Late last week, voice actor Rikiya Koyama indicated on his blog that a Wii version of Tales of Vesperia would be happening. Hopes of seeing that happen will have to be put aside for now, however. Koyama confirmed today that he made a mistake. He mixed up Vesperia with Tales of Graces, which is coming out for Wii next month in Japan. It’s still possible that we’ll see Tales of Vesperia Wii down the road, but don’t expect it for the foreseeable future.
2 1 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 2 FIFA 10 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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1 4 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
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4 6 FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
7 7 MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
6 8 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
5 9 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
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Rev up your engines for a huge week at the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi™ Shop, starting with the launch of a pulse-pounding revamp for the WiiWare™ service, Excitebike™: World Rally. For the Nintendo DSiWare service, you’ll find five new titles in the mesmerizing Electroplankton™ series – available at just 200 Nintendo DSi Points™ apiece – plus the irresistible multiplayer mayhem of Bomberman Blitz. With two new classic Virtual Console™ offerings to sweeten the selection, there’s truly something for everyone to download and enjoy.
Update: This is probably the real deal. If you remember, hetoan2 is/was one of the more recognized hackers of The Conduit (thanks to Miyamoto for pointing this out).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition isn’t even available in stores yet, but it looks like someone has already hacked the game. A quick glance at the Reflex’s online leaderboards shows that something certainly is fishy. Player hetoan2 already has reached 1,337,420 kills in the global accuracy listings, not to mention that his other stats aren’t exactly normal either. This isn’t a good sign for those looking to have a fair experience with the game’s online modes, but hopefully Activision and Treyarch can take care of any hackers quickly if this rumor is true.
**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** THE WHITE STRIPES MAKE THEIR ROCK BAND DEBUT
Also, tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys for Rock Band Unplugged!Guildford, UK. – Nov. 6, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of tracks from The White Stripes and singles from The Damned and Kasabian will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. Tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys will be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 System and Wii
Brother/sister duo The White Stripes will release a three pack of some of their most loved songs on Rock Band next week. The band, composed of Jack White (of The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, both featured in Rock Band) and Meg White, has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards, including three for Best Alternative Music Album. “The White Stripes Pack 01” will feature “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” from the 2001 album, White Blood Cells; “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine,” from the 2003 album, Elephant; and “Icky Thump” from the 2007 album of the same name. A tour documentary titled “The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights” debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this September and is currently making the festival rounds to rave reviews. The film, directed by Emmett Malloy, is a visual and emotional documentation of The White Stripes making their way through Canada where they played every province and territory, culminating with their 10th anniversary show in Nova Scotia. “The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights” is scheduled to be released in early 2010.
Have you ever played a game by moving a puppet all around? Well, that’s exactly what you do in Wiiwaa. Zoink Games, a Swedish developer, has gone out of their way to create an entirely new add-on just for their new game. After shoving the Wiimote inside the puppet, players will be able to control the character onscreen to jump, move, shake, and execute other actions. This really is one of the strangest ways I’ve seen to control a Wii game thus far.
There’s some fantastic news today for European fans of Inazuma Eleven. Arait Multimedia recently announced that they have acquired the rights to the franchise. And on the company’s website, it is noted that “the licensing program shall be extended to the European level during the 2nd quarter of 2010, led by the existing Nintendo DS games.”
Arait Multimedia will not be publishing any Inazuma Eleven titles, as they are not a video game publisher. However, Level-5’s Akihiro Hino has mentioned that a release date will be announced for the first Inazuma Eleven game “when the time is right.”
There’s one last piece of important news. Hino has also said that there are plans to bring all of the Atamania titles to Europe. This includes the Sloane & MacHale and puzzle collections series.
Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes (DSi) – E
Hell’s Kitchen Vs. (DSi) – E
Move your Brain – Rollway Puzzle (DSi) – E
Prehistorik Man (DSi) – E
Learn Geography (DS) – E
Crazy Sudoku (DSi) – E
Marines: Modern Urban Combat (Wii) – T
Turbo Trainz (Wii) – E
Lead the Meerkats (Wii) – E10+
Oscar in Movieland (DSi) – E
Sudoku 4Pockets (DSi) – E
Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!
While Yoshinori Ono has been a developer for numerous Capcom games, he has mostly been known for his work on the Street Fighter series. And apparently, Ono has a pretty “awesome” secret. Check out these messages that were recently left on Capcom’s official Twitter…
“Ono-san is full of surprises today. Hotness incoming…Ono showed us something TOTALLY AWESOME that we’re not allowed to talk about for a few months. He’s a total tease…”
Sadly, as Capcom mentioned, we won’t understand what this secret is for a few months. If it is truly awesome, though, it should be worth the wait!
