20th May 2010 – Calling all music lovers! Dust off those air guitar moves and start warming up those vocal chords, as Jam with the Band launches for the Nintendo DS family of consoles across Europe this week. Whether you’re more into your pop than your classical or prefer dance to rock, there is something for everyone on this brand new music maker with over 50 pre-installed songs with even more available to download via Nintendo Wi-Fi connection service from launch day onwards!
Jam with the Band will transform your Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi into your very own pocket music studio, allowing you to get creative by programming your own versions of famous songs to share with your friends or jam to a collection of top songs from an ever-growing play list.
01. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) – 126.000 / 1.002.000 (-50%)
02. / 02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) – 63.000 / 638.000 (-55%)
03. / 03. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 19.000 / 3.826.000 (-59%)
04. / 04. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 16.000 / 3.207.000 (-52%)
05. / 00. [PSP] Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku (Idea Factory) – 15.000 / NEW
06. / 05. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 13.000 / 2.784.000 (-60%)
07. / 10. [PS3] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) – 13.000 / 109.000 (-18%)
08. / 06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 12.000 / 1.903.000 (-49%)
09. / 07. [PS3] Super Street Fighter 4 (Capcom) – 12.000 / 113.000 (-40%)
10. / 00. [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts) – 10.000 / NEW
11. / 08. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light (Pokemon Co.)
12. / 11. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami)
13. / 09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
14. / 14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
15. / 00. [NDS] Trick DS-han: Kakushi Kami no Sumukan (Konami)
16. / 12. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17. / 00. [360] Metro 2033 (Spike)
18. / 13. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami)
19. / 16. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
20. / 00. [PSP] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts)
21. / 20. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix)
22. / 30. [PSP] Ikki Tousen: Xross Impact (Marvelous Entertainment)
23. / 17. [WII] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 2 – Awakening of the Hero [Everyone’s Recommendation Selection] (Bandai Namco)
24. / 15. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
25. / 25. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami)
26. / 23. [360] Super Street Fighter 4 (Capcom)
27. / 34. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda Softworks)
28. / 18. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Warriors (Koei)
29. / 21. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
30. / 28. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Bandai Namco)
This information comes from Nnooo’s Twitter account…
“New product announcement coming soon…”
Hmm, what can it be? Another DSiWare application perhaps? Well, we’ll find out soon!
As many Mario fans know, there are two seperate rewards in Super Mario Galaxy. Obtaining 120 Power Stars rewards players with the opportunity to use Luigi. Then, following the Luigi playthough, the Grand Finale Galaxy will be unlocked.
But even though gamers will have to wait until Sunday to experience Mario’s second Galaxy outing, Prima Games has already confirmed what players will earn after finding all of the stars in the sequel:
– Six compousers: Yoko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Manami Kiyota, ACE+ sound unit (CHiCO, Tomori Kudo, and Kenji Hiramatsu).
– Dog Ear Records producing the soundtrack (Uematsu’s studio)
– ACE+ and Manami Kiyota asked to contribute to Dog Ear Records
– Manami Kiyota is a singer songwriter (sang opening theme for Glory of Heracles, composed PokePark music), field exploration/event scene song composition in Xenoblade
– Originally, only CHiCO and Tomori Kudo were only with ACE, become ACE+ with Hiramatsu
– CHiCO did N64 Tamagotchi music, Luminous Arc 3 vocal song
– ACE+ did field exploration/event scenes/battle music
– Shimomura composed Xenoblade’s main and opening themes
– Mitsuda composed Xenoblade’s vocal song (for epilogue scene, called Beyond the Sky, lyrics by Takahashi)
Thanks to Asso for the tip!
“I was art director on Xenosaga Episode 1, which was also my first project at Monolith Soft. I was director and art director on Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos II. For the soon-to-be released Xenoblade, I made concept art. Outside of these, when we get graphics work from other companies, I do direction inside the company. By the way, I’m currently…I’m doing secret work (laughs).” – Baten Kaitos series director Yasuyuki Honne
Man, I can’t even begin to tell you guys how much I love Baten Kaitos. I’d be absolutely thrilled if Baten Kaitos III was announced for Wii. Unfortunately, the sales of the first two games might prevent that from happening.
