Greet Winter with Tetris, WiiWare Demos and Classic Adventure – Nintendo download for 11/22
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2010-11-22
Scarves and mittens aren’t the only ways to heat up the season, thanks to more downloadable gaming excitement for Nintendo systems. Snowpack Park for the WiiWare service offers penguin-centric thrills, while the Virtual Console debut of SPIN MASTER brings classic NEOGEO adventure to the Wii system. New arrivals on the Nintendo DSiWare service include Tetris® Party Live, which lets you and your friends enjoy multiplayer puzzle action on the go.
This week also marks the introduction of new demo versions of red-hot games for the WiiWare service, including the award-winning And Yet It Moves, the retro-styled BIT.TRIP FATE, the fast-paced Jett Rocket and the pressure-packed ThruSpace. These demo versions will be available to download for zero Wii Points. Stay tuned to learn about additional demos in the coming weeks.
Game Informer’s other category winners
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Last week, we shared Game Informer’s “Top 30 Characters Who Defined A Decade” list. Those weren’t the only choices made in the magazine’s latest issue, though. Game Informer selected other characters that fit into certain categories, such as “Style Over Substance.” You can check out the full list of winners for the rest of the categories below.
Missing The Mark
Dante
Michael Thorton
The Rookie
Tingle
Shadow the Hedgehog
Style Over Substance
Bayonetta
Amaterasu
Travis Touchdown
Isaac
Faith
Good For A Laugh
Fawful
Claptrap
Brucie
Isaac Washington
Sheogorath
Places To Remember
Rapture
Renaissance Italy
Liberty City
Capital Wasteland
Arkham Asylum
Best Storytellers of the Decade
Ken Levine, Irrational Games (BioShock)
Dan Houser, Rockstar Games (Red Dead Redemption)
Patrice Desilets, Corey May, Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed)
Drew Karpyshyn, BioWare (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Mass Effect)
Amy Hennig, Naughty Dog (Uncharted)
Media Create software sales (11/8 – 11/14) – Top 50
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01. / 00. [PSP] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Square Enix) – 176.153 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) – 47.610 / NEW
03. / 02. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 43.621 / 527.710 (-23%)
04. / 03. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 42.279 / 4.410.996 (-25%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) – 40.208 / NEW
06. / 01. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) – 31.372 / 356.356 (-49%)
07. / 04. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 30.353 / 301.420 (-46%)
08. / 09. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 17.471 / 1.191.223 (-2%)
09. / 00. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) – 14.438 / NEW
10. / 08. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 13.896 / 187.778 (-33%)
11. / 00. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Bandai Namco) – 10.517 / NEW
12. / 06. [NDS] Radiant Historia (Atlus Co.) – 10.018 / 42.825 (-69%)
13. / 00. [PSP] God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCE) – 9.406 / NEW
14. / 05. [PS3] Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks) – 7.133 / 44.382 (-81%)
15. / 00. [PSP] Renai Banchou: Inochi Meishi, Koiseyo Otome! Love is Power!!! (Idea Factory) – 6.397 / NEW
16. / 00. [360] Forza Motorsport 3: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) – 5.684 / NEW
17. / 13. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 5.391 / 162.864 (-15%)
18. / 17. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 5.244 / 2.111.749 (+4%)
19. / 11. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 5.050 / 96.382 (-41%)
20. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom) – 5.035 / NEW
Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time screenshots
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Ubisoft announces Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time has zapped into a store near you
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What: Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time™
Platform: Wii™ system from Nintendo
Where: Available at retailers everywhere
When: November 21, 2010
Price: $39.99
Details: The Rabbids are about to change the course of human history and you’re invited to the party!
Rabbids are bwaaack and this time they have an infallible plan to travel back in time and invade history!
When they stumble into a history museum and discover time travel through their Time Washing Machine, you can bet that human history is about to become a major mess. Plunge into the past and revisit the greatest moments of history like the discovery of fire, the broken nose of the Sphinx or the first step on the moon. Uncover how Rabbids wreaked havoc in our past and decide if the course of history needs to be changed.
Rock Band Music Store update next week
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Cambridge, Mass. – Nov. 19, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that John Lennon’s masterful album, Imagine, including a track with Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, will be available Nov. 23 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
“The songs on John Lennon’s Imagine run the gamut from beautiful piano-driven ballads like ‘Jealous Guy’ to all-out guitar rockers like ‘Gimme Some Truth’,” said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Networks. “It’s an incredible musical statement, and a real workout on keyboard, guitar and vocals in Rock Band 3. We’re very excited to be able to bring this masterpiece to Rock Band fans.”
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
John Lennon released his second solo album, Imagine, in 1971. The album went to No. 1 worldwide, and the title track, “Imagine,” which is on the Rock Band 3 on-disc soundtrack, reached No. 3 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the UK. This warm album, showcasing Lennon’s superior piano playing, is No. 76 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and features musical contributions from King Curtis, George Harrison and Phil Spector, among many others. Next week, the album will be available for download and play in Rock Band 3.
As always, songs available for downloadable content for Rock Band 3 feature five-button guitar and bass parts, drums, Pro Drums and keys, Pro Keys and harmonies, where applicable. Some songs also feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrades available for an additional $0.99 upgrade download.Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (Nov. 23):
Media Create hardware totals for October
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PSP – 179,363
DSi LL – 115,063
PS3 – 110,895
DSi – 105,639
Wii – 63,009
DS Lite – 24,197
Xbox 360 – 12,688
PSP go – 7,490
PS2 – 6,957
Donkey Kong Country Returns videos
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GamesTM review scores
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Call of Duty: Black Ops – 9
Rock Band 3 – 9
Fable 3 – 7
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 – 5
Final Fantasy XIV – 4
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – 9
Kinect Sports – 6
Kinect Adventures – 5
Sonic Colours – 8
God of War: Ghost of Sparta – 8
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – 9
Donkey Kong Country Returns – 8
The Ball – 7
Super Scribblenauts – 7
James Bond 007: Blood Stone – 5
Shaun White Skateboarding – 6
Time Crisis: Razing Storm – 4
TV Superstars – 2
The Fight – 3
The Shoot – 7
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom – 7
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 – 7
NBA Jam – 8
Super Meat Boy – 9
Costume Quest – 5
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City – 9
A Shadows Tale – 7
GoldenEye 007 – 7