WiiWare
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias – 317 blocks
Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem – 293 blocks
VC
Rygar – 49 blocks
DSiWare
Pro-Putt Domo – 26 blocks
White-Water Domo – 20 blocks
Crash-Course Domo – 18 blocks
Hard-Hat Domo – 13 blocks
Rock-N-Roll Domo – 30 blocks
This Holiday’s Hottest Arcade Racer Speeds to Retailers Powered by an Electrifying International Soundtrack
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – October 19, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the award-winning Need for Speed™ NITRO has gone gold and will be in stores early, arriving to retailers on November 3rd in North America and on November 6th in Europe. Developed specifically for the Wii and Nintendo DS, Need for Speed NITRO captures the fun and exhilaration of arcade racing, thrusting players into a world of blazing speed where they must dominate the competition at 200 MPH. Complementing the thrilling gameplay is an adrenaline-charged soundtrack that features songs from some of the world’s most celebrated and innovative artists including k-os, Placebo and Crystal Method.“This soundtrack musically exemplifies the intensity, attitude and adrenaline of Need for Speed NITRO” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “This energetic collection of rock, electronic and hip hop, matches the incredible speed and intensity of a game experience players will never forget.”
Setting up marriage proposals through video games seem to be more common these days. Enthusiasts have used LittleBigPlanet and Chrono Trigger to woo their loved ones. And most recently, a classic Mario game – Super Mario World – was modified so that a gamer could ask his girlfriend to marry him.
“My nerdy way to propose. On October 15th 2009, it was out 5 year anniversary so i decided to propose. Using a program called lunar magic I was able to spell ‘lisa… Will you marry me?’ she may not look too surprised in the video but you should of seen her afterwords, she couldn’t sit still!!! And no it wasn’t staged, but I did sit her down told her to play some Super Mario World, but she totally didn’t know she was being recorded!!”
New Super Mario Bros. Wii won’t be making its worldwide debut until next month, but the first review of the game is already in. The Official Nintendo Magazine published the review it the most recent issue of the magazine, awarding it with a 96%. It was stated that the “timeless Mario magic is present” and that it “looks and sounds incredible.” And perhaps the the concerns about the game being too easy can be put to rest once and for all, as ONM said that New Super Mario Bros. Wii “starts easy, ends hard as nails.” The only negative point brought up at the end of the article is that the reviewer would have liked to see more of Yoshi. Still, overall, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sounds like it’ll please fans.
Thanks to Josh for the news tip!
Dead Space Extraction has only been out in the market for a few weeks, but it’s not off to a stellar start, supposedly. A member over at NeoGAF (who is thought to be Louis Gascoigne, a programmer at Visceral Games) posted a message on the forum, noting that “It is a shame nobody bought this.”
But there’s some unfortunate news for Wii owners. In June, EA Games label president Frank Gibeau stated that the company was “going to take a gamble and build that (mature) market” with Dead Space Extraction. As a result of the title’s poor sales so far though, EA’s decision to publish mature content for the Wii will be influenced, along with the SKU plan.
1 1 FIFA 10 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 2 UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2 3 OPERATION FLASHPOINT: DRAGON RISING CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
5 4 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 5 MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
3 6 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT SLIGHTLY MAD STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 7 BRÜTAL LEGEND DOUBLE FINE PRODUCTIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 8 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA’S BOX LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 9 HALO 3: ODST BUNGIE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 10 FALLOUT 3: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORK
Eight is great for gamers this week as Nintendo adds eight new titles to its ever-growing library of downloadable games. First on the list is LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, a follow-up to one of the most popular releases on the WiiWare™ service. Next, Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem makes survival of the fittest the law of the land. Meanwhile, Nintendo DSiWare™ welcomes Domo™, a strange creature who hatched from an egg. Also known as the popular mascot of Japan’s NHK television station, Domo stars in five separate new Nintendo DSiWare games. Topping it off is RYGAR™, a 1980s arcade gem making its Virtual Console™ debut.
