Whether you enjoy gaming in the living room or on the move, you’re in good company with this week’s new downloadable games for the Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems. Disney’s JellyCar 2 is among the latest additions to the WiiWare™ service, putting an irreverent spin on console racing games. On the Virtual Console™ service, you’ll find a couple of Capcom classics from 1985, including the timelessly spooky GHOSTS’N GOBLINS™. Hand-held gamers might purr with delight to discover Petz® Catz® Family for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, which gives players a new way to tote adorable feline friends with them everywhere they go.
A set of 3DS commercials (which are being advertised on trains in addition to television) are now playing in Japan, but posters and other materials have started to show up as well.
nintendogs + cats
– 3D eyeballs added, done with polygons
– Team wanted the animals’ eyes to look more natural
– First game to use StreetPass
– Team made sure that StreetPass would work as long as there is a game save
– Reminders: Mic and touch screen return, animals remember their owner’s face with the 3D camera
– Pet may get close if you get close
– Take pictures of the animals
– View the photos later if you want
– Save photos to an SD card
– Can share your favorite photo through StreetPass
– Have your dog/cat in real life through AR cards
– Nintendo thought about other animals to include, such as horses and dolphins
– Settles on cats because they are popular
– It appears that you will be able to take your pet into the “real world” through AR cards: confirmation needed
General 3DS details/Mii games
– Exchange Miis and profiles with StreetPass
– See the last game someone has played
– StreetPass Legend game: Miis go out on a small adventure
– Different games you can play with Miis via StreetPass
– Mii games appear to be built-in
During Capcom’s Resident Evil presentation at Nintendo World last night, Masachika Kawata said that the release date for The Mercenaries 3D would be announced shortly. In December, Famitsu reported that the project was 70% complete. The game is now almost finished. According to Kawata, the title will be out close to the launch of the 3DS. It’s exciting to know that fans will able to play the first Resident Evil game for the 3DS sometime within the next few months.
Thanks to Chauncey for the tip!
Nintendo truly believes that young children should not experience the 3DS’s 3D effect. Kids under the age of six were actually required to wear a Toad character sticker at Nintendo World, which indicated they were required to play demos in 2D. But that’s not all. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata defended the company’s recent warnings about the new system in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Iwata noted that the warnings are not intended to imply that the 3DS is a dangerous device, but rather to inform customers and to protect Nintendo in the event of a possible lawsuit. Iwata also explained that Nintendo is not interested in warning consumers in order to increase sales.
In regards to specialists, Iwata said that some believe that the vision of young children could be harmed if 3D video is viewing for an extended period of time. It doesn’t help that video games are generally used longer compared to other 3D devices such as movies.
Nintendo will continue to warn consumers about the 3DS. In fact, the boxart itself will contain a number of notices about 3D. Warnings are featured in the instruction manual as well.
Note: This review is written by a GamingEverything writer, Jack. I’m posting it here because I thought you’d find it entertaining, and iMovie disappeared so I can’t do “That One Show” tonight.
~Austin
Platform: Nintendo Wii (via Wiiware)
Developer: Gaijin Games
Publisher: Aksys Games
Release Date: 17 May 2010
I’ve always been a fan of Gaijin Games’ Bit.Trip series, so when I heard last year that a fourth one was coming out that would combine the series’ retro feel with my favorite genre in gaming (platforming) as an homage to Pitfall, I was ecstatic. Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to buying it until just this past week, but it was definitely worth the wait. Bit.Trip Runner takes great accessibility, beautiful new graphics, old school difficulty, and the same dynamic rhythmic gameplay the Bit.Trip series is known for and combines it into one of the best WiiWare releases to date.
For those of you who missed out on our Resident Evil Nintendo World 2011 presentation post. Keep in mind that the quality is slightly lower than what you’ll see from a direct-feed video, as the trailer was captured directly from the stream.
