Thu 02 July, 2009

Perhaps similar in style to Twilight Princess instead of a radical change

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Something is clearly amiss, to put it lightly, at GameStop corporate, as evidenced by the game retailers latest Wii promotional bundles. One comes with a squirt gun, the other with a rubber ducky. You know, for... bathing, maybe?

Whether GameStop has simply found itself with a few thousand squirt guns and plastic ducks unexpectedly, or its simply trying to score a post on Kotaku pointing out how batshit insane this is, these two bundles are of questionable purpose. Value, yes, as you're essentially getting a rubber ducky for free. But the Nintendo Wii Summer Fun Bundle and the far more suggestive Nintendo Wii Take a Bath with a Buddy Bundle are curious in their need to exist.

Oh, and there's another Wii bundle with a pirate tattoo sleeve. What.

Remember, there is a strict limit of two per household!

Nintendo Wii Systems [GameStop - thanks, Grant!]

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So I'm on my way home from an evening with Ubisoft and I happen across these new Fly Oakland tourism ads on the Bay Area Rapid Transit.

Each ad features an adult doing something silly — like a dude in a kufi Xeroxing his face — with the catch phrase "Fly Oakland... What You Do With The Extra Hours is up to you. But this one here depicts a grandma playing the Wii with her grandchildren.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it after a late night with developers, but it seems to me like this ad is saying something about the Wii. Either that it's a frivolous thing that you can do in your spare time... or that only old people and young children play the Wii.

Huh.

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Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment hasn't seen the success on the Wii that it might have envisioned. Releases like No More Heroes, Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Arc Rise Fantasia haven't captured the Wii audiences attention just yet. What to do?

How about porting some of your Wii misses to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, hoping for high-definition hits? That's what Marvelous is considering, according to a financial presentation poked at by Siliconera. That means Wii up-ports and a renewed focus on Microsoft and Sony's now-gen platforms, an attempt to lure in the underboob crowd with better looking underboob.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade seems like a natural fit for a higher-resolution port, given its relatively simple 2D transition to more graphically capable consoles. Perhaps some Odin Sphere fans will latch on to the non-Wii version of Muramasa, still due to hit North America this year.

And, given Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda's latest comments, noting that the next No More Heroes title is probably not going to come to the Wii, we'd think a port of the first two might make for some easy cash.

It's not like Marvelous and its developers are lacking for Wii games to pretty up, it mostly a concern of what makes sense.

Marvelous Considering Wii To PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 Ports [Siliconera]

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There's no better way to fully appreciate the wonderful artistic style and furious action of Muramasa: The Demon Blade than to see it in motion. And, thankfully, that's just what we got for you right now. Above, you'll find a near-minute of fabulous Muramasa gameplay footage for your eyes to drool over, and if you're wondering what all of the fuss is about, you really should be keeping up.

New Muramasa trailer makes with the slicing and dicing originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Wii version of the next Astro Boy game showed up in New York a couple of weeks ago. As of July, we can cover it. Click the thumbnails. Look at the screens. Read my notes. All at once.

(Really, click to expand. I'm trying something new here by doing a preview as a series of captions.)

The next Astro Boy game, developed by High Voltage and published by DS, is coming to the Wii (the version I saw), the PS2, PSP and DS in October timed to the release of the Japanse icon's new computer-animated movie...
...Astro Boy hasn't starred in many video games, for a variety of reasons pondered by our own AJ Glasser in May. But he did star in one cult classic, the Treasure-developed Game Boy Advance game Astro Boy: Omega Factor....
The Treasure game inspired the developers of the new Astro Boy, a D3 producer told me as he played the new game. But this is not intended to be a sequel or a successor. It's its own thing....
The first screens you see here are from the game's side-scrolling shoot-em-up levels, which involve Treasure-style 3D scrolling backgrounds set behind the shooting action. The shooting gameplay, while true to the GBA Astro Boy's style didn't look to me half as frantic as Omega Factor's graphics-slowdown-causing mayhem,,,
In the new game, Astro Boy has his standard finger laser, butt machine guns, drill attack, arm cannon and an energy-absorption move,,,
On the Wii, the game was played with remote and nunchuck, with all the moves defaulting to sticks and buttons. Triggering moves with shakes of the remote are optional...
The game is based on the events of the upcoming movie. The development studio works with the movie studio, Imagi, for approvals. They're not dealing directly with the estate of Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka...
I took the controls of the game briefly. Astro Boy has a great arsenal for a video game character. His array of moves offers a nice variety of attacks, from strong rightward energy blasts, to the more all-enemy-damaging butt-gun attacks. All of that was great in Omega Factor and is at least good here...
The straight-forward platforming and flying levels of the new title don't yet have the dynamism of Omega Factor, but there's plenty of time for the development team to improve and polish. The foundation here is solid.
I did not see the other versions of the game. Just the Wii. For more on the Astro Boy movie the game is based on, check out the official site. Looks like a lot of fun.

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A lesson in parenting

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If anyone belongs in a game called DJ Hero, it's Grandmaster Flash. The legendary musician has been at the forefront of hip-hop for basically forever, and is credited with inventing the art of messing with records to create noise, upon which the entire game is based.

In addition to appearing in-game, Flash contributed his own mixes to the soundtrack. In the video above, you can hear a segment of his mashup of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" and N.E.R.D.'s "Lapdance." After the break, we've embedded a clip of the game featuring a mashup of his own "Here Comes My DJ" and Gary Numan's new wave anthem to isolation, "Cars."

MTV recorded footage of Flash trying the game for the first time, and let's just say his performance in the game is much more impressive than his performance of the game. For a more thorough writeup of Mr. Flash's thoughts on the game, check out GameDaily's writeup here.

Continue reading Grandmaster Flash is a DJ Hero, plays DJ Hero

Grandmaster Flash is a DJ Hero, plays DJ Hero originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Capcom has issued a new trailer for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, complete with high production values and --OMG what was that?! Sorry, but you see things keep popping --AHHHH! We apologize, we're trying to get this post done, but scary things are making loud noises and jumping right out at us.

Hopefully you'll be able to get through this two-and-a-half minute trailer without suffering a coronary. We'll cross our fingers for you.

New Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles trailer makes with the cheap scares originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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En ce beau jour de juillet, Capcom nous gâte avec une nouvelle fournée d'images pour Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom : Ultimate All-Stars. Ce jeu de combat sur Wii qui devrait permettre aux adorateurs délaissés de Street Fighter de libérer leur hargne et d'utiliser les personnages tout droit sortis des mondes de Capcom et de Tatsunoko. Rappelons que le titre s'améliorera à son passage sur d'autres territoires afin de se faire pardonner l'amputation d'un des personnages. Ceci passera d'abord par  une révision du mode Story et l'apparition de quelques mini-jeux, mais surtout par l'ajout d'un mode en ligne et de cinq nouveaux personnages. Que du bon donc pour les amateurs du genre. Le test de Brido ainsi que les images d'aujourd'hui sont présents pour patienter, l'éditeur n'ayant pas encore donné de date précise.  
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We're just gonna come right out and say it: July 2009 may be the worst month for new retail releases ever. Unless you like 2D fighters that is, because in that case, it's awesome. Or games about movies about hamsters, those two groups are being really well serviced.

If you haven't fully prepared yourself for the horror, we'd suggest you gird your mind with all the reason and clarity you can muster before continuing on.

New Games This Month: July 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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High Voltage an Sega seek to take on the mantle of the Nintendo Wii's signature first-person shooter with The Conduit. Have they succeeded?

The Conduit has everything going for it. It's an exclusive first-person shooter for a console that generally only sees second-rate ports. It features a compelling story of conspiracy, betrayal, and alien invasion on the streets of Washington D.C. And it also delivers a robust multiplayer experience on a platform that isn't exactly known for its only capabilities. What could possibly go wrong?

Let us channel the assembled game critics through The Conduit and see what comes out the other end.

Giant Bomb The game's story is your typical alien-filled and shadowy government conspiracy that doesn't really go anywhere. All you really need to know is that the bug-like alien troops come out of glowing portals called conduits. So a lot of the gameplay tasks you with fighting your way up to a conduit, and then shutting it with a grenade. You'll also have to pull out the all-seeing eye, a glowing orb that acts as your primary way to interact with computers and as a beam that reveals hidden objects in the world. Sometimes you'll use this to unlock doors that block your forward progress. Other times, you'll use it to open up secret pathways to additional weaponry, disarm normally invisible mines, and so on.

GameSpot The real draw in The Conduit is the outstanding control scheme. Conceptually, it's nothing special. You aim your gun with the remote, walk around with the analog stick, and perform various moves by hitting buttons or performing specific motions. However, the execution is nearly flawless. You can aim with pinpoint precision, easily lining up headshots from across the screen or spinning around to cut down a critter creeping up behind you. With more than 10 different actions to keep track of, it can be difficult to find the ideal controller setup, but you can customize the controls to suit your play style.

Game Informer Online play works better than I expected on the Wii, which is to say that it's slightly better than what PC gamers had circa 1998. Matchmaking works well enough, and latency issues are present but not catastrophic. An interesting take on free-for-all deathmatching, dubbed Bounty Hunter mode, subtly changes the game by only scoring points for players who have wronged you in the past, giving you an onscreen objective arrow to the current location of your most bitter foe. Beyond that, the old standbys like capture-the-flag and team deathmatch round out a capable online experience.

Gamervision High Voltage has done a fantastic job showing what is possible with the Wii when a developer actually commits itself to the console. Sadly, the answer isn't as much as you'd hope. Claims that the graphics would reach that of early Xbox 360 titles was a bit of an overstatement, and the game is likely outperformed in some areas by a number of last-generation titles. Some enemy character models look fantastic, and nearly reach Xbox 360 levels, but others look downright muddy. It has that same "next-gen shine" that Perfect Dark: Zero took advantage of, but environments can often look rough. For a Wii game, it's likely one of the best looking, but saying much more is really stretching the truth.

Nintendo World Report This is the paradox of The Conduit. Its disappointing single-player component seems hastily-designed with its cookie-cutter plot, limited range of enemies, and myriad elements copied wholesale from popular recent first-person shooters. On the other hand, its multiplayer component is great, matching online shooters on other platforms feature-for-feature and providing a no-hassle experience that's among the best on Wii. Hopefully High Voltage will learn from The Conduit's shortcomings for their next game, but for now, Wii owners will have to settle for something very good instead of truly great.

Nice to see everyone agrees.

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Next week's Rock Band Weekly brings the announced three-pack from Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown album. The tracks are apparently the first offerings from an "exclusive partnership" between Harmonix and Warner Music to bring the band's songs to the platform. Green Day isn't even the angriest band this week ...

Green Day Pack (440 / $5.50/ 200 Wii Points apiece)

• "21 Guns" (160 / $2)
• "East Jesus Nowhere" (160 / $2)
• "Know Your Enemy" (160 / $2)

Mayhem Pack (1080 / $13.50/ 200 Wii Points apiece)

• "Conquer All" -- Behemoth (160 / $2)
• "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse" -- Black Dahlia Murder (160 / $2)
• "Hammer Smashed Face" -- Cannibal Corpse (160 / $2)
• "Empire of the Gun" -- God Forbid (160 / $2)
• "Embedded" -- Job for a Cowboy (160 / $2)
• "Disposable Teens" -- Marilyn Manson (160 / $2)
• "Black Magic" -- Slayer (160 / $2)
• "This Is Exile" -- Whitechapel (160 / $2)

All tracks are original masters and are available for download next Tuesday on Xbox 360 and Wii. They make their way over to PS3 on Thursday.

Rock Band Weekly: Green Day and Mayhem Pack originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Sega released the first episode of its Production I.G/Gonzo-animated Infinite Space video series in Japan, we were quite pleased to look at it, but our rudimentary understanding of the language prevented us from gleaning anything substantive from the story.

Luckily, Sega has started translating the videos into English, with voice acting and everything, and we can now enjoy both looking at them and knowing what's going on. The voice acting is pretty much what you'd expect from American anime releases, but it's a small price to pay for comprehension. In this trailer, we see that a crash-landed "Watcher" gives protagonist Yuri the opportunity to build his own spaceship.

This trailer comes along with Sega's announcement of a spring 2010 release date in North America. We can only hope it continues releasing translated videos to tide us over.

Infinite Space launching Spring 2010, animated trailer launching right now originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two new lists today: the hours logged by Wii users in each Wii Sonic game. And another showing play times for Rock Bands, Guitar Heroes and the like.

(The following stats are pulled from the usage data shared by more than two million Wii users through the system's Nintendo Channel. For more information about how we calculate these total playtimes, check out yesterday's Wii stats post)

Average Per-Gamer Playing Time For Wii Sonic Games (as of July 1)
(Release Dates in Parentheses)
Sonic Unleashed (November 2008) – 14 hours, 16 minutes
Sonic and the Black Knight (March 2009) – 12 hours, 3 minutes
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (November 2007): 11 hours, 25 minutes
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (January 2008) – 11 hours, 1 minute
Sonic and the Secret Rings (February 2007) – 10 hours, 24 minutes

Average Per-Gamer Playing Time For Wii Music Games (as of July 1)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (October 2007) — 57 hours, 42 minutes
Rock Band 2 (December 2008) — 39 hours, 6 minutes
Guitar Hero: World Tour (October 2008) — 31 hours, 41 minutes
Rock Band (June 2008) — 30 hours, 23 minutes
Guitar Hero Metallica (March 2009) — 14 hours, 38 minutes
Guitar Hero Aersomith (June 2008) — 12 hours, 50 minutes
Wii Music (October 2008) — 9 hours, 17 minutes
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 (November 2008) — 8 hours, 54 minutes
High School Musical 3 Senior Year: Sing It! (February 2009) — 7 hours, 28 minutes
Disney: Sing It (October 2008) — 5 hours, 54 minutes
Samba De Amigo (September 2008) – 4 hours, 2 minutes

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Le créateur de la série No More Heroes, Suda 51, a confié au magazine anglais Edge, qu'il compte bien poursuivre sa saga après le second volet Desperate Struggle, à paraître sur Wii en février 2010.Mr 51 semble avoir plusieurs idées pour la suite des(...)


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If you've been diligently registering your Nintendo DS and Wii games with Club Nintendo, enough to receive Gold or Platinum status, you'll be getting a free gift from the company. When? Some time before January 1, 2010.

North American Club Nintendo members of "Elite" standing, like myself, will be notified about the opportunity to claim prizes in July. But those free goodies might not ship for a while after that. Official word from Nintendo says that the freebies will be distributed to members "before the end of the calendar year." That could mean months of painful waiting!

Club Nintendo of Japan members were most recently treated to a trio of goods—a gold painted Mario Kart Wii wheel, a Club Nintendo calendar for 2009 and a plush-looking Mario hat—something we hope Nintendo of America will one-up for its American fans. May I suggest something, anything, in Wario purple and gold? Or this?

Incidentally, the answer to what I'll spend my 1,000 Club Nintendo coins on is... nothing.

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 Prévu le 23 juillet au Japon, Dragon Ball : Revenge of King Piccolo nous revient dans une vidéo de plus de trois minutes. Alternant scènes cinématiques et phases de gameplay, ces images nous en dévoilent un peu plus sur le titre de Namco Bandai. Rappelons pour tous les fans de la série que ce Dragon Ball, exclusif à la Wii, devrait nous faire revivre les aventures de Sangoku et ses amis durant leur jeunesse, et plus précisément la période relatant le combat contre l'armée du Ruban Rouge et Piccolo Daimaô. Avec ce jeu d'action mêlé de phases de plateforme, il ne nous aura jamais semblé aussi jouissif et intuitif de déchainer les coups spéciaux des héros de notre enfance avec la possibilité de jouer avec le combo Wiimote - Nunchuk mais aussi avec la manette classique ou le pad Gamecube. On remarque également la présence sur ces images d'une visée pour nous faciliter le ciblage des ennemis et d'indicateurs nous prévenant de l'arrivée d'un danger immédiat. Enfin, on en découvre un peu plus sur les combats en arène qui ressemblent en tous points à ceux de l'anime, immersion garantie ! Nul doute que l'on a déjà envie de toucher la bête tellement son pelage semble soyeux, mais aurons nous droit à un gorille géant se dressant fièrement de toute sa stature ou bien à un simple petit chimpanzé tentant de nous faire la grimace ? Attendons les premiers échos du pays du soleil levant, ou, à défaut, son arrivée sur nos terres prévue pour cet automne.
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Awesome news for No More Heroes fans: creator Suda 51 told Edge that he wants to continue the series. "I really want to make NMH a big franchise," he said, "and with this second episode have bigger success."

Slightly less awesome news for certain No More Heroes fans: if the series does continue past Desperate Struggle, it probably won't be on the Wii. "I think this is the last NMH that is going to be developed on Wii," Suda said. "To expand NMH to new possibilities, we need a new platform. Wii is a great platform, but we've done everything we can with it now."

Recent comments from Suda suggest that he's looking toward the Natal-enhanced Xbox 360 for at least one future project -- and No More Heroes was originally planned as a 360 game. Perhaps he's realized that charging Travis Touchdown's beam saber could be made even more embarrassing without a Wiimote prop.

In any case, it may be a bummer for Wii-only gamers, but at least if No More Heroes comes out on one of the other consoles, the "hardcore" types will be able to admit it's wonderful without having to say something nice about the Wii.

Suda 51: next No More Heroes won't be on Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    Pour ceux qui auraient raté l’information, le très bon jeu de combat Tatsunoko vs Capcom qui avait créé la surprise en fin d’année au Japon va débarquer au premier semestre 2010 aux USA. Mais il se pourrait que la version américaine du jeu soit légèrement différente de la version originale. En [...]



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Here's a problem we're sure you're familiar with: you need a new video game console for your own kids right now, but you also need a guaranteed method of ruining that console, and you only have time to shop on one website. GameStop has solved that problem with its Summer Fun bundle, which consists of a Wii and a plastic water gun. Yes, really.

That's actually the least bizarre of GameStop's Wii/cheapo party favor bundles. The others include

• The Pirate Tattoo bundle, which includes a pirate-style tattoo sleeve
• The Take a Bath with a Buddy bundle, which includes a water-squirting rubber duck.
• The Mario & Sonic Olympic Games bundle, which includes -- oh, that one's okay.

We honestly can't tell what's going on here. Is this some form of retail trolling on GameStop's part?

[Via Destructoid]

Exclusive Wii/rubber ducky bundles and more available at GameStop originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here in the States, we've grown accustomed to certain luxuries: subsidized gasoline for our free Hummers (hey, gotta stimulate that economy!); a complimentary 72oz soda with every purchase (just buy anything!); a lifetime supply of type 2 diabetes; and, of course, monthly updates from NPD charting the sales numbers of the major video game consoles. Our friends in the UK aren't so fortunate. So when we get a peek behind that curtain, we look to share it with you.

And here, courtesy of UK retailer GAME's first-half fiscal statement, we find data from GfK Chart-Track for sales up to June 27th, 2009. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo is in the lead with the DS, having sold 2.7m in the past year, bringing its total up to 9.1m units (that includes 300,000 DSi units sold since launch). The Wii is in second place with 5.4m, up 2.3 from last year. And then we get to the main attraction: 360 and PS3 sales.

You'll recall that in February, Microsoft claimed the 360 bested the PS3 in overall European sales by 1m units, citing GfK Chart-Track data again. In the UK, the Xbox is siting pretty with 3.9m units, up 1.7 from last year, while the PS3 is at 2.2m, up 900k from last year (and, coincidentally, right where Microsoft would've been a year ago). In between the "big boys" is the PSP, with 3.3m consoles sold, up 500k from last year.

It's weird: despite their genetic differences (three stomachs? gross!) the video game shopping trends of UK citizens sound an awful lot like those in the States.

UK sales: Wii and DS up top; 360 besting PS3 at the bottom originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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De nombreuses stars issues des divers épisodes de la série Resident Evil se sont donné rendez-vous dans cet inquiétant trailer.(...)


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Have you thought about purchasing Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, but decided to wait until the price dropped to exactly $14.98? If so, today is the day you've been waiting for. Amazon, for its Deal of the Day, has marked down the tactical role-playing remake by 50%. It's a very cheap way to occupy like a million hours.

A warning, though: if you buy it now and one of your friends challenges you to a multiplayer match, that person has probably been playing the game since February or so. You can expect a few seconds of humiliating punishment, is what we're saying. Have fun!

Fire Emblem: Savings Day originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you subscribe to Nintendo Power, the latest issue should be arriving at your house very soon -- Aeropause has the scoop on some details on Nintendo's upcoming lineup from the issue. Most important to folks reading this text is likely what Miyamoto had to say regarding the new Legend of Zelda game, announced back at E3: "I don't think it's going to be that radically different." But, what about the theory of the girl being the Master Sword? Surely that is radically different!

In typical Nintendo fashion, that's all Miyamoto had to say. He left us hanging to speculate, and we're sure most will be able to turn this appetizer of a quote into a five-course meal.

[Via Videogamer]

Miyamoto: Next Legend of Zelda won't be 'radically different' originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Voici quelques nouvelles images débordant d'effets spéciaux du prometteur Tatsunoko vs. Capcom : Ultimate All-Stars sur Wii. On pourra y apercevoir des stars de diverses séries signées Capcom telles que Ryu (Street Fighter) ou Morrigan (Darkstalkers)(...)


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Not going to make it to the Anime Expo in LA this weekend to see Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars? Here is a fresh set of screens to help you appreciate what you're missing.

Just seeing the names Tekkaman and Ken the Eagle at the top of the screens does my heart good. My Wii hasn't been getting very much exercise lately, so I am a little worried this game might kill it when it comes out and I play for hours on end. I suppose if you're a game console there are far worse ways to die.

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How people DON'T play videogames...
We thought the world had learned from Ubisoft's Red Steel trailers how rubbish it looks when you get random people to jump about in a bedroom holding Wii Remotes for the purposes of a trailer.

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Take a look at how well Telltale is handling being responsible for the continuation of one of the most beloved adventure game franchises of all time.

This is the first few minutes of the first installment of Tales of Monkey Island, due out next week on the PC and Nintendo Wii. As you can see, they've done a fine job of capturing the spirit of the series, particularly in the dialog of Mr. Guybrush Threepwood, whose calm in the face of incredible danger verges on stupidity. Yeah, we'll go with that.

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Nintendo has made a deal with UK TV station Five to fully fund one of its new shows, MCV reports. The Advertiser-Funded Programming deal means that Nintendo will pay for eight episodes of the new Britain's Best Brain show, which subjects contestants to five tasks, each designed to test a different brain function: "memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk."

Obviously, we suspect Nintendo will use this opportunity as a promotional platform for the Brain Training series. If it were, say, Capcom looking for Britain's best brain, there would be cause for concern. MCV notes that in-show product placement is illegal, meaning that Nintendo will have to relegate the DS mentions to ads.

Nintendo sponsors British game show originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Si vous n'avez pas encore saisi le message, cette troisième publicité dédiée à Dragon Ball : Revenge of King Piccolo entend bien vous l'entrer définitivement dans la caboche.(...)


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Dragon Ball : Revenge of King Piccolo est le meilleur jeu de tous les temps. C'est également le plus beau, le plus impressionnant et le plus dynamique. S'il ne devait rester qu'un seul vestige de l'humanité dans quelques millénaires, ce devrait être (...)


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Voici une publicité destinée à vanter les mérites de Dragon Ball : Revenge of King Piccolo.(...)


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Toy maker Jakks Pacific and publisher THQ lock horns.
The lawsuit between Jakks Pacific and THQ revolves around the pair's joint venture with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) license.

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Wii and DS lead the way.
The current-gen UK console install base has hit 24.2 million units, according to data released by Chart-Track.

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Dans Another Code : R vous retrouvez Ashley deux ans après les événements du premier épisode. Comme les autres productions du studio CING, ce jeu d'aventure met vraiment l'accent sur les dialogues. Il ne faut donc pas être allergique aux intrigues to(...)


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    Prenez une bande de jeunes gens fans du jeu Donkey Kong. Donnez-leur un appareil photo, des centaines de post-it et un lieu où faire plein de bêtises. Et vous voilà avec un petit court métrage qui sent bon le stop motion et le trip retro-gaming. Copyright L8RMEDIA 1998-2009 - Tous droits réservés - [...]



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1980s console war to be dramatised on BBC4.
The 1980s console war between the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro is to be turned into a BBC4 comedy.



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Quick peek at chapter one inside.
Telltale Games has released a clip from Tales of Monkey Island, coming to Wii and PC later this year. See it here.



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"I think this is the last NMH that is going to be developed on Wii," says Suda.
Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda reckons his dev studio will need to look past Wii if it is to evolve No More Heroes into a major franchise.

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Not the overhaul we were hoping for?.
There's been talk of the Zelda series needing a major refresh for some time now, and the next Zelda on Wii, slightly revealed at E3, was generally expected to be the one to do it.

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Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, Wii Sports Resort écrase tout sur son passage cette semaine avec pas moins de 360 000 unités écoulées. Il faut dire que l'accessoire WiiMotion plus fourni en bundle avec ce party-game grand public n'a pas dû laisser in(...)