“We signed a brand new game in the middle of December…the 15th of December we signed the contract…Greg and I signed a contract and Fed Ex’d it back to the publisher and boom. We’re hitting the ground running now. We’re actually going to do kind of a diary of the development of that but I probably won’t release that until once the game’s been announced…I’m really really excited about it. It might be the game I’m the most excited about ever in my career…Hopefully I can tell you all about it soon. It’s going to be awhile probably…It’s not related to the other game with the Dracula character we released before.” – Jools Watsham, Renegade Kid developer
If previous work done by Reneage Kid is any indication, this new title could turn out to be a great experience. Moon and The Dementium have pushed the limits of the DS, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the new game falls in line with that as well.
Now that Free Radical has been closed down and most employees have been relieved of their positions, character art and renders of Star Wars Battlefront 3 and TimeSplitters 4 have been released. The shots come from a 3D artist who released the work on his blog (though they have been removed since then).
If there was one aspect about Nintendo Everything that I didn’t really like, it would have to be the text on the header image that you see on every page. It didn’t stand out too well, it was bland, and frankly, it was lame! So I was very pleased when a NE reader contacted me not too long ago and offered to change the logo a bit.
I did want to keep the main logo up since it does embody the saying “Nintendo Everything,” but I knew that it needed to be touched up. The image you see now was done by Julian and I’m impressed with the results. The text stands out and looks much more Nintendoish than it did before.
I’d really like to thank Julian for taking the time and effort to create the modified image. Moreover, I hope all of you guys like it!
Someone has pieced together a video of how Mirror’s Edge would work if played with the Wii Balance Board…
Not entirely sure how well this would work. It’s an interesting idea nonetheless.
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today released its “Best of 2008” lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2008.
Bestselling Products
The following is a list of the bestselling products on Amazon.com in 2008 by total units sold:
* Books: “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
* DVD: “Wall-E” (widescreen single-disc edition)
* Music: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay
* Video Games: Nintendo Wii
* Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
* Electronics: Amazon Kindle
* Home & Garden: Oster 4207 electric wine opener
* Grocery: Senseo Douwe Egberts dark roast coffee pods
* Gourmet: Taste of Italy gift basket
* Health & Personal Care: Groom Mate Platinum XL nose and ear hair trimmer
* Beauty: Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 foundation
* Toys: Wild Planet Hyper Dash
* Baby: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
* Apparel & Accessories: Levi’s men’s 501 pre-shrunk jeans
* Shoes and Handbags (Amazon.com and Endless.com): crocs Cayman sandal
* Jewelry: sterling silver open Double Flower pendant, 16″ – 18”
* Watches: Casio men’s Pathfinder multi-band solar atomic silver watch
* Sports & Outdoors: Razor A Kick scooter
* Home Improvement: First Alert CO600 plug-in carbon monoxide alarm
* Automotive: Accutire MS-4751WC digital programmable tire gauge with light
“Swimming will be a part of it, but it won’t be set in an Olympic pool going back and forth. This is a pure action game. We will spend a very pretty penny in marketing this project because it’s important to us. We believe it’s the next Tiger Woods project…It could be here for the next 10 years.” – 505 Games president Adam Kline
As much as 505 Games is hyping up the project, I can’t help but continue to remain skeptical. I’ve become a bit of a Phelps fan after watching him in the Olympics, though this kind of game seems rather risky.
“If it sells well enough, sure. Of course, you can’t really say how well it’ll sell at this point, but if it does great — if we can get a lot of people to play it and enjoy it — I’d love to make another one.” – Yuji Naka
Sadly, I don’t think we’ll see any more Let’s types of titles considering the sales in Japan thus far. Let’s Tap only sold about 5,000 units in its first week. That’s pretty disappointing since the game is very original.
Naka also discussed another game in production from Prope. He said, “We’re actually planning on making a game like Sonic right now. We want to keep trying to make various kinds of games.” Hopefully the game won’t be based on some of Sonic’s more recent outings!
2 1 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1 2 FIFA 09 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 3 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER EA BLACK BOX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 4 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 5 WII PLAY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 6 TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS
11 7 GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR VICARIOUS VISIONS REDOCTANE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7 8 QUANTUM OF SOLACE TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
12 9 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
20 10 SONIC UNLEASHED SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
WiiWare
Maboshi’s Arcade – 109 blocks
Cue Sports – Pool Revolution – 179 blocks
VC
Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II – 17 blocks
This story may explain why Nintendo is overly careful with the casual audience and has announced services to help them out with technical procedures. One woman who purchased a Wii for her children this Christmas jammed not one, not two, but three credit cards into the system. The woman had asked a neighbor about the Wii, as she only purchased a few controllers with the console. Inquired about which games are recommended, the neighbor suggested purchasing a few retail games in addition to classic games from the Wii Virtual Console.
Naturally, the woman was also unclear about how the VC works, and the neighbor noted that “all she needed to do was put in her credit card when prompted on the Shop Channel.”
It shouldn’t be a surprise what happened here. The woman later called up the neighbor, and complained that the Wii wasn’t working.
What did she do? She put three credit cards into the Wii disc slot. You might be wondering why she put in three. She put the first one in, thinking it couldn’t be accepted, so she tried two other credit cards.
Apparently the woman is now expecting the neighbor to pay for the damages. You can take this story for what it is, though. I don’t necessarily think that this was fabricated, but there are no pictures to prove otherwise.
