Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto ‘Didn’t Feel Natural’ on Wii
“Natural” is the last adjective I’d use to describe the concept of bringing Grand Theft Auto to the Nintendo DS. But apparently, it is more natural than it would have been on Wii.
Pro Evolution 2009, Mii Training Mode Coming to Wii
Pro Evolution Soccer revolutionized sports games last year on Wii, and next year, it’s coming back for more.
Konami announced at a press event in Rome that its soccer franchise will have a Nintendo iteration in 2009, and it will come with a mysterious Mii Training mode.
The company was not ready to reveal any details.
Resident Evil Remake Coming to Wii
It looks like Capcom is doing it once again and re-releasing (re-re-releasing?) the original Resident Evil on the Wii. I’m guessing that not a whole lot is going to be changed as it hits Japan on December 25, but there should be some waggle to be had. No information has been given on a North [...]
Wii Hudson and GameStop Host Deca Sports Tournament with Special Guest
Hudson Entertainment and GameStop have announced today that they will be hosting a tournament for Wii title Deca Sports on Saturday, June 28th from noon to 3pm at the GameStop Tournament Store, located at 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd. in San Jose.
Three seperate tournaments will be held during the 3-hour timeframe, wherein participants will compete for [...]
Wii We’ll Have To Wait For More Assassin’s Creed
In a new article lauding what it calls Ubisoft’s “ascent” as it contends for third place (behind Electronic Arts and Activision) in the industry, Forbes heard from Ubi’s North American president, Laurent Detoc, on its strategy for spacing the Prince of Persia games.
As the article points out, Ubi’s first franchise re-up happened in 2003, followed [...]
Wii The 10 Big Surprise E3 Announcements
From gameplayer… “Ahh, the Electronic Entertainment Exposition. As the annual event held in the middle of the year in the US, E3 brings the gaming industry together under one roof for one great big shindig.
And notwithstanding the recent down-sizing of the show (E3 ‘07 was the first to adopt a new back-to-basics model, kicking out [...]
Wii German Gaming Site Claims Atari Pulled Ads & Filed Wrongful Suit Against Them
“The past few weeks of videogame publisher drama have been for the most part dedicated to the dispute between Tecmo and their former Rockstar/Director Tomonobu Itagaki, however Tecmo will need to move over and make room for another old school publisher.
German videogame site 4players.de claims to be involved in apparent legal battle with Atari stemming [...]
Nintendo Kills Region Unlocking And Homebrew With Wii Update
Nintendo has apparently decided to tighten the reins on who gets do what with their Wii, clamping down on both homebrew Wii development and region-code unlocking with the latest Wii Firmware update, version 3.3.
Owners of Datel’s popular Wii Freeloader software woke up this morning to find their ability to play region-independent games stripped away as [...]
Capcom still has a surprise up its sleeve for Wii
Capcom has two secret projects under its rug, waiting to be presented at E3. There’s a very good chance that one of the titles will be Mega Man 9, but the other is an unannounced Wii project. In the latest issue of NGamer, a terse and mysterious quote by the magazine provides insight into an [...]
The Zelda Movie Trailer (IGN lives in infamy)
Video game movies have always had a pretty shoddy reputation, for gamers and pretty much the entire viewing public. There have a few diamonds in the ruff; I mean Mortal Kombat is still the greatest video game-movie adaptation in my mind. What’s so funny is how fans still want to see a movie adaptation of [...]
