A new game, Tumblebugs, has been officially announced for WiiWare. The game is scheduled to release this fall.
Today Hyderabad and Los Angeles based Gameshastra announces an agreement to create the Wii version of Brisbane based Wildfire Studios’ wildly popular and critically acclaimed Tumblebugs franchise.
Since first launching in 2005, Tumblebugs and the recently released sequel Tumblebugs 2, have generated 40+ million downloads.
“We are strong believers in console based casual games,” says Prakash Ahuja, CEO of Gameshastra, “especially given the recent transformation of consoles from historically teen focused gaming devices to now becoming family entertainment hubs in many living rooms across the globe. We are very focused on titles that satisfy this new, broad demographic.”
Sam and Max Season One (Wii) – 85%
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Wii) – 61%
Summer Athletics (Wii) – 63%
Wall-E (Wii) – 54%
Rock Band: Special Edition (Wii) – 80%
Kung Fu Panda (Wii) – 76%
The Incredible Hulk (Wii) – 43%
Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) – 80%
Civilization Revolution (DS) – 89
Bangai-O-Spirits (DS) – 82%
Metal Slug 7 (DS) – 50%
Mr. Slime Jr. (DS) – 70%
Hi Hamataro Ham-Ham Challenge (DS) – 80%
Mary King’s Riding School (DS) – 64%
Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns (DS) – 63%
Space Chimps (DS) – 47%
Top Spin 3 (DS) – 60%
Biohazard 0 (Wii import) – Not recommended
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS import) – 79%
DAIGASSO! Band Brothers DX (DS import) – 88%
Hello Kitty: No Panda Sport Stadium (DS import) – 42%
Blue Oasis (WiiWare) – 2/5
Major League Eating: The Game (WiiWare) – 2/5
Gyrostarr (WiiWare) – 3/5
SPOGS Racing (WiiWare) – 1/5
Thanks to Biggity for the news tip.
Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light (NDS) – 80k
Tales of Vesperia (360) – 70k
Treyarch’s community manager has confirmed in an email that there will not be online co-op functionality in Call of Duty: World at War for Wii. Instead, there will only be offline co-op between two players – not even four. This comes at a great disappointment, especially after an interview was indicating that the Wii version of the game would be very close to its 360 and PS3 counterparts.
“Hi XXXXXXX-
I’m glad to see you are interested in Call of Duty: World at War.
Unfortunately, you’re trying to compare apples to oranges with the below listed games and Call of Duty: World at War. I don’t believe any of the games you listed utilize any form of DX9 shader technology, or any of the other numerous advancements with the CoD4: Modern Warfare engine which is now running on the Wii with CoD:WW. These ramifications for online play are far-reaching
We are proud to bring what we believe will be the best-looking Wii game this fall to the community, but that comes with technical trade-offs. The difference between competitive MP and co-op is non-trivial. Think of a size of an MP level, then compare that to an SP level. Then consider all the AI code, level scripting, and endless other content in a SP / co-op environment that is just too much for the Wii to sustain with our engine.
EA has confirmed that the following titles will be present at this year’s Leipzig:
Tiger Woods PGA All Play – Wii
FIFA 09 – 360, PS3
FIFA 09 All Play – Wii
FIFA Manager – PC
Dead Space – PS3
Dragon Age – PC
Mirror’s Edge – PS3
Red Alert 3 – PC
SimAnimals -Wii
Sims 3 – PC
Left 4 Dead – PC
FaceBreaker – PS3
Battleforge – PC
Crysis Warhead – PC
Lord of the Rings Conquest – 360
MySims Kingdom – Wii
SimCity Creator – Wii
BOOGIE SuperStar – Wii
Family Game Night – Wii
Littlest Pet Shop – NDS
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Wii
Zubo – NDS
Gamasutra recently had a chance to speak with 2K Boston’s tech director, Chris Kline. Kline went on the record and stated that BioShock’s complexity is not preventing the game (or a similar experience) from coming to the Wii. “It seems like, on the Wii, there’s some education necessary for a large part of that demographic, in terms of, ‘Here’s why you should want to play this game, instead of Wii Fit.’ Every time I pick up a new game, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, they’ve changed the controller mappings again,’ and now I’ve got to, you know, reconfigure my head, just so I can start to enjoy this game. With something like the Wii, You just pick it up, and it’s natural. I don’t think there’s anything preventing the game complexity of BioShock from being on the Wii.”
Personally, I would love to see BioShock on the Wii. It’s truly one of the greatest games for the 360 and one of the best all-around titles this generation. Some sort of Wii version would be an excellent idea, although it’s all a matter of whether or not 2K games would think it would be profitable on the system.
Hudson has these titles lined up for Monday, but I’m sure you guys remember what happened last week.
“We have a lot of big plans for Mass Effect. Having a DS version would be an awesome way to keep interest alive and keep it going in addition to the next one.” – Miles Holmes, BioWare
I can’t comment on BioWare as far as handheld titles go since Sonic Chronicles has yet to be released, but it would be unbelievable if BioWare were to be able to transfer the Mass Effect experience from the 360 to the DS.
Sheffield UK , 8th August 2008 – Lexicon Entertainment, a leading publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure software for video game console systems and personal computers world-wide, is pleased to announce, in collaboration with Bluestone Interactive Limited, the publishing of Monster Frenzy on Nintendo DS.
Monster Frenzy is a visual comic stylized platform puzzle romp aimed at the casual gaming market that comes complete with its own wacky backdrop story, packed full of mini games, a loveable cast and loads of surprises that will keep your thumbs and fingers pinned to the control pad.
The year is 2020 and strange and dastardly things are happening all around the world not least people are disappearing from their homes! The police are mystified and even the Secret Service have failed to find a single missing person, although both have their suspicions and a certain Doctor Webstein springs to mind, who so happens to be the most knowledgeable mind when it came to the Internet, for this was where the finger pointed with a most astonishing outcome.
