Square Enix porting Dragon Quest Arcade to Wii
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– Port of the Arcade game
– Use cards to battle
– 1-4 players
– Can scan cards from the DSi and use them on Wii
Nintendo Power review scores
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Monster Hunter Tri (Wii) – 9
Red Steel 2 (Wii) – 8
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Wii) – 6.5
Beat City (DS) – 8.5
Federal Circuit Court Vindicates Nintendo in Patent Lawsuit
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REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that none of Nintendo’s video game controllers infringe on a patent asserted by Anascape, Ltd.
Nintendo had been accused by Anascape, Ltd., of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,906,700. The case was tried before a jury in the Eastern District of Texas in May 2008. The jury found that neither the motion-sensing Wii Remote™ controller, nor the Nunchuk™ controller, infringes on the patent. However, the jury found that the Classic Controller™ for the Wii™ console, and the WaveBird™ and standard controllers for Nintendo GameCube™ did infringe on the patent. Today’s decision, however, completely reversed the jury’s findings of infringement.
New Dragon Quest X news soon…Or perhaps not
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It’s been a very, very long time since we’ve heard anything official about Dragon Quest X. Really, the last news about the game was its official announcement for Wii. But it’s possible that Square Enix will pull the curtain back a bit in the next day or so.
Dragon Quest IX producer Ryutaro Ichimura is going to appear on the next episode of Tama Newton. Square Enix’s blog for the game talks about the event a little and says that the hosts of Tama Newton will be visiting their offices.
However, on the television’s teaser page, there is a promise of “extremely rare treasure information.” This makes the situation less clear, as it may be referring to a treasure map in Dragon Quest IX. Is it possible that the show simply made an error and meant to write Dragon Quest IX? Or, will we finally receive some new information about Dragon Quest X?
Mario Kart Wii tournament – Moonview Highway time trial
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The Last Story nearing the end of development
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“Recently, I often end up waking up at 5:00. Is it jet lag? Or am I on edge because LS is approaching completion? Last Story’s development is at long last in the final stages. The feeling of tension is pleasant.” – Mistwalker CEO Hironobu Sakaguchi
It’d be great to see both Xenoblade and The Last Story this year. Of course, though, we don’t know what Nintendo’s plans are for North America. I’d love to see at least one of those games in 2010.
Thanks to Robert for the news tip!
Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
– Craig got to play it again
– Another two-player mode we don’t know about yet, hopefully Nintendo will show it next time
– Bee costume is back, Nintendo showcased a level with a side-scrolling perspective
– Yoshi’s new power: Light Yoshi
– Rock Suit – Steer him left and right, smash into things (ex: bowl over enemies)
– Observatory is gone, now have a straight up map
– Overworld is Star Ship Mario
Pokemon Black/White
– New character has a ponytail
– Screenshots were released from CoroCoro
– Camera positions in different ways
– Craig thinks it’s the same engine
WiiWare/VC/DSiWare downloads – block sizes
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WiiWare
Miliatary Madness: Nectaris (1,000 points) – 318 blocks
VC
Zaxxon (800 points) – 31 blocks
DSiWare
AiRace (800 points) – 95 blocks
Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A. (500 points) – 90 blocks
7 Card Games (500 points) – 66 blocks
AlphaBounce (500 points) – 65 blocks