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    Posted June 3rd by jahiggin

    Capcom event
    - Coverage going up at 5 AM PST tomorrow
    - Third-person Sci-Fi action game will be revealed

    Protöthea
    - Dull, bland
    - Random that it was even remade

    Toki Tori
    - Awarded with an 8.0
    - Good game, even at $10
    - Fun - only downside is its price
    - Straight up puzzle platforming

    Clone Wars
    - Unofficially announced
    - Just for DS, Wii apparently
    - Based on upcoming movie, TV series
    - Bozon is sure there won’t be 1:1 controls

    Tecmo Bowl
    - Coming to Wii and DS
    - Bozon thinks Wii version should be 2D
    - A lot of customization on DS version
    - Can control Tecmo Bowl with stylus or Dpad - Online Wi-Fi (DS)

    Wario Land Shake
    - New Wario game for Wii
    - Hold Wiimote on side, shake Wiimote to pick up/throw enemies
    - Traditional, came out of nowhere - coming out in July (Japan)
    - We’ll probably get a WarioWare game with balance board support in the future

    - Fatal Frame is also coming out in July in Japan
    - Fatal Frame is a very big game that people should be excited about

    Shaun White
    - Wii has unique visual style - cartoonish
    - Not a port of the other versions
    - Focuses on Wii Balance Board
    - Visuals look nice, turn balance board sideways
    - Remote used for tricks

    - New visuals for Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - looks a bit like Shaun White

    Summon Night: Twin Age
    - 3D is sort of like Phantom Hourglass
    - Real time strategy game
    - Classic dungeon crawling
    - Pretty good game

    - First trailer of Sonic Chronicles should be coming tomorrow

    Reader Questions
    - Bozon will still use Wii Fit after his 30 day program, but in a different way
    - Deadly Creatures preview coming shortly: Tarantula missions in the near future
    - New James Bond game: Matt thinks, but can’t confirm a Wii version
    - New Capcom game that will be revealed tomorrow involves puzzling & questing at the same time
    - Good WiiWare projects coming that not a lot of people know about
    - There are much better shooters on Wii Shop Channel + retail than Protothea (wait for Gyrostar)
    - Matt thinks Wii hard drive has to happen, but devs contradict his opinion; Bozon thinks it’ll happen
    - Bozon worked on chucking weapons, challenge mode for Contra 4
    - More first party games, such as Wario Land, will be announced/discussed in the future - 5-10 titles by the end of the year: Matt
    - Good Ubisoft support doesn’t look too good - Only a few decent titles coming from them - Ex: Rayman Raving Rabbids, rumored Prince of Persia, etc. - putting a lot of emphasis on 360 + PS3
    - General salary of gaming journalists - $40,000 - $100,000 a year - depends on position + company
    - Nintendo upping Wii supply on a monthly basis
    - Nintendo announced, unofficially, new DS games - The DS commercials with celebrities are just a way to draw in more gamers
    - Matt: Nintendo will wait until - at least - next year to announce a new portable - should be able to download new games directly to a new DS
    - Matt tried to follow up the interview with more questions in Tom Prata interview (such as hard drive questions), but Nintendo said they wouldn’t be able to respond in time
    - Next step for Nintendo console - know where your whole body is - get entire self into the game
    - Sales figures for Okami aren’t so hot (can’t say exact numbers) - not over 100,000 sold
    - Skip Lost in Blue for the Wii: Bozon
    - Not sure when official Elebits 2 announcement coming
    - The Conduit: Hands on impressions in the near future (not sure when this will happen yet)
    - Fatal Frame 4 will be showed off at E3 most likely
    - Video game play time varies for Matt at his home
    - Retro Studios has multiple projects in development - will see some stuff from Retro this year
    - Brothers in Arms is still coming to Wii
    - Red Steel 2 won’t be released this year, maybe shown at E3
    - Matt & Bozon see Nintendogs 2 as a possibility
    - LucasArts - no announcements of porting classic games to the Wii yet

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