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Games radar writes: "we compiled game review scores (collected from Metacritic) by genre to show you which console does each kind of game best, in the most unbiased way we can."
Kotaku:
"See Brian try to talk the head of Sega of America into launching Dreamcast 2 to take on the Wii.
Dreamcast 2? Seaman 2? Shenmue 3? Hear Simon Jeffery crush all of your Sega wet dreams."
Few people expected Koji Igarashi's "Castlevania Judgement" would be similar to a fighting game. Igarashi knew fans would be surprised - but many said they were let down.
"I had expectations about the kind of reaction," he told MTV Multiplayer last week at E3.
The latest Nintendo Power review scores are as follows:
Bangai-O Spirits (DS) - 8.0
Rock Band Track Pack: Volume 1 (Wii) - 6.5
Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii) - 9.0
Order Up! (Wii) - 7.0
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Wii) - 7.0
Alone in the Dark (Wii) - 4.0
Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) - 8.0
New International Track and Field (DS) - 8.0
MLB Power Pros 2008 (Wii) - 7.0
Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns (DS) - 5.0
NCAA Football 09 All-Play (Wii) - 5.0
Print out your snapshots and Mario biz cards from the Wii Photo Channel with ease
Wii Photo Channel hooks up with Fujifilm in new online printing initiative
Nintendo is set to offer a new online photo services in partnership with Fujifilm, to enable Wii users to print off the photos that they upload to their console with ease.
While there are hundreds of photo-printing services available online, this is a first for a gaming console, and will enable Wii users to upload snaps to the Wii Photo Channel and print photos via their console.
No, you didn't misread the title of this post; it's not another edition of Born for Wii for today. Yet, the title is still a bit misleading, as Wii Fanboy really should have said that the Dark Room Sex Game is "Porn for Wii Remote."
kryogen1x alerts slashdot to coverage at 1up indicating that Nintendo controller may soon become scarce - Nintendo lost in court to Anascape over analog sticks in their Wii and GameCube controllers.
Interesting article that debates how much the price cut will be in play for sales in July.
Analyst Jesse Divnich gives his opinion on whether the Xbox 360 price cut will only be a short-term or long-term success story for Microsoft.
The article also talks about Nintendo's dominating role in the portable and handheld markets.
And just to think, Capcom said It would not happen, apparently in this interview featured on Kotaku.SEGA of America president Simon Jeffery, has slipped big time and announced that Resident Evil 5, is indeed coming to the Wii. Resident Evil fans who own the franchise on Gamecube can now rejoice, the collection is rumored to be complete all by slip of the tongue.
The announcement of Wii MotionPlus was somewhat surprising, especially considering that the peripheral was unveiled a day before E3. Although, without a doubt, Wii MotionPlus is sure to add precision to future games. According to EA, the current standalone Wii controller is considerably imprecise, which unfortunately, can impact how well the control is on certain games.
"The Wii MotionPlus is going to be good. If I had to pick one thing we suffered from, it was imprecise control on the Wii. That meant certain genres were never going to perform as well on the Wii. There are a couple of franchises in our booth. Go look at Dead Space and imagine playing that game with a wand and a Nunchuk. If they improve the precision, then you could have a good experience. There is no doubt that Wii Speak will appeal to a certain group of people. I thought what was nice is that they created an opportunity for third parties to be more successful." - Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello
Kezins.com writes "In our effort to out-do the overrated "Wii Fit Girl", we're bringing you "Bikini Guitar Hero Girl". Check out this very hot chick in her bikini play Guitar Hero!"
Since it worked for Wii Fit Girl and Playboy's Jo Garcia, might as well give "Bikini Guitar Hero Girl" a shot.
We mucky commoners have known about the Wii MotionPlus add-on for just over a week now, but don't go thinking it's any different for third-party developers.
VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending July 19th, 2008 is as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
Wii: 159,292 (+25%) [127,354]
DSL: 152,241 (-9%) [167,205]
360: 101,967 (+111%) [48,398]
PSP: 77,207 (+9%) [71,092]
PS3: 58,145 (-22%) [74,626]
PS2: 37,245 (+18%) [31,537]
Top 10 Software:
1 NCAA Football 09 (360) 290,627 290,627 [NEW]
2 Wii Sports (Wii) 159,292 12,956,112
3 NCAA Football 09 (PS3) 124,663 124,663 [NEW]
4 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 84,951 2,631,086
5 Wii Play (Wii) 77,134 6,692,795
6 NCAA Football 09 (PS2) 71,288 71,288
7 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 64,525 566,805
8 Wii Fit (Wii) 60,444 1,403,982
9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 47,707 1,044,378
10 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 40,501 427,639
Other New Releases:
11 NCAA Football 09 All-Play (Wii) 37,183 37,183 [NEW]
18 Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 (Wii) 30,906 30,906 [NEW]
Software Totals: [Last Week Total]
360: 1,172,174 (+31%) [897,260] Tie Ratio: 9.27
Wii: 1,089,920 (+20%) [906,285] Tie Ratio: 6.19
DSL: 993,109 (0%) [991,077] Tie Ratio: 4.35
PS3: 571,747 (+10%) [517,646] Tie Ratio: 6.45
PS2: 425,420 (+14%) [372,316] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 256,700 (+17%) [219,909] Tie Ratio: 4.02
If you thought AMR Racing's Hoochie Mama Wii Balance Board cover was interesting, take a look at their next move - a protective skin covered in cannabis leaves!
ButtonMasher writes - Wii Sports? Again? Personally I place the success of the Wii squarely on the shoulders of Wii Sports, so it isn't really a surprise that Nintendo would want to capitalise on the now universally applauded brand name of WiiSports. So it was, that when the Wii MotionPlus was announced to be released alongside WiiSports Resort no one really felt surprised.
In a recent interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata apologized to the millions of Nintendo fans who were disappointed by their E3 '08 press conference, especially those who were "expecting to see... 'Super Mario' or 'Zelda'."
Nintendo is facing a ban on sales of the Wavebird, Classic Controller, and Nintendo GameCube controller for its Wii and GameCube systems after it lost a bid to overturn a $21 million patent-infringement verdict.
U.S. District Judge Ron Clark rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial in the case won by Anascape Ltd. The judge said that he would stop sales of the Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube...
Note: The Wii remote and Nunchuk do not infringe on the patent and therefore are in no danger of being banned.
"Absolutely the hard-core gamer crowd is critically important to us." Which would explain why so much of Nintendo's E3 press conference was taken up by spirited flailing, smiling soccer moms and the worst rendition of the Super Mario Bros. theme the world has ever been forced to endure.
Anyone can make a fairly strong argument that Capcom has been a great third-party supporter on the Wii. Wii owners have received classic titles with a fresh coat of paint with an additional mix of original content. Capcom did not announce anything of great importance to the hardcore gamer at E3, but that's not to say that no more games will be coming from the company soon. Capcom's Christian Svensson provided a somewhat enigmatic post on Capcom's community forums, which seems to hint at continued support. "?But again, at any one time, you only know about half the games we have in development. That's all I'll say on this." Also noteworthy is a small bit of news on the number of zombies that will be encountered in Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. According to Mr. Svensson, "The screenshots released give you a decent idea [about the number of enemies]. Suffice to say, it's not the number we could do on 360, but that's to be expected. It'll be sufficient to keep you well busy though."
Bushing one of the Wii Scenes most prominent hackers last week went public with his plea to Nintendo to answer him and stop a piracy exploit (unreleased) in the Wii that allows unmodified Wiis to run pirated Games, Bushing updated and Nintendo have replied.
He did not post the reply from Nintendo, he just posted:
(Insert a polite reply here from a real person at Nintendo, indicating that they received my message and will reply further shortly.)
(No, I won't be posting any other correspondence with them.)
Bushing has also posted all the emails from people pretending to be from Nintendo
