Thanks to Jake for the news tip!
A few new details regarding the new peripheral for Heart Gold/Soul Silver, the “PokeWalker”.
– You take a Pokemon out of your game and transfer it into your PokeWalker.
– You choose a course for your Pokemon to walk.
– Some courses are unlocked later on in the game.
– You earn watts with every real-life step you take.
– You can exchange those watts for experience, items, and the ability to catch new wild Pokemon.
We’re six days away from the release of High Voltage’s “The Conduit”, and amidst the flurry of last minute pre-orders and excited fans comes a few cool new details regarding some of The Conduit’s weapons. Take a look:
DSiWare
1 (1) – Nintendo DSi Browser
2 (8) – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
3 (2) – Paper Airplane Chase
4 (4) – WarioWare: Snapped!
5 (6) – Bird & Beans
6 (3) – Dr. Mario Express
7 (5) – Photo Clock
8 (9) – Mighty Flip Champs!
9 (7) – American Popstar: Road to Celebrity
10 (10) – Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
11 (11) – Real Soccer 2009
12 (12) – Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche
13 (N) – Mario Clock
14 (15) – Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face
15 (13) – Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics
16 (14) – Animal Crossing Calculator
17 (N) – Mario Calculator
18 (17) – Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games
19 (16) – Brain Age Express: Math
20 (18) – Mixed Messages
VC
1 (1) – Super Mario Bros. 3
2 (3) – Super Mario Bros.
3 (2) – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
4 (4) – Super Mario World
5 (5) – Punch-Out!!
6 (6) – Super Mario Bros. 2
7 (7) – Super Mario 64
8 (8) – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
9 (9) – The Legend of Zelda
10 (10) – Donkey Kong Country
11 (11) – Mario Kart 64
12 (13) – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
13 (12) – Pac-Man
14 (15) – Donkey Kong
15 (16) – Paper Mario
16 (14) – Super Punch-Out!!
17 (17) – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
18 (18) – Sonic the Hedgehog 2
19 (20) – Galaga
20 (19) – Excitebike
WiiWare
1 (1) – Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
2 (3) – Texas Hold’em Tournament
3 (10) – Swords & Soldiers
4 (4) – My Aquarium
5 (5) – World of Goo
6 (6) – Tetris Party
7 (2) – Bubble Bobble Plus!
8 (7) – My Pokemon Ranch
9 (9) – Dr. Mario Online Rx
10 (11) – Defend your Castle
11 (13) – Onslaught
12 (8) – Adventure Island: The Beginning
13 (12) – CueSports – Pool Revolution
14 (14) – Fun! Fun! Minigolf
15 (15) – Brain Challenge
16 (17) – Mega Man 9
17 (20) – Sandy Beach
18 (19) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
19 (18) – Bomberman Blast
20 (16) – Silver Star Chess
Factor 5, which closed down their San Rafael studio just a few weeks ago, is now being sued by its former employees. The employees claim that Factor 5 deceitfully transferring assets to a seperate company in order to avoid handing out payment.
James Smith, a San Francisco lawyer representing the employees, issued a statement.
“We allege in the suit that Factor 5 and its three founders fraudulently transferred assets, including source code and other intellectual property to Blue Harvest, which is now known as White Harvest. We believe and have alleged in the complaint that Factor 5 and White Harvest are essentially the same company, being run by the same people, being represented by the same sets of lawyers, with all the same management and ownership and control, performing all the same work that they were doing at Factor 5, just now with a new name and a new address.”
The worst part of this all? Apparently a new Star Wars Rogue Squadron was in development for Wii and all progress was transferred to White Harvest. Unfortunately, the fate of the title does not seem to be too promising at the moment.
Firebrand Games, the International handheld development specialists responsible for GRID and TrackMania, today announce details of their next project, the Nintendo DS videogame version of the hugely anticipated animated film Planet 51.
With a US theatrical release through Sony on Thanksgiving, Planet 51 is the tale of US astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker (Dwayne Johnson, The Scorpion King, Be Cool) who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, it’s already inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950’s American. The film also features the voices of John Cleese, Gary Oldman and Seann William Scott.
Mark Greenshields, CEO of Firebrand Games, commented “We have a track history of creating incredibly successful handheld titles and now, with the opportunity to work on a huge film tie-in like Planet 51, Firebrand is taking our core skill of producing triple-A driving titles into a wider arena.” He continued “Planet 51 is a game that has many diverse elements to it and we’re committed to turning the game into as big a success as the movie is going to be. With a strong storyline and some amazing visuals we’re sure that Planet 51 is going to be a massive hit on the DS.”
Planet 51 The Game is being released in the western markets by SEGA from November 2009.
Let’s Tap; Let’s Catch; Let’s Play!
From the genius mind of Yuji Naka, two new innovative Wii Titles Hit Shelves and the Nintendo Channel this week
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (June 16, 2009) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA America, Inc. today announced they have shipped LET’S TAP™ for Nintendo Wii™, which will be available at retail for £24.99. Another Wii exclusive, LET’S CATCH™, Yuji Naka’s second title from his Prope studio, will be available for download from the Nintendo Channel store on the day of the LET’S TAP release – 19th of June 2009.
Blazing new ground in the Nintendo Wii™ control design allows LET’S TAP players to simply tap their fingers on the Wii remote, giving hours of simple unadulterated fun. LET’S CATCH brings the time-honoured game of catch into players homes but with some creative new twists! LET’S TAP and LET’S CATCH are the first two products developed by Prope, the studio that Sonic the Hedgehog™ creator Yuji Naka established in 2006.
Thanks to Jake for the news tip!
