Wii Remote Plus
– Coming out November 7
– Bundled with FlingSmash
– Craig hasn’t played the game yet
– Can get the add-on separately (being replaced by regular Wiimote)
Mario news
– Red Wii for the Super Mario Bros. 25 anniversary
– Doesn’t come with Wii Sports Resort
– Also comes out on November 7
– Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition also on the way this December
– $29.99
– Comes with a CD and booklet
– Just the ROM that would have been on the Virtual Console
GoldenEye 007
– Activision didn’t want comparisons between the two games, so Craig couldn’t do certain coverage prior to release
– He feels it’s an excellent Wii game
– 9.0 review
– Very good voice acting
– Motion capturing done really well
Donkey Kong Country Returns
– IGN will have the game this or next week
– New screenshots and videos were released last week
– Nintendo didn’t want IGN to show the “K-O-N-G” in video footage letters so players won’t know where they are
– Game itself is very good, but don’t expect to be floored with a huge presentation or anything
– Nintendo wouldn’t comment about the enemy in the game when IGN asked if it is Mario
Reader questions discussion
– IGN believes the sales for Metroid: Other M were not too great in the U.S.
– Retailers won’t buy M-rated DS games, so developers won’t make them
– Exceptions to the rule above include GTA: Chinatown Wars (big franchise)
– Retailers have the impression that the DS is a younger-skewing system
– Dementium II bombed because retailers wouldn’t pick it up
