Wii-kly Update
Two WiiWare Games and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
If you’ve got a taste for the eclectic, check out this lively lineup of additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel. One new WiiWare™ title combines brisk winter sports with pulverizing power-ups, while another blends intuitive puzzle dynamics with various multiplayer options. Meanwhile, a classic Virtual Console™ game invites you to assume the role of a certain adventurous hedgehog. With diverse releases like these, players of all stripes are sure to find something they’ll love.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
2008* Top 5 Video Game Titles
Top Global Markets Report
Ranked By Units**
2008 Titles Publisher Total US Retail Japan Retail UK Retail
Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 8.94mil 5 mil 2mil 1.94mil
Wii Fit Nintendo 8.31mil 4.55mil 2.15mil 1.61mil
Grand Theft Auto IV Take 2 Interactive 7.29mil 5.18mil 256K 1.85mil
Super Smash Bros: Brawl Nintendo 6.32mil 4.17mil 1.75mil 404K
Call Of Duty: World At War Activision Blizzard 5.89mil 4.46mil 0 1.43mil
Back in October, Nintendo announced that a long-awaited storage solution was in the works for Wii. The company also promised that the fix would arrive in Spring. According to IGN, a more specific date has been determined. Matt Casamassina stated in the latest Nintendo Voice Chat that the update will be up for download towards the end of March and that gamers will be able to save games to their SD cards.
I believe Spring begins sometime around March 20, so chances are – if this information is correct – the update will be available sometime in between March 20 and March 31.
Other significant news from the podcast:
– Retro Studios’ next game will be “epic” and “cool”
– Crystal Defenders will release in the US
– Confirmed that Retro Studios is involved with Wiimakes of Metroid Prime 1 and 2
– More dark games will be announced in the near future
– Look out for major IPs from some publishers
– Have not heard back from Factor 5
– Confirmed that the devs from Excite Truck are working on another game
Two unnamed men attempted to rob a GameStop store in Solon, Ohio an hour before closing time last night. The incident involved a one hour standoff. Fortunately, no deaths or injuries have been reported and police were able to diffuse the situation without firing a single shot.
According to reports, the manager of this particular GameStop was speaking with another manager in Macedonia at approximately 8 p.m. when the two men tried to rob it. Cops came rushing to the scene with members of the SWAT team after they were notified that the store in Solon was being robbed. Police were told that one suspect was inside of GameStop while another was trying to escape by climbing through the ceiling and crawling out of a Mitchell’s ice cream shop.
Eventually, the suspect still inside the store gave himself up, followed soon after by the second suspect. Both men were arrested.
This is not the first time that GameStop in Solon has been robbed. This most recent event marks the second/third time that robbers have targeted the store in the past year.
– Team making game composed of TOS’ game designer, cg director, scenario writer, main battle programmer and other people from TOS.
– The game will have Tales-like optional Skits, opened by pressing 2 button
– Weapons used in battle get level ups
– Their abilities pop off in form of geometric pieces-think tetris. Trade pieces among party or put em tetris style into frames of future weapons.
– Magical abilities are based on each character’s ‘cage’ ,they can be leveled in special shops and fit with gems allowing casting of various elemental spells.
– Game has a brisk pacing-30 house long.
– Sidequests-guild, casino. Casino has minigames that’ll use ir/motion sensing capabilities of the Wii.
-Characters- NP only did the first four characters that were revealed a long time ago.
L’arc Bright Lagoon- mc, merc supports sick mom, and lecherous uncle.
Ryfia-mystery girl
Alphonse ‘Arth’ Zena Meridia- meridia prince, older bro is the king, L’arc’s friend
Adelle Nevanlina- childhood friend/neighbor of L’arc, magic teacher
The actions of Robert Pelloni, the creator of Bob’s Game, have been well-documented for the last few months. Sure, his behavior has been questionable, but he has not pulled a stunt like he did at the Nintendo World Store most recently. Robert and a few cohorts posted signs on the edifice and inside of the building, placed fake cases on shelves, and threw some business cards on the floor.
Robert was asked to leave a few times, but he claimed he simply wanted to purchase a DS and play his game. All of this comes on the 50th day of his apparently 100-day protest. This is, of course, not a smart way to persuade Nintendo to give in and supply Robert with a development kit. If anything, Bob’s Game has taken quite a few steps back in regards to arriving on the DS.
Best Buy
AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (Wii) – $9.99
Build-A-Bear Workshop: A Friend For All Seasons (Wii) – $19.99
Rubik’s WOrld (Wii) – $19.99
Ultimate Band (Wii) – $39.99
Nerf: N-Strike (Wii) – $39.99
Imagine: Fashion Designer: New York (DS) – $19.99
Petz: Dogz Pack (DS) – $19.99
Target
Nerf-N-Strike Bundle (Wii) – $37
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – Free $5 gift card with purchase
SimAnimals (DS) – Free $5 gift card with purchase
