Well I never thought I would see this in my lifetime, but Sega in a [super secret meeting] has partnered with Platinum Games. A team of programmers mostly from the Capcom Clover studios, the guys that created Devil may Cry, Okami, Viewiful Joe among others. 3 new games are are slated for release on the Wii.
Sega.. making games for the Nintendo.. who would have thunk it.. 
According to the article on [Yahoo! News] Anascape Ltd, a small East Texas company, gained a 21 million dollar windfall from Nintendo because of a patent infringement while creating the controllers for the Gamecube and the Wii.
Personally I think I need to hold a patent on suing companies for patent infringement.. That’ll make me a lot of cash..
[Games Industry] is reporting that Media Create has charted the Wii version of Mario Kart selling another 174,000 units in the past week pushing it over the 1 million sold mark.
the current top 10 in Japan is as follows:
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Well this goes to show that Nintendo is doing VERY well, with Sony trying to get 3rd place. But with only 1 PS3 title in the top ten.. wow. =/ Of course, the Xbox is no where to be found..LOL
One of the guys in one of my lists made this nice little announcement to the group:
“A mum was buying Donkey Kong racing for Wii, I was talking a guy about the Nintendo Wii how its good for my kid but I dont play it much, he said same about his daughter, the mother buying the game turned around and said:
“Nintendo make the Wii?”
Immediate bursts of laughter from game staff and other customers…
I mean, she is a buying a Nintendo game, has bought a Nintendo console, ummm, don’t you read the box you got the Wii in? Dont you see Nintendo written over the game you just bought?”
Millions of dollars spend in marketing, and people still don’t know who makes what. I guess that really does prove that most people don’t care about the hardware, it’s all about the games.
First I must point out how freaking annoying it is that WordPress.com doesn’t allow object tags in their posts.. so you need to link any video that isn’t on youtube.
(grrr)
Anyway.. here’s a lower quality YouTube of the video…
According to the official [Nintendo web site] a new channel has launched for the the Wii.
Nintendo Channel is an interactive guide to what’s new in the world of Nintendo - now available for easy download from the Wii Shop Channel. Watch trailers, mini-documentaries, product demonstrations, and gameplay videos. Browse the game guide pages to get information about your favorite games on Wii and Nintendo DS. You can even click to order games straight from your Wii, if you have the Internet Channel installed.
Makes me wish I had a Wii. =( Hey! Nintendo!!! want to see more reviews and information on the Wii?! Seen me one! I’m a nice guy!! hehe
Well as some of you might already know the Nintendo DS is t
o get their OWN version of the Guitar Hero game series. Actvision has confirmed 15 of the 25 songs to be included and let us know that the game WILL have a wireless co-op mode.
As you can see the fret board pops into the cartridge slot and you strum with the stylus. I’m not sure this will be the most comfortable way to play the game, but time will tell.
as for the set list, here’s what you can look forward to:
Do What You Want - OK Go
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Are You Gona Be My Girl - Jet
We’re Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
All Star - Smash Mouth
Breed - Nirvana
Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
This Love” - Maroon 5
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Helicopter - Bloc Party
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS (cover by Line 6)
What I Want - Daughtry
at least it’s a better track list then the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith edition..=/
Orginal Post on 12/27/07
Every year I like to think up (and this year post) my predictions for the next year.
1) BioShock will turn into an MMO.
Think about it. Being able to run around killing splicer’s while earning enough money to buy better plasmids? All the while picking up bits and pieces of items to craft them into new weapons, armor and ammo? All in an underwater city that was seemingly built as an MMO in the first place? The ability to explore areas shut off from you the first time around? It would be sweet. Could even do the game like HellGate: London (only done right.. see #9)
2) Blizzard will announce that the next Gen MMO game they are making will be the ‘World of Starcraft’
The only big sci-fi MMO out there is EVE. Of course there’s Star Wars Galaxies and Tabula Rasa, but that’s not saying much. So the world is in need of a good Sci-Fi MMO to take the place of Earth and Beyond. (..!., EA)
Starcraft has just as much or more of a following then the Warcraft series and has just as deep of a story and background. WoW has already has and continues to embrace Diablo like a brother (sockets? come on) and has some cross over story lines between the Diablo and StarCraft games; Blizzard is also readying up Starcraft II to enter the market. So, to me, it makes total sense to have a World of StarCraft.
Now what would REALLY be cool is the ability to merge the three games together so that WoW is the beginning WoD (that’s World of Diablo) is the middle and WoS is the ending and your character can port back and forth between times.
Of course, the announcement could be nothing more then the release of Diablo 3 (wasn’t that HellGate?) But the World of StarCraft would be MUCH cooler.
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Update: 06/28/08
Well Blizzard has annouced Diablo 3 about 3 odd hours ago. This is the major announcement for this year
however there’s still that top-secret project they are working on…
3) Nintendo will continue not to be able to create enough Wii’s for demand and within 6 to 8 month it won’t matter. People will finally give up paying extremely high prices for a system that has very few good games when they can buy an Xbox 360 for cheaper then some of the package deals and get a library of better games.
4) I call 3 ‘hot’ titles for the Wii this year, the rest will suck.
5) Sony will continue to lie to their customers and survive on the fanboys throwing huge amounts of money at the feet of their God. But no one will care because the PS3 has RIDGE RACER!!
6) The Xbox360 will continue to dominate the online play aspect of console gaming. The PC will continue to mock LIVE.
7) The industry will begin to understand that most gamers don’t care that they can show off their photos on their console. We want to play games.
Mobile gamers will finally realize that Cell phones are NOT good gaming platform. PDA users will continue to look around clueless.
9) HellGate: London will be used as a model to teach new game developers how NOT to just concentrate on the game play and worry about the interface aspects of a game also. (GREAT game.. Horrible interface..)
10) Some Jerk somewhere will kill someone over something and blame it on a video game.
11) Rock Band will completely take over and destroy the Guitar Hero market.
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[EDIT - Cleaned up some grammar and did a rewrite in a few places to clear things up] (Never said I was a good writer. :P )
In the gaming and medical world, therapists are prescribing Nintendo Wii time. Amazing what a “simple” innovation in a gaming console can do, right?
The latest case is related to a man who had a stroke, and in order to recover his strength, he is simply playing Nintendo Wii. According to the therapists, the Wii is suppose to help patients build balance, coordination, endurance and upper and lower body strength.
I spent a great deal of my youth playing our Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Playing games like Super Mario Bros., Metroid, the Legend of Zelda, Mega Man and Final Fantasy. I whiled away both summer, fall, winter and spring days and nights trying to perfect my strategy against Metal Man or leveling up my Fighters, White Mage and Black Mage for that final battle with Ganon. I lived, breathed and ate that NES. Its controller has emblazoned itself onto my subconscious for all eternity.
So you can imagine my glee when I saw this NES Controller Backpack. This officially licensed Nintendo backpack is comprised of one large main compartment, three external zipper pockets and two net storage pockets. The backpack features a padded inside panel (good for toting around a laptop…or your NES console) and heavy-duty padded shoulder straps for comfort as you tote around your vintage Nintendo Power Magazine collection.
The bag measures about 12″ X 17″ X 6″ and features the original NES controller design prominently displayed on the back. It can all be yours for 40 Rupees (or $40).
