The Guitar Hero World Tour guitar slider was sending analog values. The Guitar Hero 5 guitar controller’s slider is digital, reducing the chance for error and latency. On the surface of the slider we added slight reliefs (like the one on the yellow fret button) to the middle slider fret and the top and bottom slider frets. This way you can feel exactly where your fingers are. There are also colored dots on the neck of the guitar controller near the slider that correspond to the colors of the frets. This allows you to quickly look down and see where your fingers should be (if the reliefs aren’t enough for you). All of these changes to the slider allow you to hit the tapping sections with better precision – we also removed the purple rope in the tapping/slide sections of game play by the way :). For those who are musically inclined, GHStudio’s all new expressive guitar controller capabilities is where the slider will really shine.
I can’t say this makes a difference for me personally, as I didn’t intend to purchase the game in the first place, but perhaps for some people this will be a major selling point of a new guitar, rather than sticking to the World Tour guitar.
– Entei, Suicune and Raikou will be at Level 40.
– two newly revealed Pokethlon sports: Snowball Fighting and Wrestling
– Pokegear contains Phone, Map, Radio Item Finder and Pokewalker stats
– X and Y buttons allow for assignment of items
– Notch-eared Pichu is unlocked when you trade over your Pikachu colored Pichu. Notch-eared Pichu cannot be traded and does not evolve
– Notch-eared Pichu knows Pain Split, Volt Tackle, Helping Hand, and Swagger
– The Kimono Sisters play a bigger roll
– Team Rocket may have infiltrated the Kimono Sisters house.
– It rains at the Lake of Rage when you encounter Red Gyarados
– Mother will save your money buy rare items from time to time
– PokeWalker features an Item Finder that allows you to scan/pick up items while you wakl
– Two PokeWalkers can connect via infrared in order to get items
– The PokeWalker keeps track of your daily activities and updates your PokeGear when you connect to HeartGold/SoulSilver
Nintendo has revealed which prizes are available for Platinum/Gold members of Club Nintendo. Make sure to pick your prize by August 11!
Platinum prizes
– Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!! (WiiWare)
“It’s Little Mac vs. Doc Louis!! Step into Little Mac’s shoes and challenge your mentor and coach, Doc Louis, to prove you have what it takes to become the World Video Boxing Association World Champion.
This unique one-on-one bout builds off of the fun and excitement found in the retail version of Punch-Out!!™ for the Wii™ console, and is designed exclusively for 2009 Club Nintendo Platinum Members (USA and Canada) as a free download. This gift will not be available anywhere else!”
– Mario hat
Gold prize
– Club Nintendo Original Calender – 2010
Thanks to Jake for the news tip!
Videos
Wii Sports Resort Info Video
Wii Sports Resort Challenge: VS Golf Pro
The Conduit – Mr. Ford Design
Dead Space Extraction: Controls
G-Force: The Video Game – Info Video
Scribblenauts Info Video
Muramasa: The Demon Blade – Gameplay
Bit Boy!! Info Video
Incoming! Info Video
Brain Challenge – DSiWare – Info Video
DSiWare Lineup 7/13 Update
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage
EA Sports Active – Virtual Trainer
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 7/19)
Mega Man Star Force 3 AcidArrest Battle Card
My Healthy Cooking Coach
Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Council 4
Ice Age: Dawn of Dinosaurs
Bioshock architect Kev Levine, is, believe it or not, a very big fan of the Zelda series. Levine spoke about his relationship with his “first super-serious girlfriend” and how he came to lose her. And of course, Zelda was at the heart of the problem. Rather then spending time with his girlfriend on her last day in San Francisco, Levine purchased the first Zelda game and spent fifteen hours of playing on his NES instead.
“After I graduated from college, I moved to an apartment in San Francisco with the first super-serious girlfriend. She was a couple of years younger than me, so at the end of the summer, she was set to go back to school. On our last day together in San Fran, I for some reason picked up The Legend of Zelda. As she stood by waiting for some romantic gesture to happen on our last day living together, she was instead treated to watching me obsessively plow through Hyrule for around 15 hours. By the time the cab showed up to take her to the airport, I realized if I had any hope of keeping her as my girlfriend, it was time to shut off the NES. Needless to say, we didn’t spend the next summer together.”
Back in February, it was announced that Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai would be opening up a new first-party team, Project Sora, in conjunction with Nintendo. It’s still unclear what title Project Sora is working on, although Satoru Iwata stated awhile back that it will be “an experience that’s different from anything [you’ve played] up until now.” While we continue to wait for more concrete news concerning the new game, you can check out the first pictures of the dev studio.
