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Wii Shop Channel Gets New Games

2008-02-25T16:04:00.008Z

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This week's additions take players on a psychedelic trip down memory lane. Kirby® is back and armed with a bunch of new talents, including the option to combine abilities. Curious to find out what mixing the Burn and Cutter powers gives Kirby? We won't spoil that for you here. If the colorful landscapes in the pink sphere's world are too much for you and you're looking for straight firepower instead, then try plunging your soul into the mind of a twisted demon. We'll just see how you fare against wave after wave of bizarre enemy creatures in that kind of environment.

Nintendo adds new games to the Wii™ Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

Kirby 64™: The Crystal Shards: (Nintendo 64®, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it's scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal. Along the way, you'll use Kirby's trademark copying ability to use enemies' strengths against them. Not only that, but try combining any two abilities to create a brand-new one that is usually stronger than the original. Throw in three exciting multiplayer minigames, and you've got a package of which even King Dedede would be proud. Fans of Kirby and action games with bright, colorful graphics should vacuum this one up.

Psychosis: (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Mild Fantasy Violence, 600 Wii Points): This is a side-scrolling shooter played in a world created from the mind of a twisted demon. Your soul has suddenly wandered into that evil world that exists in every person's heart. The only way out is to blast your way past the grotesque creatures that block your path in five "causes" (stages). You must face the dangers of this psychedelic world by making full use of three shot types and the satellite option. With power-ups, you can change your shots to a wide-coverage beam, a satellite-generated laser and more. Each shot type can be powered up to three levels. You can also block enemy fire by rotating the satellites to a desired position. How you use these features will be the key to successfully escaping this strange and surreal world.

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Creepy New Trailer for Deadly Creatures

2008-02-19T12:50:00.002Z

As far as video games go, there are few things that can manage to really creep me out. But giant bugs? That’ll give me the heebie jeebies like nothing else. Thus, this new trailer for the upcoming Wii-exclusive, Deadly Creatures, just makes my skin crawl. The game will have you playing as both a tarantula and a scorpion fighting their way across a harsh desert. Along the way, you’ll have to battle other creepy crawlers like black widows, lizards, and Gila monsters. So far, this already looks liek one game that goes against the usual kid-friendly Wii games.

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Capcom's opus nearly with us ...

2008-02-18T15:22:00.005Z

Capcom's eagerly awaited Okami port for the Nintendo Wii console is complete, according to the be-suited Christian Svensson, who says a US release is "possible" next month.

While the title could be out stateside in March, then, a European release around the same time looks decidedly unlikely as Ninty take a bit longer to make things happen on the continent.

"We haven't given an official date - we've only ever said 'spring'. But March 25th is a possible date for the US on the current schedule," said Svensson, speaking on the official forums.

"That said, it's a huge game with a lot to test, and while [the developer] has been kicking *** on it, I don't want people freaking out if it's not exactly on that date. It's completely playable all the way through now on Wii, optimisation and bug fixing is where it's at in the process right now."

Svensson revealed that he is impressed by the new motion-based controls, stating that the Wiimote adds a new dimension to the experience. "It's really quite amazing and gives the combat and puzzle segments much more of an action feel than existed on PS2. That and the game is even more beautiful than it was on the PS2," he beamed.

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Super Smash Brothers hits a quarter of a million units

2008-02-14T13:57:00.000Z

According to Media Create, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl has sold a further 252,000 units, taking its two week total to a very impressive 1,071,000 units. Namco Bandai's new Mobile Suit Gundam title for PSP is new at No.2, but could only manage half the units of SSBB.

Wii Fit is still going strong, with an additional 65,000 units edging it nearer to 1.5 million lifetime sales. Devil May Cry 4 on PS3, last week's No.2, falls a few places with sales taking a dive to only 32,000 units - two week sales for the game stand at 237,000 units. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 version which was a Top 10 new entry last week has fallen out of the Top 30.

Nintendo's chart dominance is clear to see once again; seven of the Top 10 games are on Nintendo platforms. Furthermore, 22 of the Top 30 games are found on the Wii or Nintendo DS.

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COD 5 confirmed for Wii and DS

2008-02-11T15:32:00.000Z

A new Call of Duty game is set to release during Activision's fiscal '09 year, which runs from April '08 through to March 2009.The publisher only referred briefly to what's next from the FPS series in a financial conference call yesterday, but did add that the new game will release on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, DS, PS2 and Wii.

Activision added that the recently confirmed download content for CoD 4 will be out in Q1 of its fiscal '09 year - April to June.

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