– takes place in mid-evil times
– Travel to various locations in order to help King Roland save his kingdom
– more character interactions
– goal-driven gameplay
– ability to build outdoor objects as well (bridges, fences, and more)
– same building tool as the original MySims
– motion-based activities (chopping trees, and more)
It wasn’t a good sign that some of the most important staff members were leaving Retro, but this should be an indication that the company will remain intact.
Okay, this might not have been the best way to analyze the winner for this console generation. As many may have assumed at this point, this data was collected by Google Fights. The Wii does, however, has the most pages on Google according to this service, followed by the PS3 and Xbox 360 in that order. To be honest, I don’t think there will ever be a real way to declare a winner, especially with all of the arguments between each side, but hopefully things like this will lighten the situation for video gaming fans.
* Akella
* Atari Inc.
* CAPCOM Entertainment, Inc.
* Codemasters
* Crave Entertainment
* Crave Entertainment
* Disney Interactive Studios
* Eidos, Inc.
* Electronic Arts
* Konami Digital Entertainment America
* LucasArts
* Microsoft Corporation
* Midway Games, Inc.
* MTV Games
* NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
* Nintendo of America Inc.
* SEGA of America
* Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
* Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
* Square Enix Inc.
* Take-Two Interactive
* THQ, Inc.
* Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.
Activision will not be attending, though the company has confirmed that a special event of its own will be taking place during the E3 time frame.
Link’s Crossbow Training 36k ( 150 shipped )
Emblem of Gundam DS 13k
Hitman REBORN DS 12k
Family Stadium Wii 4600 ( 10% of shipped copies )
In this month’s issue of Nintendo Power, it became clear that people want to see Earthbound on the Virtual Console. Perhaps we’re one step closer to seeing this happen, as the ESRB has rated the game. At this point however, I would be cautiously optimistic, as previous games that have been rated on the ESRB have yet to see a release.
Lost in Blue, which has seen plenty of iterations on the Nintendo DS, is finally migrating to Nintendo’s newest console. Confirmed by a Konami website, Lost in Blue on the Wii will apparently allow another player to join in on the surviving fun – a fresh concept to the series – though the specifics of two-player action are unknown. Other information including a release date is also up in the air, but as always, it is expected that new details will be available shortly.
“Mr. Miyamoto, the inventor of Mii, himself has been saying that, “In a sense, licensing Mii is same as licensing Mario – Nintendo should grant the license when we can conclude that the proposed project is worthwhile. Should we allow any and all the licensees to use Mii license for whichever projects, Mii’s brand image will be hurt. Because we are not granting Mario license to any and all, we should not do so with Mii either.This is the current policy of Nintendo. So, at the software development stage, we are consulting with the developers as to how they would like to make use of Mii, and our Licensing Department handles on a case-by-case basis.” -Satoru Iwata
I can’t blame Nintendo for wanting to make sure developers don’t ruin the the image of Mii characters, but it’s undeniable that there haven’t been too many titles that support the use of Miis except for a few games.
