Tomy Europe’s Swashbuckling Game is Barrels of Interactive Fun for the Entire Family
Tomy Europe has announced its first computer game, Pop-Up Pirate!, is now available for digital download on WiiWare™. The addictive Pop-Up Pirate! WiiWare game is played with motion controlled swords and features multiplayer thrills for the ultimate pirate party.
Pop-Up Pirate! for WiiWare is based on Tomy’s classic toy game, enjoyed for years by children and adults alike. Launched in Japan in the 1970s, and shortly after to the rest of the world, it is now one of the oldest and most recognisable games on the market selling in excess of 10 million units worldwide.
Feb. 16, 2009
Outer space meets inner space at the Wii™ Shop Channel this Presidents Day. A new WiiWare™ title will have you soaring across the astral plane, while a vintage NES™ shooter for the Virtual Console™ invites you to battle your way through the innards of an alien creature. Choose a hot new WiiWare game or a Gradius spin-off. It’s what the presidents would have wanted.
Surprise:
In other news, the Wii-kly Update has a fun surprise coming soon for all our fans. We can’t tell you the secret just yet but maybe we’ll offer you some hidden clues. From AZ to NC, if you’re a fan, your applause could rattle your walls, windows, door. You might enjoy this news whether you live in a brick house or Vanderbilt dorm. Even people living along Route 286 in rural Pennsylvania ought to be excited. It’ll feel like a bunch of birthday greetings and, really, who could ask for more? But that’s about all we can say for now, so be sure to check future Wii-kly Updates.Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
What do you guys think the surprise could be? I thought about it for awhile and couldn’t think of much. ‘A bunch of birthday greetings’ makes me think it will be some VC games that have anniversaries coming up maybe? It also mentions Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania–but I don’t know what those have in common. Any ideas?
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According to a job listing on GamaSutra, they are looking for Wii experience on a supposedly PS3, 360 only game.
Additional Experience and Skills (highly desired): • Experience developing for …
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As you can tell by these colorful graphs. The Wii did much better January 2009 than in January 2008. Wow, that’s a relief, I have been worrying about …
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I know with my time off, starting at the end of this week, I will be picking up a few copies of this game and playing it multiple times!!!
“The Wii is not as powerful of a system as the PS3 and the 360. You can’t get away with the things you can do on the next-gen systems, so …
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Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition – 759,000 units Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles – 398,800 units Okami – 165,900 units Zack & Wiki – 116,600 units
I am still very disappointed …
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Virtual Console
– The Best-Selling Boxing Franchise Returns with a Huge Roster of Celebrity-inspired Fighters Looking to Land the KO Punch in Spring 2009 –
NEW YORK, December 2, 2008 – The hilarious Ready 2 Rumble franchise is flexing its muscles and planning a major, star-studded return to the ring in spring 2009 with the launch of Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, the newest game in the much-loved series. Bringing the franchise to Wii™ for the first time, the game retains all the knockout features of best-sellers Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1 and Round 2, while delivering a knockout punch of style and attitude. Tailored to take advantage of the motion-controlled realism of Wii, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution makes landing a punch more fun than ever.
“Ready 2 Rumble Revolution is poised to take back the title as the undisputed champion of arcade boxing games and we hope to reach an even bigger audience than ever thanks to the huge popularity of Wii,” said Phil Harrison, President of Infogrames, the parent company of Atari. “The outrageous celebrity caricatures paired with a fun boxing experience made even more over-the-top thanks to the Wii controllers will make the newest version of this famed franchise a must-have for all fans of boxing and physical fun on Wii.”
Addictive Puzzle Adventure available on March 17th,
Features Multiplayer Gameplay, Wi-Fi Connection and
Wii Balance Board(tm) CompatibilitySAN MATEO, Calif. – February 10, 2009 – Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm for HUDSON SOFT, today announced that MARBLE
SAGA KORORINPA has gone to gold master. An exciting puzzle adventure
centered around an ant and his marbles, MARBLE SAGA KORORINPA is
scheduled to be in stores on March 17th for an SRP of $29.99.MARBLE SAGA KORORINPA is a compelling, entertaining title exclusive to
Wii(tm), featuring 4-person multiplayer, tons of customization
features, the ability to connect and compete online and the use of the
Wii Balance BoardT accessory. The story takes place with players
heading out on a journey with Anthony the Ant as he searches for the
Golden Sunflower. By guiding Anthony’s marble around the Ant World and
searching for items which are valuable to help reach the Golden
Sunflower, gamers will help Anthony save his colony. Along the way
players will face dangerous mazes and use cool and amazing gadgets to
guide Anthony to his objective. With multiple levels to explore and
three difficulty stages within each level, no area is ever the same.
I was approached by Holly, who is a writer, about writing a few things for us on Nintendo subjects. Here at purenintendo.com we are always pleased to post things up …
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Ben mentioned this yesterday, but here’s the official press release.
Cambridge, Mass. – February 9, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of seven new tracks from progressive rock band Rush to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo.
The lineup features master recordings from Rush’s most successful album, Moving Pictures (1981), including “Tom Sawyer,” “Red Barchetta,” “YYZ” and “Limelight.” Other tracks include “The Camera Eye,” “Witch Hunt” and “Vital Signs.”
This week’s offering comes from 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 until the entire back catalogue of more than 550 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 soon.
WHAT: Tetris® Party Tournament No. 3 for WiiWareTM Players
HOW: Tetris® Party Tournament No. 3 will feature four rounds – Marathon, Field Climber, Shadow and Stage Racer.
Rounds one and two will feature the Marathon and Field Climber modes. Rounds three and four will require players to compete in the advanced levels. Shadow will be played in Stage 25 and Stage Racer will be played in the most advanced mode, Course T, for the shortest total time to completion.
To register, players should visit www.tetrisparty.com/tournament. This is also where they will input their confirmation code. The confirmation code must be entered on the site once for each round the player participates in. Each player’s rank will determine the amount of tournament points they receive for that round.
Feb. 9, 2009
No matter what you’ve got planned for Valentine’s Day, the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel have what it takes to get your heart pounding. A …
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