Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver have an official Japanese release date of September 12, 2009. This is good news for Pokemon fans in Japan of course, …
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Los Angeles, Calif., (June, 2009) – Nitho, a developer of video game peripherals, has announced the launch of its catalog of video game …
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Guitar Hero Smash Hits is the latest game in the GH franchise. This game isn’t band-specific like some of the other GH games, but rather it takes many of the fan favorite songs from past games and allows players to use the drums and microphone that they introduced with Guitar Hero World Tour.
Fans of the Ghostbusters series can finally get their ghost-busting fix thanks to the release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Old-school ghostbusters, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, teamed up to pen the storyline for the game and to bring Ghostbusters back into the limelight.
Los Angeles, Calif., (June, 2009) – Nitho, a developer of video game peripherals, has announced the launch of its catalog of video game accessories designed for the Nintendo™ Wii Motion Plus™ expansion device. The Wii Motion Plus allows the Wii remote to more accurately capture complex motion in video games developed for the Wii console. Nitho’s peripheral offering have been designed to further enhance the gaming experience for fans of the Wii platform.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (June 23, 2009) – Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced the full song list for We Cheer™2, exclusively for Wii™. The brand new line-up of 30 rockin’ songs will get players energized and ready to cheer. We Cheer 2 heightens the realistic, competitive cheerleading experience by immersing players in a nationwide cheerleading championship setting. Utilizing the Wii Remotes™ as virtual pom-poms, players follow on-screen prompts for choreographed routines that utilize a full range of arm and body movements.
BD: Have you checked out the Wii Transformers game?
SL: I haven’t been able to play the Wii game because my hand is broken. I’ve just been …
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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2009 — World videogames software market stands enthused by effervescent product and technology innovation, artistic game experiences, availability of next-generation video game consoles, and exposure to media and marketing. A full-fledged industry in itself, video games is gathering critical mass both in terms of game varieties, and customer base. Mature adults and women, for instance, have entered the spotlight as significant revenue generating audiences for online games, such as puzzles and trivia. The market for video games follows a cyclical trend characterized by high sales during periods of new consoles launches, which are typically followed by introduction of new game titles the sales of which, add to the overall growth in the market.
The ongoing economic slowdown, the financial crisis, and lower consumer confidence, of late, have led to a steady deterioration in market fundamentals. Falling discretionary spends, rising levels of unemployment, and reduction in household wealth are poised to take their toll on the market in the upcoming years. While traditional consoles & PC games plummet slightly, due to global recession and products maturation, online and wireless gaming will continue to expand and offer opportunities for a large number of publishers, developers, and investors.
“It’s really important to us that when people buy this package that they understand that, right now we’re concentrating on Tony Hawk Ride, but we want to make sure that …
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June 22, 2009
Familiar activities get a funky boost with this week’s additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop™. A trio of fresh WiiWare™ titles will have players wrapping their minds around unique puzzles, entertaining brain drills and awesome mini-golf courses. A new Art Style™ game for Nintendo DSiWare™ turns cutting paper into a cool hand-held gaming challenge. And simple things like air and weather conditions become exciting game elements in the latest classic offering on the Virtual Console™.
WiiWare
Drill Sergeant Mindstrong
Publisher: XSEED Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Language, Mild Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: Line up and get ready to use your mind. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a party game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players become boot-camp trainees under the tough Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, going through mind-boggling, mind-training games. The rules are simple, but concentration and quick thinking are key. Become the top boot of your class and earn promotions based on your efforts. This game is best played with friends and family.NEVES Plus™
Publisher:YUKES Company of America
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:Try your hand at the newest puzzle craze to come out of Japan, NEVES Plus! Enhanced for WiiWare, NEVES Plus not only retains all the simple, mind-bending tangram-based game play from the original Nintendo DS™ version, but also includes new multiplayer modes wrapped up in an Egyptian theme. This time, you and up to three others can work together to move, rotate and flip the seven Lucky stones into each of the 500-plus silhouette puzzles. You can also challenge one another in new multiplayer modes such as Versus, Speed, Lucky Number and Party Mode. Whether you play every mode by yourself or with friends, NEVES Plus is set to charm you with harder-than-they-look silhouette puzzles.
Ever since Nintendo released the amazing piece of art for the new Zelda for Wii, I’ve been wanting to display that artwork as my desktop wallpaper. However, I’m not the …
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That’s right! Pure Nintendo is now celebrating our 3rd year reporting on the greatest games and franchises from Nintendo! Thanks to everyone and here’s to many more!
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Readers’ Most Wanted
1. Goldeneye 007 (N64) 2. Perfect Dark (N64) 3. Star Fox (SNES) 4. Contra (NES) 5. Duck Hunt (NES)
NP Staff’s Most Wanted
1. Contra (NES) 2. …
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We wanted to make the game for the Wii that we just weren’t seeing out on the shelves. The motion controls of the Wii are perfect for FPS games, …
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Nintendo Wii
North America: 1. EA Sports Active (EA Sports) 2. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii MotionPlus Bundle (EA Sports) 4. Mario …
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“I’m getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don’t make it easy for me to support the platform. It’s expensive to develop …
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Already mentioned this yesterday, but this is the official press release.
Fans Select Kobe Emphatically Tugging Lakers Jersey for Cover of NBA 2K10
New York, NY – June 18, 2009 – 2K Sports today congratulates cover athlete and spokesman of NBA 2K10, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, on his fourth career NBA championship after recently defeating the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals. Bryant, who averaged over 32 points, five rebounds, and seven assists during the series, was named NBA Finals MVP and this fall will lend his championship pedigree to NBA 2K10, the #1 selling basketball video game* and #1 rated NBA simulation **.
“We want to congratulate Kobe on the phenomenal accomplishment of winning his fourth career NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers, along with being named NBA Finals MVP,” said Greg Thomas, senior vice president of sports development for 2K. “He’s undoubtedly solidified his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history, and we couldn’t have chosen to partner with a more fitting player to be on the cover of NBA 2K10 this season, our 10th anniversary of the NBA 2K franchise.”
“I think the question we’d ask is, ‘What is the Wii audience looking for, and what would we want to deliver that has emotionally powerful narrative?’ And that probably wouldn’t …
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