FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY!
That mischievous little imp, Cocoto, is back this winter along with his friends to amuse and delight young players with two new video games Wii™.With an easy-to-use interface and unique accessories, the Cocoto range of games is accessible to all, even the least experienced players. All the family can get together for a furious round of Cocoto!
Some new, some old information…
– Releasing November 19
– 70 songs
– Old songs include “Linda Linda”, “Cutie Honey”, “Dragon’s Soul”, and “Cruel Angel’s Thesis”
– New songs include “Be Your Wings” – the Tales of Vs. theme and “Family Don Don” from YMCK
– Adventure mode from Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2 is back and is expanded
– Daily challenges
– Game + drum for 7,980 yen ($89)
– Disc only will cost 5,040 yen ($56)
– Drum is hard plastic, not the inflatable one from the trademark
– Textures, sounds, lightmaps and other memory hogs need to be compressed due to WiiWare’s size limit
– Developers trying to maintain consistency between WiiWare/PC versions
– Two control schemes:
1. Move hero with Wiimote
2. Move hero with nunchuck
– Devs trying to solve some technical issues with the WiiWare version
– Three composers contributing to the game’s soundtrack
– Goal is to release the game in Q1 2010
– No pricing info yet, but will cost around the same as the Final Fantasy/Pokemon WiiWare titles
– Grotesque Tactics probably won’t be the only Grotesque game
Thanks to Johannes for the news tip!
We posted a scan yesterday which featured similar images, but now we have our first look of the game through direct-feed shots.
Media Create has published the latest official software sales figures from Japan. We’ve posted the results below.
1. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 189,000 / 2,474,000
2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus – 152,000 / 492,000
3. [DS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey – 97,000 / NEW
4. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard – 95,000 / 376,000
5. [DS] Tomodachi Collection – 63,000 / 1,351,000
6. [PSP] Gran Turismo – 40,000 / 174,000
7. [WII] Wii Sports Resort – 24,000 / 1,277,000
8. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier – 19,000 / 100,000
9. [DS] Love Plus – 19,000 / 122,000
10. [DS] Dragon Quest IX – 16,000 / 3,982,000
Game Info
Genre: 2-D Puzzle/Adventure
Available: Now
Video: 16:9/480p
Audio: Stereo
Players: Single player only
Nintendo Wifi: None
ESRB: Everyone
In “Way Forward Technologies’ ” re-imagining of the NES original, you once again play as a young boy, who upon being awoke by an earth shaking crash; goes out to investigate. Upon investigating the source of the calamity, he finds the blob; puzzle-solving adventures ensue.
Almost all of Rare’s Donkey Kong console efforts have been released on the Virtual Console. However, even though we’re nearly three years into the Wii’s lifecycle, we still haven’t seen Donkey Kong 64. In their most recent Scribes mailbag update, Rare said that they aren’t sure why the game hasn’t appeared yet and also discussed whether Jetpac would show up in the VC edition.
“I have no idea why DK64 hasn’t shown up yet, and whether Jetpac would still be in there or they’d replace it with Mario’s Cement Factory (which ate about three years of my life as a child) or something. Or maybe a single-screen 2D shooty version of Jet Race would be more appropriate. Who knows? Not us, obviously, or we wouldn’t be sitting here pitching clueless alternatives.”
