Activision’s coverage of the Call of Duty series on Wii seems to be getting worse as the years go by. Last year, although there was minimal coverage for Modern Warfare – Reflex Edition, we were able to see a few screenshots before the game was available.

This time around, with Black Ops, we’ve seen absolutely no media pertaining to the Wii version. The game is set to be released next week, and unfortunately, we haven’t seen any images from the title on Nintendo’s console unlike last year. On the bright side though, someone appears to have taken a photo of the boxart, which shows three screenshots of the Wii version. Of course, it isn’t much, and you can’t judge the game’s visuals by a low-quality picture, but I suppose it’s better than nothing right now!

Thanks to KAPPA64 and Sme for the tip!

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Ark of Sinners announced for WiiWare

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Wii | 1 Comment

– Anima Games Studio working on the game
– Wen Yu-Li doing the art
– Described as an action-platformer
– Takes place in Gaia
– Controls are similar to what you’d play on the NES
– Attack with “1”
– Jump with “2”
– Can execute ground/air combos
– Devs went with Wii since they feel it’s a great launching pad to start a game out with
– Q1 2011 release
– Will be 1,000 points or so

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GoldenEye 007 outselling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, says Activision

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 12 Comments

This information comes from Activision CEO Eric Hirshber…

“[GoldenEye 007 has only been out] a few days, but it’s already out selling last year’s Modern Warfare as Wii SKU for the comparable period.”

From everything we’ve heard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Reflex Edition actually sold quite well. So I’m sure Activision is pleased with the sales for GoldenEye 007 so far. Have any of you guys picked the game up yet?

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More news from Iwata, others about 3DS and much more

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 3 Comments

Iwata on 3DS hardware and software shipment figures/Miyamoto’s hobbies/Miyamoto’s DSiWare app…

“First, about the Nintendo 3DS software, you asked what the basis for our unit shipment forecast is. Please note that this forecast is Nintendo’s shipment number, so not all the 4 million hardware units and the 15 million software units are expected to reach consumers’ hands. Now that we are launching a new hardware device, for which people’s anticipation is fortunately high, and in terms of the current circumstance where a number of software developers with strong will to make the software for it are wanting to launch their software on or close to the launch date of Nintendo 3DS, we think that the company will be able to make that size of software shipment from Nintendo. In addition, since the retailers also have high expectations for this new hardware, we are expecting them to offer sufficient shelf space to showcase and sell a certain good amount of the software from the beginning. These are the reasons as to how we have come up with that software shipment figure.

I understand that your question was based upon a concern that the 3.75 tie ratio (software sales per hardware unit) will be too much for a period of just about one month from the hardware’s launch, but please understand that there is certainly a small time gap between when Nintendo ships Nintendo 3DS software to the retailers or to the third-party publishers and when this software is actually sold at the retailers, and, by taking into consideration the high expectations for this product before the launch, we have concluded that we would be able to make that shipment figure (sell-in). I hope you will understand this point.

Rune Factory: Oceans screenshots

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Ubisoft Announces Three New Tracks for Michael Jackson The Experience

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• Dirty Diana
• Speed Demon
• Streetwalker
Fans and consumers can pre-order Michael Jackson The Experience by visiting
either retail locations or online retailers nationwide and to get the latest updates on the game, fans can join the official Michael Jackson The Experience Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MichaelJacksonTheExperience.
The Michael Jackson The Experience track list announced to date now includes: