The CEDEC Awards were held in Japan last night and Nintendo struck gold with three awards. Shigeru Miyamoto was honored with a Special Acknowledgment award and Koji Kondo was given an award for Nintendo’s sound team. Additionally, Takashi Tezuka received an award for the Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo team. Overall, it was a very successful night for Nintendo in general and was very much deserved.
– action-RPG missions
– single player story mode
– full 3d
– 4-player wireless/local wireless
– save your Pictochat speech-bubble scribblings, and bring them up whenever you want
– Winter release in Japan
– new and returning races: RAcast, FOmarl, HUmar and HUcaseal, HUnewm and HUmarl
– new areas: Glacea Ravine, Riou Snowfields, Ozett Swamp
The PC version of World of Goo has finally gone gold and if all goes as planned, the game should ship in the first week of November. As far as the WiiWare version is concerned, developer 2D Boy confirmed that the developers are putting on the final touches. The game will be submitted to Nintendo this month. 2D Boy also announced that the WiiWare version has a good chance of being available before the PC version, which makes an October release nearly guaranteed.
Virtual Console
1 (2) – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
2 (1) – Super Mario Bros. 3
3 (4) – Super Mario Bros.
4 (3) – Mega Man
5 (5) – Super Mario World
6 (6) – Sonic the Hedgehog
7 (7) – Super Mario Bros. 2
8 (8) – The Legend of Zelda
9 (9) – Super Mario 64
10 (13) – Punch-Out!!
11 (12) – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
12 (11) – Mario Kart 64
13 (10) – Ys Book I & II
14 (14) – Donkey Kong Country
15 (15) – Pac-Man
16 (17) – Donkey Kong
17 (16) – Paper Mario
18 (18) – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
19 (19) – Double Dragon
20 (20) – Kirby’s Adventure
WiiWare
1 (6) – My Aquarium
2 (1) – Strong Bad Episode 1 Homestar Ruiner
3 (3) – Defend your Castle
4 (2) – My Pokemon Ranch
5 (4) – Dr. Mario Online Rx
6 (5) – Wild West Guns
7 (9) – Helix
8 (7) – Pong Toss – Frat Party Games
9 (10) – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
10 (11) – TV Show King
11 (8) – Midnight Pool
12 (12) – LostWinds
13 (13) – Family Table Tennis
14 (14) – Cocoto Fishing Master
15 (15) – Gyrostarr
16 (16) – V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack
17 (19) – SPOGS Racing
18 (18) – Pirates: The Key of Dreams
19 (17) – Block Breaker Deluxe
20 (20) – Magnetica Twist
Haarlem, The Netherlands – September 10, 2008 – Today leading worldwide videogame Publisher Lighthouse Interactive, part of SilverBirch Inc.’s (SVB:TSXV) videogame division, announced that they have acquired the worldwide rights to the multiplatform game Pirate Party: Adventures of the Black Corsair. Developed by Virtual Identity, this family friendly action adventure ‘party’ game for Nintendo Wii™ and DS™ is scheduled for worldwide release early next year. Six never-before-seen screenshots accompany this press release.
“2009 will be a significant year for us,” said Steve Wall, Vice President of Business Development for Lighthouse Interactive. “Given our recent acquisition by SilverBirch Inc., we now have the means to branch out into the console market. We are proud that Pirate Party will be our first of many console games to come and we are very happy to be working with the Virtual Identity team. Pirate Party has a wonderful mix of Adventure and party-style gameplay that gamers will love.”
“With respected publisher Lighthouse Interactive beaconing our way, we are confident that Pirate Party will be well received by a broad range of gamers,” said Alex Remotti, CEO of Virtual Identity. “Pirate Party has many unique features, but most importantly, it’s a ‘fun’ game that people will enjoy.”
