Earlier today during an investors briefing in Japan, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata announced Wii Party, the follow up title to Wii Sports, Wii Play and Wii Music.
An English transcript of the briefing was made available online.
“Nintendo has not launched a marquee party game since Mario Party 8, launched in summer 2007. However, since Wii is usually being played by several people at once and the global sales of Mario Party have reached 7.6 million units, a party title has great potential. [Wii Party] is one of the titles which, we hope, will play an important role for this fiscal year.”
As the name implies, this will be a party game which will allow players to use their Mii (fact of the day: Over 160 million Miis have been created throughout the world, according to Iwata) and will include “marquee” (as Nintendo called it) games such as bingo, roulette and dice, which will be playable with up to four players.
There also appears to be multiple party modes. For example, “Living Party” will consist of games that are playable with two or more players and “Pair Party” games will be available for two players only.
There was no mention of online capabilities. The title should release sometime this year.
Soccer moms, REJOICE! I kid, I kid… but you know this title will make serious bank.
Get a load of IUGO’s iPad-enhanced titles! This awesome montage features Cliffed XL, Implode XL, Zombie Attack! Second Wave XL and ESCAPE: Norm’s World XL. Get into it! Available now on the App Store.
If you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay area and are a fan of Haruhi Suzumiya then you are in for some great news. Bandai Entertainment, Crunchyroll, and Yen Press are teaming up to premiere The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya on May 21st. The premiere will take place at Viz Cinema which is in San Francisco, CA.
According to Japanator after the movie, guests will be treated to a raffle of both Manga and Novel giveaways from Yen Press, and Crunchyroll will be giving away premium memberships to their anime streaming website.
Not only that but Cristina Vee will be performing a few songs both in English and in Japanese from the various Haruhi Suzumiya series and movies for movie goers, as well as autographing posters which she will be giving away.
After the debacle of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s handling of the endless eight storyline, it is clear to see that fans of the anime are extremely die hard and willing to continue supporting the SOS Brigade.
For those that also don’t know, Endless Eight was a controversial animation choice, where a total of eight episodes of anime were produced using literally the exact same dialogue, and only minor adjustments in perspective and clothing. The storyline was the exact same, as time was being repeated continuously until a small non-consequential bit was changed. The story itself was only a small 30 pages in the manga, but spanned a total of 8 episodes. The usual running for new episodes is 13. This means that the studio producing the anime had literally wasted over half a season showing the same episode over and over again. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya however, is the most anticipated storyline of the entire series.
The more fantastical version of Dynstasy Warriors is back for its second game, and has released a few screen shots to go along with it. Those of you may remember the first iteration of the game, which was one of the first titles to actually be released on the 360, as being a bit of a let down compared to other pure hack n slash games of the time. However Konami is hoping to remedy this and from the screenshots the graphics at least have taken a nice upswing.
Not too sure what to say about this one. Overall the first game wasn’t exactly stellar but from these few screenshots it already looks like this will be a better iteration. Hopefully with the fantasy element it’ll also put a nice little touch on the gameplay.
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 is set for release in Japan on July 22nd, though the American release date has not yet been announced the title is expected to come out to the rest of the world.
Capcom have released the 3rd AND FINAL EPISODE for Lost Planet 2 “Cinematic Selects” Check it out below.
Make sure you Watch, Enter and WIN !! Just by taking part and following Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 Social Networks !!
Capcom have provided us with part 3 of their exclusive, never-before-seen “Cinematic Selects” series highlighting Lost Planet 2 gameplay. This is ultra cool and also very limited to certain sites.
Check out the 3rd and FINAL Episode below then make your way over to all three Lost Planet social community locations and enter to win great prizes !!
Look at the last weapon in this trailer … MAJOR DAMAGE !!
Well what do we have here … Monopoly is once again getting a make over !! This time around EA have a plan to bring this classic board game to fully living 3D world that evolves while your playing !!! This sounds like fun. It’ll be available on Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and will be accompanied with online multi-player and unique downloadable content for both Xbox 360 and Playstation owners.
Monopoly Streets is scheduled to launch in fall of 2010. Finally a version of Monopoly that will not end in tears, despair or with someone losing their temper and throwing the board across the room, putting and abrupt end to the evenings entertainment… Hmmmm yeah right, who am I kidding… Monopoly always ends tears 😉
Ahhhh let the good times “roll” once again … double 6 .. woo hooo … Doohhhh GO TO JAIL !! :S
… and the mighty Sam sayeth unto him, “Let there be gore, let there be enemies, let their be 16 play co-op only on the PC”. [Excerpt from the Book of Sam]
Below are is Episode One of the “House of Sam videos, which is oddly entertaining and creepy at the same time. Also included is some gameplay footage which has up to 16 player co-op. Sadly the 16 player co-op is reserved to the PC version only. Most likely the XBLA version will again only have 4 player co-op.
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown Publisher: Popcap Developer: Popcap Platforms: Xbox 360 Release Date: September 17th, 2008
Story
“Chomp your way through an underwater mystery in Feeding Frenzy® 2: Shipwreck Showdown™! Play solo or with friends to dodge predators and eat your way up the food chain to save the sea in this sequel to the popular Xbox LIVE® Arcade game Feeding Frenzy. Play wild, wacky party games, and try to stay alive in Time Attack mode! Sixty spectacular levels, brand-new fish, and underwater scenes await!” [Via Xbox.Com]
There is an intruder in the waters where you live, and it is up to you to stop it. Control different fish as you eat your way up the food chain and get to the mysterious intruder. All is not well, and there are multiple obstacles that stand in your way. Can you succeed in saving your waters?
Gameplay
The gameplay found in Feeding Frenzy 2 is extremely straight forward. Swim around the area eating small fish to get bigger, and then bigger fish to become even bigger. Once you fill up your meter you beat the level and continue to the next. With endless lives through continuations, there isn’t really any penalty for dying. The only penalty would be starting over the level if you used up all 15 lives through 2 continues. Friends and Family that have absolutely no experience with games and sit down and laugh as you play the game.
The game has multiple different fish types to eat, as well as powerups and obstacles. Each powerup helps towards beating the level, while the obstacles hinder you. Powerups include speed boosts, fish shields, and more to be discovered. Obstacles include squids that blind you, poisoned fish that reverse your controls, and mines that instantly kill you. Certain levels will also throw other hindrances in your path such as pitch black surroundings that you need to light up to see the fish.
Younger players will get much more joy out of the game, as older players will get bored after a while. The game is simply too easy. No real challenge is present, and a normal gamer can beat the entire thing in a day.
Audio & Graphics
There isn’t really anything special about the Audio. Voice actors may have helped develop the characters and the soundtrack wasn’t memorable. The graphics were nice but they are also not really special. There are only a few backdrops and about 15 fish variations.
Achievements
The Achievements in Feeding Frenzy 2 are extremely easy. They just take time. One play through should get you a majority of the achievements. The miscellaneous achievements and party achievements can all be achieved with a dud controller as second player. The most annoying achievement is to complete Time Attack. Plenty of time is given to complete it, but after completing the game once, replaying it just feels too similar and you have to regainall your powerups.
The Achievement List is:
Frenzyfest Master – 15 – Come first in a Frenzyfest Tournament
Well Fed Fish – 25 – Accumulate 5000 fish in your food bank
Fast Food – 20 – Complete Time Attack!
Life of the Party – 15 – Compete in Party Games to accumulate 1000 Party Points
Mega Frenzy – 5 – Rapidly eat fish to max out the FRENZY meter in a single player game
Well Defended – 10 – Accumulate three simultaneous fish shields
Barracuda Bully – 25 – Score a ‘Barracuda Bonus’ by biting a barracuda’s tail four times in a row
School Teacher – 20 – Eat 500 entire schools of fish, or swarms of bugs
Flippin’ Good Time – 15 – Complete a Quadruple Flip
Secret Achievements
Fish Upgrade – 10 – Awarded for your first fish upgrade in the single player story mode
Full Tank – 15 – Awarded for unlocking all Fish Upgrades in the single player story mode
The Intruder – 25 – Awarded for defeating the Intruder and completing the single player story mode
Overview
Simple gameplay makes the game fun for the whole family, and added co-op features makes Feeding Frenzy 2 fun to play together. Multiple power ups and 60 levels create a fun relaxing game that anyone can enjoy. The game can get bland and repetitive if played by yourself and in long sittings, but it is still fun. A great purchase for kids and a fun experience for everyone else, but the overly simple game is unable to hold onto the enjoyment for extended periods of time.
I give Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown
Pros
Fun for the whole family with co-op and party modes.
Easy to pick up and enjoy.
60 levels with gameplay twists and new powerups as you progress.
Let me get this straight. We get to play as a badass who takes mind numbing drugs, hits on all the hot ladies, cuts into tons of people, and the developers have reduced it all down to a bunch of minigames?
NBC Universal and Legacy Entertainment could be turning House’s badass persona into a Grey’s Anatomy love fest. Even with everything broke down into minigames House MD still looks like an interesting game that lets you solve 5 cases like House would, so it can’t be all bad.
I honestly can’t play DDR at all, let alone play other games using the pad. The video below shows Nick Hagman beating the game on the DDR pad. It took him 14 attempts and plenty of practice to complete the classic game. The video runs for 11 minutes, with certain parts sped up for to fit into youtube’s length limit.
The next game Nick plans to beat is Megaman 2, good luck man! That is all I have to say.
