Course: Cookie Land
Objective: Finish the race first
Secondary objective: Avoid Goombas
Tournament date: 9/1 – 9/10

Even though Firebrand Games is busy developing their first TrackMania title for Wii, they’re not letting the series abandon the DS. TrackMania 2 DS is in development and is expected to hit Europe Q2 2010. Snow, island, and coast environments will be present in the game. In total, there will be 150 new courses. Players will also be able to play and share tracks either locally or through Wi-Fi. You can check out the first screenshots of the game above.

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Oxygen announces Safar’Wii coming in September
Northampton, UK Weds 26th August 2009

Oxygen Games announces the release of Safar’Wii coming to the Wii™ this September.

You have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to explore a new island, Animal Island. As a photographer for ‘Animal News’ you will be given assignments to take photographs of the islands inhabitants, and experience them up close and personal.

“Safar’Wii makes your dreams of getting close to wild animals a reality,” said Emma Jenkins Product Manager, “it gives kids the chance to interact with animals, see them in their natural habitats and learn about them in an exciting and fun way.”

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Here’s the special edition version of the game…

And here’s the limited edition DSi…

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-Dragon Quest Wars (Square Enix, DSiWare)
-Moki Moki (Natsume, WiiWare)
-Reel Fishing Challenge (Natsume, WiiWare)
-Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 – The Siege of Spinner Cay (Telltale Games, WiiWare)

Looks like Dragon Quest Wars will be releasing outside of Japan sometime in the future.

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More footage here

Thanks to Gunnar for the news tip!

Title sorted by platform:

Pos. System Number of titles
1. (1) Miscellaneous 161 (136)
2. (4) Mobile 130 (76)
3. (2) PC 76 (98)
4. (3) Nintendo DS 41 (78)
5. (6) 360 Xbox 360 17 (14)
6. (8) PlayStation3 12 (12)
7. (7) PSP 11 (13)
8. (5) Wii 8 (27)

Titles sorted by genre:

Pos. Genre Number of Games
1. Action 115
2. Miscellaneous 103
3. Puzzle 59
4. RPG 52
5. Development Tool 31
6. Simulation 22
7. Sport 15
8. Adventure 13
9. Shooting  10
10. Racing 8

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Blitz Games and Konami working on the next instalment of Karaoke Revolution®.

26 July 2009 Konami has once again selected Blitz Games (a division of leading developer Blitz Games Studios) to bring its skill and experience to the original singing party game franchise: Karaoke Revolution. The new game in the series will be fully equipped with 50 new master recordings to sing along to on Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii.

“Karaoke Revolution is special for a number of reasons,” says Project Director Mark Hardisty. “Not only was it the original console karaoke game but it now also features some great new customisation options for both characters and venues. Players can create avatars of themselves using our facial and body morphing technology and have total control over the way the stage look. We also have the original music videos that can be projected onto the customised stages as you sing along.”

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