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Believe it or not, September is just around the corner. How do you want to spend the waning days of summer? You could plunge yourself into an intergalactic battle with Space Trek or A Monsteca Corral: Monsters vs. Robots for the WiiWare™ service. You’ve also got some interesting hand-held options to consider via the Nintendo DSiWare™ service: rule two screens at once in Divergent Shift, enjoy classic tile-matching in 3D Mahjong, take note of the world around you with myNotebook: Carbon™ or try karaoke with a soccer-loving twist in Just SING! National Anthems. Choose any or all of the above and savor the downloadable fun before another summer slips away.


01. / 00. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) – 108.356 / NEW
02. / 03. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 82.698 / 611.718 (+0%)
03. / 01. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) – 57.021 / 299.719 (-77%)
04. / 02. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega) – 35.865 / 277.332 (-85%)
05. / 00. [PSP] StormLover (D3 Publisher) – 20.087 / NEW
06. / 13. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) – 16.695 / 748.897 (-7%)
07. / 10. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem – Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo) – 15.845 / 213.011 (-26%)
08. / 05. [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) – 15.387 / 65.209 (-69%)
09. / 00. [NDS] Battle Spirits: Digital Starter (Bandai Namco) – 15.338 / NEW
10. / 00. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco) – 15.091 / NEW


ESRB updates

Posted on 15 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

Kung Zhu (DS) – E10+
MiniGolf Resort (Wii/DS) – E
TouchMaster: Connect (DS) – E
Alpha and Omega (DS) – E
Crime Labs: Body of Evidence (DS) – T
Field & Stream: Total Outdoorsman Challenge (Wii) – T
Fireplacing (Wii) – E
Petz Horsez Family (DS) – E
Shutter Island (DS) – T
Triple Jumping Sports (Wii) – E
Triple Running Sports (Wii) – E
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Duel Transer (Wii) – E
Challenge Me: Word Puzzles (Wii/DS) – E10+
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy (Wii) – M
Datamine (DSi) – E
Family Games – Pen & Paper Edition (Wii) – E
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (DS) – E
Spot the difference (DSi) – E
Around the World In 50 Games (Wii) – E10+
Jewel Master: Cradle of Athena (DS) – E10+
Sonic Colors (Wii/DS) – E
The Penguins of Madagascar (DS) – E
Zhu Zhu Pets 2: Featuring the Wild Bunch (DS) – E
Disney Channel All Star Party (Wii) – E
DodoGo! Challenge (DSi) – E
Duke Nukem Critial Mass (DS) – T
GoldenEye 007 (DS) – T
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Wii) – E
Snail Mail (Wii) – E10+
All-Star Air Hockey (DSi) – E
Future Fight (Wii) – E
Hollywood Squares (Wii) – E10+
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Wii) – E
Sniper Elite (Wii) – M
Super Scribblenauts (DS) – E10+


**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** THE BLACK KEYS AND NEON TREES MAKE THEIR DEBUTS ON ROCK BAND!
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that American rock bands The Black Keys and Neon Trees will both make their debuts next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content.
Cambridge, Mass. – Aug. 13, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that American rock bands The Black Keys and Neon Trees will both make their debuts next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and WiiTM.

“We’re excited to be part of the Rock Band world because the game really introduces artists to young kids,” said Tyler Glenn, lead vocalist and keyboardist for Neon Trees. “Any video game introducing kids to The Replacements and old REM is something I can get behind.”


DSi LL – 111,650
PSP – 104,639
Wii – 89,899
PS3 – 77,315
DSi – 70,147
Xbox 360 – 24,983
DS Lite – 20,285
PS2 – 6,134
PSP go – 4,456


– E3 demo area will be divided in the final game
– Demo bosses will be in different locations
– Demo area was from the realm below the clouds
– The demo area was a field, not a dungeon
– Might be more than 8 items
– Some dungeons might have areas where you need to run from enemies
– Might not have your sword in some places
– Gorons/Zoras mentioned, but not confirmed
– MotionPlus could lead to new puzzle types
– Treasure-seeking ability for the sword
– Don’t want Link or other characters to speak because the devs don’t want to ruin people’s images of them

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First, Natsume’s Vice President of Operations Graham Markay was asked if Harvest Moon 64 will be released on the Virtual Console…

“It (Harvest Moon 64) will not [be released on the Virtual Console]. It will not. And it’s not from lack of trying. Unfortunately, the code of the game is not… it’s not an easy transfer. It would be really time-consuming and long, and we’ve looked into it, and we’ve tried to see if there’s any way around certain things, but the conversion to virtual console, it’s just… I shouldn’t say it’s never going to come out, but there’s just a really, really, very small chance that it would ever come out. Which is unfortunate because we know that for a lot of dedicated, die-hard fans, that’s their favorite.”

Markay also shared his thoughts on the 3DS…

“It looks exciting. I mean, from everybody’s aspect whether it’s television manufacturers, Sony, Nintendo, it seems like 3D is the next thing. Speaking for myself and the company, yeah, it’s exciting. Speaking for myself personally, I wear glasses. So putting glasses on top of glasses is always a bit… when I take my kids to see a 3D movie, they enjoy it a little bit more than me because I always tend to not see it as well as they do because of the glasses. But it’s exciting; we are a supporter of the 3DS.”

I really had no idea that it could be so technology difficult to bring titles like Harvest Moon 64 to the Virtual Console. I wonder if similar issues are holding up other releases that could land on the service.

Thanks to Robert for the tip!

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The Latest Entry in Activision’s Tony Hawk Franchise Features BIG Air, BIGGER Tricks, All-New Snowboarding, And Gets Kids off the Couch

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) confirmed today the latest installment in its esteemed Tony Hawk(R) video game franchise: Tony Hawk(R): SHRED. An all-new Tony Hawk experience created for a younger audience, SHRED allows players to GO BIG and feel the exhilaration of supersized skate and snowboarding using the game’s innovative, motion-sensing board controller right at their feet. Featuring an arcade style look and feel, where the bigger the feat the better the fun, SHRED is packed to the brim with larger-than-life moments and a veritable assortment of jaw-dropping tricks – enticing kids to get off the couch and into the action. Players will be on the deck mastering over-the-top tricks, massive drops, awesome grabs and super long grinds in no time.

Whether riding on cement or snow, Tony Hawk: SHRED has it covered. In addition to skateboarding, aspiring snowboarders can jump on SHRED’s amazing board controller and go crazy in a completely new way – feeling the ultimate rush of shredding down the steep mountain peaks of Whistler, the French Alps and Beijing, China as they launch off huge kickers and pull off crazy spins, flips and grabs.



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