Chris Hoffman from Nintendo Power has stated,
If you want to talk about something big, how about the news Hideo Kojima, Snake’s creator, is designing Snake’s level in Brawl? Snake’s inclusion means we’re not only getting one of the best characters in gaming, but one of the best developers as well.
So we get a double dose of the genius of Kojima in Super Smash Bros. Brawl! Source
Max Console has announced that an insider has provided these accurate Wii specs.
The Wii Hardware
- Nintendo Wii’s ‘Broadway’ CPU operates at 729MHZ with a maximum bandwith of 1.9gbyte/sec.
- Nintendo Wii’s ‘HollyWood’ GPU is clocked at 243MHZ, the internal memory of it includes 3mb of embedded graphics memory and 24megabytes of high speed main memory.
- 64megabytes of GDDR3 (MEM2) as the external main memory. Just like the internal memory, it can be accessed from the CPU and GPU with a maximum bandwidth of 4gbytes/sec and can also store programs in the MEM2.
- The GPU of the Wii is identical to the GC’s but it is on average 1.5X faster.
Wii’s Optical Disc Drive
More miserable news fron the Wii Battlefront as developer Relic announce their stance regarding the Wii in an interview.
You mentioned the 360 and the PS3 there, but not the Wii - why is that?
We make more mature-rated games, and more high-end graphical games, and the Wii is going in a little bit of a different direction; they’re not going to play the same game as the 360 and the PS3. You never know - if we came up with something cool we could do it, but right now our plan is not to. THQ is big into that, because we’ve got Pixar, we’ve got Spongebob, we’ve got all that, and the other studios will be doing amazing stuff, but not Relic.
Is it simply a creative decision not to support the Wii, then?It’s creative, and you can’t do the same types of games on the Wii because the power is a lot different. It’s a different type of technology. I think it was really smart for Nintendo to break out on their own and do their own thing. The platform’s going to be really successful.
Wii got owned.. again.
The penultimate gaming event has been axed. That’s right, e3 has reportedly been killed, destroyed, hacked into small pieces never to return. Darn.
Senior industry sources have revealed to Next-Gen.Biz that the E3 industry event, in its present form, has been cancelled for next year and the foreseeable future.
Stay tuned to the Official Website for updates. Is this the end of high profile gaming expo’s?
Regarding the awesome looking Haze game on the Wii, the official FAQ.
Is there going to be a Wii version?
There are currently no plans for a Wii version of Haze. Sadly, the cutting-edge technology we’re using requires more power than the Wii has available. If we could, we would.
Dang! Still, check out the awesome video, and you will understand the full intense graphical prowess of this game. It look downright insane!
The UK television program G@mers takes on the Wii!
Wii sports and Wario: Smooth Moves are played, some quick shots of Zelda, Super Mario Galaxy and Red Steel!
In a press release, Ubisoft has exposed more information about this exciting new game along with some screenshots. Enjoy!
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ISAO SATO (Miyu’s father, an important Oyabun, saved by the hero in the first sequence)
Isao Sato is the father of Miyu, your fiancé. During a meeting in a Los Angeles restaurant, you help to prevent an attempt to assassinate him. He is Oyabun to one of the most important Tokyo families and, for the last several years, has attempted to carry out his business dealings in a more legal fashion. His sword, the Katana Giri, is the traditional symbol of Oyabun’s power in his family. The attackers fail at their attempt and kidnap Miyu, with hopes of putting pressure on him. Wounded during the attack, Sato hands his sword to you. Your promise is to return his daughter and your fiancé to him before he dies.
TOKAI (Main enemy)
Tokai is the main villain in Red Steel. A young Yakuza godfather (Oyabun), he is driven by a thirst for power and the desire to tear apart the Yakuza system. He is a brilliant archetype of modern change and wants, above all, to bring about the downfall of traditional constraints, in order to rise to power through illegal activities, in all possible markets. Despite his goals, his official stance is one of respect towards tradition. His attempt to take power hides a strong personal ambition and an implacable obsessive desire for revenge. To achieve his desires, he must have the Sato sword.
OTORI (Your Japanese mentor)
Your first contact in Japan, Otori will become a veritable mentor. An ex-Yakuza who left the organisation for moral reasons and for his daughter, Mariko’s, future, he owns a Dojo, where you will spend a lot of time. Along with other traditional martial arts, he is a sword master and will share his wealth of knowledge with you. For him, the sword is not a weapon, but a necessary tool in learning self-mastery. The reasons for using it must be noble and justified. Having already been involved with the Japanese mafia, he refuses to help you directly, by implicating himself in that world.
HARRY TANNER (Boss of the Club)
Tanner is your first real link with the Japanese underworld. He runs a club in which the Yakuzas spend a lot of time and has quite a few connections with them. Because he is a victim of Tokai’s campaign and is friends with Sato, he agrees to help you in your quest. Tanner organises a meeting with the distressed Yakuzas. You will often return to see him in the night club, to obtain information and for weapons training.
His club attracts not only the Yakuzas, but also members of the jet set, who enjoy slumming it in a decor which contrasts modern Japanese design with the by-gone charm of the American gangster era. The main attraction is a private shooting range where VIPs come to have fun and test any weapon they like, with the advice of the revered Kajima.
MOTHER REIKO (Legitimate Geisha Boss)
Mother Reiko is one of the Yakuzas who meets in Harry’s club. Shocked by the disappearance of Sato, she comes to ask you to free the Geisha neighbourhoods from the clutches of “Mama San” and Tokai’s pimps.
MAMA SAN (Tokai’s Mistress)
Mama San is Tokai’s mistress. Head of the Geisha district, in the chaos following Sato’s kidnapping, she elegantly manages to change some of the Geishas’ strict esthetic codes, modernising their look and making them sexier. Beautiful, but venomous and fatal, they become the modern “female Yakuzas”.
Mama San recruits shibouya girls (bad girls in the Shibouya Street) in the street to work for her.
KENZO (Financial Clan boss)
Kenzo is the boss of the Shiba Financial Group bank. Although he is powerful, he is very cowardly, even paranoid, and easily falls into Tokai’s clutches after Sato’s disappearance. You will have to get to his office, fending off Tokai’s men along the way, to convince him to join in his effort.
As he is powerful but handicapped, Kenzo has a lieutenant and many yakuzas working for him.
“Four kids titles (SpongeBob, Avatar, Barnyard, Cars) will ship in Q3 for the Wii, which should outsell the PS3 in Q3 due to more units available at launch,” he said in a statement.
Not exactly the greatest concession, but still, every time a representative talks down the Playstation3 or talks up the Wii, even if they are just being logical, its a score for Nintendo!