Balance Board

It was kind of a slow week, but we have a podcast to recap the week’s happenings! Kevin and I discuss some of the new announcements as …
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This posting has shown up on Amazon in the UK, from a firm called Njoy. Basically they added something that Miyamoto talked about and decided …
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The latest Tetris game, Tetris Party, is coming to WiiWare this Fall.  The game features online wifi multiplayer as well as Balance Board support, so looks like a promising …
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Wii

01. WII WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD 372.700 02. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 359.100 03. WII MARIO KART W/WHEEL 322.400 04. WII LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE 294.500 05. …
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Wii Version

One of the most amazing third-party Wii games at E3 was EA’s Skate It.  The game carries a lot in common with last year’s Skate for the 360 and PS3.  The storyline revolves around a disaster that happens in the city from the first Skate.  The entire city is now in ruins and your character gets to skate wherever they want.  EA really wanted to emphasize an open environment where the players could skate virtually anywhere and anyway they want to.

The demo of the game consisted of one basic area in the heart of the ruined city.  All the main elements for a skating game were there: gaps, jumps, verts, fun boxes, rails, and all sorts of skatable rubble.  First, I got to try the game using just the Wii Remote.  Every move and button can be mapped to only the Wii remote, and it basically controls just like a skateboard.  To turn left, tilt the Wiimote left.  To ollie, flick the Wii remote up.  It’s very intuitive and easy to get used to grinding and performing tricks to string together multiple lines.  The game’s scoring system is based on how many tricks you can do within a given ‘line’.  There are all sorts of combo multipliers and linking varied tricks can lead to a lot of points.

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10:11- Reggie leaves the stage and thats its folks,  Animal Crossing: Folk City, Grand Theft Auto for DS, WiiSports Resort, WiiMusic, WiiSpeak were announced.

10:10 Reggie is stating how Wii is not a fad, and how Nintendo has to create new ideas to keep ahead in the game

10:08- Reggie and Cammie takes the stage and discussing WiiSpeak, Wii balanceboard and they are recapping what has happened so far.

10:05- Nintendo brought their finest on stage and is play Mario music, 5 different intraments are being played,  the game looks easy to play and sound really good.  Nintendo is rockin the stage

10:04- miyamoto is talking about how hand bell choirs and orchastras,  but the game wont judge how bad you are at it,  but you can record videos of different part of the games.

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Ok, everyone on the Internet is buzzing with this news that NGamer has supposedly “confirmed” both Animal Crossing Wii and one other Nintendo franchise for release this year.  It’s getting very close to E3 and I don’t want to spoil any surprises, so if you don’t want to read ahead to see the other 1st party game DON’T…You’ll be glad you waited.

I’m even frustrated I saw the news because I want to be surprised at Nintendo’s E3 press conference, but apparently people just want to reveal everything they can no matter what Nintendo has planned for E3. *sigh*  Anyways, check out the news after the jump if you want to see it..

I don’t think this news is the ‘BIG’ news that Nintendo will announce at E3 (I think there’s something even bigger than this), but it’s still news that could take some wind out of Nintendo’s sails next Tuesday. 

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Yippee….*sigh*  More predictions from journalists on high.  Check them out for yourself, although they mostly just joke around about what Nintendo might show.

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“We think the 360 has lost significant momentum to both the Wii and PS3, especially in Europe, and is in need of both a price cut and new features to …
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We posted a brief scan of the Wii’s control scheme for Skate It a couple weeks ago, but now we have the full control …
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Rumors were running around the Internet claiming EA would release Skate It with a Balance Board add-on peripheral.  EA has gone on record saying:

“That’s something I …
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We first heard that Skate it would support the Balance Board. Then we heard from a site, that I will not name, (rymes with NGamer) announce that …
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Chocobo Mystery Dungeon Wii
-Daemon really likes it.
-”Great challenge without being too frustrating.”
-A lot more strategy than Pokemon Myster Dungeon series. Job system heavily affects how you play.
-”Feels like a very polished last gen game.”

Magenetica Twist (WiiWare)
-Craig thinks it’s pretty good, but the DS verison is better.
-Hard to quickly turn around because of the remote.
-Disappointing that there is no online, but still local multiplayer.

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Hey everyone!   Last night I got the opportunity to be a part of a conference call with Master Higgins (Toshiyuki Takahashi) of Adventure Island fame.  The …
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Wow!  I can’t remember the last time we had a podcast…it’s been way too long unfortunately.  That’s all about to change though!  We have our long-awaited, and …
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