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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, GameCube, GBA, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Last month, GamesMaster released its 250th issue. For its May 2012 edition, the magazine celebrated the accomplishment by compiling a list of the top 250 greatest gaming moments.

We have the list below, but you can pick up the the latest issue now and read about why GamesMaster made each selection. And beware of spoilers – even though most of these games have been out for years, some of these moments do mention important happenings such as character deaths.

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The latest Famitsu review scores are as follows;

Conception Ore No Kodomo Wo Undekure (PSP) – 9/9/9/8
Mario Party 9 (Wii) – 9/8/8/9
Dynasty Warriors Vs. (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Shifting World (3DS) – 7/8/7/7
Mirai Nikki: 13 Hitome no Nikki Shoyuusha Re:Write (PSP) – 7/8/7/7
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3/360) – 7/7/8/6
Ao no Exorcist: Genkoku no Labyrinth (PSP) – 7/7/7/7
Mame Goma Yoi Ko Marui Ko Genkina Ko! (3DS) – 7/7/7/6
Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai! (PSP) – 7/7/7/6

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Trent Oster caused caused a stir because of his comments surrounding WiiWare and Nintendo. The Beamdog president has now elaborated on his remarks in an interview with Ars Technica.

Oster believes the company’s first and only WiiWare effort, MDK2, was “probably the best version of that game on any console,” because of the Wii remote controls.

But even though MDK2 is a quality game, it hasn’t been selling well on the Wii Shop Channel. Less than 6,000 copies have been sold since May 2011.

Oster explained how Nintendo’s payout requirement – in which Wii Shop Channel games must attain 6,000 sales before the developer receives compensation – has left him disappointed:

“We haven’t seen a dime. Maybe some day in the future it crosses that magic threshold and at some point Nintendo cuts us a check. … How many developers have put stuff up to WiiWare that are sitting there at the 5,000 [or] 5,500 sales number and Nintendo is just sitting on the money. For some small developers that could be a big difference.”

Beamdog “assumed [the MDK2 Wii port] would be successful given the large sales volume of Wii”. However, Oster feels that there is just a small core of system owners remaining who are willing to support in-depth experiences such as MDK2. He speculates there is a large chunk of consumers out there who purchased a Wii, got Wii Sports (and perhaps Wii Fit), and that’s it.

Another issue Beamdog encountered during MDK2 WiiWare development was cutting down elements so that the game could fit within Nintendo’s 40MB file size limitation. Oster explained that the studio was “basically trim[ming] everywhere we could”. Some music pieces were removed, and audio was recompressed with a new codec.

Oster’s last complaint was the certification process for WiiWare titles. It took nine months for the stage to be completed, but Oster believes it could have wrapped up in less than a month.

He said:

“It just made us feel really low priority. We felt like they just weren’t paying attention.”

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Rush Rush Rally Racing will be released on the Wii Shop Channel this Thursday. A North American date hasn’t been provided.

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3DS Download

Dillon’s Rolling Western – Recommended
Fun! Fun! Minigolf Touch – Recommended

3DS VC

Maru’s Mission – Grumble Grumble
Super Mario Bros. Recommended

DSiWare

40-in-1 Explosive Megamix – Grumble Grumble
Box Pusher – Hmmm…
Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish – Hmmm…
GO Series: Undead Storm – Hmmm…

Wii VC

Strider – Recommended

WiiWare

2 Fast 4 Gnomz – Hmmm…
BurgerTime World Tour – Grumble Grumble
Newton Vs. The Horde – Grumble Grumble

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As expected, Beamdog’s negative experience with Nintendo stems from MDK2 on WiiWare. Founder Trent Oster explained his issues with the company on Twitter.

Oster said in one tweet today:

“My problems with Nintendo are: requiring 6000 unit sales before payment, a certification process that took us 9 months and a 40mb limit”

Oster followed up this remark with another statement shortly thereafter, and labeled the Wii as a toy:

“The result is a belief that Nintendo isn’t a good platform for developers. The Wii is a toy, not a console”

Beamdog isn’t the only developer who has been displeased with WiiWare. However, Nintendo has started to improve how they manage with their digital services starting with the eShop. The 3DS’ online store has no file size limits for games (or at the very least, it’s significantly larger than 40MB) as far as we know. That being said, it’s unclear how Nintendo is approaching payouts and the certification  process. We can only go by the commentary from eShop developers, who have thus far expressed positive thoughts about the store.

Thanks to Tim for the tip.

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Nintendo of America has released a third infographic for Xenoblade Chronicles. The latest image focuses on some of the game’s weapons.

You can find the infographic above.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Wii) – 20%
Calvin Tucker’s Redneck: Farm Animal Racing Tournament (Wii) – 35%
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL (Wii) – 70%
Crash Time 3D (3DS) – 18%
Farming Simulator 2012 3D (3DS) – 38%
Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! (eShop) 48%
Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai (3DS) – 69%
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2 (3DS) – 53%
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (3DS VC) – 65%
Major League Baseball 2K12 (DS) – 48%
Mega Man 5 (Wii VC) – 77%
Mega Man X (Wii VC) – 84%
Metroid (3DS VC) – 81%
Pokemon Conquest (DS) – 88%
Punch-Out!! (3DS VC) – 83%
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (DS) – 68%
SpeedThru: Potzol’s Puzzle (eShop) – 64%
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir (3DS) – 71%
Strider (Wii VC) – 86%
Super Mario Bros. (3DS VC) – 90%
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (3DS) – 80%
We Sing Pop! (Wii) – 35%
Zuma’s Revenge (DS) – 57%

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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More English Pandora’s Tower footage for you:

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Pandora’s Tower made it into the 35th spot on the individual formats chart and the 38th spot on the all formats chart.

Individual formats

1 1 KINECT STAR WARS XB360 LUCASARTS MICROSOFT
3 2 FIFA STREET XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 3 MASS EFFECT 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 4 FIFA STREET PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 5 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 6 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 7 FIFA 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 8 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 9 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
11 10 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 11 MASS EFFECT 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
12 12 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
19 13 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
13 14 MARIO PARTY 9 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 15 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
15 16 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
18 17 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
22 18 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 19 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
16 20 SSX PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 21 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 22 SSX XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
25 23 KINECT RUSH: A DISNEY PIXAR ADVENTURE XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
30 24 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
– 25 RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
20 26 JUST DANCE 3 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
26 27 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
21 28 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
28 29 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
27 30 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
31 31 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
33 32 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
37 33 KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
32 34 KID ICARUS: UPRISING 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 35 PANDORA’S TOWER WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
29 36 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
36 37 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD PS3 THQ THQ
38 38 ZUMBA FITNESS 2 WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
34 39 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
39 40 WWE ’12 XB360 THQ THQ

All formats

2 1 FIFA STREET EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 2 MASS EFFECT 3 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 3 FIFA 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 4 KINECT STAR WARS TERMINAL REALITY LUCASARTS MICROSOFT
5 5 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 6 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
10 7 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
9 8 BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 9 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
7 10 SSX EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 11 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD VOLITION THQ THQ
12 12 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 13 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
21 14 RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY SLANT SIX GAMES CAPCOM CAPCOM
13 15 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
17 16 JUST DANCE 3 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
15 17 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
14 18 MARIO PARTY 9 ND CUBE NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 19 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
22 20 WWE ’12 YUKE’S THQ THQ
23 21 UFC UNDISPUTED 3 YUKE’S THQ THQ
24 22 SONIC GENERATIONS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
29 23 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
32 24 KINECT RUSH: A DISNEY PIXAR ADVENTURE ASOBO STUDIO MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
27 25 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
33 26 ZUMBA FITNESS PIPEWORKS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
37 27 GRAN TURISMO 5 POLYPHONY DIGITAL PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
25 28 CARS 2 FIREBRAND GAMES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
40 29 RAGE ID SOFTWARE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
34 30 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
26 31 KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING 38 STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
28 32 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 33 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
36 34 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
– 35 KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO BIGPARK MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
35 36 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
39 37 KID ICARUS: UPRISING PROJECT SORA NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 38 PANDORA’S TOWER GANBARION NINTENDO NINTENDO
38 39 F1 2011 CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
20 40 STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM

Source: Chart-Track