Nintendo announces their Wii speak accessory and gamers yawn collectively as this news is released, seeing as this is nothing new to the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 or any gaming console. Welcome to the new millennium Nintendo, nice of you to join us, we also have cell phones now.
In case you did not know, the Wii Speak will allow for chatting now and can be purchased separately for $30 or with Animal Crossing for $70. Nintendo is also creating a new channel for users to sit and chat with each other aptly named the Wii Speak Channel. Look for this in December.
This game is just looking worse and worse! Wii Music is making a mockery of itself by making probably the stupidest things into instruments, the latest bit of stupidity is the Famicom? Since when does the Japanese Famicom constitute as an instrument? Why is the Mii holding the Famicom and blowing into it? We can only hope that this flops something fierce, but something tells me people will buy this piece of crud.
If you have ever played Wii Sports on the Wii, especially the tennis game, you will quickly find out that games can become quite heated. Looks like this guy gets more than a little hot under the collar, I feel sorry for whoever called next on that remote. The look on the Mii’s face and the girl are priceless!
In this video Major Nelson shows off the new Xbox Experience and Dashboard, warning that the camera man must have been drinking a bit because he can’t stay focused on the screen for more than 30 seconds at a time. I like Major Nelson touting the 12 million Xbox Live users as compared to Nintendo as he talks about MS not stealing from Nintendo. You can now have Avatars and preview themes, which have been confirmed can still be used. Party functionality is a nice feature, no more having to send multiple messages to get friends into a game and you can check out each others Mii’s, oops Avatars. (I kid I kid)
Lets first start by defining the Hardcore gamer if you will, this is the gamer that is uninterested in Wii Sports and Wii Fit and would rather play Gears, Metal Gear and Final Fantasy. The hardcore gamer keeps diligent track of what titles are being released and is very informed on all aspects of video games, so they do not need assistance at Best Buy to choose their games or consoles, unless they are locked behind a gate of some kind.
So with the announcement of a new Fall Dashboard update that will provide some changes to the current blade system on the Xbox 360 also came the news of brand new Avatars becoming available. Avatars are super cute mini versions of people that will be used to depict your online self to other gamers and even be used in certain games to identify you.
MLB Power Pros 2008 is the follow up to last years MLB Power Pros from 2K Sports and we had a chance to put a lot of time into the game. Do not let the fact that these super cute versions of ball players do not have noses or mouths fool you into thinking that this is a dumb down baseball game, in fact quite the opposite in some respects it can be too complicated.
Power Pros is a huge franchise in Japan and over the last few years it has slowly made it’s way to the North American market. The bobble head style characters in conjunction with the cartoon style graphics make it very easy for any age gamer to become interested in this game, but the intricate nature of the game makes it a huge challenge to master. Read More »
Loot Ninja recently had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming 2K Sports title, MLB Power Pros 2008 with Robert Nelson the Producer of the game.
Power Pros is developed by 2K Sports and released on PS2 and Wii for the second year in a row in North America, but for the first time on Nintendo DS. MLB Power Pros uses MLB licenses for all stadiums and players and is a huge success in Japan.
Rob Nelson calls it “Blend of sim baseball, but has a look and design acceptable to new players.” Power Pros 2008 tries hard to be mixed for casual and hardcore gamers so that no one is left out. Read More »
I can sum up the Nintendo press conference in one word… BORING! Nothing was said that was even remotely close to interesting.
The conference opens up with Shaun White and his new snow boarding game, which is confirmed will use the balance board. Then Satoru Iwata babbles on and on about a paradigm shift in gaming and never makes it to a valid point. Iwata’s babble went on for about 10 minutes, which seemed like forever.
Nintendo gives E3 a new acronym: E3 is Engaged, Enriched and Enthused. Ok if you say so? Read More »
FIFA is a very popular title worldwide much like soccer/futbol is, here in the United States it isn’t as mainstream, but the video games do well. EA recently announced FIFA 09 and what would be crammed into it and it sounds very impressive.
One thing that I am curious about is the fact that each FIFA game is unique? There are different game modes in each specific console version, so although FIFA 09 is multi-platform it will provide different experiences. The Wii version is scheduled to get a game mode where you can use your Miis.
The PS3 is also getting a unique game mode as well as the Xbox 360, but these haven’t been named just yet. I would imagine that these two systems will have something to do with the cameras and face mapping or perhaps for the the PS3 maybe HOME integration?
Here is the official press release:
EA SPORTS Delivers Platform Specific Experience for FIFA Soccer 09
PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 Feature More Than 250 Core Gameplay Enhancements That Deliver Most Responsive, Intelligent and Realistic Action Ever
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today revealed it has created platform specific experiences for its best-selling* FIFA Soccer 09 franchise from EA SPORTS™. FIFA Soccer 09 has been designed and customized to deliver a unique gameplay experience that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform — the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, Wii™ home video game system, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and mobile — when it is released worldwide this autumn. Read More »
If you’re Wii is blinking blue, fire it up to find an update to the Check Mii Out Channel. Here’s what’s new:
In the Posting Plaza, you can now easily find all the Miis you’ve posted
When viewing a Mii Artisan’s profile, you can now select to see all Miis posted by that Artisan
If you cancel out of judging a contest a return later, any Miis you’ve selected previously for the contest will be retained
Parental Controls are now supported in the channel. If a user chooses to block “exchange of user generated content” from the Parental Controls menu in Wii Settings, users will be prompted to enter the Parental Controls PIN in order to enter the channel
When viewing Miis in the Posting Plaza under the “Popular” category, you can now view 500 of the most popular Miis over the past two weeks instead of 50
When using the Mii search feature, the Miss Entry Number is retained on the Entry Number screen. If the Mii you’re searching for is not fond, re-entry of the number is no necessary, making i easier to modify your search.
A bunch of streamlined features is always good. Keep in mind this is a required update if you want to use the Check Mii Out Channel. You have to download the update from the Wii Shop Channel. Don’t worry, all of your favorites will remain in-tact after the update.
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