It was announced a few months ago that the Wii would soon be receiving a video service from the big N. Now Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has expressed possible interest in extending the service to the DS and has reaffirmed that it may arrive in overseas territories.
“If the Wii and the DS are connected, it should be possible to download video through the Wii and take it with you on the DS…When the service begins, you’ll see how we’re going to do it differently in a Nintendo-like way. There are a lot of on-demand video services, so there’s no reason to do the same thing, so we’re going to do something different. We’ll start the service in Japan, and if it does well, we’d like to take it overseas. [Nintendo wants to make the Wii] something that people will turn on even if they don’t have a purpose in mind. We’re not there yet though, and there are a lot of things we have to do to achieve that.”
Thanks to Jake for the news tip.
NEW YORK, NY, April 7, 2009 -Vogster Entertainment, an international developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced a new addition to its critically acclaimed, robot warfare-themed Robocalypse™ franchise with Robocalypse – Beaver Defense. The new game is a “tower defense” style action title planned as a WiiWare™ download for Europe and North American customers in summer 2009.
“We are excited to deliver Robocalypse – Beaver Defense as a convenient and accessible WiiWare download,” said Alan Martin, Producer at Vogster Entertainment. “Written by Jay Lender (SpongeBob Squarepants™) and Micah Wright, the story is hilarious and offers a fitting back drop for this fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek game where the player must thwart the plans of a maniacal beaver.”
– Dr. K will ask you to fill out personality profile
– Teresa’s used-clothing store and Clear Picture video store examples of locations
– Can open a door slightly and peer into room with flashlight
– Looks good visually on Wii
– Example of game’s puzzles: Bed of nearby truck has three cans, pick one up and shake it with the Wii remote – then can hear a rattling sound from controller speaker, turn can upside down and a key will fall
– Not Harry’s first visit to Silent Hill
– Harry seems to be suffering from amnesia
– Use cell phone static to find clues, details about the story/background of Silent Hill
– Sometimes might need to take a picture to find messages
– Examples of game changing: Things you hear, clothes that characters wear, locations that can be visited at a certain time
– Creatures are weak against heat – use flares to keep them at bay
– Can carry a flare until it burns out
– Releasing on Wii since it seemed ideal to shake up the idea of a horror game
– Will be held March 9 – March 13, 2010
– Thursday – Saturday schedule (usually Monday – Friday schedule)
– Switch due to scheduling issues at convention center
– This year’s GDC was successful in spite of the economy
– Attendance down this year by 1,000
“The success of this past week in San Francisco proves the resilience of the games industry,” said Scavio. “It is a testament to the spirit of our more than 20 year old conference and community, and evidence of video games’ continued evolution into a mainstream form of entertainment, that the various constituents of the industry were able come together at GDC as they did [last] year.” – event director Meggan Scavio
Today, Nintendo of Europe is showcasing a variety of new and exciting WiiWare & Nintendo DSiWare games from both Nintendo & third party developers, which will be available to download through the Wii Shop Channel & Nintendo DSi Shop in the coming months.
WiiWare launched last year and has enabled many smaller developers to take centre stage, creating Wii games that players can easily access and play. With the launch of the Nintendo DSi having taken place across Europe on 3rd April 2009, users can for the first time download fresh new games directly to their console via the Nintendo DSi Shop and store them on their Nintendo DSi which comes with its own built-in memory. This new range of software is called Nintendo DSiWare and will offer the opportunity for developers to create an ever-expanding and fresh range of fun games and applications to be made available for the Nintendo DSi.
Alten8 Limited is pleased to announce its soon to be released WiiWare Game SQUIBS ARCADE for release in Q2 2009.
We are pleased that we have the opportunity to showcase the game at the WiiWare Media Summit being held on the 7th and 8th of April 2009 at the NOE headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
SQUIBS ARCADE is a collection of Games, which initially were based on the old style of LCD games. This germ of an idea then grew into a much bigger concept. SQUIBS ARCADE takes inspiration from the current generation of AAA titles, distilling the game play to its most fundamental form, and re-imagining them with the style and passion of the classic LCD games. The titles within SQUIBS ARCADE are – Clown, Gun Cogs, Crowd Wader, Button Basher, Fantasy Turn Base, Call of Honour, Jack-a-motor, Lots of Levelling, Cardboard Axel Mush, We’re Fat, and Regret the Fist. The game titles being both homages and parodies of the games which inspired them. Alten8 believes that SQUIBS ARCADE will appeal to both casual game players, but also hardcore game fans, who will recognise the tributes Alten8 is paying to their favourite games, and also enjoy the genuine addictive game play to be found in SQUIBS ARCADE.
