My Pokémon™ Ranch (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 1,000 Wii Points): The Pokémon phenomenon debuts on WiiWare with My Pokémon Ranch, a game that lets you watch as Pokémon and Miis interact with each other for the first time. Enjoy the relaxing ranch life by viewing your ranch and its Pokémon, taking pictures and sending those pictures to your friends via the Wii Message Board. The more Pokémon and Miis you bring to your ranch, the more fun it becomes. My Pokémon Ranch can be linked with the Nintendo DS™ Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl Game Cards to deposit the Pokémon you’ve caught in these games in your ranch. You can deposit a maximum of 1,000 Pokémon from up to eight different game cards. Make your ranch livelier by playing with your friends and family.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Pokemon_Ranch
Official website: http://www.pokemon.com
Last week's releases
Protothea (UbiSoft, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): Protothea is a top-down scrolling shooter game with free movement that puts players in complete control of a last-generation spaceship. The mission is to destroy the asteroid called Maqno 01 and finish with the plans of The Core. UbiSoft's Protothea introduces new concepts to a beloved, classic game style while mixing genres and utilizing the full capabilities of the Wii console, from graphics to controls. Players of all ages and experience levels will enjoy taking command of their ship, blasting through four different worlds in 10 challenging missions. Use your weapons arsenal and the special bonus items to help you accomplish your mission, and don't forget to slow down time and take an edge over the enemy.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protothea
Toki Tori (Two Tribes, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Toki Tori is his name, and collecting eggs is his game. In this puzzle/platform game, players use a variety of items such as the Telewarp, InstantRock and Slug Sucker. Clever use and combination of these items are needed to solve all the game's levels, of which there are more than 70. Levels range from easy to brain-teasingly hard, resulting in dozens of hours of puzzle play time. Toki Tori makes the most of what Wii has to offer. It uses the Wii Remote for a unique control scheme, which offers players a new and more relaxing play style. A second player can help you out by drawing hints while you are playing. The game even uses the Wii Message Board in a unique way.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Tori#Remakes
Official Website: http://www.tokitori.com
Virtual Console™ (What is Virtual Console?)
DIG DUG™
NES®
1 player
Rated E for Everyone
600 Wii Points
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_Dug
Last week's release
Ninja Combat
NEOGEO
1-2 players
Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Mild Suggestive Themes, Fantasy Violence
900 Wii Points
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Combat
I've just uploaded 2 video footages of My Pokemon Ranch [WiiWare] on YouTube.
Introduction:
Youtube link
Play:
Youtube link
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This week's Wii releases
*Blast Work: Build, Trade Destroy Official Website; Wiki; IGN
Backyard Baseball '09 IGN
This week's Nintendo DS release
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles IGN
Looney Tunes: Cartoon Concerto IGN
Blast Works looks like a damn good game (plus being Wi-Fi and all), but it looks to be about 40$ so I'll have to see if I can find a deal on it. (10$ off 75$ @ BestBuy? Hell yea!)
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Advertising agency Leo Burnett sent word today that they won the Grand Effie at the 40th Annual Effie Awards for their "Wii Would Like to Play" marketing campaign. The campaign won for being the “most effective” marketing effort.
"The ‘Wii Would Like to Play’ campaign chose not to embrace an obvious strategy, namely fawning over the prized teenage male gamer. Instead, Wii targeted his mom, dad and grandmother. While the competition catered to a narrow audience, Wii invited everyone to play. As a result, the Wii has been sold out nationwide since the launch and ignited a cultural phenomenon in how people experience video games," Effie organizers said.
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Mario Super Sluggers (Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball in Japan) is dated for June 19th, 2008 (Japan). There are 40 playable characters in all. 32 from the Gamecube game and 10 NEW characters will take the field.
Video + Screenshots: http://wiifolder.com/?tag=sluggers
Official Japanese Website: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rmbj/index.html
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Super_Sluggers
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Tenchu IV [Wii]
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMShCUJvqA&fmt=18
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Software#Wii
IGN: http://wii.ign.com/objects/142/14258123.html
Capcom/Bionic Games announced action comedy game, Spyborgs [Wii].
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyborgs
IGN: http://wii.ign.com/articles/878/878628p1.html
Gametrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34726.html
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 [Wii] is now official.
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto:_Clash_of_Ninja_%28series%29#Naruto:_Clash_of_Ninja_Revolution_2
IGN: http://wii.ign.com/objects/965/965447.html
Neopets Puzzle Adventure is coming to Wii and Nintendo DS.
GamePro: http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/wii/games/previews/189888.shtml
Fatal Frame 4: Project Zero [Wii] dated for July 31, 2008 (Japan)
Official Japanese Website: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r4zj/index.html
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Frame_4
Screenshots: http://the-magicbox.com/0806/game080606e.shtml
Wario Land Shake [Wii] dated for July 24th, 208 (Japan)
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wario_Land_Shake
Box screenshot: http://www.ds-x2.com/images/news/dennis/wariolandshake.jpg
Closeup screenshot: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a224/risio/71881520080610_122337_0_big.jpg
Disaster: Day of Crisis [Wii] dated for July 3rd, 2008 (Japan)
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_day_of_crisis
GameSpot: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/disasterdayofcrisis/index.html
IGN: http://wii.ign.com/objects/826/826985.html
Gametrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/75643.html
Rune Factory Frontier [Wii]'s official Japanesewebsite now open.
Official Website: http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/wii/runefactory/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Factory_Frontier
Densetsu no Starfy Taiketsu! for July 10th (Japan)
DS Rhythm Tengoku Gold for July 31st (Japan)
The Online Japanese Releases Date Schedule:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/schedule/index.html
IGN's List of Japan Summer Release Schedule:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/877/877073p1.html
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Guitar Hero: On Tour [NDS] | How to Rock Out **funny!
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQIRTRHQ9wfmt=18
Guitar Hero: World Tour [Wii] | Drum Vignette
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGL0BHUlPfE&fmt=18
Special in-store event: Pre-order Guitar Hero: On Tour [NDS] at Toys R Us, get a limited edition guitar pick stylus free.
Also get free $10 gift card if you pre-order Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [Wii] game or bundle at Toys R Us.
Toys R Us details:
http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=3088667
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_hero_on_tour
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Aerosmith
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_World_Tour
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AudiOdyssey is an experimental computer game designed to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers. The user stars as Vinyl Scorcher, an up-and-coming DJ, on his quest to get club patrons dancing. Swinging the Nintendo Wii controller to the beat, Vinyl lays down the various component tracks of a song, and keeps the party jumping. If he does an especially good job, he can even freestyle! But beware - if dancers get too rowdy, they’re likely to bump into the turntables, messing up Vinyl’s tracks. Think you have what it takes?
AudiOdyssey was developed with four research goals:
* The visually-impaired and the sighted can enjoy the same level and quality of gameplay
* Navigate game’s menus with ease and efficiency approaching that of conventional UIs
* Create a fun and natural control scheme using the Wiimote
* An engaging game that relies more on high quality audio than visuals
Official Website:
http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/audiodyssey.php
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The first details on Call of Duty 5: World at War have been revealed by a UK magazine called gamesTM. The issue which was published today claims that the game is going to be grittier, have scarier enemies with new tactics and contain co-op modes.
"There will be co-op for the first time in a Call of Duty. Also there will be vehicles and squad-based elements to the multiplayer. Formats: PC, PS3, 360 and Wii. The Wii version is being worked on by a separate team within Treyarch. (The mag) reckons it’ll be a much closer comparison between the next-gen and Wii versions than any other Wii game on the market."
"Jeez, they have the CoD4 engine running on the Wii apparently. They are using (the CoD4 engine) for all the next-gen ones too. The Wii Zapper will be supported."
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Catch up my previous Wii News & Updates at my Xanga, Multiply and now Blogger!
See you all next week! \:D/
// Roth
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