See what's crawling in Sky Crawlers' skies (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, ScreensOne of the most important aspects of a flight-sim game is, of course, what you're piloting. If we're going to take part in virtual flying, we're going to do it in style. That's why we were pleased to see Famitsu post some screens of the airware in Sky Crawlers, a title that we've been keeping our eyes on.
VC Tuesday: Taito Shrine (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Virtual Console, ImportsBefore Natsume got hold of the series and made the beloved Pocky & Rocky, Kiki KaiKai was a fairly unassuming arcade/PC Engine shooter from Taito. The graphics aren't as vivid, Manuke the tanuki (Rocky the raccoon) isn't playable, and the levels are more sparse, but it's still a top-down game about a shrine maiden shooting ghosts.
Wild West Guns: shoot guns at the Wild West (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Imports, WiiWare
First seen as a mysterious title in the ESRB's database, new screens of Wild West Guns show the game to be ... pretty much exactly what we would have guessed: a Western-themed light gun game. Like Mad Dog McCree, but with less grainy video and more blocky polygons.
Metareview: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Metareview
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is warking on over to the Wii today, and this excites us for two reasons. For one, we're entirely ready for the cuteness overload that is sure to engulf us while playing the game. Seriously, dressing up Chocobos in cute little class outfits? We're not even sure we can handle that level of adorability.
Brawl Stage of the Week: Freezer Room (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Brawl Stage of the Week
It may not be the prettiest stage we've ever seen, but we found ourselves having a great time while playing in Matt M.'s Freezer Room. We didn't really understand the title at first, as we originally only noticed the little ice platform up top in this very tall stage -- one ice platform does not a "freezer room" make! Once we started brawling, though, we saw the little enclosed area at the bottom with an ice floor, and everything made much more sense.
Punch-Out , bongo style (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff, Peripherals, Tech stuff, Controller, VideoWhile we're sure that nobody is going to trash Soda Pop while using the Donkey Konga bongo controller in Punch-Out!!, it's good enough to take down Glass Joe with ease. And, it's a neat way to enjoy one of the best 8-bit games around.
Mark Rein: Epic seriously doesn't want to make Wii games (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
People should probably stop asking them about it. Seriously. We think that's what Mark Rein wants.But, people still keep doing it, the latest being an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. When asked about Wii development, Rein busted out his Fragalator 5000 and shot the possibility down into a heaping mess of blood and guts.
More Heroes -- for cell phones (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: ImportsMarvelous has announced three (three!) new No More Heroes games for Japan. Even though they aren't for Wii, or DS, or really any game system, they still look pretty great. The three mobile "No More Heroes Flash Games" include Travis, in which an adorably chibi Travis fights UAA assassins and thugs who approach him; Schpel Tiger, an isometric driving game using Travis's giant motorcycle, and Glastonberry, a shooting game starring a giant robot from the fake anime Travis enjoys.
More like Complicated 2000 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, ImportsD3 Publisher has its Simple Wii series, which consists of cheap, original Wii games designed on a low budget. The company also has its Simple 2000 Series Wii, which consists of cheap Wii games designed on a low budget. The difference, aside from the extra number? The new Simple 2000 Wii games are actually ports of old Simple 2000 series games for the PS2.
Wii Warm Up: Unleashing the fun (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Wii Warm Up
With the latest on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, it sounds like the fine folks at Lucasarts have managed to do something no other developer has done: create a Wii port of a multiplatform title that actually sounds like it could be better than the other versions available.
Logic 3 opens preorders on keyboard peripheral for Wii (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Peripherals
Our friends across the pond (and Chris) have a choice when it comes to keyboards for their Wii. No, we're not talking about the wide assortment of cheap USB keyboards that are out there and compatible with the console, we mean Logic 3's Wii keyboard above.
Capcom opens E3 booth to the public (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
Want to check out Capcom at next week's E3, but don't have a pass? Fear not, for they are extending an invitation to you, fine reader, to check out their wares for free. Instructions on how to pounce on this opportunity can be found here.This is all well and good, but we have one thing to say to any of you out there expecting to take advantage of this: if Mega Man 9 is playable, you better back off the machine.
All-Star Cheer Squad does Wii rhythm gaming 'better than Konami has' (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
All-Star Cheer Squad may be a cheerleading game intended for young, "casual" players, but it doesn't sound like THQ and developer Gorilla Games have made a dumbed-down experience at all. If anything, it sounds more complicated than non-cheerleaders can handle, delivering a multifaceted motion-controlled rhythm game that, according to IGN's Mark Bozon, "(pulls) off the DDR-like experience on Wii better than Konami has.
Beer Pong with less beer, more tossing, extra controversy (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
It's official: Beer Pong was way too controversial for the family-friendly Wii, and the forthcoming lulzworthy WiiWare game has undergone a name change. Beer Pong: Frat Party Games is now Frat Party Games: Pong Toss. What, like taking the beer out of the name takes it out of the frat party? That will certainly work.
Watch this Active Life trailer from your desk chair (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Video
Commercials that show people having fun while playing the Wii are a dime a dozen, so this Active Life: Outdoor Challenge trailer doesn't score any points with us in terms of creativity. We also think the narrator sounds as excited for the game as she would about an enema (fake enthusiasm is fake), but that's neither here nor there.
Joystiq busts kickflips with Skate It (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Controller
Our most cruel and unmerciful bosstypes over at Joystiq managed to try out EA's upcoming Wii port, Skate It. While they commented that the game does require a bit more concentration than your usual casual romp on the Wii, overall the whole thing was fairly easy to pull off.
'Mothership' Tales game coming to Wii in 2009 (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: News
Yesterday's Namco Bandai press conference revealed media for new Tales RPGs on DS and PSP, and announced a Tales of the Abyss anime series. But outside of their 2008 lineup, series manager Makoto Yoshizumi announced that a new Tales game would be released on Wii in fiscal 2009.
Born for Wii: Beyond Good & Evil (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: Born for WiiWhen Friedrich Nietzsche wrote his famous philosophical work Beyond Good and Evil in the late 19th century, odds are he didn't think that it would be a source of inspiration for video games over a century later. Namco proved him wrong with their trilogy of Xenosaga RPGs, each of which had a subtitle referencing a Nietzsche work (such as "Jenseits von Gut und Böse").
Development in the UK is the most expensive in the world (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy) - Filed under: NewsSays industry veteran (and longtime D&D nerd) Ian Livingstone. He's speaking from the Eidos camp, and isn't happy about the UK government's approach to building a sustainable development industry.In an interiew with Develop, he stated that "The Government should address the issues of skills and costs for the UK to remain competitive.
