– Create, Fight and Explore Spore-Style for the First Time on the Wii –
Guildford, UK – 17th August 2009 – Get ready for heroic battles, vibrant worlds and boundless creativity! Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore™ Hero and Spore™ Hero Arena will be available on the 9th October 2009. Built from the ground up exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ platforms, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena introduce a new level of action-packed adventure and combat to the critically acclaimed Spore franchise.““Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena give Spore and Nintendo fans a new, dynamic and engaging way to interact with their customised creature heroes,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “Players’ heroes take center stage as both games, distinctly tailor-made for its Nintendo platform, infuse creativity, combat and adventure to create a unique gameplay experience on the Wii and Nintendo DS.”
It feels very odd saying that anything is too vicious for MadWorld. In a game that features some of the most over-the-top violence, it’s hard to believe that the developers would hold back. Yet, there was in fact one finishing move that the team cut out, which would have appeared in the the fight with Jude the Dude. You can check it out in the video, but be warned….It is very, very gruesome.
You can also view the game’s true finishing move for this fight, which we’ve posted below.
Nnooo are proud to announce that Pop+ Solo™ has been approved for release in both Europe and North America for Nintendo DSiWare™. Pop+ Solo will launch on August 24th in Americas and August 21st in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the UK for 500 Wii Points™.
In Pop+ Solo not only are users tasked with popping bubbles to make long chains and trying to keep the timer alive but also in a first for the series Nnooo have introduced a new Adventure mode with four boss battles. Players can now play through 16 waves of popping action with bosses interrupting the flow to try to stop players in their tracks.
Sinobi has compiled a listing of the best-selling third-party titles for Wii. On top of the list, Monster Hunter 3 stands alone, and that stat is based on only two weeks of sales. According to Media-Create, the game sold 520,000 units in its first two days on the market, followed by an additional 137,000 copies a week later. Entertain data shows, however, that the game is actually at 720,000 units sold in total. You can check out a full list of the best-selling third party Wii games below.
1. Monster Hunter 3: 583,000 (debut week)/720,000 (total)
2. Taiko Drum Master Wii: 115,000/588,000
3. Dragon Quest Sword: 302,000/489,000
4. Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles: 105,000/274,000
5. Decasporta: 67,000/261,000
6. Karaoke Joysound Wii: 63,000/235,000
7. Monster Hunter G: 143,000/225,000
8. Tales of Symphonia Ratatoskr no Kishi: 151,000/212,000
9. Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Neo: 43,000/166,000
10. Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition: 47,000/136,000
By the time this year is over, Nintendo will have launched three key releases: Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata recently commented about sales for the holiday at the first quarter financial results briefing and seems to believe that making these games available in a short amount of time will lead to success. Moreover, he hopes people people will say that “Holiday 2009 was the best one ever for Nintendo.”
“In September, which people overseas call ‘back-to-school,’ people start to pay more attention to home consoles. If we can convey the appeal of Wii Sports Resort to existing customers then, it will surely contribute to the sales of hardware and generate good momentum toward the holiday season. So we feel that Wii Sports Resort will drive hardware sales mainly in Q3 from October to December. Last year, we had some internal discussions about the close launch period of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit but we ended up launching them with the hypothesis that several major title launches in close proximity can produce a synergetic effect. As a result, it went very well. This year we hope to do well again as we will be launching three ten-million class titles consecutively, and would love to hear that ‘Holiday 2009 was the best one ever for Nintendo!'”
This is yet another snippet from the same Radio-Blodec podcast we’ve been mentioning this week, with High Voltage’s Joshusa Olson and SEGA’s German Fritsch. The possibility of High Voltage and SEGA working together again was discussed and we’ve translated the response below.
“…Well, we are all talking amongst ourselves. High Voltage is satisfied with SEGA and SEGA is satisfied with High Voltage. We have worked very well together. Whether we would like to end our relationship or not is a matter of numbers, but for now we will wait for sales…It depends on how everything works out but we would be happy to work together again without a doubt.”
DJ Hero (Wii) – T
Hot and Cold: A 3D Hidden Object Adventure (DSi) – E
Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear (DS) – E
PALLURIKIO (Wii) – E
World of Zoo (Wii) – E
Cook Wars (Wii) – E
Ninja Gaiden (Wii/Arcade) – E10+
Rygar (Wii/Arcade) – E10+
SpongeBob’s Truth or Square (Wii/DS) – E
Tecmo Bowl (Wii/Arcade) – E
Water Sports (Wii) – E
Hasbro Family Game Night 2 (Wii) – E
DJ Star (DS) – M
A Witch’s Tale (DS) – E10+
Disney’s A Christmas Carol + DGamer (DS) – E
Family Feud 2010 Edition (Wii) – E
Let’s Play Flight Attendant (DS) – E
Team Elimination Games (Wii) – E
Tony Hawk: Ride (Wii) – E10+
Solomon’s Key (Wii/Arcade) – E
Puzzle League Express (DSi) – E
Capcom characters have crossed paths with a number of other members from significant franchises in previous fighting titles. But how does Capcom vs. Nintendo sound? Tatsunoko vs. Capcom producer Ryota Niitsuma doesn’t seem opposed to the possibility and even told NGamer magazine that it’s “an interesting idea.”
“As you know, we like our Capcom Vs series – we have quite a few: SNK, Marvel, Tatsunoko. An interesting idea would be Capcom Vs Nintendo. Capcom wins!”
While I’m not really sure if Niitsuma was being completely serious, the idea does indeed seem intriguing.
In other “vs. Capcom” news, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was originally going to feature Phoenix Wright and Franziska von Karma, but the development team ultimately decided against including the characters. Niitsuma hopes that Phoenix Wright can make an appearance in a future title, however.
There are plenty of ways to quit a job, but one former Ubisoft staffer took it upon himself to go out in one of the more unconventional ways. Now ex-developer William David designed a flash game in order to – as he explains – “tell my co-workers I was leaving and why.” Like the way in which he left Ubisoft, the flash creation itself isn’t your typical game. You can choose to only move forward, jump, and listen to the characters. But it’s still worth a playing, as the atmosphere is excellent and is capped off off with music from Frank Sinatra. And hey, it’s not so often that someone is willing to take this kind of approach when leaving his/her job.
Famitsu First Day Sales (08/13)
[WII] Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Akatsuki no Ouji (Square Enix) – 6,600 (23%)
Famitsu August Estimates
Title – First Shipment/Total Forecast (Related Title – First Week/Total Sales)
[NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver (Pokemon) FS 1.35M-1.90M / TF 3.60M-4.40M (Pokemon DP – FW 1.586M / LTD 5.686M)
[WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) FS 310K-440K / TF 1.80M+ (Wii Fit – FW 254K / LTD 3.488M)
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 (Level 5) FS 230K-320K / TF 260K-360K (IE – FW 41K / LTD 375K)
[PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) FS 160K-230K / TF 230K-330K (ToV 360 – FW 101K / LTD 195K)
[PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) FS 150K-210K / TF 210K-300K (GT5 Prologue – FW 108K / LTD 239K)
[NDS] Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) FS 150K-210K / TF 150K-210K (FF4DS – FW 309K / LTD 622K)
[NDS] SaGa 2 SE (Square Enix) FS 140K-200K / TF 210K-300K (Romancing SaGa PS2 – FW 221K / LTD 455K)
[PS3] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco) FS 120K-170K / TF 170K-200K (Tekken 5 – FW 217K / LTD 317K)
[PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (Konami) FS 130K-180K / FS 190K-260K (JPPYP3 – FW 109K / LTD 356K)
[PS3] Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki (Bandai Namco) FS 110K-160K / TF 160K-220K (Gundam Musou 2 – FW 162K / LTD 316K)
[NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus) FS 90K-120K / TF 90K-120K (Devil Survivor – FW 57K / LTD 107K)
[NDS] Super Robo Gakuen (Bandai Namco) FS 80K-110K / TF 80K-110K (Mugen no Frontier – FW 90K / LTD 121K)
[PS3] Bayonetta (Sega) FS 80K-110K / TF 100K-140K (DMC4 – FW 212K / LTD 310K)
