As revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu, Capcom is bringing its three Phoenix Wright"courtroom battle" games to Nintendo's WiiWare service. Today the publisher confirmed that the releases will be making their way to the US beginning in January. Capcom intends to release the games every other month (January, March and May) for 1,000 Wii Points ($10) apiece, with "Rise from the Ashes," the extra case added to the DS Ace Attorney, arriving as DLC in May for 100 Wii Points ($1).
The first game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, is a port of the original Game Boy Advance title -- and, like the two subsequent WiiWare editions, Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, remains unchanged from its original release (read: same graphics, sound, dialog) save for the ability to swing the Wii Remote out (as in the image above, which is one-off, non-sprite art) to object and present evidence to the court. They'll all be presented in widescreen, but the actual gameplay only takes up a 4:3 area on top of an animated background. Nevertheless, the games are still superb, and at $10 with the ability to play them on the big screen you won't hear any objections from us.
Pretty awesome, can't wait. Even though I have never played the DS game, I guess this my chance.
Nintendo has recently came out and said this week that the latest Zelda game for Wii that is currently in development, will appear at Nintendo's Media Event at E3 2010. According to some developers working on the project, they say that the announcement will be ground breaking, and take much different turn than the previous Zelda games. They have also said that Wii Motion Plus is the perfect fit for the next Zelda game, and they think fans will be thrilled with the results. We still don't have a release date for Zelda Wii, but rumors are going around that it may launch next fall. Overall I am all for change in the Zelda games, because the last few Zelda games felt a little copy and pasted. So bring on the innovation Miyamoto, I am all for it. Don't worry about all the gamers out there that want the same game developed the same way year after year(*cough* Guitar Hero and Rock Band*cough*).
In the latest GaGa music video for Bad Romance, you can clearly see around 2:40 that there are some Wii Nunchuks in frame and used to control... something. Seems like some sort of new age eBay auctioning with Nunchuk control. Mmm, sounds cool, but unnecessary.
Today I checked the mail and saw this in my mailbox. This is a quick look of the Club Nintendo 2010 Calendar available to those who reached Gold status for fiscal year 2009.
All photos were taken with the DSi Camera. Was far too lazy to make a video.
“To redeem a Nintendo DSi Download Ticket number, such as for the Nintendo DSi Speak Channel, enter the number off the Nintendo DSi Download Ticket in ‘Settings and Features’ off of the main Nintendo DSi Shop page, then select Nintendo DSi Download Ticket.”
It seems Nintendo's tech support team is had a bit of a SNAFU, accidentally posting the above quote in the Support section. They've since removed it, but it is still cached by Bing (and most likely, Google). You can take a look for yourself here.
Although one must wonder why someone would need a download ticket for a DSi Speak Channel when the Mic is built in... I say everyone hold off on getting a DS headset until more details are revealed.
"Nintendo may cut its profit projection about 30 percent because of sluggish sales in the first half, the price cut for the Wii and currency-related impact," said Satoru Kikuchi, analyst at Deutsche Bank AG in Tokyo to Bloomberg. "Investors are expecting the company to fully reflect its business environment in its forecast."
It's predicted Nintendo's Net Income will probably decline 11 percent to 249.3 billion yen ($2.7 billion) this fiscal year, according to 10 analysts asked by Bloomberg. The will be the first drop since March 2004.
Nintendo will report their total earnings on October 29. All I have to say is, isn't one Wii console enough for every family on the face of the earth.
The bundle will contain a black Wii console, matching Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus and Wii Nunchuk, as well as a copy of Wii Sports Resort and the original Wii Sports. The black Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus and Nunchuk will be available to purchase separately from November 20, as well as a black Classic Controller Pro. Those same controllers were also announced for the US market, though without the matching console.
I wouldn't worry about never getting the Black Wii in the US, I mean, just look at the White DSi. I expect a release either next Spring, or with the launch of Monster Hunter Tri.
So apparently Charles Martinet also tweeted "Awesome new Mario Game! And it's not NSMB Wii, and it's not Galaxy 2, but it's going to be crazy fun!" although the tweet could not be found. So, yes, new Mario game, if of course this is the REAL Charles Martinet and not an imposter like the Professor Layton guy.
