Throughout the last couple of weeks I have seen a lot of Metroid Other M hate coming from Nintendo Fanboys, and people fans of games in general. This hate started after Nintendo released the teaser trailer for Metroid Other M. For people who don't know what Metroid Other M is, it is a 2.5D Metroid developed by TeamNinja and Nintendo. The hate pretty much surrounded that one teaser trailer, because the fans didn't like that Samus has a voice. They also didn't like the way she looked. After reading some comments on Twitter and other social networking sites, I really started to believe that gamers complain about anything. In my opinion, Why complain about voice acting in a game? I am sure plenty other of games have terrible voice acting as well. Plus I really think that stories in games have really ruined the way we play games, because it seems like no one actually plays games to have fun anymore; It is all about the story now. In my opinion I think that stories in games should really be in the very last part of development, and developers should refine the gameplay more than the characters voice. Overall, I really think that all gamers need to chill out about this all Samus looks and talks weird thing. If gamers imagined Samus to have a different voice, then they should just go to college, and major in programming, and develop a all-new Metroid game yourself.
Here is the trailer:
Please comment below to share your thoughts about the trailer, or about what I said.
Fresh off the rumors that the new game by EA Sports would coach players on football techniques on the Wii (i.e. NFL Trainer), ESPN’s sources are telling the sports giant that the new EA Sports game will in fact be an updated retail version of NBA Jam.
These unnamed sources told ESPN that the publisher recently acquired the rights from the NBA for the updated release and hired the games creator ,Mark Turmell, to consult. EA Sports is tight lipped at the moment about all this and wouldn’t comment instead just telling us to wait for their big announcement next week.
For those who aren’t familiar with the game due to age or whatever, NBA Jam was one of the first basketball arcade games and one of the first to include NBA teams with real digitized NBA players. In terms of its style,the words “arcade action” are an understatement as the game featured 2-on-2 B-ball madness with no rules other then no goal tending. Players could jump ridiculous heights and if a player made three baskets in a row they would be “on fire” and then the player could goal tend, have unlimited turbo, and increased shooting accuracy.
Oh my god, please let this be true. I have spent countless hours in the arcade when I was little, and reviving this game would make my inner child run around and scream inside me.
We are only seven days in the new year, and Nintendo's global president has already announced their big plans for 2010. Well we aren't quite sure if it is true, but at least it is something. On January 6th, 2010 Iwata announced that the next Zelda game for the Wii will be out this year, and DS successor will be announced later this year, and the new DS will have featured higher resolution games, and much more. Of course the immediate response from all Nintendo fanboys was, "OMG ZELDA THIS YEAR!!!" But all I have to say is that I will believe it when I see it, because I am sure we all remember Twilight Princess. As for the new DS, I am excited for it, because I would like to see what Nintendo has up their sleeves now. I guess all of our questions will be answered at this years Electronic Entertainment Expo.
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*).
"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.
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.
At a special event in San Francisco on Friday Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Philip W. Schiller, had stern words for handheld gaming competitors Nintendo and Sony. Schiller voiced his opinion that compared to the PSP and DS, the iPhone and iPod Touch are "superior" gaming platforms. Schiller cited price as one of Apple's strongest allies, where $35 and $40 handheld games are simply "too expensive."
Today, Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime fired back at Apple in an interview with the Washington Post, claiming "The DS, with its dual screens, offers an experience that cannot be replicated on a smartphone." In addition to Apple, Reggie also leaned into Sony's new PSP Go, pointing-out that it has a "fundamental concept problem" and is vague in what how it benefits the consumer.
Truly Reggie has kicked some ass, and taken some names.
Apple, quality over quantity. Most of the games on the App Store are either crap, remakes or Duck Hunt Gear Solid. THAT's why there's thousands of them, THAT's why they're so cheap. Also, touch-only games without any real buttons whatsoever is a bad idea. Trust me, I've played Wolfenstein on an iPhone (and on PC before). Moving was damn near impossible to get right with a touch screen only interface.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with pretty graphics, and if I'm a consumer that has an HDTV, I'd want to be able to play my games with nice graphics too. And I think as we've seen the penetration rates for HDTV increase, we're going to see video games and Nintendo's games move along in step with the progression of technology," said Miyamoto.
"But what I don't think is necessarily true is that the graphics itself is something that's going to make the gameplay experience better. So we're still going to focus on the gameplay, but we'll take advantage of the technology as it comes out."
On one hand, Nintendo is probably gearing up to announce a new system soon. It will be great, look great on HDTV and have the amazing games only the mind of Shiggy could come up with.
On the other hand, Nintendo might stay behind a bit and only catch up to, probably 360 horsepower.
Either way, I hope they keep Mario unchanged. Otherwise he'll go from this to this.
Last June Ronimo Games released their first commercial game: Swords & Soldiers for WiiWare. And fun was had by all!
Now that the dust has settled, it turns out people really enjoyed their time with Swords & Soldiers! Metacritic was kind enough to calculate how much fun people had. Their conclusion was that people had about 84 funs with the game! And that's just some numbers. Numbers by critics. We've also seen lots of words. Words by gamers. And most of those were very positive as well!
But we didn't make Swords & Soldiers completely by ourselves. We had help from the handsome guys at Sonic Picnic, who composed a great soundtrack and created a lot of neat sound effects. They even agreed to have us come over to their studio and record our voices. So the next time you're submerged deep into the happy cacophony that is the Swords & Soldiers audio, think of those nice guys at Sonic Picnic.
And now they've decided to make extended versions of the songs in that great soundtrack commercially available. And to celebrate, we're giving away one original song for free! You can find all the details right here: http://www.ronimo-games.com/SwordsAndSoldiers/html/Soundtrack/
Together we'd like to thank you all for your support. To show you we really mean it, we've asked Olga to help us out. The results are beautiful, I think you'll agree.
Our friends over at Ronimo Games have just released the soundtrack to their acclaimed title: Swords & Soldiers. Go buy the soundtrack and don't forget to buy Swords & Soldiers on WiiWare!
Considering the amount of concept art and leaked details we've heard concerning Disney Interactive Studios and Junction Point's upcoming collaboration, this might not come as a shock to you, but the cover of the next issue of Game Informer confirms the existence of Epic Mickey. Details are slim, but we now know that it'll be a Wii-exclusive action title and, based on the paintbrush grasped by the iconic rodent on the cover, we suspect it will incorporate the illustrative elements mentioned by an anonymous informant back in July.
Well, seems like Wii users are going to be able to play the game that Kingdom Hearts SHOULD'VE been. I'm actually quite happy, as Disney seems determined to make their icon a bit more mature, but the game will probably only get a Teen rating. I'm actually excited for the game. Let us know how excited you are in the comments!
In a recent IGN interview, Mark Bozon sat down with the No More Heroes creator Suda 51. The main question asked in the interview, was whether the No More Heroes franchise will stay on a Nintendo platform. Suda replied,
"I still think that No More Heroes and Wii is a good match, and that for the game we need motion controls, and that's why it works so well on Wii. Even if Travis's story is finished with number two, and we decide to make another No More Heores game within the No More Heroes world or setting I still think that it should be on a Nintendo platform, and more specifically the Wii 2 later down the line. I'm assuming that for the next Wii Nintendo will do more impressive motion controls, and that's what No More Heroes is all about. Right now though we're working on making No More Heroes 2 as strong as can be, so I'm not really thinking about a third game currently."
Nintendo fans should be overjoyed after that statement. I for one can't wait for the sequel of No More Heroes, and any other game in that series. I am a little confused about what Suda said how he wants to create a Wii 2 game, because Nintendo's motion controls will improve. It makes me wonder why he scratched Wii Motion Plus from the second game. I can't wait to see what Suda 51 does with the world of No More Heroes. I feel that it has so much potential.
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Wow, NMH2 is looking good. Also, I had no idea Suda had such an amazing voice and could speak perfect English. Guess he won't need anymore translators mirite?
Nintendo has just released a new update to the Internet Channel. This new update upgrades Flash from version 7 to Lite 3.1 (which corresponds ot Version 8). I'm guessing there are also some performance tweaks aswell.
Additionally, the Internet Channel will now be 100% free. Nintendo will also offer to those who paid 500 points for the Internet Channel a free NES Virtual Console game in October.
PlayStation 2 108K PlayStation 3 121.8K PSP 122.8K Xbox 360 202.9K Wii 252.5K Nintendo DS 538.9K
Wii SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS (WII) 508.2K NCAA FOOTBALL 10 (360) 376.5K NCAA FOOTBALL 10 (PS3) 237.4K WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD* (WII) 164.3K MARIO KART W/ WHEEL (WII) 156.6K MARIO KART DS (NDS) 132.2K POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION (NDS) 116.4K FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (360) 116.4K NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (NDS) 101.8K EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE (WII) 96.8K
(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
Wow, what an amzing feat for Wii Sports Resort considering it's been out for only half a month, then again it's not pulling Brawl release numbers. It actually almost feels good knowing only 2 games that made the top ten were on non-Nintendo platforms, and for those wondering, no, Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros and Pokemon are NOT casual titles. I consider myself a hardcore Pokemon fan.
Here's an analysis:
The U.S. video games industry declined for the fifth consecutive month, bringing year-to-date sales to $8.16 billion, down 14% from the same time period last year.
In order for the industry to come in flat or slightly up for the total year, the back five months of the year have to come in 11% (or more) higher than the last five months of last year.
While year-to-date results are weak, there are some big titles set to be released over the next several months, including Madden this month, which should help spur sales. The worst comps should be behind us, and looking beyond August we have The Beatles: Rock Band, Halo 3: ODST, and of course, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to look forward to.
Hardware sales have slowed considerably on nearly every platform. The Xbox 360 is the only console system showing a unit sales increase year-to-date, while the NDS has the highest sales of all hardware platforms both for the month, and year-to-date.
NCAA Football 10 was the top selling game for the month, with combined sales of 689K units across all platforms.
Wii Sports Resort was the top-selling software SKU for the month with 508K units sold with a 2.5% attach rate to the hardware install base.
Of all genres, the music/dance genre has suffered the greatest declines this year, with nearly $390 million less revenues than the same time period last year. -Anita Frazier
Not only is Ubisoft hard at work on Red Steel 2, they're also busy securing the domain names for any future installments...if those should happen. Ubisoft now owns RedSteel3, RedSteel4, and RedSteel5.com. This obviously doesn't point to plans for any future games, but it doesn't rule them out either.
I say people grab up redsteel6.com and piss Ubisoft off. Boy that will be an interesting story to read.
Looks like Ubisoft is really planning for the future. Like some old, smelly, hobo-throwing-spent-heroin-needles used to say, don't count your chickens before they hatch.
