Nintendo News

Ever since I started following games and news on a daily basses about two years ago. Something that I realized is that official game sites are not that great. They …
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Hamburg/Germany, January 21st, 2009 – Crazy Circus brings a colourful and charmingly whacky circus to Nintendo DS™. Hamburg/Germany based publisher dtp entertainment will publish the arcade game worldwide in Q2 2009.

In 14 action-driven mini games, the player performs extraordinary circus acts. Oleg, the motorbike-riding bear, jumps over dozens of cars, a parrot swings on the trapeze, and clowns throw cakes at each other across the circus ring.

The player inherits the family’s once famous circus because his father is sick and no longer able to run the business. Now it is up to the young director to lead the troupe and restore the circus to its former glory. He keeps improving the show and quickly, the circus regains its excellent reputation. New performers push into the ring, the public clapping frantically to ever new sensations. The stunning performances attract the crowds in a way that finally, the circus arrives in the world’s most glamorous cities.

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VIENNA, Austria – January 21st, 2009

Bplus, independent software developer, today happily announces the release of its second WiiWare title Niki – Rock ‘n’ Ball this coming Monday, January 26th …
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PARIS: Nighttime over Parisian rooftops is where the Paris World places you. Slow down time for a few seconds to get a better shot at the enemies by slashing downward …
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STUBBS ALDERTON & MARKILES, LLP HIRES FORMER FLAGSHIP STUDIOS EXEC,
STEVE GOLDSTEIN, TO GROW INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRACTICE

Goldstein Brings a Decade of Interactive Media/Entertainment Experience
To The Corporate, Securities and Intellectual Property Law Firm

SHERMAN OAKS, CA – January 21, 2009 – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP,
the Los Angeles based corporate, securities and intellectual property
law firm, today announced the re-hiring of game industry business
development and legal executive, Steve Goldstein. Goldstein will be
instrumental in growing the Firm’s video game and interactive media
practice. As a Senior Counsel at the Firm, Goldstein will be a key
addition to its Interactive Media Practice Group, joining partners
Scott Alderton, Greg Akselrud and Kevin DeBré, and is expected to
expand the Firm’s existing clientele of video game developers,
publishers and other interactive media clients.
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1. Wii Fit – Wii 2. Wii Play – Wii 3. Mario Kart – Wii 4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Wii 5. Grand Theft Auto IV …
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS, Square Enix): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 – (29/40) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii, Square Enix): 8 …
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GTA: Chinatown Wars

– Craig got to play it last week
– Showed him early part of the game
– Craig had certain expectations, he’s pretty psyched
– A lot of emphasis placed on touchscreen “side-things”
– Will need your stylus in your hand
– One minigame has you shoving trash aside looking for drugs
– Game engine runs on top screen, bottom screen is where the story happens + touch screen minigame
– Fixed perspective angle
– Never cuts away from action on the top-screen – will still see action on top screen during minigames
– Not hiding from being M-rated
– You’re a drug dealer – buy and sell drugs, dialoge all f-bombs and s word, there is violence
– Blood stays on the road when you run over someone
– Bozon’s excited for the game
– Engine itself runs really smooth – Craig didn’t see frame rate falter – 30 FPS
– No voice-overs, subtitles in cut-scenes – there’s only environmental voice – radio stations are instrumental (probably due to limitations of the cartridge)
– Can listen to radio while walking around
– Not too much humor in the first 5 missions
– Surveillance cameras are hidden packages in the city – if you destroy one of the cameras it can affect the price of what you can get for drugs
– Comes out March 17
– Game is ambitious, it’s a full-fledged GTA experience – Taken seriously at Rockstar
– Bozon thinks he might get more play out of Chinatown Wars than GTAIV
– Huge focus on online – next month we’ll know more about online

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Nintendo Wii $249.99 Killzone 2 (PS3) $59.99 Wii Fit Starter Bundle $129.97 Skate 2 (360) $59.99 Street Fighter IV CE (PS3) $79.99 LOTR Conquest (360) $59.99 My Fitness Coach (Wii) …
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You know Matt Casamassina from IGN, well he’s always seems to have info on stuff he can’t talk about. But he constantly teases everyone about games only he knows about. For …
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Cambridge, Mass. – January 20, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of six new tracks to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo. The line up includes “March of the Pigs” and “The Collector” from industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails, “I Fought the Law” from English punk rock band the Clash and “Rockaway Beach” from the infamous punk rock band Ramones. The offering also features two exclusive 2008 Rock Band re-recordings of “Margaritaville” and “Volcano” from singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.

All six tracks are part of the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content already released to owners of Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of the previously released downloadable content every week until the entire back catalogue of more than 500 songs is available. In addition, the regularly scheduled future DLC releases for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system will also be available for Rock Band 2 Wii owners starting in February.

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I was not going to post this at first becuase. I am not to sure about posting other bloggers rants, but Stephen Totilo brings up so good points.

MTV …
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