Hey folks,
Hope you all are doing well on this lovely evening (if you live in the Eastern Time Zone). You might have been surprised when you read that the Official Nintendo Magazine news story (see news items below) was not written by me. Yup, that’s right – Austin completed that news post. Austin and I have been discussing his role on the site and we both agreed that he should help out a bit with news posts. Generally, I leave the site at around 10:30 EST to relax…You know, watch a Yankee game (even though they’ve gotten off to a dreadful start), and unwind from the day’s events. But now the news won’t stop then. Austin will be taking over the site once I leave during that time and will be posting news as well. I’m not sure how long he’ll be posting for, but you can at least expect articles to flow in until – I assume – 11:00 PM EST.
On days that I simply need a break (I promise there won’t be many of those) or leave for a short vacation (won’t be many of those days either!), the site won’t die like it used to. Fortunately, Austin will also be able to run things in my absence. I’ll still be posting news regularly and my schedule won’t change, but it will be great to receive some additional assistance.
I’ve already gone over just about everything I can think of with Austin. I don’t expect him to be perfect in his first few days, but he’ll become a natural in no time. This change will begin today or tomorrow…Depending on whether Austin receives my latest email.
Hope you all have a wonderful night!
It has been stated a few times over that Thursday night’s episode of GameTrailers TV bring Nintendo fans a new Punch-Out!! trailer. On top of that, however, there are apparently a few more surprises in store. President and COO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime “brought some presents” and “love” for the upcoming show which includes a world exclusive. The announcement is probably Punch-Out!! related, but even if you’re not a fan of the game, there will be Wii MotionPlus and E3 talk, according to Geoff Keighley’s twitter.
– 30% complete
– Battlefields considerably large
– Asbel has a personality of a leader
– Inomata’s designs can be in 3D for the first time
– Connection between magic/skills is different
– Skills used with normal attack button
– Illustration/logo has an important hint
– Control key parts of game with Wii remote
– Move cursor over items/people
– When you point, a sound is made – indicates what can be picked up
– Control viewpoint + menu selections with IR
– Wii remote controls for Chibi Tools (shake/move Wii remote)
– Releasing later this year
These details come from the latest edition of Famitsu:
– Releasing April 29 in Japan
– Play 90 microgames
– Make own games as well
– My House – where all
– WarioWare – game tutorial
– My Shop – Save games
– Game creating involves drawing sprites, making sound effects, putting them together with set of rules
– Can create music and four-panel comics
– Items can be uploaded to Nintendo for contests – can also download games, music, comics
– WiiWare title Asobu Made in Ore allows you to play created games on TV (800 points)
As you can see above, Nintendo Power is teasing “one of the year’s biggest action games for Wii.” Based on the sword alone, a good guess would be Red Steel 2. But NGamer was also apparently going to have the scoop but that never fell through.
