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About James Higginbotham

Likes long walks through the rain forest of South America. Enjoys picnics and Unicorns. Was also voted the sexiest man in High School.
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Japan – top games of June

By  •  Wii, DS

* Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii, 6/25): 353,827 * Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Square Enix, DS, 5/30): 171,242 (462,453) * Friend Collection (Nintendo, DS, 6/18): 170,490 * Ace Attorney …
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Majesco Entertainment Announces Cooking Mama 3 For Nintendo DS

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EDISON, N.J., July 7, 2009 – Fresh from the harvest in Gardening Mama, the sweet culinary cutie is returning to her kitchen roots as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced Cooking Mama 3 for Nintendo DS™. The latest iteration of the best-selling franchise, Cooking Mama 3 layers on new features while serving up the same addictive and easy-to-play format that has entertained 4 million people to date. Developed by Cooking Mama Limited, Cooking Mama 3 is expected to launch this holiday.

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O-Games Announces CID The Dummy Available Now

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Twain Harte, Calif—July 7, 2009—O-Games, a publisher of family, social and sports videogames, announced today that CID The Dummy is now available in retail stores nationwide for the Nintendo Wii™system, the PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) system and the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system.

CID The Dummy is set in a world where crash impact dummies test everything for safety – from steamrollers, to escalators, to books, blenders and even lemonade. You take on the role of CID, a crash impact dummy who is sick of the same old routine and stuck in a rut. One day, CID receives the mission of a lifetime – to save the Professor’s daughter from the evil D-Troit, the most vengeful super villain in the world!

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Rumor: Guitar Hero 5 Drum Kit Looks A Lot Like Rock Bands

I’ve seen this rumor flying around the Internet all day, everyone is picking it up, so I thought it was about time I did. The …
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Stand Alone Console Plays DS and PSP Games

This music makes me want to punch someone in the face!!!! It also kinda defeats the purpose of a portable gaming device.

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Coming This Week! (Europe and Japan)

By  •  Wii, DS

Games Released in Europe:

Nintendo Wii: – The Conduit – Fritz Chess

Nintendo DS: – Fritz Chess

Games Released in Japan:

Nintendo DS: – Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito …
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Coming This Week! (NA)

By  •  Wii, DS

Nintendo Wii: – The Bigs 2 – Birthday Party Bash – CID The Dummy – Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (online) I just received …
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Super Mario Galaxy in 720p Footage

By  •  Wii

We posted the screens yesterday, here is the footage of an emulated Super Mario Galaxy in 720p.

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BioWare: Industry can move away from violence in games

“We talk a certain amount internally about whether you need to have combat as part of the experience. Are there possibilities to actually start separating pieces of the game and …
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Videogaming Goes Mainstream As Family Orientated Games Dominate Top 3 Games of 2009 (UK)

By  •  Wii, DS

London, United Kingdom – July, 6, 2009 – The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), the UK games publishers’ trade body, today released UK videogame sales results for the first half of 2009. The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five ‘best sellers’ chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo’s Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK’s most popular game ever.

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Neko Entertainment Announces Launch of Heracles Chariot Racing for WiiWare

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PARIS, FRANCE – July 6th, 2009 – Neko Entertainment an independent premier video game developer and publisher announced today the upcoming release of Heracles Chariot Racing on WiiWare, a racer that will drive players new and old to distraction. Featuring ten circuits in five mythological fantasy settings, players take control of one of eight gods or legendary creatures from Heracles to Poseidon as they race to become Champion Charioteer. Heracles Chariot Racing will be released on July 6th on WiiWare, first in the Americas, then later in Europe.

“We are excited to announce the upcoming release of Heracles Chariot Racing for WiiWare”, said Laurent Lichnewsky, Managing Director of Neko Entertainment, “With its blisterning fast racing action, mytholigical tracks and enemies, split screen multiplayer modes, Heracles Chariot Racing is destined to become a WiiWare classic for players, both young and old”.

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EXCLUSIVE GREEN DAY TRACKS AND MAYHEM FESTIVAL ARTISTS COME TO Wii ROCK BAND

By  •  Wii

Cambridge, Mass. – July 6, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 28 tracks from artists including Green Day and artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, as well as back-catalog tracks from The Presidents of the United States of America, The Offspring, Lamb of God and more, coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii™ system.

As previously announced, the Green Day tracks available for download this week are the first in an exclusive deal between MTV Games’ Harmonix, Green Day and Warner Music Group to bring the band’s songs to the Rock Band platform. These first songs, “21 Guns”, “Know Your Enemy” and “East Jesus Nowhere,” are from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown. Eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, including Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, will also be available for download this we ek in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. The RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.

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NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: BIT.TRIP CORE BRINGS WIIWARE LIBRARY TO 100 GAMES AND COUNTING

By  •  DS

Another year of American independence isn’t the only thing we’re celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare™ game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week will have players bursting bubbles and racing in chariots, whether solo or with friends. Nintendo DSiWare™ welcomes a new Art Style™ title and a unique auto racing game, while a classic Commodore 64 title will have Virtual Console™ users tearing it up California style.

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BIT.TRIP CORE
Publisher:
Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: BIT.TRIP CORE continues the BIT.TRIP saga in this retro-arcade-style game. BIT.TRIP CORE adds up to an exciting action/rhythm game that’s best played while zoning out on the tunes and letting the visuals swallow you whole. The experience is inspired by games from the ’80s, but with a modern twist. The game play is entirely new to the series, leaving the single-axis controls of BIT.TRIP BEAT behind in favor of the ability to control two axes. If the difficulty gets you down, grab a friend and play cooperatively with two-player multiplayer. Make it to the end and you’ll have journeyed one step further to completing your BIT.TRIP.

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MEDIA ALERT: NINTENDO DSI JOINS LINEUP AT ROTHBURY FESTIVAL 2009

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Interactive Tour Invites Grand Rapids-Area Fans to Play, Share and Create Using the Portable Nintendo DSi System
WHAT:
When festival goers flock to this year’s ROTHBURY Festival, they’ll have a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with a remarkable newcomer in hand-held entertainment. Appearing July 2-5 at the festival’s idyllic site on the Double JJ Ranch, Waterpark & Golf Resort in Rothbury, Mich., the Nintendo DSi™ Mobile Tour invites consumers to board an interactive tour bus loaded with portable Nintendo DSi systems and software. Visitors and spectators can experience the unique features and creative fun of Nintendo DSi. With help from on-site Nintendo ambassadors, consumers can use Nintendo DSi to take and manipulate photos, tweak sound recordings and enjoy a wide variety of games. Visitors can print their original souvenir photos on the bus or store them online and download them from home.

As the latest evolution in Nintendo’s popular line of hand-held video game devices, Nintendo DSi features two built-in cameras, audio recording and playback functions, and access to a wealth of downloadable games and applications from the online Nintendo DSi Shop™. Players can use 10 different interactive “lenses” to tweak photos in unusual ways and share them over a local wireless connection, or have fun with their favorite music by using different audio filters to alter recorded voices or change the tempo of a song. Since launching in April, Nintendo DSi has sold more than 1 million units in the United States.

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John Mayer Plays Guitar Hero

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I can remember sometime last year, John Mayer speaking out against GH and how it was ruining music for kids. Thats all I am going …
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