E3

I have a feeling this won’t be the last “most anticipated games at E3” article.  Everyone and their mom is putting their two cents into what exactly …
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Don’t give us that look Reggie, we know you have something up your sleeve!

We’ve been talking about our own predictions here at pure nintendo …
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Special Anniversary Packaging, Plush Toys, Strategy Guides and an
Exclusive DS Lite Kit Just Some of the Specialty Items that will
Commemorate the Beloved Series

Burlingame, Calif., July 7, 2008 – Natsume, a worldwide developer and
publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that the
company is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its popular Harvest
Moon franchise this summer. In commemoration of the anniversary,
Natsume is launching two new Harvest Moon titles later this quarter
and offering a host of retail promotions surrounding the launches.

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness for the Nintendo DS and Harvest Moon:
Tree of Tranquility for the Nintendo Wii will both be available at
retail later this summer, and will be branded with special packaging
marking the 10th anniversary. In addition, a line of collectible plush
toys featuring the cute and friendly animal characters from the games
will also be available as a pre-order bonus/gift with purchase at
select retailers. Other special promotions surrounding the anniversary
include an exclusive 10th anniversary Harvest Moon DS Lite Kit (with
protective cover, stylus, screen wipe and more) and two new strategy
guides from BradyGames.

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1. Fatal Frame: Mask: Of The Lunar Eclipse 2. Rune Factory 3. Disaster: Day Of Crisis 4. Tales Of Symphonia Dawn Of The New World  5. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicels: …
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Next Gen has posted their Top 30 games for E3, and the list doesn’t really include that many Nintendo games.  This is really just because Nintendo has …
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Hey purenintendo fans. I just wanted to let you know that I am leaving for the airport, to head to Uganda in about an Hour. …
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Alright everyone!  It’s that time of week and we have our latest podcast live and ready for your listening pleasure ; )  Here’s just a basic rundown of what we …
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Alright, time for a new poll!  We’ve received a lot of participation in our last poll about E3 expectations from Nintendo.  Most people believed that we’ll see a new Zelda …
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More screens here in our flickr set

• There are doors marked Dr. L (Dr. Light) before each boss. This goes with Dr. Wily accusing Dr. Light of creating the evil robot masters
• Galaxy Man: use portals to travel through the level, enemies that split and multiply
  
• Plug Man: “disappearing block” puzzles
  
• Hornet Man: lots of bees
  
• Jewel Man: stand on swings and use momentum to make jumps
  
• Magma Man: lava, lava, lava
  
• Concrete Man: reminiscent of Guts Man
  
• Tornado Man: spinning platforms, mid-air leaps
  
• Splash Woman: Inafune designed this Robot Master, level features bubble puzzle reminiscent of Megan Man 5
• Dr. Light’s shop is included
• items to purchase: energy balancer, spike shoes, armor
  
• play as Mega Man without his helmet, if you want to
• Select screen and Menu screen feature music directly from Mega Man 2
• Select screen features options that are not allowed to be discussed until E3
• charged mega-buster and sliding not in the game, at this point. It is unclear if they will be in the final version.
• Rush Coil confirmed
• more to look forward to than the ‘regular game’. Menu screen holds other game options

Read on to see some snippets of Game Radar’s Interview with Inafune

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A little Q&A on the Capcom Forums:

I was wondering if perhaps Capcom was planning on a game to make full use of Wii’s power. The Wii has had terrible …
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Monday July 14- Microsoft at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday July 15- Nintendo at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday July 15- Sony at 11:30 a.m.

-Pacific Times

This year it seems Nintendo …
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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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Update: Capcom pinged us to let us know that the game is currently slated “for WiiWare only” and that the information data indicating otherwise in the E3 roster was a …
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Please join Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. for its E3 media briefing. This is your opportunity to be the first to hear of our special announcements, and get the inside scoop …
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Here’s some new art for Arc Rise Fantasia that was gleaned from the official Japanese website.  This game is looking fantastic!  I hope we …
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