After a week long embargo from Captivate 2011, Capcom will finally be sharing a few announcements tomorrow. It looks like there are at least three reveals coming up. Other than Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (see the poster above), we don’t know if there will be any other news for Nintendo fans. One announcement will probably be Dragon’s Dogma (which doesn’t look like it will be for a Nintendo system at this point), which leaves us with two other possibilities. However, due to the pixelation in the posters, fans will have no choice but to guess as to what Capcom has in store.
The embargo officially ends at 11 AM EDT, but I suggest tuning in early to the site tomorrow. Also be sure to check out our sister site for PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 news including Resident Evil: Raccoon City, Asura’s Wrath, and Street Fighter x Tekken.
You never know if things will start leaking early! Just don’t get your hopes up that there will be a Monster Hunter 3DS announcement…
WiiWare
Where’s Wally? Fantastic Journey 2 (Ludia, 500 Wii Points)
Virtual Console
Adventure Island II (Hudson, 500 Wii Points)
DSiWare
Hellokids Vol. 1: Coloring and Painting (BiP media, 200 Nintendo DSi Points)
Successfully Learning: English Year 2 (Tivola, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
Nintendo Week 4/11
Rabbids Travel in Time Trailer
Play with Birds Gameplay Trailer
Slingo Quest Info Video
Escape Trick Gameplay Trailer
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is certainly a nice addition to the 3DS library, but everyone knows it’s just a taste of what’s to come. Revelations is what horror fans and series loyalists are truly looking forward to. Capcom has spoken highly of the game’s scope and quality in the past, but now Masachika Kawata has weighed in as well. Speaking to Nintendo Power, Kawata indicated that Capcom considers Revelations to be a direct sequel to Resident Evil 5.
“Unlike Mercenaries, which is all about shooting action, Revelations is all about survival horror, the very genre Resident Evil established. We actually think of Revelations as a direct sequel to Resident Evil 5 and it will be full of new, innovative ideas and characters.”
Wedbush / EEDAR (year-over-year change):
3DS – 500,000 / 500,000
360 – 480,000 (+42%) / 515,000 (+52%)
Wii – 410,000 (-26%) / 400,000 (-28%)
PS3 – 380,000 (+21%) / 410,000 (+31%)
DS – 350,000 (-50%) / 380,000 (-46%)
PSP – 130,000 (+8%) / 118,000 (-2%)
PS2 – 25,000 (-79%) / N/A
Total – 2,275,000 (+6%) / 2,323,000 (+8%)
Bridge (DSi) – E
Rio (Wii) – E10+
Rio (DS) – E
Emily the Strange: Strangerous (DS) – E10+
The Smurfs (DS) – E
4 Elements (Wii) – E
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean The Video Game (Wii/DS/3DS) – E10+
Mystery Quest: Curse of the Ancient Spirits (DS) – E10+
Zoo Mania (3DS) – E
Dreamwalker (DSi) – E
Petz Fantasy 3D (3DS) – E
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls (Wii) – T
This is actually some pretty big news! According to the Recording Academy itself, video games will now be included in the following categories at the Grammy Awards:
The Music for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)
Best Song Written for Visual Media (Motion, Television, Video Game Music, or Other Visual Media)
This comes after Christopher Tin won the first ever Grammy for a video game last year for this track, which is the theme song to Civilization V.