VC/WW Monday (10/05)
Virtual Console
NES - Final Fantasy
WiiWare
Word Searcher
Comes out at the end of the month in Japan. 10/29/09 to be precise. I’ll import it and tell you all about it. And expect me to say something about Spyborgs sometime this week too. Money was funny and had to juggle some things to get it bought. I might play it today or something. And can somebody find the relese date for Castlevania ReBirth? I’d appreciate it.
I just picked up Madworld and HOTD: Overkill recently. Damn are they fun. Thinking of picking up that pikmin remake & Dragon Quest Swords. They were both $20 each. Worty buys?
Just finished Final Fantasy IV: The After Years this past weekend.
Good game for all the hardcore FF people. I’m not sure if it’s for anyone else though. Difficulty is higher than most FFs. Enemies in the final levels can totally run you over, and they don’t even give you that much experience for beating them. Grinding becomes extremely tedious and annoying. Initially I was going to try to grind everyone up to level 85 at least before finishing the game, however I gave in and finished it at level 60. Band system was a welcome addition, and you had to set your teams accordingly as you needed the right combinations to utilize them. You’ll probably have to cheat when searching for the bands though. Getting the right menu selections when searching for the bands on your own will be frustrating. You’ll definitely need an FAQ as you’ll run into many Band Fail turns if you’re doing it on your own.
Anyhow, back to Little King’s Story. Definitely recommend this game to anyone that is still on the fence. It’s really fun. After that, I’ll go do Mega Man 9, Contra Rebirth, Muramasa, and perhaps Silent Hill Shattered memories once it’s out.
Game Informer just revealed Wii-exclusive “Epic Mickey” by Warren Spector (worked on Deus Ex and more). Original concept art pointed to a steampunk theme, but now it looks like the theme has to do with painting? Info here and more reveals throughout the week: LINK
Also, 1up has a “cover story” revealing a konami retro revival this week. 1up.com
O.o; It’s supposed to be out by the end of this month and there doesn’t seem to be any video hype for it. I didn’t even know it was supposed to be coming out that soon in Japan
I’ve heard Pikmin was good…Dragon Quest Swords not so much.
What in the hell!? @ Epic Mickey. Are we sure this is actually being made by Disney and not Marvel in disguise? lol They have my interest…and I’m going to assume the brush that he has in his hand is going to lead to some wii controls having to do with drawing or something.
Rage of the Gladiator - The Sea Witch
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/23303/rage-of-the-gladiator/videos/ragegladiator_trl_medusa_100509.html
Great news. I still use my Wii fit every week…not as much as I should.
Game Informer just revealed Wii-exclusive “Epic Mickey” by Warren Spector (worked on Deus Ex and more). Original concept art pointed to a steampunk theme, but now it looks like the theme has to do with painting? Info here and more reveals throughout the week: LINK
Also, 1up has a “cover story” revealing a konami retro revival this week. 1up.com
IGN Tornado Outbreak review:
8.1 Probably not worth the current asking price for it but apparently the game is sort of katamari-ish
Sin and Punishment 2 Detailed:
sweet info!. Easy mode is easier while hard modes are harder, It takes place in the same universe but on a different planet with the son of the main characters from the first. Looks like they’re gonna give us more info and stuff as the game gets closer to japanese release. Bout damn time.
Wii Price Drop Boosts Console Sales:
I would like to see those numbers…
Nintendo Minute 10.06.09
actually not a bad response to the question considering the complaint about Nintendo’s titles always getting the attention on their system. Can’t say Nintendo certainly isn’t giving 3rd parties a chance to shine this time around.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - TGS 09 Revenge Interview
nothing really revealed as far as I know
No More Heroes 2 vids
These are somewhat new but they’re from the demo we’ve already seen but this is a different gameplay of it…the player messes around a bit so you can see more of Travis’ moves
NMH2 - Bloody Foyer Gameplay
that leap attack is pretty fast
NMH2 - Boss Gameplay Part 1
oh wow…he slashed the missles but it didn’t deflect though…would have been nice
NMH2 - Boss Gameplay Part 2
nothing really new in this one but whatever that move is that this person is using is sapping a good amount of juice from the sabers.
Wii Surges in Japan:
sold 3 fold over what it did a week prior. Don’t know how it stacks up against the other consoles’ numbers yet.
No Wii, DS shortages expected this year:
I believe they weren’t expecting shortages last year either but I don’t think there will be this year either. More reason not to try to hoard one and sell it at some ridiculous price on ebay.
IGN New Super Mario Bros. Wii Single Player Hands-on
sounds like they took some things from SMB3 too with the whole enemies on the overworld map and being able to store items that you’ve gotten from toad houses. Everything sounds pretty good.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - Ryo Hazuki Shenmue Trailer
Need For Speed: Nitro - Class C Gameplay Montage
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/143/14319197/vids_1.html
Oh this game is gonna be the shit when it drops at the end of the month. Sexy ass box art and the game looks fire too.
Has the Ubisoft camera been posted about here?
no we haven’t really mentioned anything about the camera…but I know about it.
It’s supposed to be coming with an exercise game called ‘Your Shape’. I don’t really think too much about it though since ubisoft’s exercise game is the only thing using it.
Citizen Prime: Is Metroid Prime our Citizen Kane?
I found the article pretty interesting…and even though I can’t find myself agreeing completely with him I do understand where he’s coming from.
Lost Winds 2 will be out in Europe on Fri.
Japan Gets New Bundles:
and neither of them will probably come over here
Wiimote Colors Coming to Japan:
Blue and Pink
IGN UK Lost Winds: WotM review
9.1 No real complaints really…lots of praise
Rabbids Go Home - Foreign Object
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14339091/rabbids-go-home/videos/rabbids_gmp_foreign_object_100809.html
yeah…people will probably at least be distracted by that for 20 minutes
Rabbids Go Home - Harmless Collecting
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14339091/rabbids-go-home/videos/rabbids_gmp_harmless_collecting_100809.html
Rabbids Go Home - Opening Cinematic
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14339091/rabbids-go-home/videos/rabbids_gmp_opening_cinematic_100809.html
thus begins one of the most stupidest quests ever.
A Boy and His Blob - Spinball Gameplay
taking small pages out of sonic’s play book?
A Boy and His Blob - Rocket Gameplay
Wii Beaten by PS3 in Japan (Japan Numbers):
Is there no stopping the Dsi!? and PS3 did beat out Wii but it’s relatively close at a little less than 2000 units. So it goes Dsi, PSP, PS3, Wii, DS Lite, 360, and PS2.
Software wise Wii Fit plus seems to hae SRK’d Friend Collection off the top of the mountain and into 6th place. There isn’t a single 360 software title on this list.
Naruto Shippuden CON Rev 3 - Character Jutsu Moves: Akatsuki
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14277489/naruto-clash-of-ninja-revolution-3/videos/naruto3_trl_akatsuki_100909.html
Itachi, Kisame, Hiruko, Deidara, and Sasori. Didn’t know Sasori was being voiced by Vash the Stampede.
A Boy and His Blob - Boss Battle Gameplay
Edit:
Red Steel 2 - UK Wanna Play Gameplay Trailer
Guy plays it on a big screen and does a move that I don’t think they mentioned before called backstab.
Got my Wii today. Hopefully that VGA cable works no problem. Will give some impressions.
I’d like to hear your thoughts myself.
IGN A Boy and His Blob review:
7.6 a bit lower than I thought it might end up getting from Matt. Complaints Blob’s AI at times, some blurry backdrops, and overly complex controls just to transform blob. They didn’t use IR pointing for aiming beans and they also didn’t give any alternate control methods so you’re forced to play with nunchuk and wiimote. Beans don’t also appear in the same spot and tend to change from level to level as a small nuisance. That being said though he said if you’re a fan of the game then you’ll probably dig it since it’s still a nice 2d puzzle platformer. I would like to hear what others impressions of the game are if they happen to pick it up at 39.99.
video review:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14326534/a-boy-his-blob/videos/boyandhisblob_vidrev_100908.html
RE: Darkside Chronicles - South America Gameplay Part I
RE: Darkside Chronicles - South America Gameplay Part II
RE: Darkside Chronicles - South America Boss Battle Gameplay
RE: Darkside Chronicles - Claire & Leon Boss Battle Gameplay
ow…please stop hitting me with that pipe…
RE: Darkside Chronicles - Sewer Gameplay
RE: Darkside Chronicles - Meeting Ada Gameplay
Edit:
OH yeah…I forgot to mention that I remember looking in the computer at work and reading that they stopped making Little King’s Story :(. Which means it’s going to be hard to find new and also meaning that the game didn’t nearly get enough sales. I’m saddened a bit by this since it was a good game.
also this is related to LKS
HAWP - Little King’s Story
VC/WW Monday (10/12)
Virtual Console
SNES - Final Fight 2
WiiWare
Gravitronix
Apparently Nintendo Power gave A Boy and His Blob an 8.5. I don’t trust their reviews but I’m interested in reading it regardless.
Wii Fit Muscles Past GTA:
Right now it’s the third highest selling title this decade…bumping off GTA: Vice City and it may even bump off GTA: San Andreas for the second spot. Mario Kart Wii is in the 5th spot. I’m going to assume that Wii Sports is first.
IGN Naruto Shippuden: CON Rev 3 Hands-on
This is a definite good read. They’re putting in place a whole ‘latent ninja power’ system in the game for when your characters get hit with lower health. One example of this being of Gaara actually getting his Perfect Defence where he’ll block unblockable attacks and he won’t take chip damage. It sort of mean you could be fighting 2 slightly different characters with each fight. Each character is going to get affected by this and it’s going to have different effects for each (Kakashi for his last 30% of health doesn’t lose chakra to use sharingan. Sounds like there’s going to be big opportunities for comebacks and moments that when it gets down to the wire everything gets pushed up another notch.
Sidestep mechanic has been redone not allowing for people to just side step everything and backstepping has been made vulnerable on the first frames…don’t know how I feel about that. Kawarimi (teleport/substitute) has been rebalanced as well and pulls some things from GNT 4 allowing for you to sidestep teleports to counter them. Throw teching is now slightly tougher and you can now double the range on your throws when you land from a jump. Something pretty big they messed with is you now have the option to teleport from your grounded position for half chakra adding more options on wake up.
Online options have head to head and 2 man squads with apparently more modes and options to be revealed later. Ranked Matches, Exibition matches and Leaderboards are go. You can also fight friends or fight randomly. Yeah…I’d say they’re doing some pretty nice changes to this series…Day 1 for me.
FFCC: Chrystal Bearers - Japanese Forest Gameplay
FFCC: Chrystal Bearers - Japanese Harvest Gameplay
Environments look pretty good
Tales of Graces - TGS 09 Japanese Monuments Trailer
Tales of Graces -TGS 09 Japanese Old Tree Trailer
ok…you guys need to give us some type of date for this game now.
Edit:
GT A Boy And His Blob review:
8.5