– Use the Stylus to Dash to Your Date on Time in ‘The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity’, Atari’s Original Platformer on Nintendo DS™ –
New York, NY – January 30, 2009 – With The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity, Atari takes cupid’s bow in hand and fires an arrow of platform gaming love into the hearts of anyone who’s ever been in a rush to meet up with their new crush. With a fresh approach to platforming on Nintendo DS™, The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity encourages passionate players to navigate their way through bizarre obstructions, interruptions and mishaps by using the stylus to draw a path to their sweetheart. This Valentine’s Day, don’t say it with flowers, chocolates or a cheesy card – woo your beloved with something original and say it with a video game. The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity, rated E for Everyone, is available in stores now, perfect timing for Valentine’s Day gift shopping.
Budding Romeos and Juliettes the world over will step in the shoes of young buck Felix or hot chick Felicity in a mad dash across town to make their date on time. The pick up and play gameplay makes brilliant use of the Nintendo DS stylus to draw platforms to climb and hop across, dodging the obstacles and loveless misanthropes who get in the way. Run, jump, dodge and slide through hectic scenarios while desperately trying to stay ahead of the clock and rainy weather. At the start and end of each level, heat up your love life with some cheeky mobile phone flirting with the object of your affection, spurring on the desire to reach your romantic, ice-cream filled rendezvous on time.
The Need for Speed franchise is far from dead. EA has announced a couple of new Need for Speed titles and one of those games – Need for Speed: Nitro – will be releasing for the Wii and DS. Nitro is being developed by EA Montreal with fast and fun arcade gameplay in mind. Expect vibrant and eye-catching visuals as well.
“Need for Speed Nitro on the Wii and DS will not be a Mario Kart clone – Nintendo already does an excellent job with that…Instead, we are evolving the arcade racer with a fresh and unique visual style that is very Need for Speed. The game will be rich and deep and will appeal to experienced arcade racers as well as casual players…What you’ll see is that Nitro in no way resembles any other previous Need for Speed title. [It’s] still too early [to discuss multiplayer details].” – EA marketing boss Keith Munro
Famicom (500 Wii Points)
Formation Z*
Double Dragon
Super Famicom (800 Wii Points)
Tactics Ogre
Master System (500 Wii Points)
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
Mega Drive (600 Wii Points)
Galaxy Force II
Dragon Slayer (premium title sold for 700)
PC Engine (600 / 800 Wii Points)
L-Dis*
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts*
Winning Shot
Super Darius 2
Wallaby!! Usagi no Kuni no Kangaroo Race
* = Games that release on February 3
The Brand New Title from The Sims Studio Encourages You to Run the Wild
REDWOOD CITY, CA — January 21, 2009 —Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) will releases SimAnimals™ for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ to store shelves today. SimAnimals challenges you to engage, touch, move and try to control a wide range of wild animals as you journey deeper and deeper into the forest. You control an on-screen animated hand that allows you to reach out and touch, pick up and move everything in the game from foxes and bears to trees and flowers. Cohabitate with these animals in their natural surroundings, and based on how you treat them, the animals will come to know and love – or dislike you! Have fun developing relationships with wild animals and their families, and experience the humor and drama of surviving in the wilderness.“We are thrilled to release SimAnimals, our brand new title from The Sims Studio, which we feel defines a brand new category of animal video games” said Sam Player, Executive Producer for SimAnimals. “SimAnimals utilizes the Wii remote and the Nintendo DS stylus to create an immersive and tactile experience that allows you to easily and intuitively become part of the wood’s expressive, quirky and sometimes surprising action. We can’t wait to see what types of stories our players are going to tell using animals instead of people as their actors.”
REDWOOD CITY, California.—January 28th, 2008 – Signature Devices, Inc. (OTCPK: SDVI) is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Graffiti Entertainment, Inc., has gone gold with the Role Playing Game Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled and has scheduled the release for March 17th, 2009. Going gold is a term used in the video game industry when all testing and functionality of the game has been completed, and the game has been approved for manufacturing.
Black Sigil : Blade of the Exiled is Role Playing Game (RPG) that will excite all gamers. The game includes vivid environments that create a realistic yet imaginative landscape with 40 to 50+ hours of game play and tons of side-quests. Dark secrets and powerful plot twists create an original and intriguing story line. You can strategically customize your 3 person party from up to 8 unique characters, and there are 100+ different physical and magical skills/combos, 100+ different weapons, and 200+ different pieces of armor.
Step into the ring with the Wii Balance BoardTM!
New York, NY – January 29, 2009 – 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that Don King Boxing will be available March 31st, 2009 for Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo and Nintendo DS™. Don King Boxing provides a revolutionary boxing experience for Wii via accurate controls, a unique story mode, an exhilarating multiplayer system, and implementation of the Wii Balance Board*. The game for both platforms is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.
“Don King Boxing has been specifically designed to take advantage of everything the Wii and DS have to offer,” said Christoph Hartmann, 2K president. “We worked closely with Nintendo to make Don King Boxing a unique experience, especially using the Wii Balance Board. It is great for those who love boxing or those who just want a fun way to get some exercise.”
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This release list is a bit troublesome for North America right now…Still no Disaster: Day of Crisis, no word on Another Code R or NPC! Metroid Prime. On the bright side, it looks like Kirby Wii is still in development. Keep in mind that this list is not 100% definitive and does not show all of Nintendo’s releases for this year.
Thanks to Bobbbbb for the news tip!
