– Mana + Gold fill over time but slowly
– Get more gold by building workers – workers enter mines, bring gold to base
– Earning mana depends on type of faction
– Upgrade items/men during the level
– Goal differs by level – most of the time destroy enemy base
– Many levels has multiple paths
– Modes: Campaign (also teachers gameplay basics), Skirmish (battle AI opponents – can also be done against other players in splitscreen multiplayer mode), 3 Challenge modes
– Don’t have control over the units, but you can control spells
– About 2 hours to finish the first campaign, 3-5 hours for the second
– Third faction will be revealed in the next few weeks
Initially, High Voltage Software had intentions of implementing Wii MotionPlus into their upcoming Wii title, The Conduit. A few months have passed, however, and now the team has passed on the information that the game will not be using the peripheral after all. Now High Voltage Software VP and chief creative officer Eric Nofsinger has explained why the development team has decided to drop MotionPlus.
“We’ve been committed to doing what is right for the game and being true to our fans from the start. We _could_ have included support for Wii MotionPlus as Nintendo provided us with early hardware and good developer support. However when we actually implemented it for the Conduit, it didn’t really add anything for our primarily ranged combat. We had hoped that it would allow for better off screen IR tracking, but the device seems to lend itself more naturally for hand to hand combat where the player can calibrate in-between bouts. And that just doesn’t feel like an optimal fit for how we had designed our moment to moment gameplay.”
MadWorld (Wii) – 9.0
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS) – 8.0
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS) – 8.0
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii) – 6.0
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS) – 6.5
Flower, Sun, and Rain (DS) – 6.0
Marble Saga: Kororinpa (Wii) – 7.5
Major League Baseball 2K9 (Wii) – 6.0
Trackmania DS (DS) – 7.0
Lux-Pain (DS) – 4.0
Peggle Dual Shot (DS) – 8.5
Suikoden: Tierkreis (DS) – 7.0
MotoGP (Wii) – 4.0
MySims Party (Wii) – 5.0
Tokyo Beat Down (DS) – 6.0
Zubo (DS) – 6.5
Rune Factory Frontier (Wii) – 7.5
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (Wii) – 6.5
Gardening Mama (DS) – 8.0
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (DS) – 9.0
Ready to Rumble Revolution (Wii) – 5.0
Avalon Code (DS) – 8.5
Videos
Developer’s Voice – World of Goo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Tutorial 4
Lisa Kudrow plays Professor Layton
Pokemon Platinum Wi-Fi Features
Sonic and the Black Knight Launch Video
Marble Saga Kororinpa Info Video
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Info Video
Suikoden Tierkreis Info Video
Avalon Code Info Video
House of the Dead: Developer Video 5
MadWorld Gameplay Video 1
Sands of Destruction Teaser Video
Gradius ReBirth Info Video
Scrabble Info Video
Littlest Pet Shop Spring Info Video
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 3/15)
Personal Trainer: Cooking Mac & Cheese Demo
TrackMania DS
MLB 2K9 Fantasy All-Stars
Avalon Code
Warning: may cause racing game fans to immediately pre-order
Faithful, set down your treatise on why RPGs are the only genre for which you have any interest and take heed! For a limited time, and in advance of the game’s release on March 17th, Wii™ owners connected to Nintendo Channel can play sample portions of TrackMania DS, the upcoming high-flying, fast-paced racing game, by downloading the demo directly to their Nintendo DS systems.
Only available for a limited time, this small taste of what the full package offers is sure to satisfy racing fans looking for something with unique style and nearly unlimited replay. Yes, we know it’s not an RPG, but you don’t have to be a racing fan to enjoy the high speed excitement of TrackMania!
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) – 94%
MadWorld (Wii) – 85%
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Wii) – 93%
Sonic and The Black Knight (Wii) – 78%
Don King Boxing (Wii) – 85%
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Wii) – 77%
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS) – 74%
Blue Dragon Plus (DS) – 76%
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayer (Wii) – 71%
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS) – 90%
SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 (DS) – 84%
Moto Racer (DS) – 79%
Broken Sword (DS) – 86%
Job Island (Wii) – 78%
Big Bang Mini (DS) – 84%
Thanks to joclo for the news tip.
– 1 EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR PC SEGA SEGA
1 2 KILLZONE 2 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3 3 WII FIT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 4 HALO WARS XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
5 5 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 6 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 7 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
8 8 WII PLAY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 9 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 10 STREET FIGHTER IV
A few new Spore: Hero details have been released:
– Built from the ground up
– Has the PC game’s full creature editor + animation system
– Have direct control of the lifeform you create
– Adding parts to limeform adds new motion maneuvers (customized to parts)
– Won’t connect to PC version
– There is an expansive evolution-based experience
– “Your planet that you’ve lived on has had a catastrophic event and you’re essentially plummeting to a new planet on the tail of a meteor. You arrive there and you start encountering new creatures. This is a new planet that you’ve got to make as your own. So you start in a series of quests and adventures in a kind of open world that you can take at your own pace. You start encountering other creatures and can interact with them in either combat or social [ways], but you can also do things on their behalf.”
– Some quests help creature evolve
– In Evolutionary Quests, creature has to meet needs of other species, guide those beast’s evolution
– Game encourages exploration
– Spore: Heroes is playful
– MotionPlus under consideration
