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Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 – 90% No More Heroes – 88% Battalion Wars 2 – 90% Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None – 42% Bleach: Shattered Blade – …
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DSL　57000 PSP　72000 Wii　83000 PS3　21000 PS2　9800 360　2900

1. [Wii] Super Smash Bros Brawl　266000（1082000） 2. [PSP] Giren no Yabou Axis no Kyoui　108000 3. [Wii] Wii Fit　76000（1375000） 4. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4　36000（249000） …
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Devil May Cry 4 CE (PS3) $79.99 Guitar Hero III: Lgnds. (Wii) $89.99 Turok (360) $59.99 Nintendo Wii Bundle $474.93 Xbox 360 Elite $449.99 Mario, Sonic Olympics (DS) $34.99 …
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Not sure why this is showing up now, but thanks to the people over at neogaf for putting this together.

Summary Complete:

Smash Bros.:

-Pikmin are multiple throw items.
-Matt has been trying to force himself into using the wii-mote only option. Fran a more core smash player, found he could do everything he needed to do with the option, though he still prefers to use the GC.
-Better than Galaxy/Metroid?? Matt: No, not for him. It is a really damn fine great fighter, but it does have some issues that need to be acknowledged.
-They haven’t decided who will review it, perhaps multiple people since its so huge

SSE:

-Matt on SSE: Its not entirely polished, its a good single player mode but it does have its flaws
–Some loading screens have ten second loads.
-Bozon “There may be a different ending i still gotta get”
-Bozon “It did start to get more fun, at about the 50% mark when you’re no longer playing to unlock characters and the evil presence really makes its mark and you want to start it”
-When it comes to review, even though we don’t love the single player much, we realize its a multiplayer oriented game so it won’t be doc’d a lot of points for what is essentially a side mode, they then go on to list the vast amounts of other side modes

MoH:Heroes Australia:

-No explanation provided for why there was no online
–PR said it was a misprint on the box.

BoomBlox:

-We like it, fun Jenga-style game for the Wii, feels like it was designed for the Wii.
-Bozon originally thought it would be a mid 7.0’s game before going over to EA thinking it would be kinda meh, apparently after the EA visit he’s enthused about the game.
-Matt’s biggest let down was that in the level editor when you start to make huge levels, there could be some slow down, they hope its fixed prior to release.
-“Its one of those games that’ll get a score, but really its a fun game to play with the family”

Okami:

-No advertising blowout, no TV commercials
-No New Content, but the controls are feeling better and it looks better.

Julian (Factor 5 President) Interview:

(Paraphrased responses but very accurate)

Q — Will this game push the Wii Hardware?
A — We want to push the hardware, for us its easy to push the hardware. A lot of it is exploiting the uniqueness of the Wii. On the graphical side of course we are going to try to out due everything else on the platform, like we did with the GC star wars games, but of course the emphasis is on the controls. He personally really loves the pointing device. Pointing stuff is probably the biggest innovation they are working on right now.

-Matt and Bozon talk a little about how some games over-use the waggle just to waggle(No specifics) then talk about PES and their innovative use of the IR.

Q — Are you going to use the nun-chuck controller?
A — I can’t comment yet, you try to design every game for the Wii to avoid the nun-chuck, but for some games the nun-chuck is a very viable option. When trying to go casual, the first barrier to over come is the ability to not have to use the nun-chuck.

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This is an old article but it is interesting:

Happy Anniversary to Wii: It was one year ago that the wildly popular videogame console hit the market, taking interactive play …
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Nick Cannon (not the comedian) over at mentalfloss.com wrote up an interesting article about the origins of our favorite Gaming icons.  If you have always wondered where; Donkey …
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I am not sure why this video goes into English at the End? Your guess is better then mine.

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