Category: Wii
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Famitsu Gives Super Smash Bros Brawl Perfect Score
Before seeing this, I wasn’t really super pumped about Brawl…I mean I’m obviously going to get it on day one and I know it’s going to be a great game, but I wasn’t foaming at the mouth to get it, I wasn’t thinking about it every waking moment. This, however, has changed my mind. Famitsu…
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Sheik is Back in Brawl
The Smash Bros. Dojo revealed today that Sheik will be making a return appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Sure, Sheik didn’t make an appearance in Twilight Princess, but that doesn’t matter, he/she is too awesome to leave out. Also on the site are a number of new screen shots of Sheik in action, as…
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Delayed
The official Smash Bros. Dojo site announced today that the Super Smash Bros. Brawl release date has been pushed back from Feb 10th to March 9th. Due to delays in the completion of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, we’ve had to change the release date of the game to Sunday, March 9th. I deeply apologize to…
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Wii Shortages Are Not Cool Says Reggie
Poor Nintendo…selling out of Wii’s has been causing huge problems for them. Constant shortages of Nintendo’s Wii console and a huge demand for its DS Lite are causing all sorts of planning issues for the company, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime said recently in an interview. The level of demand we are facing complicates all of our…
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Castle of Shikigami III Coming to Wii
Aksys Games announced today that it would be bringing vertical-shmup Castle of Shikigami III to the Wii next year. Vertical-shmups are always cool, so I’m really looking forward to this one. The Wii needs more stuff like this. “10 memorable characters” in a vertical-shmup should be interesting. The whole press release is after the link…
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PaRappa the Rapper Team Working on Wii Game
The team that worked on PaRappa the Rapper, artist Rodney Alan Greenblat and musician and game designer Masaya Matsuura, are working on a music based game exclusively for the Wii. The still unnamed game is expected late in 2008. There are pretty much no details about the game, yet, but I’m sure it’s going to…
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Wii Virtual Console Update 12/10
Pokemon Snap, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, and BASEBALL STARS 2 head to the Virtual Console this week. I always liked Ghosts ‘n Goblins, but it was hard as hell. One time, Thrasher and I played Super Ghosts ‘n Goblins (I know, the update is for Ghosts ‘n Goblins on the NES, but this story must be…
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Dragon Quest Swords Official U.S. Release Date Announced
Square-Enix announced today that Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and The Tower of Mirrors will be released on February 26th in North America. Also, the North American release will feature bonus content including a new mode, “Payback Mode”, and four hidden bosses. “Payback Mode” seems totally awesome, I don’t know what it is, but…
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No More Heroes Video Preview
IGN has posted a pretty nice video preview for No More Heroes. The most obvious difference between this and Killer 7 is that No More Heroes seems a lot less linear, at least so much in that you can move around as you please in the city. Sure, the boss fights seem to be in…
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Nintendo Reports Huge Sales
The Nintendo DS set a sales record last week (between November 18 – 24), selling more than 653,000 units! The previous title holder? The Game Boy Advance, moving 600,000 for the same time period in 2005. Well done Nintendo, well done.
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Namco-Bandai Announces New Wii RPG
The official site for the upcoming Namco-Bandai RPG has gone live and you can check it out here. What does it all mean? Well, the game’s title is Fragile and it’s a dungeon-crawler. The game is being co-developed by tri-Crescendo (they created the PS2 Japanese only Venus & Braves, which I always wanted to play,…