“Honestly, I think the lack of AAA titles also has a lot to do with a lot of the 3rd parties simply being caught with their pants down. Triple A take a lot of time to develop; Many years in fact. For them to have been announced/released by now, it would have meant that they were in development/planning before/shortly after the Wii was released. However, nobody, besides Nintendo, expected the Wii sales to be so strong, and anyone who did should be buying lottery tickets.
However, the good news is, now that the industry has seen the rise of the Wii, I’m sure many plans and budgets have been shifted and adjusted, and triple A titles should be in their pipeline (though not ready to be announced). This means soon, you should be flooded with the titles from the franchises you’re familiar with, and ones that aren’t just spinoffs.
Have a little patience and faith in the little white console that could. I know I am. ‘Lost’” – Community Specialist of Capcom Entertainment
There certainly is validity to these words. Twilight Princess alone took years to create and went through many tweaking/perfection processes. The same goes for Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3. It definitely is likely that AAA titles are in development if you’re a believer in this type of development process.
Sonic Unleashed is more than a few months away from releasing, but a game guide has already popped up. Giant online retailer Amazon has a listing for a Prime guide named “Sonic World Adventure: Prima Official Game Guide.” A bit of research shows that on Prima’s preview page for the strategy guide shows that Sonic World Adventures will be available for the Playstation 2, Playstation 3, XBox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Moreover, the guide will be launching right alongside the already planned November 4 video game release date. There’s a pretty good chance that Sonic World Adventure is Sonic Unleashed, although it is possible that this was a mistake on the part of Prima.
Tetris was originally scheduled to launch this July in Japan, but the game has been delayed. Tetris Party – as it is now called – will be launching at an unspecified date. Rumors for the game’s delay include a chance that the game will support the Wii balance board.
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. has been rumored to be in development for the Wii for a considerable amount of time. No official announcement was ever made, but the speculation continued. H.A.W.X. does seem slightly possible to be releasing on the Wii at this point – an IGN listing was discovered for the title in addition to a recently added GameStop and GameFly retail listings. Most speculate that the game may be revealed at E3 for the Wii, although we’re still far from an official confirmation.
Date/Time: June 15th, 1 to 4 PM
Place: Nintendo World Store, NYC
What: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Father’s Day Tournament – bracket-style tournament (son + father teams)
Prizes: Two Wii consoles, two SSBB copies, trophy for first place team
MGS 4 – 10, 9.75
Battlefield: Bad Company – 9.25, 9.25
Civ Revolution – 9, 9.25
Hellboy: Science of Evil – 7, 6.75
Iron Man – 3.75, 4.25
Grid – 9, 9.25
Lego Indy – 7, 7
Nascar 09 – 8, 8
Quake Wars – 8, 7.25
Ninja Gaiden 2 – 8.75, 8.5
Mass Effect – 9.5, 9.75
Haze – 6.25, 5.75
Boom Blox – 8.5, 8
We Love Golf – 6, 6.25
Blast Works – 8, 8.25
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 – 8.75, 9.25
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 – 8, 8
Secret Agent Clank – 8.5, 8.5
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) – 8
Race Driver: Grid (Multi) – 8
Age of Conan (360) – 8
Tekken 6 (Arcade) – 7
Haze (PS3) – 5
Ninja Gaiden 2 (360) – 7
Lego Indiana Jones (Multi) – 6
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS) – 8
Target Terror (Wii) – 4
Soul Bubbles (DS) – 7
1942 Joint Strike (360, PS3) – 8
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 – (Multi) – 5
Boom Blox (Wii) – 6
New International Track & Field (DS) – 5
Thanks to LinkMario8 for the heads up!
“When girls play console games, they have to have gone through a whole other list of things they could have done before sitting down with them. Guys get home, have dinner, and play a computer game. It’s much higher up the list of priorities. To put it bluntly, girls have got better things to do.” – James Scalpello, wireless director of THQ
That’s pretty much as sexist as it can get in the video game industry. I know there are a lot of serious girl games out there…Video games are just as important to females as they are to males, if you ask me.
– enemies will be ’scarier’ and have new tactics
– co-op gameplay
– vehicles and squad-based multiplayer
– Wii version is being handled by Treyarch, but a separate team within Treyarch
– CoD 4 engine has been adapted to Wii
– Wii Zapper support
– Opening scene: Japanese commander stubbing a cigarette out in the eye of a prisoner before slitting his throat – the blood splatters and dribbles down the side of the tent you are being held in. He turns towards you to deal out the same treatment but help arrives just in time. Cue a daring level-long escape.
“Man, we can definitely talk about the Wii Version, I mean, where do we start? Well, first and foremost, The Wii version is being developed here at Treyarch. It’s a separate team from the next-gen team but its on-site. If you’re going to compare the next-gen version and the wii version side-by-side then you’re going to find that it’s a much closer comparison than, I think, any other Wii game currently on the market.”
“Yeah, the challenge with this one was ‘how do we make a cutting edge next-gen game work on the wii’?’. The answer is a lot of frickin’ smart engineers who’ve shipped Wii titles in the past. Getting the call of duty 4 engine on Wii was our first challenge – which we’ve managed to do and it looks great – but there are also a content and design challenges to consider.”
“Beyond that, We’re reall accepting the fact that the person buying on the Wii is doing so for a different kind of experience. I mean, we’re going to be supporting the Zapper and, I don’t know how familiar you are with the Zapper personally, but you lose about five or six buttons on that controller, so it’s very challenging to make a call of duty game that functions well. We’ll be doing some unique stuff with co-op gameplay, too, but we’re not ready to talk on that yet. I honestly think you’ll see what we’re taking the Wii very seriously.”
LONDON – Nintendo is sponsoring an interactive web series called ‘Get Fit with Alyson’ that aims to motivate children and teenagers to regularly exercise.
Independent multimedia production company Tribe Pictures has created the web series, which stars Alyson Stoner from ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’.
The series is running on GetFitWithAlyson.com from June 11 as podcasts and as mobile content, however additional content entitled ‘Get Wii Fit with Alyson’ will also feature on the Nintendo Channel.
Each show runs for three minutes and features Stoner leading kids through a fun exercise programme and workout. The show will also encourage visitors to submit their own stories of the things they are doing to change their lives.
