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HQ MAKES HEROIC MOVE WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST VIDEO GAME BASED ON MARVEL’S ANIMATED SERIES: THE SUPER HERO SQUAD SHOW

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – May 28, 2009 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced plans to deliver Marvel Super Hero Squad, the first video game based on the animated series, The Super Hero Squad Show, scheduled to debut this fall on Cartoon Network. Marvel Super Hero Squad will mark the first title in THQ’s licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment, Inc., and is currently in development for Wii™ home video game system, Nintendo DS?, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. The multiplayer adventure game will feature nonstop action-adventure gameplay and epic battles, as well as a breadth of the new, super-stylized Marvel characters.

“We are thrilled to add Marvel Super Hero Squad to THQ’s extensive licensed kids portfolio,” said Kevin Kraff, vice president, global brand management, THQ. “Super Hero Squad will feature an animation style that will appeal to a younger audience, but its depth in graphics and gameplay will also engage the more mature, avid fans of the renowned Marvel brand.”

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Black Wii -> Aug 1, 2009
Red NDSi -> July 11, 2009

also available:
1. Wiimote Black 3,800yen
2. Nunchuk Black 1,800yen
3. Classic Controller Pro Black 2,000yen
4. Classic Controller Pro White 2,000yen

Source 1, Source 2

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– At final stage of development
– Working on details, should be done in a few months
– Reconfirmed that second friend can jump in with second Wiimote to assist
– Fully utilizes controller
– Want to make the action look “cool”
– For everyone in the family
– Somewhere around 15 hours to complete the story but can play 20-30 hours to see all of the elements

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Story, difficulty, and gameplay details regarding Team Ninja’s Metroid: Other M have been released. Check them out below:

– Not Metroid Dread
– Reggie says “it’s going to be fabulous”
– Reggie hasn’t played has seen it
– Metroid Fusion dev working on the game
– Confirmed that Production Team 1 (Nintendo) involved (real deal guys)
– Adam Malkovich in the game
– Takes place in between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion
– Reconfirmed that the game explains a bit of Samus’ backstory
– Will explain what happened to Adam
– Playing Metroid Fusion will help players understand how the story in Other M will be like
– It’s linear (knowing that there is progression), but can explore side areas
– Will have the Metroid “feel”
– Character shown in trailer is one of Adam’s soldiers
– Other M means many things – Story will reveal these meanings
– Won’t be brutally difficult like in the Ninja Gaiden games – Developers taking into account that Metroid fans, new players
– Game will have action-oriented, faster-paced sequences
– Will also have exploratory portions
– It’s an entirely new game
– Yosuke Hayashi has worked on Ninja Gaiden for the DS
– Trailer shows Mother Brain attacking a Metroid
– Woman at the end of the trailer not Samus
– Game will “take you deeper into Samus’ story”

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Swords & Soldiers out for American Wii systems next Monday!

3 Long weeks after its Euro-Australian release, Ronimo Games’ debut-title, the critically acclaimed WiiWareTM game, Swords & Soldiers will be available in NTSC regions starting Monday the 8th of June.

UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS – June 3, 2009 – Braving the waves of the mighty Atlantic, the Vikings have set sail. Destination: the new world, America! Europe and Australia have already witnessed the barbecuing, dead-raising and hammer-on-the-head-smacking chaos that is Swords & Soldiers! Community- and critical-reviews of this fresh side scrolling RTS have been exceedingly positive! And now it is America’s turn to join the quest for the freakishly large pepper! As Vikings, Aztecs and Chinese mix it up in a symphony of barbecue-envy and vegetable growing contests, claim your place in the most incorrect version of world history to date!

Ronimo Games is proud to announce the game will be released in NTSC regions coming Monday 8th of June all will cost you only 1000 Wii Points. For everyone lucky enough to visit E3 this year, be sure to check out the game at the Nintendo booth.

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Popular Multi-Platform Rhythm Game Makes Its Way to North America for the First Time Ever.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – June 3, 2009 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced pop’ n music is being developed for Wii™. Marking the first time in North America, pop’ n music has a rich history in Japan that includes 15 console games as well as arcade iterations. This rhythmic game for all ages allows for players to play entertaining music with exciting graphics. With easy and intuitive controls, pop’ n music takes full advantage of the Nunchuk™ and Wii Remote™ as you move up, down, left and right to original and licensed music.

pop’ n music is also great for entertaining as it offers a robust feature set which includes a variety of game challenging game modes including co-op and battle modes to play against friends. In addition, you can customize your experience by selecting sounds, characters and stages. Even your Mii™ will be integrated in the experience as it reacts to the gameplay through its emotions.

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“It’s a game about light and shadows…It’s sparkling.”

Suda went on to say that there were intentions of showing the title at E3. That didn’t happen though, for some reason or another. Again, this is a pretty small detail, but at least it’s something.

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Wii:

* New Super Mario Bros. Wii
* Wii Fit Plus
* Wii Sports Resort
* Sin and Punishment 2
* Endless Ocean 2
* Line Attack Heroes
* Span Smasher

WiiWare:

* PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit
* You, Me & the Cubes
* Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
* BIT.TRIP.CORE
* Icarian: Kindred Spirits
* Sword & Soldiers
* Military Madness: Nectaris
* Cave Story

Nintendo DS:

* The Legendary Starfy
* The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
* Fossil Fighters
* Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
* Style Savvy
* Glory of Heracles
* Golden Sun DS
* Picross 3D

Nintendo DSiWare:

* Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
* Flipnote Studio
* Animal Crossing Clock
* Animal Crossing Calculator
* Photo Clock
* Mario Clock
* Mario Calculator
* Six in One Translator (working title)
* Crash-Course Domo
* White-Water Domo
* Hard-Hat Domo
* Rock-n-Roll Domo
* Pro-Putt Domo

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Metroid: Other M director Yoshio Sakamoto was asked about the longtime rumored Metroid Dread project. Here was his response, through his translator.

“He’s very familiar with that [game,]. No, this is different. The day may come when Dread hits the stores, but this one is something that’s completely different. This is other M.”

I would be interested in seeing Metroid Dread release one day. After hearing about Metroid: Other M, I suppose anything is possible