Santa Ana, CA (July 8, 2009) –NIS America announced today that with its strong support from the hardcore gamer crowd, Atelier Annie, the latest incarnation of the Atelier series will be heading for the Nintendo DS handheld system this coming October.Unlike the previous series, which was strictly RPG, Atelier Annie adopts a unique “sim” based SRPG system. Characters will explore the world of Annie for alchemic items and also to participate in an island resort development project. As the head of an alchemy resort, you must go on quests to collect, create, and sell alchemy items to arriving customers and make the resort prosperous.
Key Features
1.Unique quest based item customization
2.Become the owner of a resort and help make it prosperous
3.Simple, yet intuitive strategy RPG battle system
4.Quick mini games throughout the game for extra quests
– Port of PS2 game
– You’re a police officer attempting to figure out mysteries behind urban legends
– Cases involve serial killer, suicides
– Solve cases through scientific/supernatural means
– 4 cases
– Self-questioning mode
– Full title is Hayarigami DS: Toshidensetsu Kaii Jiken
– Game’s sequel also in the works for the DS
Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”
Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
Beck – “Gamma Ray”
Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night”
Blur – “Song 2”
Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watchtower”
Children Of Bodom – “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
Coldplay – “In My Place”
Darkest Hour – “Demon(s)”
David Bowie – “Fame”
Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
Elliott Smith – “L.A.”
Iggy Pop – “Lust For Life (Live)”
Jeff Beck – “Scatterbrain (Live)”
John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”
Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
Rose Hill Drive – “Sneak Out”
Santana – “No One To Depend On (Live)”
The Bronx – “Six Days A Week”
Thrice – “Deadbolt”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
Wolfmother – “Back Round”
Exkee is proud to announce you its first WiiWare™ title ColorZ will be available Friday the 24th of July on Wii™ downloading platform for 700 Nintendo™ points.
“We are pleased to Share ColorZ with each Wii’s owner and offer them a new gameplay experience” declare Toni Doublet – Exkee’s fondator.
ColorZ is an unclassifiable game between Shoot’em up and puzzle game.
Media Create has published the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. The results are below.
DSi – 46,855
PSP – 32,849
Wii – 24,971
PS3 – 11,196
DS Lite – 7,507
Xbox 360 – 5,876
PS2 – 3,734
For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from the week of June 22nd (last week).
DSi – 39,885
PSP – 26,789
Wii – 21,790
PS3 – 11,310
Xbox 360 – 5,766
DS Lite – 5,595
PS2 – 3,578
MORE RETRO GAMING GEMS ADDED AS HANABI FESTIVAL WEEK TWO GETS UNDERWAY
10th July 2009 – We kick off week two of the Virtual Console Hanabi Festival with two more classic titles previously unreleased in Europe. Plus – we also have new WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare games for you to download.
Virtual Console sees the launch of two timeless games: the 90s Turbografx classic, Bomberman®’94 – for the first time outside of Japan, and the return of Mike Jones, high-school ace pitcher and part-time adventurer, from the NES gem Zoda’s Revenge™: StarTropics II™, previously released only in the U.S.
Thanks to _Contra_ for the news tip!
“First of all I don’t think that Resident Evil was the only exception selling on Wii. There are other hardcore titles, such as Call of Duty, which were quite successful on Wii as well. People get this perception that on Nintendo Wii all there is are cutesy games. However, when you actually try to develop a game on Wii it costs you money, it’s time consuming and it’s not the easiest console to deal with. We were serious about creating and developing this particular game, and therefore the fan will accept and recognise our effort. I’m considering it a reward for our effort if you like. And also, we were lucky that we’ve got the Resident Evil brand, which is well-known all around the world. There are good games that didn’t sell, obviously. You need an X-Factor. However, vice versa people won’t buy it if it’s not a good game.” – Capcom’s Masachika Kawata
I’m not necessarily sure if an X-Factor will always help a mature game sell well on Wii. You could say, for instance, that MadWorld’s X-Factor was the black-and-white art style…But we all know how that turned out. Still, having a certain hook to a game may attract some consumers.
01./01. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 155,000 / 514,000 (-57%)
02./00. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (SEGA) – 101,000 / NEW
03./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) – 63,000 / 237,000 (-12%)
04./00. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (My Summer Vacation 4): Youth Detective Group in Seto – Me and the Secret Map (SCEI) – 50,000 / NEW
05./09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) – 14,000 / 776,000 (+8%)
06./07. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) – 13,000 / 492,000 (-41%)
07./10. [NDS] Sloane and MacHale’s Mysterious Story (Level 5) – 12,000 / 168,000 (-4%)
08./04. [PSP] Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2 (Sword & Magic & School 2) (Acquire) – 12,000 / 50,000 (-69%)
09./03. [PS3] Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland (Gust) – 11,000 / 54,000 (-75%)
10./28. [NDS] Infinite Space (SEGA) – 10,000 / 56,000
