Archive for February, 2009
Why you won’t be seeing an Elite Beat Agents sequel any time soon
Gamasutra has an interesting article about the disappointing sales for two portable rhythm-action games - the PSP’s Patapon and terrific touchscreen tapper Elite Beat Agents on the DS.
While the former was a niche title which arguably overperformed - partly thanks to a low price point - EBA (based on the Japanese game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan) [...]
Red Steel 2/Dead Space info coming soon - NGamer
The latest issue of unofficial UK Nintendo publication NGamer can be found in stores from today, though it’s next month’s edition which looks more interesting.
At the back of the mag, the next month page advertises an ‘Easter reviews special’, covering the likes of GTA: Chinatown Wars, Broken Sword and Little King’s Story.
But more excitingly, the [...]
Japan - Nintendo releases three new DSi colours
As if to make up for the fact that the Japanese don’t have a new handheld launch to look forward to, Nintendo has announced the launch of three new DSi colours, which will join the white and black flavours on store shelves in Japan on March 20th.
There’s a lurid pink model, which I think is [...]
Chop Till You Flop - Is Dead Rising Wii a duffer?
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, the Wii-make of the critically-lauded 360 zombie actioner is released today in the US, yet bizarrely - at the time of writing, anyway - there’s not a single review up on aggregator site Metacritic. That’s never a good sign, and indeed, the suggestion that it might not be the [...]
Katamari DSiWare - first shots and game details revealed
Famitsu has new shots and information about the forthcoming DSiWare title based on Keita Takahashi’s brilliant roll-em-up, Katamari Damacy.
Named Katamari Damacy: Korogashi Puzzle, it’s released on the handheld’s download service, and will cost just 500 points. The DS is held in the book style, with the left screen showing the King of All Cosmos, while [...]
When Good Games Go Bad: Animal Crossing edition
I’m still playing Animal Crossing: City Folk (or Let’s Go To The City, if you prefer) but boy is it testing my patience. Admittedly, my enthusiasm for the game waned some time ago, but my three-year-old son loves it, and so I keep visiting my village more out of duty to entertain him than because [...]
Nintendo goes indie
Wired.com’s Game|Life has an interesting report from DICE about Nintendo’s intentions to support independent gaming on both Wii and DSi.
Nintendo’s director of project development, Tom Prata, accepted that Nintendo could potentially have issues in that department - particularly on Wii given its lack of storage space - but it’s evident that the big N is [...]
This week’s UK charts - Fit off the top, Overkill holds firm
No surprise that the return of one of gaming’s best-known franchises toppled Wii Fit from the all-formats chart, with the magisterial Street Fighter IV dragon-punching its way to the summit. Nintendo’s phenomenally successful non-game only dropped to second spot, despite fierce competition from the nerd-tastic Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on PC. Mario Kart, [...]
Handheld addiction has a new name: Rittai Picross site opens
Shortly after March 12th this year, my entire world will grind to a complete halt. That date marks the release of Rittai Picross, Nintendo’s 3D take on the life-eatingly compulsive puzzler which enslaved my DS (and me) for several months in 2007.
It’s pretty much exactly the game you’d expect it to be - Picross but [...]
Japanese DSiWare update next week - Mr. Driller & two more Art Style titles
Nintendo’s Japanese site has details of the new DSi software which will be available to download next Wednesday, February 25th.
For 200 points you can get a Nintendo-themed calculator, with Super Mario Bros. and Animal Crossing skins among others, while there’s also a slightly unfathomable app which Google Translate suggests is a ‘clock software dictionary’. Erm.
Thankfully, [...]
