Bumping this post to the front page for now – Seeya later, guys!
Well guys, I hate to leave you behind but…I’m going off on a vacation for a few days. This will allow me to refresh my mind, get a change in scenery, and come back completely refreshed to provide you all with what we hope is the best Nintendo coverage.
Unlike last year’s vacation though, you should be covered in terms of Nintendo news. Unfortunately, an editor bailed out on us last August but I’m not expecting a similar situation this year. Austin will indeed be taking over the site while I’m away and will be handling the news on the site. He’s done this plenty of times before so I don’t foresee any problems – Unless the site explodes, of course.
I will be leaving a little bit later today and will return sometime on Thursday. However, while I’m gone, I will be popping in to do a few news posts here and there. So, I won’t be leaving completely!
I’m going to continue with a few news posts and will be bumping this post to the front page before I leave. Hope you guys don’t miss me too much!
New GamesCom Event in Cologne, Germany Plays Host to Stellar Line Up of Titles for All, from NAMCO BANDAI Games, Atari and More
LYON, FRANCE – 7th August 2009 – Namco Bandai Partners today unveiled the exciting and varied line up of titles that it will showcase at GamesCom 2009 in Cologne, Germany from August 19th to 23rd. Bringing some of the year’s most anticipated titles to the hands of the biggest audience of video game fans in the world, NAMCO BANDAI Partners’ impressive stand, located in Hall 8, Stand B 040, will feature a huge number of public hands-on gaming stations and a seated theatre where new trailers will be screened exclusively for visitors to the show.
GamesCom 2009 is the first event where newly re-named video game distribution company NAMCO BANDAI Partners will present its strong line up of highly anticipated games with something for everyone, whether a hardcore gamer or just looking for a dose of top quality fun.
WiiWare
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits – 299 blocks
Rock N’ Roll Climber – 125 blocks
VC
Super Star Wars – 24 blocks
DSiWare
Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters – 80 blocks
New games
* Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
* Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (NDS)
* The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS)
* Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (NDS)
* Flipnote Studio (DSiWare)
Old games
* Brain Training (NDS)
* Mario Kart DS (NDS)
* Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (NDS)
* Rhythm Paradise (NDS)
– 1 ASHES CRICKET 2009 TRANSMISSION GAMES CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
1 2 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 3 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 4 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 5 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 6 HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE EA BRIGHT LIGHT EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 7 CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD TECHLAND UBISOFT UBISOFT
11 8 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 9 G-FORCE KEEN GAMES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
7 10 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dinosaurs may be long gone from the earth, but for owners of the portable Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems, a new breed of prehistoric excitement is just now coming to life. With today’s release of the Fossil Fighters™ video game, Nintendo is delivering a dino-sized gaming experience that fans of any age or background can pick up and enjoy.
Fossil Fighters invites players to enter a world in which fearsome creatures are hidden as fossils for players to collect, using the unique touch-screen controls of Nintendo DS. Players can clean, collect and battle their discoveries. The game features more than 100 dinosaur-like creatures called Vivosaurs, each of which can be revived and deployed in strategic turn-based battles. With fun tactical elements, vast environments to explore and a lighthearted storyline and characters, Fossil Fighters allows players to control and customize a team of Vivosaurs as they battle their way through the mysterious Vivosaur Island. Players can also connect over local wireless with friends to battle customized teams of Vivosaurs or trade their fossils.
The developer of titles such as Demon’s Souls, Armored Core, and Tenchu: Shadow Assassins have begun to tease a new game on their website. Unsurprisingly, there isn’t much too it right now. More concrete news will be released in eleven days, which is when the countdown is expected to end.
