This week’s Wii-kly update brings two new WiiWare games and one virtual console game: Zoda’s Revenge: Star Tropics II, Cue Sports – Pool Revolution, and Maboshi’s Arcade. Cue Sports and Maboshi Arcade are both WiiWare games, and Zoda’s Revenge is a port for the virtual console originally on the NES.
Yesterday, at an event in Japan, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest X is coming to the Wii. The event was held to promote their March 28th release of Dragon Quest IX for the DS (side note: Dragon Quest IX is going to cost 5,980 yen there, or roughly $64.73, which is insane). I hope it doesn’t use any sort of motion control at all, Dragon Quest Swords was not awesome.
WiiWare, the Wii servies offering downloadable games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii, launched today. The games vary in price, from just 500 Wii Points to 1500 Wii Points. The six games available are:
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King for 1500 Wii Points
LostWinds for 1000 Wii Points
Defend Your Castle for 500 Wii Points
Pop for 700 Wii Points
VIP Casino Blackjack for 700 Wii Points
TV Show King for 1000 Wii Points
The whole press release is below…
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Or about 120 units per minute (so says the press release, I didn’t do the math myself). Either way, it’s awesome news for Nintendo. 1.4 million may seem like a lot, but Brawl has a long way to go to catch Melee, which sold 7 million units over the lifetime of the Gamecube. The whole press release is after the link…
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I’m not sure about this game now…it just doesn’t seem to have enough depth and it’s really short. Maybe if I saw it on sale somewhere, but I don’t think I want to pay $50 for it.
I bought Brawl last night and since then have played the game for just over 10 hours. I’ve mostly played the Subspace Emissary as well as one run through classic mode with Snake and 20 of the single player events. I also played a quick online game with Gmoney and another one with a random person.
I guess overall Brawl is really just Melee, but greatly expanded upon in all areas. There are better graphics, more characters, and more stages. There are lots of new items and tons of trophies, songs, and stickers to collect, as well as a huge increase in the amount things to do while playing solo.
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I like how he has to keep up with a T.V. drama about a stray cat. I’m totally wanting this game. I also found it interesting that the Final Fantasy XII guy is doing the music for Opoona, too.
The game looks really nice running on the Wii. Also, it runs in full 16:9 mode, which doesn’t matter to me but might be a selling point for a lot of others out there. I think I might even pick up the game again. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll actually finish it this time, too. Why do I spend so much time playing a game and then just randomly stop? Especially if the game is good, too…
This new trailer from GDC just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe it’s that ridiculous wheel accessory…or maybe it’s Wario riding around on a motorcycle instead of a kart…I just…I don’t know. Double Dash pissed me off, the fucking computer cheated so bad. I could get over everything else but…I hate the A.I. in that game so much. Ask Liz, she knows. Now I’m always going to think twice before buying a Mario Kart game.
Seriously, I don’t think the force has ever been more radical in a video game. I love him tossing the guys into the window, the window breaking and then the vacuum of space sucking them all out. I also like him picking up one soldier, hitting the other soldiers around him, and one of the soldiers grabbing onto the guy suspended in the air.
