Thanks to Jake for the news tip.
Wii owners craving a helping of a true Pokemon RPG experience on the system are probably going to have to wait awhile. Pokemon Company/GAME FREAK Board Director Junichi Masuda does not seem to be too keen on creating a title for Wii.
“No, we are not thinking of going into development for the Wii because we feel the core idea of Pokemon, communicating and trading with friends and other trainers, is best represented by being able to go anywhere and bring the system with you. This core concept of Pokemon is tied very closely to the portable system…Yes I believe there is a potential that a home console might have a match for our Pokemon concept, but as I said the basic concept is that you trade, you communicate, you want to remain mobile. If that challenge is met by the home console, then we would consider development, but at this point the portable system is the best match for the Pokemon games.”
HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT TO SERVE UP DINER DASH FOR XBOX LIVE® ARCADE, PLAYSTATION®NETWORK AND WiiWARETM
Players to Take Bite Out of Award-Winning Diner Dash When it Debuts on Consoles This Summer
San Mateo, Calif. – March 23, 2009 – Fans of the classic franchise Diner Dash® can rejoice as Hudson Entertainment will dish out a brand-new version of Diner Dash for Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PlayStation®Network and WiiWareTM starting this Summer. As in the classic action-strategy game, players will take control of Flo™, a waitress building a run-down diner into a success, one customer at a time. The Diner Dash series, licensed by Hudson from PlayFirst, Inc., has sold more than 2 million units worldwide and has won multiple awards, including an IGN Editors’ Choice Award, a GameSpot Editors’ Choice, and a Zeeby.“We’re delighted to bring Flo and Diner Dash to new gen consoles for the first time,” said Sabine Duvall, Vice President of Product Development at Hudson Entertainment. “Players have fallen in love with the award-winning series because of its quirky characters and fast-paced fun.”
Cambridge, Mass. – March 23, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 12 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo, including eight more tracks from classic rock band The Who! The lineup also features music from alternative music pioneers R.E.M. and The Offspring, as well as a track from British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson.
Wii Rock Band owners can expand their Who library with a diverse selection of tracks from the iconic classic rock band. The Who tracks include “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Going Mobile” from Who’s Next (1971), “Amazing Journey” featured on the 1969 album Tommy, “Leaving Here” from the 1965 album My Generation (Deluxe Edition), “Sea and Sand” from Quadrophenia (1973) and the title track “Who Are You” from the band’s 1978 album. The offering will also include “Eminence Front” featured on the 1982 album It’s Hard and “Real Good Looking Boy” from Then and Now (2004).
This information comes from the latest Game Informer…
– Can choose from branching paths – not just one route
– Not all alternate paths are obvious
– Not always moving like most on-rail shooters – there are slower paced moments to scare the player
– Some puzzles make use of the Wiimote controls
– Speaker on the Wii controller plays audio logs
– Twist the Wiimote to activate alternate firing mode on weapon
– Activate a green glow stick by shaking the Wii controller
– Amount of head bobbing motion can be adjusted
– Uses Power Node upgrades
– Weapons from first game: Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, Flame Thrower, Pulse Rifle
– New weapons: Arc Welder, Rivet
– Shots can be more powerful depending on whether or not you reload at the right time
– Health/ammo details on the targeting reticule – there is no HUD
Photo Stand Band Brothers Radio DX
– 500 points
– Stream music based from user created songs in Band Bros. DX
– Stations: week’s top ten, hot songs from a single artist, hello newcomer for new music tracks, a hip hop station, video game music station
– Barbara the Bat the announcer
– Can view photos while playing music
2 more clocks
– Super Mario Bros., Animal Crossing themes
– 200 points each
Magic Encyclopedia: Love or Dislike Detection Tool
– Determine if someone likes you or not
– Uses microphone as a detector
– 200 points
Ganin de Keshite Wakugumi no Jikan
– Puzzle game
– Developed my Mitchell (Polarium)
– 500 points
– Slide black squares to encircle white squares (or vise versa)
– Make boxes or irregular shapes
Ganbaru Watashi no Osaifu Ouendan
– Budgeting software
– Export data to PC applications through CSV files
– Set monthly budget
– Track up to 25 months of data
– 500 points
1 1 RESIDENT EVIL 5 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
2 2 WII FIT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 3 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 4 WWE LEGENDS OF WRESTLEMANIA YUKE’S THQ THQ
3 5 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. UBISOFT (ROMANIA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 6 GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
13 7 STREET FIGHTER IV CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
21 8 DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 9 FIFA 09 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 10 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
