‘Nintendo has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that there are plans to launch a new version of the Wii featuring DVD playback functionality in Japan.’
Game Industry has also confirmed that the Wii with DVD playback is a Japan only release. The article also mentions the CNN Wii news channel, but nothing more is revealed.
Nintendo have posted a press release detailing the 62 games available at the Wii ‘launch’. That’s 32 game titles and 30 virtual console games.
‘Within the first five weeks of launch, Wii owners can pick from up to 62 games, representing the most diverse, and most exciting, console video game library available. Licensees and developers have lined up to support the Wii launch in unprecedented numbers. Wii and its Wii Remote completely change the way people play and experience video games by making every motion of the controller translate into action on the screen. All at once, Wii makes games both easier to play and more immersive. In the five weeks after Wii launches in the United States on Nov. 19, gamers of all ages and abilities will be telling their friends and family: “You’ve got to play this!”’
Halloween is almost over, and we havn’t given wished our US readers well! What better way to extend our halloween joy than a cute picture of a kitten with a pumkin.
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Hudson Entertainment has announced games available for download using the Virtual Console. The games will include Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman 93 and Dungeon Explorer in Europe and the US. Games will cost 600 Wii Points.
Hudson also plans to release over 40 TurboGrafx-16 titles onto the Virtual Console in the next year in Europe and the United States. Hudson plans to release over 60 in Japan.
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The official Harvest Moon press releasem detailing the new Harvest Moon game for the DS.
Who needs correct logos?
Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a dab hand around the garden? Now you can put your green fingers to the test, or simply enjoy a peaceful life on your farm, as Harvest Moon returns, this time on the Nintendo DS. Harvest Moon DS launches across Europe in Q1 2007.
Harvest Moon DS invites players to do as much or as little as they like to pass the time. As well as working in fields and tending to their flocks, players can cultivate their own seed variants, hunt for hidden treasure or even fish in the river.
‘Wii Sports Baseball has other puzzling deficiencies. For instance, when you want to throw a curve ball, you don’t actually motion it, as you might suspect. No, why would you want to use a gesture for a console whose primary purpose is to promote unique and innovative ways to play? To throw a curve ball, you first select it on the D-Pad and then make a standard throwing motion. Huh? I can only guess that the accelerometer inside the Wii remote is incapable of distinguishing between a curve ball and a fastball. It is, nevertheless, very unfortunate.’
Matt from IGN discussing the faults of Wii Sports
‘While not deep, Wii Sports will serve as a nice introduction to the Wii since it is packaged with the system. Each game does a good job at reproducing a feeling of actually playing the sport. Add a few more remotes and you’ll have a great party game on your hands.’
Planet Gamecube discusses their time with Wii Sports.
Wiitastic has refueled a conversation that always occurs when a new Nintendo console is released. Which classic [NES in this case] games or series should be reborn on the Wii?
Wiitastic lists Castlevania, RC Pro Am, Wizards and Warriors, Contra, Double Dragon and Ninja Gaiden as possible titles. While we don’t agree with all of these titles, some are classics that deserve an attempt to recreate the glory.
What titles would you bring to the Wii?
The New York Times have posted an article that reveals Nintendo’s grey gamer drive for the Wii and DS. Excerpts..
‘Nintendo has positioned Wii, its new video game console to be released on Nov. 19, as a system that will appeal not just to hard-core gamers, but also to older adults who may be more comfortable with Pong than Grand Theft Auto.
Nintendo’s booth was in unusual company on the show floor, surrounded by those promoting the American Academy of Audiology, Lighthouse International and the Southwest Lawn Bowls Association.
In addition to Wii, Nintendo also promoted its Brain Age game for the portable Nintendo DS, which includes a series of exercises that ostensibly help to improve brain functioning. To entice visitors, Nintendo employees walked the show floor wearing buttons that said, rather optimistically, “Ask Me My Brain Age.”’
Nothing crazy or exciting here, just another brief Australian glimpse of the Nintendo Wii.