As things stand for now, Resident Evil 5 won’t be coming to the Wii. However, it’s still pretty interested to see the comparison between RE4 and RE5.
If variety is the spice of life, we’ve got an extra-spicy lineup for you this week on the Wii™ Shop Channel. From bouncing balls to out-of-control cars to hardcore fisticuffs, the latest game additions offer an incredibly diverse mix of Wii™ thrills. So if you’ve been saving up your Wii Points™ for something new and different, here’s your opportunity to cash in and kick up some serious fun. Enjoy!
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Famicom
– Rockman (Capcom)
Mega Drive
– Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Sega)
PC-Engine
– Blood Gear (Hudson)
“Red Steel 2 has been in development for many months now, and this new device [Wii MotionPlus] will help us be even more precise in what we do with the product. The Red Steel brand is strong – I think we released it on year one, and that people understood that it was a first try on new technology, technology that wasn’t completely finished. And our game tried to grab the best out of it, and was a bit rushed to be sure to offer something in year one to Wii consumers. But Red Steel is still selling well – at a lower price of course, but still it’s in the top 30 or 40 in every country on Wii. So Red Steel is a brand, and as with every brand we have, we now have to reach the top quality possible. What was missing was the preciseness of the sabre – and with this new device I think it will change the experience.” – Alain Corre, executive director for Ubisoft
Helix should be releasing on WiiWare in the near future. The developers have confirmed that the game is finished and is just waiting for the “OK” from Nintendo before release.
I’m not entirely sure whether you guys will find this useful or not, but I’ve added a new feature to NE’s version of WordPress. At the end of each news post article, you can find a couple of links that are related to the news post you are currently reading. That way, if you want to read additional information about a particular subject, you won’t have to go searching for related content. It’s not perfect, and I’ve been tweaking the system, but I hope you guys find it useful.
Best Buy
Gourmet Chef: Cook Your Way To Fame (DS) $19.99
My Fashion Studio (DS) $19.99
Imagine: Rock Star (DS) $19.99
Petz Dogz Fashion (DS) $19.99
Circuit City
Free case with purchase of a DS Lite + Guitar Hero for DS
Kung Fu Panda (Wii) – $39.99
Wall-E (Wii) – $39.99
Over the past few days, Nintendo fans have been forced to understand that E3 is no longer a place for hardcore games to be shown. Instead, it’s where new and casual products can be introduced. In a (roughly) translated interview with Spiegel, Satoru Iwata further explains why Nintendo decided to hold back on hardcore games at E3. “We understand that people were disappointed [with E3]. One must bear in mind that the E3 is always a good place to capture mass audience attention because the media interest is so high. So we concentrated on the games that we share with a new customer in mind that we have developed. We wanted to show what we have this year and early 2009 on the market. We have our games for the hard core of gamers, and there are still teams working on such games. But it just takes longer to finish developing these games, they finish within two to three years. The beginning of 2009 we will not bring, so we could at the E3 show none.”
