Mario and Sonic will hit the Wii with their new game on the 20th November (US). Play as your Mii character, or the characters from either Mario or Sonic’s worlds and try to earn the gold medal. Comepete in events including speed rally table tennis, 10,000m diving, hammer throwing and dueling. The environments include real stadiums that will be used in the 2008 Beijing Games.
There is still much unrealesed information about this game, but we do know of 3 modes so far. A single player mode, a circuit mode, and a mission mode that challenges you against a series of competitors. Personally i think this game looks great and would get boring quickly if it wasn’t for the various events and characters.
As previously announced Animal Crossing is coming to the Wii, the only question missing is, when? Currently, we don’t quite know. The very popular title is going to have a sequel though on the Wii.
In a one-on-one interview Shigeru Miyamoto about the future of Animal Crossing he stated that ,
“The Animal Crossing team has been very busy working on a variety of different projects. Actually, the Mii Channel was put together by the director of the most recent Animal Crossing game. His name is Mr. Nogami. Recently he said he really wants to get back to work on Animal Crossing again, so hopefully we’ll be able to show something to people before too long.”
Hopefully we can start to see some solid development. The game is also expected to make good use of Nintendo Wi-Fi, like the previous title did for the DS.
The last game announced today at E3 was easily the most interesting or at most clever.
It showed some kind of pad that people stand on to play games, do exercise and compete against other players on a graphical stage.
Mr. Miyamoto wanted to show off this game himself, not Zelda, not SM: Galaxy. He wanted it to be a whole family game.
He had 3 fitness trainers show off the game. The first trainer showed off an stretching exercise that develops leg muscle. The Wii pad ensures that it’s done right and at the proper pace.
The second trainer showed off a game that looked a bit more fun. It reminded me of DDR but with only two pads. One for each foot. The idea is to watch the pads on screen and match them.
The third trainer demonstrated a sideways twist. She did it very well, though it seemed that when the game was moved out onto the floor it lost a bit of it’s calibration. It seemed a bit off. He encouraged people to take a look at it on the floor where it would be better calibrated.
The name of the extra bit of hardware, the pad, is called the “Wii Balance Board”. It measures the pressure put on the board and as your weight shifts around the board.
Today at E3 a new hardware announement for the Wii was released. The Wii Zapper. Play as a military official shooting down terrori
sts or shooting Zombies in Resident Evil. Third partys will be making announcements regarding their plans for the Wii zapper later this week.
You also won’t be missing the zapper when you play your games. It will be packaged with Wii software and also available for a low retail price of $19.99.
Not bad
The other day when I was at a local department store, I decided to take note of prices and what was in stock. Here is what I saw from each of the three main console companies:
First is Sony. There were plenty of slim PS2’s in stock for the price of around $130. The games had a price of about $20-$30 on average. The PSP’s price was around $180. The games were selling from $20-$40. Finally, the PS3. The store seemed to be overflowing with them, and it’s no wonder with the price of the console at $600 and games selling for upwards of $60.
Next is Nintendo. There was the DS that was selling for about $80 and the game for around $30. There wasn’t anything really special to comment on for the DS but I saw something that was pretty rare. There was a Wii in stock (Though it’s probably gone now) and it was selling for $250 with games selling for $40. And for the Gamecube, I happened to overhear an employee telling another customer that they were trying to get rid of all Gamecube games except for Zelda: Twilight Princess. The console was selling for its usual price of $100 and the games were selling for about $20-$30.
Last but certainly not least is Microsoft. Their XBox 360 appeared to be doing very as there were only a few in stock and I saw a couple people buy a 360. They had both varieties, the $400 and $300 and the games were selling for $50 mainly, though there were plenty of $40 games a few $30 and $60 games.
So in conclusion, PS3s weren’t moving but 360s and Wiis were going off of shelves with the PS2 still attracting a few buyers, and in the handheld side of things PSP and DS had been going at a fairly healthy rate.
Comments are encouraged.
-Unstable
NOTE: All prices are USD.
Nintendo has now picked the top 10 short films from their contest. On June 18 they’ll pick the top 3. You can also vote on what you think is the best film. Here’s the link http://www.nintendoshortcuts.com/launch/
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A few of the songs that will be on Guitar Hero III have been announced. What I’ve learned is that the game will be 1980’s themed and this is just the first batch. Here’s the list:
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ORIGINAL RECORDINGS:
“Cult of Personality” by Living Colour
“Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones
“Cherub Rock” by Smashing Pumpkins
“Sabotage” by Beastie Boys
“The Metal” by Tenacious D
“My Name Is Jonas” by Weezer
“Knights of Cydonia” by Muse
COVER SONGS:
“Rock And Roll All Nite” as made famous by Kiss
“School’s Out” as made famous by Alice Cooper
“Slow Ride” as made famous by Foghat
“Barracuda” as made famous by Heart
(Source: GameSpot.com)
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The game is going to be for XBox 360, Wii, Play Station 2 and Play Station 3.
More details later and comments are uncouraged!
-Unstable
 So this time, I’m going to get straight to it. Hideo Kojima (master mind of Metal Gear Solid, who created his own productions after it) has played Brawl with the director of the game, Masahiro Sakurai, at a recent Japanese gamer event. Kojima states specifically that the game feels complete, and if sold tomorrow, it could sell millions. He also states Sakurai was Mario, and Kojima was Snake (seriously), but had too much respect for Mario to lay an attack or punch on him.
Also, Satoru Iwata (president of Nintendo Co. Ltd.) was discussing news to the press about what’s forth coming for Nintendo. Among announcements of 45 Wii and 79 DS games being developed by Nintendo, he stated one key thing. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy will be released this year, by the end of Summer into Fall. So that could tell us two big titles will be coming before the way end of the year, and sooner than we think.
After all I hear, I believe it, but doubt any huge hit titles are coming soon.
- Snid
Could this be true?! Japanese Gaming Magazine, Coro Coro, has stated that in their next issue (most likely next month) that NEW Super Smash Bros. Brawl characters will be revealed. I so hope this is true, it’s been a year since Brawl was announced.
Source: GoNintendo.com
- Snid
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