The Legendary Starfy, a localization of the fifth title in the Starfy series, puts players in control of Starfy, the legendary hero of Pufftop. This undersea adventure has Starfy assisting a mysterious, bunny-eared visitor find his lost memory. Players will use Starfy to swoop into enemies, glide over bottomless chasms, and transform into powerful creatures to help his new friend. The Legendary Starfy will be available for the DS on June 8 in North America.
Nintendo also announced Excitebots: Trick Racing for the Wii. Players will return to the Excite universe on April 20 with their Wii Wheels in hand to perform "crazy tricks" in "unique and changing environments". Family friendly mini-games will also be available.
Finally, Nintendo also announced a number of release dates for third-party titles, and restated their upcoming first-party offerings. New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat will release on May 4th with Punch-Out!! following closely behind, releasing on May 18th. Personal Trainer: Walking will round out their Spring release schedule, launching one week after Punch-Out!! on May 25th.
For the full release schedule, see the Press Release below, which details each companies upcoming titles and their release dates.
NINTENDO'S VIDEO GAME LINEUP DEMONSTRATES GAMING DIVERSITY
New Games Announced for Nintendo Systems
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 26, 2009 While everyone is still buzzing about the upcoming April 5 launch of the Nintendo DSi system, video game fans will have plenty of great games and experiences to keep them busy. Nintendo has an extensive, diverse library of about 120 games on the way for both the Wii and Nintendo DS systems. Upcoming Nintendo-published video games for Wii include:
Excitebots: Trick Racing has elements that make it one of the more unique racing games on the market. It launches April 20 and lets everyone in the family use the Wii Wheel accessory in unique and changing environments, play fun minigames and perform crazy tricks in a game that builds on the Excitebike and Excite Truck franchises.
Donkey Kong® Jungle Beat, originally made for the Nintendo GameCube system, launches May 4 with newly added motion controls. It's the latest in Nintendo's New Play Control! series of games.
Punch-Out!! launches May 18 and brings back all of the fun of the beloved, classic NES® game that thrilled players in the early 1990s. Boxers battle as iconic hero Little Mac as they fight their way through a cast of new and familiar boxing opponents on their quest to win the coveted WVBA (World Video Boxing Association) Championship Belt.
Nintendo's downloadable WiiWare service continues to be a showcase for new games, new concepts and new ideas. A selection of upcoming titles includes:
BIT.TRIP BEAT, developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games: BIT.TRIP BEAT is what you get when you mix classic video gaming with modern gaming sensibilities. What may seem like a simple "paddle" game turns into a psychedelic trip down memory lane which has you hitting "beats" in rhythm to Chiptune style music. While the game can be difficult, if you crank up the tunes and get in the zone, you'll have a great time. Performing perfectly isn't required to experience all the game's content, but the extra challenge will keep score-hunters coming back in search of each level's elusive "PERFECT" score.
Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, developed and published by Semnat Studios LLC: Fight your way through 13 diverse locations on your own or with up to three friends in this frenetic and stylish side-scrolling action game. Play as Eduardo and his fellow toaster buddies as you fire an assortment of pastries at all kinds of dastardly food products. Hop onto laser-mounted scooters and fly across the screen in rocket packs, and learn to cooperate with your teammates or simply annoy each other in an awesomely fun way by throwing each other around the screen. The choice is up to you.
Night Game, developed and published by Nicalis: Exclusively for WiiWare, Night Game (working title) is part action game and part puzzler. It invites players into a beautifully atmospheric world, where they must use real physics to maneuver a mysterious, glowing sphere through vastly different locales. Night Game pushes the boundaries of design with its unique art style, and professionally produced music score. This title is a 2009 Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Award nominee and from the same developers responsible for Cave Story on Wii.
Swords & Soldiers, developed and published by Ronimo Games: Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game, in which three distinct factions battle for the powers of the gods. The goal is to destroy the enemies' castle on the other end of the level, while protecting your own. This can be done by training powerful units or casting devastating spells. The game will feature a single-player campaign and a competitive split-screen multiplayer mode as well as several other game modes.
Great titles are also on the way for the portable Nintendo DS system. Some Nintendo-published video games for Nintendo DS include:
Rhythm Heaven is an infectious video game that has been a huge hit in Japan. Players tap and slide the stylus on the touch screen in time to the beat. This fun, stylized game launches April 5.
A new entry in the Personal Trainer series is Personal Trainer: Walking, which launches May 25. Personal Trainer: Walking tracks users' progress and makes going for a walk a little more fun. It comes with two pedometers that users can wirelessly connect to their Nintendo DS system when they return home.
In The Legendary Starfy game, which launches June 8, players dive into a spectacular undersea adventure with Starfy, the legendary hero of Pufftop. Players swoop into enemies like a shooting star, glide over bottomless chasms and transform into powerful creatures to help a mysterious, bunny-eared visitor find his lost memory.
In recent weeks, multiple third-party publishers have announced plans to boost their support of Nintendo systems. Between now and June, Nintendo fans will enjoy games like: The Conduit, a first-person shooter from Sega that pits players against a terrifying group of alien invaders intent on taking over a futuristic Washington, D.C.; EA SPORTS Active, a Wii exclusive from Electronic Arts that offers players fun, easy-to-learn exercises and activities that users can do with family and friends; and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 10, the newest iteration of the popular golf game from Electronic Arts that lets players hit the links to prove their driving and putting prowess.
Below is a partial list of upcoming games for Wii and Nintendo DS. Note that game titles and launch dates are subject to change.
Wii
2K Sports
Major League Baseball® 2K9 - March 3
Don King Boxing - March 31
Activision
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - May
Ice Age 3 - June 30
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - June
Aksys Games
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus - May 12
Atari
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution - March 17
Backyard Baseball 10 - March 31
Capcom Entertainment Inc.
MotoGP - Spring
Codemasters Inc
Overlord Dark Legend - Summer
Conspiracy Games
Real Heroes: Firefighter - April
Deep Silver, Inc.
Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity - April
Fritz Chess - May
Disney Interactive Studios
Hannah Montana The Movie - April
Electronic Arts
TRIVIAL PURSUIT - March
MySims Party - March
EA SPORTS Active - May 19
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 10 - June
BOOM BLOX Bash Party - Spring
MySims Racing - Summer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Summer
G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra - Summer
EA SPORTS Tennis (working title) - Summer
Hudson Entertainment
Help Wanted - Summer
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves - April 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers - May 19
LucasArts
Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings - Late Spring
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc
Klonoa® - Q2
Nintendo
New Play Control! Pikmin - March 9
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis - March 9
Excitebots: Trick Racing - April 20
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - May 4
Punch-Out!! - May 18
SEGA of America
Virtua Tennis 2009 - May
The Conduit - June
Let's Tap - June
Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Twisted Towers - April 7
Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball - April 21
Zoo Games, Inc.
M&M's Beach Party - March 10
Puzzle Kingdoms - March 31
Garfield Gets Real - April 7
Pennzoil's Build-N-Race: "Speed Demons" - April 14
Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans - April 21
Smiley World Island Challenge - April 28
Garfield's Pet Force - June 9
Nintendo DS
2K Sports
MLB® 2K9 Fantasy All-Stars - March 3
Don King Boxing - March 31
Activision
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - May
Ice Age 3 - June 30
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - June
Activision/RedOctane
Guitar Hero® On Tour: Modern Hits - June
Aksys Games
Jake Hunter Detective Chronicles: Memories of the Past - May 26
Rockin' Pretty - June 23
Aspyr Media, Inc.
Treasure World - June
Atari
Backyard Baseball '10 - March 31
My Horse and Me Riding For Gold - March 31
Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
TrackMania® DS - March 17
Tokyo Beat Down - March 31
The Dark Spire - April 14
Dokapon Journey - April 14
Steal Princess - April 21
101 in 1 Explosive Megamix - April 21
Super Robot Taisen® OG Saga:Endless Frontier - April 28
Knights in the Nightmare - June 2
Shin Megami Tensei®: Devil Survivor - June 23
Capcom
Mega Man Starforce 3 Black Ace - June
Mega Man Starforce 3 Red Joker - June
Codemasters Inc
Overlord Minions - Summer
Deep Silver, Inc.
Pet Vet: Down Under - March
Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity - April
Elite Forces: Unit 77 - April
DJ Star - May
Fritz Chess - May
The Humans - May
Horoscope DS - May
Disney Interactive Studios
Hannah Montana The Movie - April
DreamCatcher
Dreamer: Shop Owner - April 21
Dreamer: Babysitter - April 21
Dreamer: Teacher - April 21
Prank'd - May 19
Electronic Arts
Zubo - March 10
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure - March 17
MySims Party - March
SCRABBLE - March
LITTLEST PET SHOP Spring - March
MySims Racing - Summer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Summer
Hudson Entertainment
Miami Law - Summer
KOEI
Monster Racers - June
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times - May 5
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerators World Championship 2009 - May 19
LucasArts
Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings - Late Spring
Majesco Entertainment
Puffins: Island Adventure - April 14
Powerbike - April 28
Drama Queens - May
Marker Man Adventures - May
Hot 'n' Cold - May
Dawn of Heroes - June
MumboJumbo
Crazy Chicken Star Karts - March 31
Crazy Chicken Atlantis Quest - April 28
Crazy Chicken The Pharaoh's Treasure - June 2
7 Wonders II - June 30
Nintendo
Rhythm Heaven - April 5
Personal Trainer: Walking - May 25
The Legendary Starfy - June 8
PopCap Games, Inc.
Peggle Dual Shot - March 3
Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - March 17
Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Attack - April 7
THQ
Desktop Tower Defense - April 29
Ubisoft
Imagine® Makeup Artist - May 5
Imagine® Music Fest - May 5
Imagine® Boutique Owner - May 26
My Healthy Cooking Coach - June 2
Petz® Fashion: Dogz and Catz - June 9
Jake Power Soccer Club - June 16
Valcon Games
History Channel: Great Empires: Rome - March 17
Zoo Games, Inc.
Yamaha Supercross - March 10
Hands On!: Tangrams - March 24
Puzzle Kingdoms - March 31
Garfield Gets Real - April 7
Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans - April 21
Smiley World Island Challenge - April 28
Garfield's Pet Force - June 9
For more information about Nintendo games and hardware, visit www.Nintendo.com.
Keeping me in the dark when I'm already incredibly skeptical of them is not going to assure me. I'm basically waiting for them to give me a reason to not drop them for good.
Seriously, when has Nintendo ever been very forthcoming about games? That is right, never.
QuoteSeriously, when has Nintendo ever been very forthcoming about games? That is right, never.
What are you talking about? You usually knew about a Nintendo game a good six months before it came out. It wasn't uncommon for a Nintendo title to appear at multiple E3s. We knew about Twilight Princess for YEARS. Excitebots is out in less than two months and we've never heard about it until now. That's very different than what Nintendo used to do. With the old Nintendo we likely would have seen it at E3 or at least at that October thing where Punch-Out! was revealed.
We knew about AC, Wii Music, Wii Fit, Super Paper Mario, Punch-Out, Mario Kart, SSB: B, etc etc long before they were released. Excite Bots is NOT a major franchise of theirs and will not be pushed as so. TP, hate to break it to you Ian, is a bigger game then Excite Bots. So once again you are picking and choosing where you hang your complaining. Let's also not forget we've known for quite awhile that Monster Games was working on a title for well over a year now, so knowing their track record, is this some huge hype shock now?
QuoteWe knew about AC, Wii Music, Wii Fit, Super Paper Mario, Punch-Out, Mario Kart, SSB: B, etc etc long before they were released. Excite Bots is NOT a major franchise of theirs and will not be pushed as so. TP, hate to break it to you Ian, is a bigger game then Excite Bots. So once again you are picking and choosing where you hang your complaining. Let's also not forget we've known for quite awhile that Monster Games was working on a title for well over a year now, so knowing their track record, is this some huge hype shock now?
What position are you arguing? You're the one who said that Nintendo has never been very forthcoming about games and yet here you seem to be supporting my position that they normally are forthcoming with games and that this is an exception. Nintendo has been tight lipped since E3. They showed very little and only showed what was due for the rest of the year and nothing else. Now they're talking about three first party games - two of which we've never even seen and one that there is virtually no info about. No previews. No demos for the gaming media. The fact that the game exists is pretty much all we know. That's pretty different and very unfriendly to the media and the fans. Nintendo was also a little more secretive but not THIS secretive.
I just noticed that in the Punch-Out boxart Mac's arm is completely backwards! That's not the real boxart, is it?
Starfy is an odd but welcome surprise. I wonder if Nintendo missed the chance for this series to really make an impact in the West, but I'm still glad that they decided to give it a shot. TYP's impressions of the previous game don't sound great, but maybe this new one is improved.
I AM EXCITE! Even though we still know nothing about it... Focus on multiplayer sounds good, that was a big problem in Excite Truck. Hopefully it has MK-style online with Wii Speak, too...
Actually, GP, this Stafy 5 doesn't come out until July in Japan, so it is new. And there's nothing terrible about letting Wii owners know what to expect. Yes, waiting for a game for two years isn't good, but not everyone can cling to their Wiis on faith, either.
Actually, GP, this Stafy 5 doesn't come out until July in Japan, so it is new.
Calling me a "fool" or "the king of" "whining" is not appreciated and I consider it a personal attack.
You are a fool if you don't believe Nintendo is coming out with big games still in the future, plain and simple.
Also wanted to share a little Starfy video (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/yssj/movie/index.html) with you to show why I want this game so badly.
For the record the king of whining statement was directed at Ian, not you.
Nintendo has always been a strange company, so I tend not to read too much in their actions! They'll virtually bury information on a game like Wario Land, yet let us know about Battalion Wars 2 months and months in advance.
Well that's not a personal attack on TYP but wouldn't it be a personal attack on me?
Nintendo can be as secretive as they want, but I just don't know what it buys them. I guess they just don't care about generating hype for their games, or they think that their games don't need hype because they're no longer selling to an audience that is reached by that hype.
Nintendo can be as secretive as they want, but I just don't know what it buys them. I guess they just don't care about generating hype for their games, or they think that their games don't need hype because they're no longer selling to an audience that is reached by that hype.
EXCITE!!! In a way this can be neat with the inclusion of aerial vehicles and the frog looking vehicle has no wheels so it could be like diddy kong racing meets excite truck?
You know what I see? STUNT RACE FX 2!!!
You know what I see? STUNT RACE FX 2!!!
Haha, I wish. Stunt Race was the BOMB! I wake up every monday hoping to spot it on the VC.
So did ExciteTruck sell like ass because it wasn't kiddy enough?
So did ExciteTruck sell like ass because it wasn't kiddy enough?
I was trying to imagine some form of bot that's suitable for racing. These animal shapes and the presence of the football worry me though, one of the things I liked about Excite Truck was that there were no real weapons so it was more about the physics of your vehicle than random barrages of items.
I was trying to imagine some form of bot that's suitable for racing. These animal shapes and the presence of the football worry me though, one of the things I liked about Excite Truck was that there were no real weapons so it was more about the physics of your vehicle than random barrages of items.
The shapes are just to give the vehicles some character, which is why it strongly reminds me of Stunt Race FX.
The ball may be an item, or a ball-shaped robot (okay, probably not with this theme). It's an odd enough choice for an attack item to make me suspect some sort of ball-kicking mode instead, either for tricks or just straight up soccer, at least as straight up as soccer with racing robots can be.
I thought the game is confirmed to have mini games, so perhaps theres a soccer mode... like the one Excitebike 64 had which was a fucking blast to play! i seriously hate this generation becuase mini-games have such a bad stigma behind them. Am i the only one who thought the mini-games in that one were kick ass? I loved playing a friend in soccer, and loved the challenge of the mounting climbing one, it was so much fun!I'd just like to give a "hecks yeah!" to this. ExciteBike 64 is awesome, it's not only the best bike racer but also one of the best racing games ever conceived. My sister and I loved to play the Hill Climb level backwards, it was fun to see who could make it down first... and who could cause the most excellent crash at the end!
http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp/images/wipeout-pulse-05.jpg (http://www.myps3.com.au/img/game/large/Wipeout-HD--3.jpg)
http://www.wiids.nl/files/Excitebots_Exclusive_11.jpg (http://www.wiids.nl/files/Excitebots_Exclusive_11.jpg)
Yeah I know these have wheels but I mean the futuristic design.Not to mention even the flame coming out of the back is the same color.
http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp/images/wipeout-pulse-05.jpg (http://www.myps3.com.au/img/game/large/Wipeout-HD--3.jpg)
http://www.wiids.nl/files/Excitebots_Exclusive_11.jpg (http://www.wiids.nl/files/Excitebots_Exclusive_11.jpg)
Yeah I know these have wheels but I mean the futuristic design.Not to mention even the flame coming out of the back is the same color.
You know you just opened a can of worms in putting those pix side by side right?? 8)
That bat bot (http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP240_Excitebots.jpg) sure looks ready to kick ass.
I'd play Excite Truck over any Wipeout game. I actually am kind of excited to see what they do with the futuristic robot designs. Not to mention it has been in development since Excite Truck!
I don't remember the soccer mode in Excitebike 64. I just played the desert race over and over again.
I thought the game is confirmed to have mini games, so perhaps theres a soccer mode... like the one Excitebike 64 had which was a fucking blast to play! i seriously hate this generation becuase mini-games have such a bad stigma behind them. Am i the only one who thought the mini-games in that one were kick ass? I loved playing a friend in soccer, and loved the challenge of the mounting climbing one, it was so much fun!I'd just like to give a "hecks yeah!" to this. ExciteBike 64 is awesome, it's not only the best bike racer but also one of the best racing games ever conceived. My sister and I loved to play the Hill Climb level backwards, it was fun to see who could make it down first... and who could cause the most excellent crash at the end!
If this ExciteBots game is going to take pages from ExciteBike 64 (which I hope it does) then I also hope to see a track editor this time around.
Who hates minigames? Sometimes the minigames grab me more than the main game; I've probably spent more time playing the minigames of Mario Super Sluggers than I have the actual baseball games.
