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Nintendo Creates a Place Where Everyone Feels at Home

By  •  November 12, 2008

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The new Animal Crossing™: City Folk game for the Wii™ console launches Nov. 16, allowing players to move into fun communities, customize their surroundings and interact with hundreds of animal characters. The world is filled with possibilities, and players never run out of things to do. They can collect more than 2,400 items like shells, fossils and bugs, or design new clothing patterns that they can share with their friends.

The new “city” area of the game provides access to the latest fashions and offers players the ability to give their character a Mii™ makeover at the hair salon, which transforms the character’s features to look like the player’s Mii. Players can also put items up for auction in the city and bid on items others want to sell.

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Entertainment Software Rating Board: Announces New Video Game Rating Summaries

By  •  November 12, 2008

Provides Parents with More Detailed Information on Game Content Just in Time for the Holiday Shopping Season

Are you considering buying a video game this holiday season for your child? The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), which assigns age and content ratings for computer and video games, announced the availability of “rating summaries,” a new, supplementary source of information about game content parents can use when considering which games to purchase for their children. Rating summaries are also accessible from a new mobile website at m.esrb.org, which allows consumers when shopping for games to search game titles on their mobile devices right at the point of purchase

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Magna Carta Developer Softmax makes inroads into Nintendo DS Platform

By  •  November 12, 2008

– With the new platform of the Softmax console game (family video game) business division posing a challenge, the company is set to enter the market through the localized release …
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Honors Troops This Veterans Day With Video Games

By  •  November 11, 2008

WHAT: On Monday, November 10, Buccaneers WR Maurice Stovall and DE Greg White will visit with military veterans and their families at Fisher House at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital …
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Square Enix Updates 2009 Q1 Lineup – Valkyrie Profile confirmed for NA, Dragon Quest V on Nov. 11th

By  •  November 11, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix(R) interactive entertainment products in North America, announced an updated lineup for the first quarter of 2009 today.

In addition to the previously announced STAR OCEAN(R): Second Evolution(TM) for the PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system and STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE(TM) for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Square Enix revealed that both the remade classic, DRAGON QUEST(R) V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride(TM), and the latest entry in the VALKYRIE PROFILE(R) series, VALKYRIE PROFILE: Covenant of the Plume(TM), will be primed and ready for Nintendo DS(TM) owners come 2009.

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HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PIT CREW PANIC! FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON THE Wii

By  •  November 11, 2008

REDWOOD CITY, CA. – November 11, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that they will
bring Pit Crew Panic!, an all-new “panic-action” game, to WiiWare.
This unique game is full of frantic fixing as the player’s pit crew
repairs a variety of bizarre “WHATSITS” as fast as they can.

“Pit Crew Panic is crazy enough when playing alone,” said Sabine
Duvall, Vice President of Product Development at Hudson Entertainment.
“But when you play this game with friends, either offline or online,
it goes beyond crazy. Endeavoring mechanics will find that it’s a ton
of fun when there are four people waving Wii Remotes around to fix
parts on a giant broken toilet!”
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HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES SNOWBOARD RIOT FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON Wii

By  •  November 11, 2008

REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 11, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that Snowboard
Riot, a distinctive
snowboarding game unlike anything players have ever encountered will be
coming to WiiWare. Snowboarding will reach new heights when players
take to the slopes with action-packed racing utilizing weapons such as
homing bullets and invisibility!
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Pachter: This Month NPD Is Going To Show How The Gaming Industry Is Still Alive Even In A Recession

By  •  November 10, 2008

“In our view, video games are likely to weather a recession quite well. In a ‘normal’ recession, consumer spending declines by roughly 5% (from a gross domestic product growth rate …
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IGN Nintendo Voice Chat – podcast summary

By  •  November 10, 2008

– Matt catching up on Monster Lab, MySims Kingdom, Spyro, Celebrity Sports Showdown
– 3 weeks without a podcast, they did one last week but it failed, crashed, etc.
– Bozon’s been working on SmackDown vs. Raw, playing Call of Duty World at War reviews (should go up tomorrow)

Tales of Symphonia

– Daemon’s reviewing the game, says fans of the first game will like it
– Nothing new or original about it
– Bozon thinks it didn’t click like the first Tales game
– No overworld, just clicking around
– Slower combat
– Daemon enjoyed the combat, but it’s very linear
– Main character is winy, always complains

Quantum of Solace

– DS version is okay, Wii version not so much
– Controls aren’t great on the DS version
– Bad framerate issues on the Wii version, visuals aren’t even too impressive
– Has a bunch of technical issues on Wii
– Online mode is somewhat fun
– Not attacking the Wii version just for the fun of it
– Bozon wanted a cool Bond game with IR precision

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Ireland, Denmark, Netherlands Software Sales

By  •  November 10, 2008

Ireland

01 (01) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)

02 (__) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) 03 (02) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) 04 (05) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive) 05 …
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ESA seizes 90,000 illegal games during raid in Mexico

By  •  November 10, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Entertainment Software Association today commended Mexico’s Procuraduría General de la República and Agencia Federal de Investigación for recently seizing 20 tons of materials including video games …
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Coming This Week! (Europe)

By  •  November 10, 2008

Nintendo Wii: – All Star Cheerleader – Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune – Call of Duty: World at War – Deal or no Deal: The Banker is Back – FaceBreaker: …
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POKÉMON RANGER: SHADOWS OF ALMIA LAUNCHES FOR NINTENDO DS

By  •  November 10, 2008

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 10, 2008 – The new Pokémon™ Ranger: Shadows of Almia action-adventure game for Nintendo DS™ launches today and lets players capture Pokémon in a fun, new way: by circling them on the touch screen with a “Capture Styler.” Capturing a Pokémon allows players to use its abilities to overcome various obstacles and challenges they face along the way. As the game progresses the stylus-controlled Capture Styler is upgraded with new abilities.

“The first Pokémon games launched in the United States more than 10 years ago, and new fans are created every day,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “To date, the Pokémon franchise has sold more than 60 million games in the United States. Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia gives fans new challenges and new adventures.”

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WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO WIIWARE GAMES AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

By  •  November 10, 2008

Nov. 10, 2008

Are you hungry? Think of this week’s Wii™ Shop Channel lineup as a lively menu that aims to satisfy every appetite. You’ll find a food-themed game to …
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Coming This Wiik! (NA)

By  •  November 9, 2008

Wii WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Brain Challenge MLB Superstars Big League Sports Block Party Bratz Kidz: Slumber Party Call of Duty: World at War FaceBreaker K.O. …
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This week’s game savings

By  •  November 9, 2008

Best Buy

Free $10 gift card with purchase: – Disney’s Th!nk Fast (Wii) – Ultimate I Spy (Wii) – The Price Is Right (Wii) – Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) …
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SPACE INVADERS GET EVEN Beaming Down on WiiWare from today (UK)

By  •  November 7, 2008

London (7th November 2008) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces the TAITO® game SPACE INVADERS GET EVEN™ will be available, to download exclusively from the Nintendo WiiWare™ service, across Europe from today.

30 years after the original SPACE INVADERS® ignited an entire entertainment medium and founded a gaming generation; players can now prepare for role reversal in this brand new action-invasion, where the fate of the Earth is in their alien hands.

Players will control mysterious UFOs and give orders to hordes of Space Invader underlings in an attempt to overrun Earth and battle Earthlings’ attacking human weaponry.

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Outstanding! Braingame’s „My Animal Centre” finally available for Nintendo DS and Wii platforms

By  •  November 7, 2008

Now the fun comes full circle: The first part of the most popular animal hospital simulation sets off to the autumn season with new editions for Nintendo DS and Wii. Accompanied by this darling of the public and winner of the TOMMI-Award it’s possible now to foster & heal on the go or to get closer to the animals via Wii Remote at home.

And the winner is … When „My Animal Centre“ was stacked onto the shelves in 2006, no one could anticipate the tremendous success of the animal simulation and its exotic follow-ups. Winning the TOMMI-Award for children’s software and the Comenius Award already in the year of publication was just the beginning of a success story. In 2007 the second chapter of the top product series was awarded: „My Animal Centre in Africa“ received the coveted „GIGA-Maus“ for the best console game and ranked second at the TOMMI-Award for children’s software. Last but not least a few days ago Braingame was honoured with the „GIGA-Maus“ of the children’s jury for the down under version of its classic. Positive proof that both professionals and interested kids agree on the fact that Braingame’s original is way ahead of its fellow products. „My Animal Centre“ does not only convince through its distinctive look & feel and ever new and changing cuddly quadrupeds but first and foremost with a genuine plus of knowledge and seriousness. It is not without reason that the comprehensive knowledge section is repeatedly accoladed both by pedagogues and little fans. Finally the bestseller and showcase item for sophisticated edutainment is also available for Nintendo DS and Wii platforms.

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