”
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“That really is another area [RPGs] that can use a shot in the arm I feel. Keep your eyes peeled because in the near future we’ll be announcing some other titles that we’ve already got underway in development. We feel that there are a number of genres that are poorly represented on the Wii for core gamers. We want to do games that are high quality. You know, that’s what we are. I think it’s a shame for what is our personal favorite system to be so underrepresented when it comes to core gamers.” – Eric Nofsinger, High Voltage Software
If The Conduit is any indication, High Voltage Software’s other projects will certainly impress. I’m definitely keeping my eyes peeled as to what else the company has in store for the Wii.
