Saturday, May 9, 2009 - Page 2

The $80 Million Inspiration For Disney’s Latest Wii Game

Movies, books, comics, even a 14th century poem have inspired video games, but Toy Story Mania! is the first game designed to recreate a Disney ride experience.


Puchi Puchi Virus Screens Make Outbreaks Adorable

Nippon Ichi’s Puchi Puchi Virus just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Sadly, the game’s U.S. release was delayed by a whole year, putting us two years behind all the fun they’ve been having in Japan.


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The Japanese Hardware Contest Evens Out

It was a good week for Japanese video game hardware makers, as sales were up across the board, with the Nintendo DSi and Wii seeing the biggest boosts from the previous week.


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Street Fighter IV PC Gets Control Pad Bundle

Street Fighter IV is coming to the PC. PCs use a mouse and keyboard. For Street Fighter IV, that’s, uh, not exactly ideal. So smartly, Capcom will be releasing a control pad bundle.


Ubisoft Teases Rabbids Go Home With Wii Jokes

Ubisoft’s giving the hideously adorable rabbids from the Rayman spin-off series their own adventure, one that’s not a collection of Wii mini-games. Rabbids Go Home offers heavy-handed zaniness, Ubisoft style.


Fallout 3 Broken Steel Review: An Epic Postscript

Broken Steel is the last of three announced Xbox 360 and PC-exclusive expansions to Fallout 3, and the one that was most clearly built to be a crowd-pleaser.


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Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Coming Stateside

Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will be making its way to PSP with a subtitle change, new characters, new content and a new character class this Fall.


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Persona, Portables Do Big Business In Japan

This week’s (slightly delayed) Japanese software sales chart is packed with new games populating the top ten, with Atlus’ redux remake of Persona for the PSP outselling all new competitors.


Cross Edge Crosses The Sexy Line

Cross Edge is the ultimate fan service game where characters from Capcom, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory and Nippon Ichi all collide in an epic turn-based role-playing game.


Grand Slam Tennis Preview: Tennis With A Twist

The Wii ships with a free tennis game bundled in with a clutch of other sports titles, so how can you convince Nintendo gamers they should spend more money on a stand alone tennis title?