One WiiWare Game and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel
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Everybody loves a classic battle between good and evil. With the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel, your greatest challenge will be choosing where to wipe out the bad guys—in deep space, on mean city streets or in a monster-ridden fantasy world. Whatever the venue, be ready for outrageous enemies and memorable missions you’ll relish from beginning to end.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Entertainment Weekly rates the top 50 games over past 25 years
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1. Tetris (PC)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
3. Doom (PC)
4. Super Mario World (SNES)
5. Guitar Hero (PS2)
6. Street Fighter II (SNES)
7. Super Mario Kart (SNES)
8. GoldenEye 007 (N64)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV (X360/PS3)
10. Metal Gear Solid (PS)
11. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
12. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
13. Final Fantasy VII (PS)
14. Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
15. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
16. Gran Turismo (PS)
17. SimCity (Mac/Amiga)
18. Half-Life (PC)
19. Sid Meier’s Civilization II (PC)
20. Gears of War (X360)
21. StarCraft (PC)
22. Super Metroid (SNES)
23. Deus Ex (PC)
24. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (PS)
25. Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
26. God of War (PS2)
27. Soul Calibur (DC)
28. BioShock (PC/X360)
29. Final Fantasy III (Famicom)
30. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XB)
31. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (DC)
32. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS)
33. Metroid Prime (GCN)
34. Tomb Raider (PC/PS)
35. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PS)
36. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (PC)
37. Tekken 3 (PS)
38. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC/X360/PS3)
39. Contra (NES)
40. Okami (PS2)
41. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
42. Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (PC)
43. Psychonauts (Xbox/PS2)
44. Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
45. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox/PS2/PC)
46. Perfect Dark (N64)
47. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (X360/PC/PS3)
48. WipEout (PS)
49. World of Warcraft (PC)
50. Madden NFL 2005 (Xbox/PS2/PC)
19 Zelda creatures reimagined in Spore
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Guitar Hero Aerosmith track listing
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Tier 1: “Getting the Band Together” (Nipmuc High School)
1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople (cover)
2. “Draw the Line” by Aerosmith
3. “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick
4. “Make It” by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
5. “Uncle Salty” by Aerosmith
Tier 2: “First Taste of Success” (Max’s Kansas City)
6. “All Day and All of the Night” by The Kinks (cover)
7. “I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett
8. “Movin’ Out” by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
9. “No Surprize” by Aerosmith
10. “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith
Tier 3: “The Triumphant Return” (The Orpheum)
11. “Complete Control” by The Clash
12. “Livin’ on the Edge” by Aerosmith
13. “Love in an Elevator” by Aerosmith
14. “Personality Crisis” by New York Dolls (cover)
15. “Rag Doll” by Aerosmith
Tier 4: “International Superstars” (Moscow)
16. “Bright Light Fright” by Aerosmith
17. “King of Rock” by Run-D.M.C.
18. “Nobody’s Fault” by Aerosmith
19. “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult
20. “Walk This Way” by Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith
Tier 5: “The Great American Band” (Half Time Show)
21. “Always on the Run” by Lenny Kravitz
22. “Back in the Saddle” by Aerosmith
23. “Beyond Beautiful” by Aerosmith
24. “Dream On” by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
25. “Hard to Handle” by The Black Crowes (cover)
Tier 6: “Rock N Roll Legends” (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
26. “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent
27. “Mama Kin” by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
28. “Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots
29. “Toys In The Attic” by Aerosmith
30. “Train Kept A Rollin” by Aerosmith
–> 31. “Guitar Battle vs Joe Perry” by Joe Perry
Bonus Songs (The Vault)
32. “Combination” by Aerosmith
33. “Kings and Queens” by Aerosmith
34. “Let The Music Do The Talking” by Aerosmith
35. “Mercy” by Joe Perry
36. “Pandora’s Box” by Aerosmith
37. “Pink” by Aerosmith
38. “Rats In The Cellar” by Aerosmith
39. “Shakin’ My Cage” by Joe Perry
40. “Talk Talkin” by Joe Perry
41. “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith
Weekly savings
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Best Buy
Hannah Montana: Music Jam (DS) – $19.99
The Incredible Hulk (DS) – $19.99
Free $10 gift card with purchase of Alone in the Dark
Circuit City
BD&A Guitar Hero styluses – $7.99
BD&A Guitar Hero DS Ruby Red Bag – $14.99
Balloon Pop (Wii) – $14.99
Furu Furu Park (Wii) – $14.99
Kids Sports Ice Hockey (Wii) – $14.99
Prince of Persia Rival Swords (Wii) – $14.99
Game Party (Wii) – $14.99
Braunswick Pro Bowling (Wii) – $29.99
Cabela’s Big Game Hunter (Wii) – $29.99
Table Tennis (Wii) – $29.99
Carnival Games (Wii) – $29.99 + Free T-shirt
Remote + Nunchuck Gloves for Wii – $4.99
VERGE Sports Set for Wii – $12.99
Note: Toys R Us deal – Buy 2 DS games, get a third one free
Big Beach Sports trailer from THQ
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Magazine forecasts the future: Wii 2.0
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UK-based T3 magazine recently published an article about their interpretation of a new Wii console in one of their latest issues. T3 explores the possibilities of a “Wii 2.0,” system, which may remind some of you about Nintendo On – a spoof that, before the Wii remote was revealed, predicted that Nintendo would allow users to put on a helmet-shaped item for a virtual reality experience. The mock-up technology that the magazine has created is similar in the sense that a “claw-like Wii head unit” would be attached to your head in order to intercept brain waves, thus immersing you in the gaming experience. Here’s the rundown of the complete article:
Mind controlled
Strap the claw-like Wii head unit to your “dome” and it’ll beam your brain activity – translated into movement and other commands – to the Wii box and controllers.
On the head, son
Tiny neuro-receptors pick up brain waves through the thickest of hair, so no unsightly scalp shaving need take place.
You what?
Completing the immersion experience, built in earphones will screw deep into your lugholes, for shattering, terrifying cries of “It’s-a-me… Mario!”
Wii Remote 2.0
There’ll still be a handheld pointer. With your brain choosing what its function is at any given time, only one button will be required – helping to save the world’s ever-depleting button reserves.
Nintendo Wii 2.0
The Wii revolutionized the way we interact with games. Could Nintendo be thinking of topping that with a though-powered Wii 2? By 2010, you could be using your wireless Wii Wand to guide Mario around the karting track and your brainwaves to throw banana skins. Crazy, you say? Mind control is already a reality – snap up shares in brain-game pioneers Emotiv today – and we’d love to see what the big N can do with it. Our artist’s impressions gives a few tantalizing hints…
T3 Launch Prediction:
2010
Thanks to Quackity for the tip.
This week’s Japanese VC releases
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Super Famicom
– Super Mario RPG (Nintendo)
Mega Drive
– Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni (Sega)
PC-Engine
– Paranoia (Naxat)
NeoGeo
– Ninja Commando (D4)
Guitar Hero DLC solution: Save songs to an SD card
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The Wii still lacks a harddrive that the “geeks and otaku” have been praying for, but that doesn’t mean downloadable content on the system is impossible. Vicarious Visions has once again confirmed that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will support DLC. Players will be able to preview a song before download and if the player enjoys a particular song, he/she can purchase it. Vicarious Visions’ Karthik Bala explains, “Players can either download songs to the Wii System Memory or store songs on a SD Card, called the ‘Rock Archive.'”
Sounds good, if you ask me. This looks like one third-party effort that Wii owners won’t be gypped on – It looks like all features from the other versions of the game will be available in the Wii version.