Players Will Be Hooked On First Global Fishing Game For WiiTM
REDWOOD CITY, CA – January 6, 2009 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for HUDSON SOFT, announced today FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR is now available at retail for an SRP of $29.99. A sequel to the popular FISHING MASTER, FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR is published by Hudson Entertainment for North and South America.
Staying true to the first version’s realistic controls, aspiring Fishing Masters use the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ as they battle to hook the fish on their line, just like in real life. Players must move the Wii Remote left and right as the fish fights from the end of the line and adjust their drag so their line doesn’t break. Once gamers have the basics down, they can try their newfound skills by competing with friends via new enhancements made just for the sequel – four-person multiplayer modes! In Wi-Fi mode, players compete online against other Fishing Masters over who will catch the biggest fish in various worldwide locations. Gamers will also enjoy local multiplayer battle which enables them to play against their friends and family members in a variety of different battle modes.
One notable aspect about the Wii is the system’s unquestionable popularity in nursing homes. Every other week there seems to be news about old people playing their hearts out to Wii Sports Bowling. However, it’s not every day that women steal a Wii from a nursing home (or at least try to).
This past Sunday, two women from Ottawa Ohio attempted to steal a Wii from the Putnam Acres Care Center. Both women had expressed apparent interest in working at the nursing home. The two also desired taking job applications.
Before the women left, they also managed to nick Putname Acres Care Center of their Wii. Somehow, the system was hid in the purse of one of the women involved. The Wii was received upon a donation and had been a staple of the nursing home for more than a year.
Fortunately, witnesses identified the two women. No criminal charges have been filed – yet. Investigators have been meeting with prosecutors to determine if charges will be filed.
– 4 members work for Semnat Studios
– Semnat Studios located in Colorado
– Eduardo the Samurai Toaster a run-and-gun game
– 1-4 players cooperating/shooting enemies
– Scoring system left out because developers felt it was unnecessary
– All players are toasters
– Game originally was to be a platformer
– No use of Wii’s unique controls – Devs didn’t want to include unnecessary motion controls (D-pad, three buttons for shooting, jumping, throwing/grabbing)
– Supports the Classic Controller
– Never planned for retail release
– Most of art drawn and scanned in
– Game almost finished – Hope to get the game out in the first quarter of 2009
– No price point yet, but want “to get it pretty low” – Nintendo can adjust price as they see fit
– Next move for Semnat Studios based on sales of Eduardo
“Nintendo is intending to start the free-of-charge service in Japan in Spring 2009. We are considering expanding the service outside of Japan however we have no confirmed plans at present.” – Nintendo of Europe representative
Nintendo has expressed interest in bringing the channel overseas at some point and seems interested in fully promoting the content that will become available. There’s no reason to panic just yet for those living in Europe – Nintendo probably won’t let this channel slip by.
Indie developer Semnat Studios is excited to finally announce the upcoming Wii™ release of Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, an incredibly fast and frenetic sidescrolling, run‘n’gun 2D shooter. The game will be released exclusively for WiiWare™ this winter, developed and published by Semnat Studios.
With visuals drawn and scanned in from several different art mediums such as pen & ink, acrylic paint and charcoal, Eduardo sports an untraditional aesthetic design for a videogame. Jump, shoot, whip, drive, fly and throw your way through hordes of Peking Opera pastries, spear toting carrots, robotic mangos, and more. Play with friends as you learn to cooperate effectively, or be annoying by throwing each other around the screen and attacking one another.
FEATURES
* Drop in co-op play for up to four players.
* Ride scooters equipped with laser-blasters and fly around in rocket packs in single player or co-op.
* Use 5 different pastry pickups to upgrade your firepower.
* Battle enemies through 13 unique levels.
* Several different difficulty options to choose from, allowing players to pick their desired level of challenge.Eduardo the Samurai Toaster has been Rated E for everyone by the ESRB.
About Semnat Studios, LLC
Daniel Coleman and Robert DeMaria formed Semnat Studios in early 2005. Starting out as a hobby, the team began working on games in 2003. After a couple of projects (one of them being an early version of Eduardo) they decided to focus more seriously on game making. So for the next several years they would work their way up, now with the support of Ian Bowie and musician Raymond Gramke, designing numerous versions of Eduardo for the PC. After working on these prototypes for a few years they found the opportunity to make a version of Eduardo for the WiiWare service on Nintendo’s Wii system. In late 2007 they began development on a new Eduardo, learning from their experience on the PC versions
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Videos
Blue Dragon Plus Video 3
Personal Trainer: Math Info Video
Clone Wars Wii Deleted Scene Video
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Video 4
Wario Land: Shake It! Tips 4
Sandy Beach Info Video
Digest Video
Demos (Expire 1/11)
Personal Trainer: Cooking Lasagna Demo
Mystery P.I. – Portrait of a Thief
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors
Sorted by system, 2008 totals, and LTD numbers
Nintendo DS 4,029,804 – 25,135,276
PSP 3,543,171 – 11,078,484
Wii 2,908,342 – 7.526.821
PS3 991,303 – 2,664,366
Xbox 360 317,859 – 866,167
