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October 9, 2007

Majesco Announces Game that Makes You Smarter DS

by Evan Burchfield - 10:18 pm EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Press Release

With no trace of irony, company also declares "brain games" a genre.

An Ambidextrous Challenge Hits the Nintendo DS™ as Majesco Entertainment Announces ‘Left Brain Right Brain’

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for the mass market, today announced... Read more...

FIFA Soccer 08 in Stores Now! Wii

by Evan Burchfield - 10:13 pm EDT
Total comments: 1 Source: Press Release

If you like sports games like I do, then this is news!

EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 08 in Stores Now!

Authentic, Intelligent Soccer Season Extended for Next-Gen Console Players with Be A Pro Post-Launch Feature

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) shipped FIFA Soccer 08 to stores throughout North America today... Read more...

October 8, 2007

New Wii UPC Code in the Wild Wii

by Steven Rodriguez - 2:56 pm EDT
Total comments: 9 Source: http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.asp?upc=0454968800...

"Play 'n Learn" Wii could be a new console, new bundle, or something else.

Nintendo blog Codename Revolution has discovered a new Wii UPC code has appeared. According to CR's source, the newly listed Wii unit is set to be sent out to retailers soon.

A more revealing look at this new UPC code, 045496880088, can be found at the UPC Database. The entry for this product... Read more...

Sega Bass Fishing for Wii Announced Wii

by Karlie Yeung - 11:30 am EDT
Total comments: 16

Your Wii Remote fishing simulation is here.

SEGA BASS FISHING COMING TO Wii

Bait Your Hooks and Catch Some Bass In SEGA’s Upcoming Fishing Game

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (October 8, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe, Ltd today announced SEGA Bass Fishing™ for the Wii™, the latest addition to one of the most successful fishing game franchises of all time. With content developed exclusively for the Wii, SEGA Bass Fishing will be released in early 2008.

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October 5, 2007

NIS Wants Disgaea on DS in North America

by Zachary Miller - 6:20 pm EDT
Total comments: 6 Source: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/nis-bringing-d...

Exploding penguins on the DS? Hey, it could happen.

NIS hopes that its bizarre Disgaea strategy RPG series, as well as other NIS properties, will eventually hit the DS and Wii. NIS America's Phoenix Spaulding seemed hopeful, anyway:

"Back at Anime Expo, NIS Japan made a very brief mention about Disgaea on the DS. As far as I know, that's still... Read more...

Vicarious Visions CEO Talks Nintendo Wii

by Mike Gamin - 5:23 pm EDT
Total comments: 12 Source: http://www2.rit.edu/entconf/2007/

Karthik Bala talks about starting a video game business and mentions some things about Wii Ware, Guitar Hero Wii, and Wii Fit.

Vicarious Visions CEO Karthik Bala spoke in one of the final sessions of the 2007 RIT Entrepreneurs Conference in Rochester, NY. His session, titled Creating a Video Game Company: The Vicarious Visions Story, focused on what it takes to make a successful business in the industry. It's no secret... Read more...

'Ology' Books Take Life as DS and Wii Games

by Brad Mosbacher - 8:37 am EDT
Total comments: 1 Source: Press Release

Three books from the best selling series will make the transition to video games.

Codemasters and Templar Publishing to bring 14 million-selling 'Ology book series to Wii and Nintendo DS

Three book deal will see Dragonology, Wizardology, and Pirateology come to life as video games for the Wii and Nintendo DS.

Codemasters, a leading creator and publisher of critically... Read more...

October 4, 2007

Super Mario Galaxy Official Japanese Site Launch Wii

by Mike Gamin - 7:15 am EDT
Total comments: 1 Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rmgj/prologue/index0...

The site includes a gameplay video from the beginning of the game, so those wary of spoilers will want to avoid this!

The official Japanese site for Super Mario Galaxy launched this week. It includes a brand new trailer, as well as several other pieces of info and the promise of releasing more details over time.

The trailer can be seen by picking the second yellow button in the menu at the bottom. It shows... Read more...

October 2, 2007

Halo DS Footage Surfaces

by Karl Castaneda - 4:15 pm EDT
Total comments: 22 Source: Matt Cassamassina's Blog

In a related story, pigs have been seen flying all over California.

Haters be damned! IGN's Matt Cassmassina has, for some time, claimed that a DS version of Halo was in development at one point. Unfortunately, concrete evidence has eluded the general public. Until now, that is. On Cassamassina's blog, there are three videos, showing off the game's dual-wielding, multiplayer matches, and more.

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Cooking Mama 2 Gets a Date DS

by Evan Burchfield - 2:38 pm EDT
Total comments: 2 Source: Press Release

World restrains itself from making your mom jokes until November 13th.

Majesco Announces November Release Date for ‘Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends’

Sequel to the Award-Winning Cooking Game for the Nintendo DS™ on Sale November 13th

EDISON, N.J. - Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market,... Read more...

U.S. VC Lost Levels Release Not Limited ... For Now Wii

by Steven Rodriguez - 1:14 am EDT
Total comments: 16 Source: Nintendo

The Lost Levels are now lost to Europe. But what about North America?

When Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was announced for a European release a few weeks ago, it came with a caveat: It would only be available to download until the end of September. It's now October, meaning that if you didn't jump on your window of opportunity—or you just couldn't get a Wii in time—you can't get it anymore.

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October 1, 2007

Lucas From Mother 3 Added to Smash Bros. Brawl Wii

by Evan Burchfield - 8:24 pm EDT
Total comments: 8 Source: smashbros.com

Nintendo still not bringing Mother 3 to America

Super Smash Bros. Brawl will feature another psychic character, this one named Lucas, from the Japan-only Game Boy Advance game Mother 3. The new character was announced by Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai; the included screens show Lucas using psychic powers similar to Ness, who appeared in Super Smash Bros. on the N64 and in Super Smash Bros. Melee on the GameCube.

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Free Wii Remote Jackets for All! Wii

by Michael Cole - 7:51 pm EDT
Total comments: 11 Source: Nintendo

Need a better grip on your Wii remote? Nintendo has you covered.

A few months after Wii launched, Nintendo of America replaced their wrist strap with a more durable model less prone to snapping under excessive stress, and offered replacement straps for already-purchased Wii remotes at no cost.

Now Nintendo is similarly starting to include Wii remote jackets—rubbery... Read more...

Lord British Conquers Space

by Jonathan Metts - 7:53 am EDT
Total comments: 3 Source: Yahoo! News

The famed creator of the Ultima series will become the first gaming celebrity in orbit.

Although perhaps not as well known among Nintendo fans, Richard Garriott is one of the original gaming auteurs, creating the Ultima series over twenty years ago. A few of the Ultima games were eventually ported to NES and Super NES, although the series was always at home on the PC. It even spawned... Read more...

September 30, 2007

Smash Bros. Dojo Updates Wii

by Mike Gamin - 7:13 pm EDT
Total comments: 11 Source: SmashBros.com

Things came in pairs this week at the dojo.

The announcements over at the Dojo this week have been a bit strange. Two game modes were described in some detail, two final smashes were revealed, and an Animal Crossing themed assist trophy was revealed to round out the week.

New Game Mode: TrophiesWe already know that we'll be collecting... Read more...

Hayter Voicing Snake in SSBB Wii

by Steven Rodriguez - 11:57 am EDT
Total comments: 7 Source: http://www.david-hayter.com/

The same actor responsible for Snake's lines in the MGS games will be reprising his role in Nintendo's all-star brawler.

David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake and Big Boss from the Metal Gear Solid series, will be lending his voice to Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

This revelation did not come to us via the Smash Bros. Dojo, but instead was confirmed through David Hayter's personal website. The actor and writer lists SSBB as one of the games he has worked on as the voice of Snake in the "Metal Gear/Solid Snake" section of his site.

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September 28, 2007

Square Enix Looking to Expand Proportion of Overseas Sales

by Karlie Yeung - 3:17 pm EDT
Total comments: 8 Source: Press Release

Square Enix are looking to expand their global sales and increase overseas revenue from the current 50% of the total to 75% within the next three to five years.

A Financial Times article from last week announced Square Enix's intention to find US and European partner publishers in order to boost overseas sales. Within this, was a statement that their current overseas revenue was around 10 to 20 percent of the company total and they were looking to increase... Read more...

European Virtual Console Releases Wii

by Lasse Pallesen - 3:54 am EDT
Total comments: 13 Source: Press Release

The wait for Sin and Punishment is finally over.

Hanabi Festival Finishes Off With A Big Bang!

28th September, 2007- As the “Hanabi Festival" on the Virtual Console draws to a close, Nintendo is having a blast releasing a pair of action packed games which have previously never been released in Europe: Sin And Punishment and Gradius™ III.

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September 27, 2007

Retro: Dread Reference in Prime 3 a 'Coincidence' Wii

by Mike Thomsen - 10:57 pm EDT
Total comments: 24 Source: MTV Multiplayer Blog

Move along, this isn’t a hint about the 2D Metroid you’ve been looking for.

Metroid fans everywhere have been abuzz for the last several weeks with the tantalizing tease of the fabled Metroid Dread game found tucked away in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Meticulous players quickly found an out-of-the way computer panel in the second half of Prime 3 that offered the following... Read more...

SEEDS Announces Merger, New Name

by Mike Thomsen - 10:51 pm EDT
Total comments: 4 Source: http://www.seeds-inc.jp/

The ambitious studio will now be known as Platinum Games.

Earlier this year, the dream team developers from Capcom’s shuttered Clover Studios joined forces to create SEEDS, an ambitiously independent development studio. Atsushi Inaba (Viewtiful Joe), Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), and Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry) formed the 51-person company with a mandate... Read more...

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