New Sakamoto interview – fan comments important for future of Metroid, Other M/3DS discussion
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Updates to the Nintendo Channel
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Videos
Nintendo Week 9/21
Kirby’s Epic Yarn Trailer 2
Ultimate Wii Challenge Super Metroid #1
Triple Throwing Sports Info Video
Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABCs Info Video
GO Series: 10 Second Run Info Video
Demos
Ivy the Kiwi? Demo
Dragon Ball: Origins 2
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects
Deca Sports DS Cheerleading Demo
Deca Sports DS Ping Pong Demo
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
James Patterson Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion
Nintendo Week (9/20)
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Direct-quotes from Ono regarding Super Street Fighter IV 3DS, Street Fighter Fit
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Yoshinori Ono on the opportunities one considers when bringing a franchise like Super Street Fighter to 3DS…
“In the plan of bringing Street Fighter IV back to the scene, my desire was to bring back everyone into how people used to play Street Fighter 2. We just wanted to bring that passion back to the industry. So when we started, we started from HD [consoles], Xbox 360 and PS3, because that’s where we thought most gamers were, so that’s how we released the games first [in those consoles].
But obviously, even with those consoles we couldn’t quite bring back the sensation we had with Street Fighter 2 because the situation is different now. People play games on different machines, so the next point was iPhone. I thought about releasing a game on iPhone and you know that, again, is directed to a different demography and that also touched the casual gamers as well, and I was then looking for another medium to touch an even bigger casual market, and at that point Nintendo announced 3DS and I decided that that was the way to touch the casual market with Street Fighter.
Although it’s a hardcore game on a hard gamers console, previous to 3DS, on iPhone we could play with the touch screen as well. With 3DS you’ve got stunning graphics anyway so all in all, that [the 3DS] is going to be an important core of the Street Fighter gaming in the entire hardcore and casual gamers [community].”
LEVEL review scores
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Halo: Reach – 9 (8)
Sam & Max: TDP – 9
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions – 5
NHL 11 – 8
Worms Reloaded – 7
Metroid: Other M – 7 (6)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – 9
Kung Fu Rider – 3
Wii Party – 8
Sports Champions – 7
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days – 6
Dead Rising 2 – 7
FIFA 11 – 8
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light – 6
Madden NFL 11 – 7
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light – 9
R.U.S.E. – 7
UK software sales (Week ending 9/18)
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All formats
– 1 HALO: REACH BUNGIE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 2 SPORTS CHAMPIONS ZINDAGI GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1 3 MAFIA II 2K CZECH 2K GAMES TAKE 2
4 4 TOY STORY 3 N-SPACE DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
9 5 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
2 6 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. 2 UBISOFT (ROMANIA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 7 KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS IO INTERACTIVE EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
11 8 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
17 9 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 11 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 10 RED DEAD REDEMPTION ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
8 11 R.U.S.E. EUGEN SYSTEMS UBISOFT UBISOFT
12 12 SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 13 SPIDER-MAN: SHATTERED DIMENSIONS BEENOX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
22 14 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 15 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
14 16 MASS EFFECT 2 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 17 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
16 18 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 19 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 20 TETRIS PARTY DELUXE HUDSON HUDSON NINTENDO
21 21 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT SLIGHTLY MAD STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
27 22 RESIDENT EVIL 5: GOLD EDITION CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
20 23 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 24 DRAGON QUEST IX: SENTINELS STARRY SKIES LEVEL 5 SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
25 25 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 26 NHL 11 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
28 27 FIFA 10 EXIENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
15 28 SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE
– 29 START THE PARTY! SUPERMASSIVE GAMES SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
23 30 THE SIMS 3: FAST LANE STUFF THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 31 KINGDOM HEARTS: BIRTH BY SLEEP SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 32 RACKET SPORTS ASOBO STUDIO GAMES FOR EVERYONE UBISOFT
29 33 ASSASSIN’S CREED II: COMPLETE EDITION UBISOFT (MONTREAL) PLATINUM UBISOFT
30 34 DANCE ON BROADWAY LONGTAIL STUDIOS UBISOFT UBISOFT
33 35 SEGA MEGA DRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION BACKBONE SEGA SEGA
19 36 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS PLATINUM SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
31 37 UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED YUKE’S THQ THQ
34 38 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ROCKSTAR NORTH PLATINUM TAKE 2
– 39 LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 40 ART ACADEMY HEADSTRONG GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
Individual formats
– 1 HALO: REACH XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 2 SPORTS CHAMPIONS PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1 3 MAFIA II PS3 2K GAMES TAKE 2
4 4 JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
2 5 MAFIA II XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
6 6 SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 7 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. 2 PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 8 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 9 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 10 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 11 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
12 12 MASS EFFECT 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 13 RESIDENT EVIL 5: GOLD EDITION PS3 CAPCOM CAPCOM
15 14 TOY STORY 3 DS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
21 15 DRAGON QUEST IX: SENTINELS STARRY SKIES DS SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
20 16 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 17 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
35 18 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 11 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 19 START THE PARTY! PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
10 20 KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS PS3 EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
17 21 THE SIMS 3: FAST LANE STUFF PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 22 KINGDOM HEARTS: BIRTH BY SLEEP PSP SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 23 RACKET SPORTS PS3 GAMES FOR EVERYONE UBISOFT
9 24 KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS XB360 EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
26 25 RED DEAD REDEMPTION XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
13 26 SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR XB360 CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE
29 27 R.U.S.E. PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
27 28 DANCE ON BROADWAY WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
25 29 RED DEAD REDEMPTION PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
5 30 TETRIS PARTY DELUXE DS HUDSON NINTENDO
22 31 SPIDER-MAN: SHATTERED DIMENSIONS PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 32 ART ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 33 LAST WINDOW: THE SECRET OF CAPE WEST DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 34 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 35 SPIDER-MAN: SHATTERED DIMENSIONS XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
34 36 MARIO KART DS DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
36 37 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 38 R.U.S.E. XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
33 39 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 40 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. 2 XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
Sonic Colors Blue Wisp/Aquatic Park details, more screenshots/art
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– Blue Wisp is a cubic Wisp with three eyes
– Sonic can use the Blue Cube Color Power
– Switches blue blocks and blue rings
– Reach what were inaccessible routes
– Use the power and land on the ground to defeat nearby enemies
– Shake Wiimote to use
– Aquatic Park resembled Sonic Unleashed’s Chun-Nan stage
– This stage has Chinese themes
– Egg Pawns are in costume as Samurai
– Sonic can’t die underwater
– As seen in a screenshot, a boss will chase Sonic
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch trailer
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Airport Mania: First Flight trailer
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Rare reaffirms that Donkey Kong 64 belongs to Nintendo
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This information comes from Rare’s Twitter account…
“What’s with all the ‘let Nintendo put DK64 on Virtual Console’ emails over the weekend? It already belongs to Nintendo, you crazy kids.”
Was there ever really a question that Donkey Kong 64 wasn’t a Nintendo-owed title? One of the main reasons we haven’t seen it on the Virtual Console is mainly because the Big N hasn’t been supporting the service lately, and hasn’t supported the Nintendo 64 in general. It’s a bit depressing to know that since the Wii was launched, less than 20 N64 titles have been made available on the Wii Shop Channel.