Fan-Favorite Casual Game Coming to WiiWare March 29
San Mateo, Calif. – March 5, 2010 – The tables are being set for the launch of Diner Dash® on WiiWare™, coming to the Wii™ on March 29, 2010. Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American subsidiary of HUDSON SOFT, partners with PlayFirst, creators of Diner Dash, to bring this best-selling brand to WiiWare™. Diner Dash is also currently available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and on PlayStation® Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.
“Diner Dash has been serving heaps of fun for years and Wii owners will soon get their first taste of the action,” said Sabine Duvall, vice president of product development at Hudson Entertainment. “New controls designed especially for the Wii and a new multiplayer mode will keep gamers coming back for second helpings.”
Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
5. Zangeki no Reginleiv (Nintendo)
UK:
1. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
3. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
4. EA Sports Active (EA Sports)
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. MySims Kingdom (EA Games)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix)
2. Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 4 – Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (Spike)
3. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
4. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (Square Enix)
5. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome (Square Enix)
UK:
1. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
4. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo)
Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!
WiiWare
BIT.TRIP VOID (Aksys Games, 600 Wii Points)
Mega Man 10 (CAPCOM, 1000 Wii Points)
DSiWare
Dark Void Zero (CAPCOM, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
Flips: The Bubonic Builders (Electronic Arts, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
Globulos Party (GlobZ, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
New English Training: Learn with Tempo – Advanced Edition (Nintendo, 800 Nintendo DSi Points)
Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon (Nintendo, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
Real Football 2010 (Gameloft, 800 Nintendo DSi Points)
Virtual Console
Zaxxon (SEGA, Virtual Console Arcade, 500 Wii Points)
Here’s a quick look (by request) at the packaging and poster that comes with the Monster Hunter Tri demo. Since the demo is now known to be 100% free of charge, you should all go pick it up right away! Also, if you have any more requests for videos/articles, be sure to comment or use the contact form to let us know!
Now that the latest Media Create hardware sales data has been reported, the complete totals for February have been calculated. Here’s how things played out last month (2/1 – 2/28):
PSP – 152,590
Wii – 141,543
PS3 – 110,694
DSi LL – 104,659
DSi – 68,164
DS Lite – 21,151
Xbox 360 – 11,062
PS2 – 7,711
PSP go – 5,799
As many of you know, Madworld is not a Wii game that sold very well, and when it comes down to it, I just do not know why. Maybe it was the over the top violence, maybe it was the graphical style; either way, it’s a very fun game that is worth playing, and after the official price dropped to just $20, I was sure that no one would pass it up. Well, apparently people have passed it up because the price on Newegg.com has dropped to just $10, with free shipping. I usually don’t push my agenda on anyone, but I would highly recommend picking this game up for this price. Even if you hate it, it was only $10, so you really can’t go wrong.
– No technique points.
– Chain capacity meter replaces tech points.
– Lose 1 points for a basic hit, 3 points for a special hit, no attacks when meter is empty.
– Each attack fills your blazing rise meter.
– Press L to activate your blazing rise meter for a string of attacks that don’t involve your CC meter dropping.
– Switch allies by going into the menu and pressing L.
“I would have loved to have started making small games. When I was younger I was thinking, how come the team has to be so big to make one game? So it’s really good to have a small team and people can put forward their own ideas into the game. It’s like for a music artist, they can just put out their single right away, not wait to do the full album. It’s like that, so it’s a really helpful industry. I’m jealous actually.” – Goichi Suda
I can definitely see where he’s coming from with this one. If you’re a small developer, you have a lot more freedom to do what you want without the hassle of having to deal with publishers.
