Release dates
– Nintendo announced the release dates for many games
– Every game we knew was coming out this fall is coming out this fall
– Wii Party: October 3
– NBA Jam: October 5
– Just Dance 2: October 12
– Kirby’s Epic Yarn: October 17
– Kirby’s Epic Yarn takes place in a magic sock
– November 21: Donkey Kong Country Returns
– Brian has heard DKCR is really difficult
– Professor Layton: September 12
– Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light – October 5
uDraw
– New peripheral announced today
– Scott is excited about it
– Costs $70 for the peripheral
– SD card support
– Pictionary, Dood’s Big Adventure will support it
– Podcast crew thinks Flipnote Studio could work well on it
– Warren Spector wants to make a Duck Tales game
Pokemon World Championships
– 3-day tournament
– In Hawaii
– Jack met some of the people from Pokemon Sunday
– An American won even though Japanese participants were dominating the event
Reader questions
– Activision might be bundling the golden Wii controller with GoldenEye to show it’s a hardcore shooter
– In Skyward Sword, item selecting is streamlined
– A wheel comes up, use Wiimote to flick over to an item, much faster
– Both Nintendo and EA’s fault for the lack of expansive online support in Madden
– Not a lot of good MotionPlus games on the horizon, but Conduit 2 and Swords is coming
