Monday Short – Third parties and the Wii
Posted on 15 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Wii | 11 Comments
First off, I want to make a quick note of our Goldeneye contest- great support so far! I’ll take article submissions for a few more days (the ones I’ve gotten so far are fantastic!), but the commenting piece of the contest ends tomorrow! Best of luck to all of you!

I’m a proud Wii owner. Even with a lot of my friends making fun of the system and talking of the betrayal by Nintendo, I stick by that cheap little white piece of plastic like it’s my conjoined twin. Why? Because I love it, I love the games, and I love Nintendo. There is really nothing like beating a Zelda game, nothing like traversing tens of levels in a Mario Bros. game, nothing like exploring the emptiness of the sci-fi Metroid world, and nothing like bringing some friends together for some of the fun that can be had with the various local co-op games Nintendo brings to the table. It is for these reasons that I think many hardcore gamers own the Wii and own it proudly; we love our system, and want it to be treated with the same respect that the other systems get. We expect that a third party developer won’t announce a Wii exclusive game, and then port it to other systems, water down their Wii games to “appeal” to us, or cancel Wii versions of games due to system limitations.
 
Nintendo Week (11/1)
Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii | 1 Comment
Sengoku Musou 3 Moushouden coming to Wii, first scan
Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Sengoku Musou 3 Moushouden is the Moushouden – otherwise known as Xtreme Legends – update for the game. It will be released in Japan on January 27, 2011.
Rumor: WiiWare demos to return this month
Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii | 4 Comments
The WiiWare demo program, although successful, was strangely halted in North America and Europe after just one batch was released. Wii owners were able to test out titles such as World of Goo and Bit.Trip Beat for a few months, but the sample downloads were removed towards the end of January. It seems the program may be making a return, however.
A number of different WiiWare developers have apparently told NintendoLife that the Big N recently started accepting submissions for a new wave of demos. It seems that the downloads will remain on the Wii Shop Channel until Christmas, at the very least. Hopefully this is a sign that we’ll start seeing demos more frequently in the future.
Updates to the Nintendo Channel
Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
Videos
Nintendo Week 11/1
 Super Mario Bros Super Play Movie Vol. 3
 Donkey Kong Country Returns Trailer 2
 Netflix Available on Wii Shop Channel
 PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure TV Spot
 Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light Info Video 2
 Okamiden Info Video 3
 Karaoke Revolution Glee Info Video
 Dance Dance Revolution Info Video
 Lost in Shadow Info Video 3
 Gene Labs Info Video
 Robox Launch Video
 New Carnival Games Info Video
 Crafting Mama Info Video
 My Baby 3 & Friends Info Video
 ESRB TV Spot
Demos
Sonic Colors
Rock Band 3 Wii screenshots
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UK software sales (Week ending 10/30)
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Individual formats
–		1	 	 	FABLE III	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 3		2	 	 	JUST DANCE 2	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
 2		3	 	 	PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 1		4	 	 	FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS	XB360	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
 7		5	 	 	FIFA 11	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 –		6	 	 	STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II	XB360	LUCASARTS	LUCASARTS
 4		7	 	 	MEDAL OF HONOR	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 8		8	 	 	FIFA 11	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 9		9	 	 	WII PARTY	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 5		10	 	 	FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS	PS3	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
 –		11	 	 	STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II	PS3	LUCASARTS	LUCASARTS
 –		12	 	 	WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011	XB360	THQ	THQ
 6		13	 	 	MEDAL OF HONOR	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 10		14	 	 	WII SPORTS RESORT	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 –		15	 	 	WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011	PS3	THQ	THQ
 13		16	 	 	PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011	PS3	KONAMI	KONAMI
 27		17	 	 	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 –		18	 	 	THE SIMS 3: LATE NIGHT	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 26		19	 	 	FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 –		20	 	 	THE SIMS 3	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 12		21	 	 	HALO: REACH	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 19		22	 	 	WII FIT PLUS	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 17		23	 	 	JUST DANCE	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
 –		24	 	 	THE SIMS 3	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 18		25	 	 	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 22		26	 	 	PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011	XB360	KONAMI	KONAMI
 16		27	 	 	F1 2010	XB360	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS
 15		28	 	 	F1 2010	PS3	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS
 –		29	 	 	CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW	PS3	KONAMI	KONAMI
 36		30	 	 	RED DEAD REDEMPTION	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
 –		31	 	 	ROCK BAND 3	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 40		32	 	 	RED DEAD REDEMPTION	PS3	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
 34		33	 	 	MARIO KART WII	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 30		34	 	 	SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 25		35	 	 	SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL	WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 14		36	 	 	DEAD RISING 2	XB360	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
 11		37	 	 	FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS	PC	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
 29		38	 	 	FIFA 11	WII	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 28		39	 	 	SPORTS CHAMPIONS	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
 –		40	 	 	CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW	XB360	KONAMI	KONAMI
All formats
–		1	 	 	FABLE III	LIONHEAD STUDIOS	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 3		2	 	 	FIFA 11	EA CANADA	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 1		3	 	 	FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS	OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
 5		4	 	 	JUST DANCE 2	UBISOFT (FRANCE)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
 –		5	 	 	STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II	LUCASARTS	LUCASARTS	LUCASARTS
 2		6	 	 	MEDAL OF HONOR	DANGER CLOSE/DICE	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 –		7	 	 	WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011	YUKE’S	THQ	THQ
 4		8	 	 	PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE	LEVEL 5	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 –		9	 	 	THE SIMS 3	THE SIMS STUDIO / EDGE OF REALITY	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 9		10	 	 	PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011	KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT	KONAMI	KONAMI
 6		11	 	 	WII PARTY	ND CUBE	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 7		12	 	 	WII SPORTS RESORT	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 28		13	 	 	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 8		14	 	 	F1 2010	CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS
 –		15	 	 	THE SIMS 3: LATE NIGHT	THE SIMS STUDIO	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 27		16	 	 	FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	TURN 10 STUDIOS	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 17		17	 	 	RED DEAD REDEMPTION	ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
 20		18	 	 	CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW	MERCURYSTEAM	KONAMI	KONAMI
 11		19	 	 	HALO: REACH	BUNGIE	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
 16		20	 	 	WII FIT PLUS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 14		21	 	 	JUST DANCE	UBISOFT (FRANCE)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
 10		22	 	 	DEAD RISING 2	BLUE CASTLE GAMES	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
 15		23	 	 	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 13		24	 	 	TOY STORY 3	N-SPACE	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS	DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
 24		25	 	 	LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
 –		26	 	 	ROCK BAND 3	HARMONIX	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
 21		27	 	 	GUITAR HERO: WARRIORS OF ROCK	NEVERSOFT	REDOCTANE	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
 12		28	 	 	VANQUISH	PLATINUMGAMES	SEGA	SEGA
 19		29	 	 	MAFIA II	2K CZECH	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
 33		30	 	 	MARIO KART WII	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 30		31	 	 	SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 –		32	 	 	UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED	YUKE’S	THQ	THQ
 26		33	 	 	SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL	SORA LTD	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 31		34	 	 	ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST	NINJA THEORY	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
 18		35	 	 	CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	INFINITY WARD	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
 29		36	 	 	SPORTS CHAMPIONS	ZINDAGI GAMES	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
 –		37	 	 	THE X FACTOR	HYDRAVISION	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
 32		38	 	 	ART ACADEMY	HEADSTRONG GAMES	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
 25		39	 	 	DJ HERO 2	FREESTYLEGAMES	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
 22		40	 	 	MASS EFFECT 2	BIOWARE	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
Ubisoft Announces Special Edition Glove for Michael Jackson The Experience
Posted on 15 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Available Only at Launch, Iconic Symbol for the King of Pop to Be Included in Initial Wii™ Release; Pre-Order Now Available
SAN FRANCISCO – November 1, 2010 – Today Ubisoft announced it will make available a special edition glove to be included in the initial release of the Wii version of Michael Jackson The Experience that is reminiscent of the iconic glove worn by the legendary Michael Jackson during his most memorable performances. The special edition gloves will only be available at launch, further enhancing the magic felt by the King of Pop’s fans as they dance to his greatest hits in environments inspired by his ground-breaking music videos and unforgettable live performances.
“One of the most iconic symbols of Michael Jackson’s music and performance legacy is his signature glove,” shared Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Ubisoft. “Consumers are encouraged to either pre-order Michael Jackson The Experience early or make sure to purchase the title on day one in order to get this special edition glove as we’re sure it will sell out quickly.”
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Wii screenshots
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Rock Band Music Store update this week
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TWELVE OF THE DOORS’ MOST-LOVED SONGS, PLUS A TRACK FROM RUSH FEATURING PRO GUITAR UPGRADE, AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!
The Doors’ Songs Now Available as Paid Singles or a 12-Pack of Songs
Cambridge, Mass. – Oct. 29, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that 12 of The Doors’ greatest hits, including three tracks with Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, as well as “Subdivisions” from Rush, which also features a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade, will be available Nov. 2 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.






























