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For any of you that were looking forward to picking up the Guitar Hero World Tour ‘Super’ bundle, you’re in for a delay. Not a big delay mind you, but a delay just the same. The big bundle has been pushed to November 26th, so you’ll have to wait an extra 5 days.
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Us Wii owners can’t handle those fancy NASCAR vehicles, but we sure do know how to drive a kart! Thanks to TheGame for the heads up!
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Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Imports
To promote the release of
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes,
Capcom is offering an exclusive
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom 2009 calendar to retailers. The calendar will feature original artwork on each two-month page, as well as a Shinkiro cover that varies by store. The limited-edition calendars will be handed out with purchased copies of the game starting on the December 11 release date.
The Bic Camera/Sofmap version of the calendar features a group portrait, the Geo version features Ryu and Ken the Eagle, and the Imagine version's cover features Jun the Swan and Morrigan. And the exclusive "JC" edition features these preview images printed out and stapled together with some calendar pages from Word.
Gallery: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
[Via
Famitsu]
Tatsunoko vs. Calendar: Store Promotion of Heroes originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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- rotate barrel with dpad
- slide sword in
- whoever makes the pirate (or your Mii) pop out, loses
More screens here
Next week’s Japanese WiiWare releases…
- Pop-up Pirate
- Pokers Wii
- Simple Series Vol. 2 The Number Puzzle
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“It was something I wanted. Brett Favre was the best example. The intensity for Favre on the [non-Wii ‘Madden 09′] cover — for me, it didn’t feel right for the experience I knew we were developing on Wii. So I said to the team everybody should smile on the Wii package. It embodies the experience. If you played ‘Madden’ on the Wii and you’re playing with guys with the heads the size of five watermelons, it’s hard not to smile. We wanted to be able to deliver that experience on the packaging.” - Peter Moore, EA
Smiling is a nice thing…I do it a lot. Hearing that EA is forcing smiles is just a bit…creepy!
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Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News
Yes, we posted about this
before, but as the giant boulder that is the holiday season ominously thunders towards us, we may as well say it again:
GameStop will probably have some major Wii shortages in the near future.
Chief financial officer David Carlson admitted in a conference call that the hardware "may be well out of stock by the holiday season," echoing another executive's
recent claim that the 'Stop's inventory would be empty by the first week of December. He added that both
Wii Fit and
Guitar Hero: World Tour were "in very, very short supply" and "out of stock in many cases" respectively.
Obviously, plenty of other places sell Wiis, but if a major name like GameStop is running out of the things, you can bet they won't be alone. Unless you want to end up like Johnny and Orlando up there, get your skates on.
Gallery: Can't find Wii Fit? Try these alternatives!
GameStop repeats itself: Wii shortages likely originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: News
It's not so hard to believe, really. People have been doing it for many years now, since the Tickle Me Elmo dolls became so popular, really. Folks did it the last two years with the Wii and now, with the news that
Guitar Hero: World Tour's full band kit bundle could be kind of scarce during the holidays, folks are taking advantage yet again.
"In order to assess continued demand for the title, we conducted proprietary channel checks both at major online retailers and at bricks-and-mortar retail locations across the country," said analysts at Cowen and Company, adding: "resellers on Amazon.com are pricing the band kit at close to USD 300, well above the USD 189 list price." Wow, that's quite the significant increase. While not as severe as it is on Amazon, eBay users are also
selling the full band kit at higher prices than it should.
Remember, holiday shoppers: get out there early and get out there often. If you're trying to track down one of the full band kits for
Guitar Hero: World Tour, then we'd suggest you get on a first name basis with the store managers in your area.
Gallery: Guitar Hero World Tour
Resellers taking advantage of World Tour shortages originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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WiiNintendo
Two days ago, we celebrated the two year anniversary of Wii and today we can celebrate the four year anniversary for the Nintendo DS, also known as the DS Phat to many. I have one of them and got mine two months after launch. I’ve had a great time with mine and still play it all the time. It’s hard to believe it’s already been four years. That’s quite a bit of time. Well, congrats Nintendo DS and I look forward to getting my hands on the newest version of the DS come next year.
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Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Filed under: News, Sales
The research bods at
EEDAR have got their abacuses out and calculated that Wii games are more prone to "price protection" than titles on rival machines.
What's price protection? Price protection occurs when a publisher of a game that isn't selling offers its game to retailers for a lower price, allowing stores to get rid of excess stock quickly. If this happens too soon (EEDAR defines "too soon" as "when a title's third month average selling price has decreased by 20% or more from its original average selling price"), it is known as "early price protection."
Anyway, EEDAR found that 15.1% of all Wii software goes through this process, compared to 7.5% on Xbox 360 and 9.09% on PS3. What does this disparity say about Wii software? EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich thinks it backs up the theory that third-parties struggle on the Wii because they and retailers have "overly aggressive expectations" for Wii games, and that it proves "quality is one of the most impactful features for a video game."
Or, in a nutshell, Wii has
waaaay too much half-assed shovelware.
To add some much-needed silliness to this post about
serious business, here's a joke we heard yesterday: there were two cats, one called One-two-three and one called Un-deux-trois. One day they decided to have a race across the English Channel. Which cat won? One-two-three, because the Un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq.
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We're here all week!
Wii games drop in price faster than competition originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: News, WiiWare
Four new WiiWare titles came down the tubes in Europe and Australia today, and the selection couldn't be more diverse. Art Style: Cubello and Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands you'll already know about, but CueSports and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam are more mysterious beasts. The former looks promising, the latter, er, not
particularly great, according to the few reviews that are about.
Art Style: Cubello -- WiiWare -- 600 Wii Points
CueSports -- Snooker vs. Billiards -- WiiWare -- 800 Wii Points
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points
Footage of all these is past! The! Break!
Gallery: Strong Bad Episode 3
Art Style: Cubello (WiiWare)
CueSports -- Snooker vs. Billiards (WiiWare)
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands (WiiWare)
Note: We couldn't find any embeddable footage of Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam, so you'll have to go to
this outside link, like people did in the olden days. At one point, we typed developer Virtual Toys' name into YouTube and it took us to a bad place.
VC Friday: Strong Bad, Cubello, cooking, billiards originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: News, WiiWare
Fans of
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King and the of the idea of quicker, leaner, Square Enix games (the kind that
don't get delayed for two years) may be happy to learn this:
Square Enix's
new California studio is focusing for now on original downloadable games.
"All formats - Xbox Live, WiiWare, PlayStation Network - are all viable formats for us," Square Enix US president John Yamamoto specified. As the team -- currently comprising three people -- grows, the focus will expand to middleware and to a wider variety of original games on all formats. The middleware research, as well as the connections with Western studios, should ensure that future Square Enix titles can be developed in a timely manner. For now, at least, we can hope for a second WiiWare game!
New Square Enix studio means more WiiWare originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Quarter ending November 1st, 2008…
- Madden NFL 09
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Fable II
- Wii Fit
- Guitar Hero World Tour
I wonder if Guitar Hero will stay a best seller for the next quarter…
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Filed under: News, Virtual Console, Nintendo Wi-Fi, WiiWare
Those online
Tetris Party tournaments won't just enhance your fearsome
internet reputation -- they'll also offer
Wii Points as prizes, a pretty awesome way of keeping player interest high. The first tournament kicks off December 1st, and contains four rounds, each featuring one of
Tetris Party's eighteen
variations. After you complete a round, the game will give you a rank and confirmation code, which you can register at the
official Tetris Party tournament site. Perform strongly over all four rounds, and you could win!
Five hundred prizes are up for grabs (though how many points will be given away isn't known), and we're fairly sure this is a global contest -- there's no mention of regional restrictions in the press release. Skip past the break for start dates, end dates, and other details of the first tournament, then get practicing!
Gallery: Tetris Party
Tetris Party -- Tournament #1 details
Round One: Play Marathon mode (Endless option OFF), obtain highest score possible.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 1, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 15, 2008
Round Two: Play Field Climber mode, try to get climber to goal in the shortest amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 16, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 31, 2008
Round Three: Play Shadow mode (Stage 7 -- Bomberman), solve the puzzle in shortest total time and with 100% completion.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 1, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 15, 2009
Round Four: Play Stage Racer mode (Route T -- Beginner), cross finish line in the least amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 16, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 31, 2009
Round Five that we might have made up: Mentally attune yourself to the fact that you're competing with us now, a.k.a, the BEST TETRIS PLAYERS ON THE PLANET EVER.
Starts: Now
Ends: For many, never
Wii Points up for grabs in Tetris Party tournaments originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A portion of a VG-Reloaded review…
FaceBreaker K.O. Party is a poor excuse for a fighting game. It has one basic mode with 2 multiplayer modes that only support upto one more Wii Remote. The lack of online also is a significant drawback and the controls leave very much to be desired. Avoid.
Full review here
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A portion of a UGO review…
…Sonic Unleashed‘s another brick in the increasingly esoteric Sonic catalogue that would be best marketed by a sticker that reads: “For Completionists Only.” The gameplay’s stronger than the previous next-gen Sonic game, Sonic the Hedgehog (no human on hedgehog action, thank goodness), but fails to innovate like the blue blur’s former arch-rival, Mario, or even meet the platforming standards set by the DS’s Sonic Rush Adventures.
Full review here
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It seems to be that kind of day…a sales kind of day. Everyone is in the mood to talk about how much title X sold on platform Y, and so on. That’s why we present you with this list of Wii games. These games in particular are original I.P.s that kicked off on the Wii. Just how did these brand-new titles and ideas sell on the Wii? Do these trends point towards a disturbing future for the Wii, or are they positive results for wagglers everywhere?
Article here (thanks Achhibbar!)
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A portion of a CrispyGamer review…
What’s Hot: Cool new online features; The city hub is a nice addition to the basic game.
What’s Not: Not a lot of change between this and the three-year-old DS version; Transferring characters from the DS feels useless.
Full review here
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It’s an amazing time to be alive! After two years of the Wii being on the market, we can finally walk into a store and grab a Wii. GameStop has them, Target has them…Walmart has them too! Finally, and end to that ridiculous drought! Or is it…?
Nintendo ramped up stock for the holiday season. They wanted to sell as many Wii units as they could. The thing is, when the holiday season is over, the mad Wii supply rush will end too. According to GameStop, they are hoping to have enough to last through the end of the holiday season. After that, it’s back to hunting down a Wii. Keep your fingers crossed…maybe this surplus will help ease us away from a Spring/Summer drought.
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WiiWare
- Yummy Yummy Coking Jam (1000 Wii points)
- Strongbad Episode 3 (1000 Wii points)
- CueSports Snooker vs Billiards (800 Wii points)
- Art Style: Cubello (600 Wii points)
Thanks to Stephan for the heads up!
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