Harvest Moon: Animal Parade

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade

If you love Harvest Moon and own a Wii, then here is a game for you. The developer Natsume announced today that Harvest Moon: Animal Parade has gone gold and will available for purchase on Nov. 10th at a price of $49.99. They are offering a Limited Edition Plush Duck when you pre-order.

Here’s the storyline, as usual there’s trouble in a village called Harmonica Town! Crops aren’t growing, the wind isn’t blowing, and the five elemental bells are missing. Only the power of the Harvest King can revive the land, but he’s nowhere to be found. It’s up to the player to find the five bells, awaken the Harvest King, and save the town! There are lots of other activities including fishing, mining, growing crops, and caring for wild and exotic animals such as penguins, pandas, and monkeys. Even a Circus visits the town offering new quests and animals. Sounds like this one might be different enough to be interesting.

Dance Potato, Dance!

Family Game Night 2

Family Game Night 2

Mr. Potato Head is back and he’s ready to boogie. Hasbro Family Game Night 2 is coming for the Nintendo Wii this month. New games like Operation, Jenga, Boppit, Pictureka and Connect 4×4. Check out the video EA released and watch the potato man dance. It might not sell games but it’s kind of cute to watch.

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Nerf N-Strike Elite Trailer

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EA sent out a  short new trailer for the Nerf N-Strike Elite for the Wii.  This game was previewed on Loot-Ninja last month. If you missed the article you can read it here. Due to hit stores on Oct. 27th, 2009.

A walk in Africa with Sim Animals

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Get a sneak peek at the SimAnimals Africa storyline.  The producers and designers of the game give a brief commentary and overview of what to expect in the game. Now you can see the nice graphics and game play that I talked about a few weeks ago when I did my preview of the game. You might want to add this game to your list for the kids.

Review: Dead Space: Extraction

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When House of the Dead: Overkill was released for the Nintendo Wii, older gamers rejoiced, finally seeing some more mature titles on the mostly kid-friendly console.  However, it almost seemed too forced with the characters swearing and cursing to the point where you wanted to slap them in their face to shut up.  Although a good game, the game just didn’t satisfy my adult, light-gun craving.  It was, well, Overkill.  EA and Visceral Games is hoping to up the ante a bit with their release of Dead Space: Extraction, the prequel to the graphically intense, 3rd person shooter Dead Space, released last year on both the 360 and PS3.  Did they hit the mark in keeping the creepy, mature theme of the original, or is this just another sorry attempt at an adult game on a system targeted for kids?  Read on and we shall see!

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Swing Lightsabers and Shoot Blasters on the Wii

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One of the biggest nerd fantasies after the announcement of motion controls on the Wii was swinging around a Lightsaber like you’re a digital Jedi. Some companies have tried, but none of really hit it out of the park. It looks like Bensussen Deutsch & Associates is ready to fulfill all your Star Wars dreams. You’ll be able to fight the good fight with Lightsaber and Clone Trooper Blaster attachments for your Wii Remote.

You’ll be able to snag the Clone Trooper Blaster for $24.99 and the Light-Up Lightsaber for $19.99.  A Dual Pack, which includes both Anakin’s and Yoda’s Lightsabers is also available for $34.99, if that tickles your pickle.

If I touched my Wii more than once or twice a month, I’d look into picking these up. They look good quality and should be fun for big Star Wars fans who might use the Wii. Take a gander at the Clone Trooper Blaster after the jump.

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Epic Mickey…Is this the new Roofies?

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Everyone knows what a Mickey is. It’s something you slip into someones drink, and it knocks them out.  This latest offering from Disney could be a knockout too. That secret Mickey Mouse project has finally been confirmed in the form of a video game promising gamers “Mickey as you’ve never seen him”. More info, and extended cover art after the jump.

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Wii update 4.2 is up and running…

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For those of you out there in Wii-land, update 4.2 is live, and ready to mess up all your illegal stuff that you have saved on your Wii.

Wii System Update 4.2 is a “behind the scenes” update, doesn’t offer any new features, and really only tweaks your system performance, and unimportant things like that. However, it also demolishes all unauthorized save data, softmods, and requisite installs as well. So those of you that are all about hacking stuff, it’ll be awhile before the community creates a workaround…

Hope you don’t have important stuff on there, like your taxes, or porn stash…wait…………wut?

Wii Price Drop Official – $199 Starting Sunday

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Nintendo confirmed what everyone already knew: the Wii will getting a $50 price drop this Sunday. I’m sure it’s going to sell even more than usual at $199.

The price drop party has been in full effect. First it was the PS3, then the Xbox 360, now the Wii. I wonder if the handhelds will get in on the fun? The PSP Go hasn’t launched yet, but it could definitely use a price drop. Maybe Nintendo would shave a couple bones off the DSi too.

Have you been desperately waiting for this price drop to pick up a Wii? Do you see enough value in the console to get one for $199?

Preview: Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena

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An explosion in the galaxy!! Meteors red and blue suddenly come crashing down to a beautiful alien planet.  (sound familiar?) The meteor cracks open and out crawls an evil red creature named Zarkhator.  The adventure begins and Spore Hero is born.

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