And we all love our sushi just as much as chopping and slicing and impaling and exploding and... humm... sorry, got distracted there. MadWorld is finally seeing a Japanese release this Winter, so that would only leave Germany out of the MadWorld map. Sorry guys, blame your activists.
However, the game, although GREAT and fun, did not do so well on sales over here at the States (or anywhere else, actually), so Sega has let this one go and handed over the publishing duties to Spike, a company with quite some experience with blood-soaked titles in their past.
It has sold a ton of copies in Japan, it has piqued our interest ever since the first few screens came out, and we've been waiting for it to cross the ocean and make it outside of Japan. Well, finally, Capcom and Nintendo have announced that Monster Hunter TRI is making it into America and Europe, and also have confirmed a Q1 2010 release.
Nintendo has announced its game lineup for the following months, which kinda makes up for the bad news about their overall earnings dropping. So, here you go. Remember, this is the US lineup; for more info on other regions, make sure you visit Nintendo's official press release.
WII Metroid Prime Trilogy: 8/24 Wii Fit Plus: 2009 Fall New Super Mario Bros. Wii: 2009 Holiday Sin and Punishment 2: Q1 2010 (calendar) Endless Ocean 2: Q1 2010 (calendar) Metroid Other M: 2010 Super Mario Galaxy 2: 2010 Span Smasher: TBA Line Attack Heroes: TBA Monado: TBA
DS/DSi Fossil Fighters: 8/10 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box: 8/24 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: 2009 Fall Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky: 2009 Fall Zelda Spirit Tracks: 2009 Holiday Style Savvy: 2009 Holiday Glory of Heracles: 2010 Golden Sun DS: 2010 Wario Ware D.I.Y: TBA Picross 3D: TBA
Can't wait for Red Steel 2, Ubisoft's Wii-Motion-Plus-only, long-awaited, crazily-requested sword/gun game? Well, it turns out you CAN wait a bit more.
Originally slated to be released this fall, now it turns out that Ubisoft has pushed back the launch a full season, now stating that the game will be hitting shelves on "Q1 2010". No concrete reasons were given to justify the delay, though. But don't worry (too much); Ubisoft still has some interesting games coming out this fall, such as the cute Raving Rabbids Go Home, or the green fighter, TMNT Smash-Up, and Shaun White's newest adventure.
UPDATE: There's now a named culprit for the delay: bad sales.
I want my downtown to turn into a beach (Or that Nintendo would even consider launching ANYTHING in my town ). The guy taking this video is kinda boring, but I'm sure you'll get an idea of what goes on @ New York Sports Resort.
Well, I don't know about you guys, but ever since I saw the first report about what Scribblenauts was shaping up to be, I was interested in the game... VERY interested. And after seeing the many demos and videos out there, it hooked me up even more.
Now, after a VERY LONG wait, they've finally set a US release date: September 15th. Thank you. THANK YOU!
Since the hype around Kojima's announcement on the 18th is nearly saturated with Metal Gear Solid talk, we thought it'll give you a break to ponder about this new teaser from developer From (yeah, I know it sounds weird... from From... why did they name it that?)
The site only shows two doors cordoned off by a red ribbon, with a clinging sign that states the announcement will happen on the 22nd. So, let's see what THEY are cooking up. Should we be excited?
From is responsible for the Tenchu and Armored Core franchises, and since Tenchu: Shadow Assassins didn't exactly get the greatest reviews, I'm not exactly sure this is going to be a good announcement. What do you think?
UPDATE: Famitsu has revealed 'the secret' in advance; it is a bunch of Tenchu and Core PS2-to-PSP ports. Sorry, no Nintnedo news this time.
Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars' official site, officially launched today. Peep it out, it looks very nice, shows off the game pretty well, a game I will get, and has some big videos up. They also let you grab this cool widget with videos in it, we posted it here to show it off:
People long awaiting this one can rest now. Nintendo has officially dated Punchout's American release: May 18th. There's also a release date for Excitebots, a kinda sequel from Excitebike, slated for release on April 20th.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, part of the New Play! Control series, will be released on May 4th.
Also of note, The Legend of Starfy, a series which has been popular in Japan since 2002, is coming to America this June on the DS.
You can check the full list after the break.
Through the list, I regret that The Conduit was pushed back all the way to June, instead of March, as it was initially planned. Bummer.
Alas, there are still some good ones, like Boom Blox Bash Party somewhere in the Spring, DanceDanceRevolution Disney Grooves on April 2nd (OK, maybe this is just a personal favorite...hehehe), Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings also in late Spring, and of course, the best game ever, the one we've all been waiting for and that everyone should go buy: Hannah Montana The Movie in April!!! (Insert sarcasm here)
Continuing with the DSi momentum from this week, now it's the turn for Europe's DSi release: it will happen on April 3rd, just two days before the US release. And that's not all, available colors will also differ, for Euro folks will be able to choose from the black or white versions of Nintendo's new portable system. Now, Nintendo "doesn't set" retail prices, but stores are already listing theirs at GBP 150 (A little over US$200). Congratulations, Europe... but sorry about the price; you always seem to be paying more for things . Click here for the official posting. UPDATE: Australia (in a weird event) will get DSi even before Europe and America. They will get their systems by April 2nd. and will retail for AU SRP $299.95 / NZ SRP $375.00 (NZ price is based on current exchange rate). No color information was given by Nintendo AU's announcement. N+RSS
Boy, does the good news just keep on coming today! Nintendo has officially announced that Nintendo DSi will launch in America on April 5th. The portable wonder will go at retail for US$170 and will grant us not one, but two choices of color: blue and black. For some reason, they also chose this announcement to advertise the upcoming game, Rythm Heaven, wich launches States-side on the same date.
STRONG rumors from IGN say that the DSi may actually be launching this year in North America. Even more surprising, the system may launch in the FIRST half of the year, with several "industry insiders" citing April 4 as the offical launch date. . Did Reggie tell us lies, or did they change their mind? The rumored price point is set at $179.99. Nintendo gives the "defacto standard" reply to emails questioning the information:
We do not comment on rumors or speculation - Nintendo
Apparently the rumor comes from three different sources though, Hmmm... what say you?
Square Enix is dishing out the goods when it comes to the DS Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (thats a big name), not only do they confirm that a special edition white DSi will be made to feature the game's logo on top, but if you pre-order the game you can also get a CD with four Crystal Chronicle tracks.
Sounds pretty dope right? Well, the bad news is that there is no news if this is actually going to happen in any other parts of the world that are not named Japan or Nippon. As of now, it's purely a gift to those who live in the Land of the Rising Sun, or those who risk everything to import it - I guess though that if you had this system, another DSi system, and some Nintendo tools you could simply do a shell-swap. If you wanna go that route, I recommend you log in to Play-Asia right now, because the system is available in Japan on January 29th, and we all know the Japanese need DS systems like they need air to breathe.
Sorry, we don't have any images of this system yet. -via dsfanboy/famitsu
Chrono Trigger for the DS launched today in North America. For me, it's no big deal - I don't really care too much for the art style, though I do give credit to Akira Toriyama for sticking with his signiture and unique style, the one he used for Dragon Ball, DBZ, and a million other DB sagas.
The updated game (from Super Nintendo) allows for 2-4 players, a new dungeon, two other new areas, slightly reworked translations, a two-screen presentation, a touch-screen mode, anime opening cutscene, some new sprite animations, noticeably reworked music, and extras available after saving the game for the first time:
Theater ('View in-game movies')
Art Gallery ('View concept artwork')
Music Box ('Listen to music tracks')
Dojo ('View character tech skill information')
Bestiary ('View detailed enemy information')
Item Encyclopedia ('View item information')
The game is rated E10+ (everyone 10 years old and up) For the official North American Website visit this link!
Thats right! N+'s Jayvee and Captain Seagull have a copy of Animal Crossing: City Folk! Wal-Mart has broken the street date so some Wal-Marts are selling them today instead of Sunday! So if you want to get your Animal Crossing fix in before Sunday, go look at your local Wal-Mart!
If you have any questions about the game that you want me or the Cap'n to answer, ask away in the comments!
+Update1: Before you are allowed to play the game though you are forced to preform a Wii system update. +Update2: Using the DS/Wii communication technology, when you start a new game you are allowed to migrate your character over from the "Wild World" into your "City Folk" game. You will not have any of the items or bells or clothing you have from Wild World, but you will have the same hair style, and part of the City Folk catalog at Nooks will be ready! Also, your character does not get deleted from Wild World!
Well my main complaint i have with Opera Mini 4.5 5.0 & Opera Mobile on my E51 smartphone its not accessing the prective text funtion of my phone while there are other 3rd party apps there where it uses the good ol Tegic T9
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