Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
– IGN gave it a 9.0
– Not on anyone’s radar, not a lot of traffic for it on IGN
– Game is addictive
– If you stay near the ground, you can get a higher score
– Just a name on the leaderboards from your profile
– Super hardcore
– Pointer controls work really well
– It looks good graphically
– 60 FPS
– Great bosses
– Unique art style
– Second-player just adds another cursor
– Hardcore gamers will have a good time with it
WiiWare
Jett Rocket – 311 blocks
Robin Hood: The Return of Richard – 269 blocks
Pong Toss Pro – Frat Party Games – 128 blocks
Virtual Console
Mario Tennis – 217 blocks
DSiWare
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects – Revenge – 125 blocks
Maestro! Green Groove – 91 blocks
Date or Ditch – 67 blocks
Animal Color Cross – 59 blocks
Ancient Tribe – 49 blocks
Brain Drain – 44 blocks
Tournament of Legends, which is currently a Wii-exclusive gladiatorial/fantasy brawling gaming, could head to other platforms, according to lead designer of the game Pat Dolan. When asked about it being Wii exclusive, he replied “It is right now!” followed apparently by some sort of maniacal laughter. I think… Additionally, he said that the company behind the game (High Voltage Software) is looking into Kinect and Move as possible alternatives to the Wii control schemes.
Sakurai on how long he’s been waiting to bring Pit back…
“So, the revival of Kid Icarus actually began in Smash Brothers. We brought him back for Smash Brothers and I personally did all that design work. We made a decision to upgrade and re-envision what the character was like with some more current trappings. From that time I certainly had an interest in the franchise. Now this time around, the project actually began with an original game idea, and the match seem to be a good one for the mythology and the character Kid Icarus. So it just so happened that the game idea and the franchise matched in the project then start it from there.”
Sakurai on what idea led to the creation of a standalone game…
“So the original idea was a game in which you had air combat and ground combat and then end up with a boss battle. It was that kind of flow, sort of a hybrid of a shooting game and a third-person game with those two things. Now the idea is that Pit as an angel who can’t fly and provides this scenario where [the goddess] Palutena grants him the ability to fly for just five minutes. That seem like a good match with this gameplay idea, and in trying it out in initial testing phases, it seemed to work pretty well. I definitely knew that there was this very strong demand for revival of the franchise overseas and I thought that this was an idea that was crystallized and would satisfy that demand.”
Videos
Blue Dragon: Awakened Info Video
The Last Airbender Info Video
Arc Rise Fantasia Info Video
Jett Rocket Info Video
Pong Toss Pro Info Video
Robin Hood: The Return of Richard Info
Demos
Dragon Ball: Origins 2
Rooms DS
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’s Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion
– New York City is run by criminal mobs
– John Tanner saved Senator Ballard’s life, has to take charge of a crusade against crime
– Tanner has to take out five kingpins (a drug dealer, a human-organs trafficker, a pimp, an arms dealer and an over-greedy trader)
– Tanner is helped by his friends, fights against crime with his car
– Fill Rage bar by jumping
– Execute takedowns on enemy cars
– 20 story-based missions
– Takes place between Driver 1 and 2
– Meet new allies
– 50 cars to unlock
– 70 challenges and tracks across the city
– 7 challenge types (including Time Attack, Elimination Mode, Road War)
“Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to launch by the end of Nintendo’s current fiscal year, which runs through March 31, 2011.” Charlie Scibetta, senior director of Corporate Communications
Ugh…This is starting to get extremely annoying. You’d think Nintendo would be able to comment on a remark made by their own North American president! I guess we’re back to square one…The 3DS will launch before the end of March 2011, and that’s all we know for sure.
