You want advance notice for your WiiWare games? You’re not getting any. The service is now up and ready for download (today being May 12 and all), and we’ve only just been sent the official list of launch titles from Nintendo. Interestingly, it differs slightly from the supposed list from late last week – which was based off Nintendo’s own promo video for the service – which showed Dr Mario as one of the launch titles. It’s not. There’s actually six games launching today, not five, and those six range in price from 500 Wii Points (Defend Your Castle) to 1500 Wii Points (Final Fantasy CC).
The six titles are:
Final Fantasy: 1500 Wii Points LostWinds: 1000 Wii Points Defend Your Castle: 500 Wii Points Pop: 700 Wii Points VIP Casino Blackjack: 700 Wii Points TV Show King: 1000 Wii Points
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Surprisingly busy day for a Monday, typically a more “relaxed” day. I’m knackered. Tomorrow will be busy, too.
What you missed last night Kojima is humble. Viva Pinata 2 screens Miyamoto says American better at making unique products First official Dragonball movie promo
Europe dwellers, listen up! Konami is launching a special pre-order campaign as well as rolling out a limited collector’s pack. Those who pre-order the game at selected retailers get a Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 documentary DVD. The limited edition collector’s pack includes a soundtrack CD, six inch Snake figure and a making-of Blu-ray disc. Hit the jump for the full press release and pricing info. Oooooh, pricing info. How exciting!
Platinum Games, the studio founded by former Capcom developer Clover, has apparently struck a deal with SEGA to publish three games. Those games are:
• Bayonetta, directed by DMC creator Hideki Kamiya, and is described by the site’s correspondent as a “stylish action game” with “a witch battling angels”. Apparently she has guns on her feet. • A science-fiction RPG for the DS called Infinite Line, where you play as a starship captain, customising your ship and crew. • A Wii game called MadWorld. …it’s, “Black and white Sin City graphics, with red blood. Ultra ultra violent. Fatality moves like shoving a post through someone’s head. Chainsaw on your right arm.”
Of course the current EA Sports boss does! Just because he worked for Microsoft doesn’t mean he actually hates Sony’s game machine. Why would he? Says Moore:
I absolutely love the PlayStation.
You know what: He’s a businessman, not some insane fanboy. He’ll “love” whoever keeps him employed and “hate” whoever threatens to keep him out of a job. No surprises here. Peter Moore Talks [PSU via Next-Gen][Pic]
GTA IV has some problems. Some of them are yet be fixed, and are peeving a lot of people off. Not good. Then again, some of them are yet to be fixed, and are so broken they’re bringing people nothing but joy.
The first Metal Gear Solid 4 review is in! UK Official PlayStation Magazine has written up its thoughts and even put them on paper. And for those who care about things like numbers, the game gets a 10. From the review:
Every question posed and loose end dangled since Metal Gear first introduced stealth gaming to the world in 1987 finds closure here…. Even by the series stratospheric standards, MGS4 is a remarkable high point…. As a fan of the series I was expecting closure. What I wasn’t expecting was the game’s commitment to framing that closure with so many new ways to experience the series’ ‘evade or die’ core values.
Hit the jump for another peak of the mag. The last line of the article posted after the jump *might* be considered a spoiler. So! If you are trying to stay spoiler-free, you might wanna avoid.
Something is missing. If those blue bars on the Doki Doki Majo Shinpan Duo are X-ray and make it possible to see through clothes, then yes, something is indeed missing. Somethings, rather. Also, note that the Doki Doki sequel is rated “CERO D” (17 and up) while the earlier game was rated only “CERO C” (15 and up). Infer what you like! Game’s out July 31st. Duo Box Art [Rulweb via DS Fanboy]
Three Sims titles, three Warcraft titles. That’s fairly standard practise these days, a practise which leaves only four spots open for other non-Sims, non-Warcraft games to make some inroads. These week, those four games are Call of Duty 4, Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and, yes, Sins of a Solar Empire, which has kept on keepin’ on to the continued (but pleasant) surprise of, oh, everybody.
Once upon a time, the PLAYSTATION 3 was not a game console. A Blu-ray player! An home entertainment hub! It was a super computer! A… Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kaz Hirai explains:
I think there was some confusion as to what PS3 was initially — some of the third parties didn’t understand and they wanted to scale back a little and see how things went before they really put in their resources… But when I re-positioned the PS3 as a video games console at Tokyo Game Show I think everybody got that message loud and clear.
While removing backwards compatibility was shitty of Kaz, driving home the point that the PS3 is a game machine first and foremost was quite smart. That’s why they pay him the big bucks! Confusing [MCVUK][Pic]
