Wiiva la Revolution!! {News Topic}

[Daredevil]

Are Nintendo Abusing Mario?

A gamer seems concerned that Nintendo are on the verge of abusing Mario, bringing out too many titles and using him as an anchor for success. They offer a few solutions including giving Mario a break all together but hope they just focus on the genre he belongs in - platforming.

 

kalio arga para pote....

[ntouzieras]

innovation!!!!

deite na gelasete

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKjueOSdPiM

 

na donouse kiolas....xexe!!

[rebellion]

News: ID Games Coming To Wii Afterall?

 

Have id software had a sudden change in heart regarding their attitudes to the Wii?

 

When people utter the words id software, the images that come to mind are "gory" or "superultrarealism" (ok, maybe not that one), so it was no surprise for them to more or less neglect the Wii when news that the system was underpowered compared to its rivals emerged.

 

However, id seem to have had a sudden change of heart, and say that they are currently looking at ways to bring games to the Wii.

 

"We've looked at what would make sense, some of our older technology, to get up and going on the Wii, because people have expressed interest in licensing tech from us that would be for Wii games, so we're still figuring out how we can do that," Nix, id's director of business development explained.

 

"We have a bunch of brands and maybe we'll look at partnering with somebody with some of our older technology that really would push the limits of the Wii and look at our brands and which are appropriate".

 

So, the likes of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein may see the light of day on Wii after all. We'll bring you more on this as it breaks.

 

News: Wii Sales Rising Down Under

 

Read the latest Wii sales figures from Australia inside...

 

With a total of 68,000 units sold so far since the console's release late last year, the PS2 has been knocked off of the top console spot in the hardware charts for the first time in years.

 

With 68,000 units sold already, the Wii is already looking to eclipse the total number of GameCube units sold in Australia (a pathetic 70,000, compared to the PS2's 2 million).

 

http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=10147

[Freakster]

Mα το πρωι διαβαζα οτι, οι της id ειναι απογοητευμενοι λεει απο το wii, or something, τι στο καλο;

[rebellion]

Wii owners vote on next American Idol

 

The Everybody Votes channel has been steadily receiving new polls for us to cast our votes on. One of the most recent polls was concerning American Idol. The poll asked if we thought the winner would be a guy or a girl. Now that the votes are in, we can see that 64.9 percent of U.S. voters say that the winner will be a girl, while 35.1 percent voted for a guy. Overall, there was a higher percentage of both women and men that voted for “girl” as their choice.

 

Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! Wii screens

 

 

http://www.mmv.co.jp/

 

Official Super Paper Mario boxart

 

 

http://66.249.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://jeux-france.com/blog145558_Thib50&prev=/language_tools

 

Emergency Mayhem preview

 

http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=159351

 

Nintendo continues Touch-Gen branding on Wii

 

 

http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/03/06/nintendo-using-touch-generations-branding-on-the-wii-too/#more-3425

 

UK Wiis "Like Gold Dust"

 

http://wii.ign.com/articles/770/770565p1.html

 

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition New Trailer

 

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/842/842201/vids_1.html

[p3tran]

GDC 2007: "The Wii is a Piece of Sh*t!"

One of Spore's developers rants about Nintendo's "two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape."

by Daemon Hatfield

 

March 7, 2007 - During a session at GDC this morning titled 'Burning Mad - Game Publishers Rant,' time was taken about half way through to allow developers a chance to spew their own rants. One speaker, Chris Hecker, currently working on Spore at Maxis, took the opportunity to call out Nintendo for not taken games seriously.

 

"The Wii is a piece of shit!" Hecker began his talk, which was called "Fear of a Wii Planet." He blasted a few bars of Public Enemy to set the tone. Hecker said the Wii is nothing more than two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape, and that the console isn't powerful enough to provide the next-gen experience he has been waiting for.

 

Although he stated the system is "severely underpowered," Hecker noted that he wasn't simply referring to the Wii's graphical capabilities. He wants to spend a console's CPU making games more intelligent, and he has found the Wii doesn't have the power to process things like complicated AI.

 

Hecker also took Nintendo to task for not taking games seriously enough. "It's not clear to me that Nintendo gives a shit about games as an art form," he said. To illustrate his point, he searched for references to games as art on all three console manufacturers web sites. While he found numerous such references on both the official PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sites, Wii.com had none at all. He then shared quotes from executives at Sony and Microsoft talking about games as a serious artistic medium, and then a quote from a Nintendo executive saying the company only wanted to make "fun" games.

 

Hecker ended his spirited rant with two demands for Nintendo: First, recognize and push games as serious art. And two, "make a console that doesn't suck ass."

 

http://wii.ign.com/articles/771/771051p1.html

 

ενας απο αυτους που φτιαχνουν το spore, o hecker, εκανε ολοκληρη ομιλια που το θεμα της ητανε να ...βριζει την nintendo για το wii..

 

λεει οτι ειναι σαν δυο gamecube κολλημενα με μονωτικη (καραLOL),

και οτι εκτος απο το οτι ειναι ανικανο για γραφικα, ειναι ανικανο και για σοβαρη A.I. (προσπαθησε να τρεξει ρουτινες για προχωρημενη A.I. και πηρε τα nunchako μου )

 

κατηγορει την nintendo οτι δεν υπολογιζει τα games ως τεχνη σε κανενα επιπεδο (προφανως εκτος απο το οικονομικο), και λεει ξερα οτι το wii ειναι "a piece of shit".

 

εντυπωσιακες δηλωσεις. ισως να τον τσιμπησε τιποτα

[Koutsoniv]

Τα παραπανω ειπωθηκαν κατα τη διαρκεια ενος rant session.

Δηλαδη εκει που ο καθενας κανει τα παραπονα του και βγαζει τα απωθημενα του και οχι σε μια πιο επισημη ομιλια

 

Δες τι ελεγε περσι για χβοχ360 και Ρs3.Οτι εδιναν βαρος μονο στον τεχνικο τομεα,κανουν δυσκολη τη ζωη των developers με multi-core monsters και παραμελουν το smart game design

 

Δεν νομιζω οτι με τα λογια του μπορει καποιος να τον παρει στα σοβαρα

[Daredevil]

Δες τι ελεγε περσι για χβοχ360 και Ρs3.Οτι εδιναν βαρος μονο στον τεχνικο τομεα,κανουν δυσκολη τη ζωη των developers με multi-core monsters και παραμελουν το smart game design

e pou eipe psemata?

[tacuma]

Ρε παιδια βγαινω λιγο off-topic αλλα θελω να πω κατι,

εχω και γω wii απο τα Χριστουγεννα,εχω κλασικα το zelda και το wii-sports εχω να το παιξω πανω 1μιση μηνα,

θελω να αγορασω παιχνιδι αλλα δεν υπαρχει τπτ καινουριο,ποτε θαρθουν στην Ελλαδα οι καινουριοι τιτλοι?ελεος πια

[SeXBOX]

file ase thn ellada h nortec einai gia ton loutso... piase kalitera http://www.play.com

[SeXBOX]

A kai kati alo ektos apo to oti exei MEGALH lista apo wii games ta exei kai pio fthna 45 - 55 euro kai to delivery gia ellada einai dwrean ti allo thes?

 

The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy

 

 

our price: EUR 38.99 Delivered

 

availability: Due for release on 16/03/2007

 

 

 

Auth h timi ta leei ola.....!!!

[Koutsoniv]

e pou eipe psemata?

 

Δεν ειπα οτι λεει ψεμματα.

Απλα με αυτα που λεει δεν φαινεται πως αυτοαναιρειται?

[Daredevil]

oxi dioti to ena exeina kanei me dyskolo developing process pou sou dinei dynatothtes (to opoio fysika dior8wnete me kanouria revisions,midlewares klp klp) kai to allo me kati pou den sou dinei aytes tis dynatothtes logo periorismou harware.

[panther_512]

Συμφωνώ απόλυτα με τον Dare, αλλά η τρομερή επεξεργαστική ισχύς χρειάζεται μόνο σε συγκεκριμένου τύπου παιχνίδια και κυρίως στα φωτορεαλιστικά παιχνίδια.

 

Υπάρχουν τόσα άλλα είδη παιχνιδιών όπου το Wii μπορεί να διαπρέψει και τα οποία δεν χρειάζονται τεράστια επεξεργαστική ισχύ, παιχνίδια τα οποία τώρα χάνονται στην αφάνεια, επειδή έχουμε μπεί στο τριπάκι των γραφικών και της εξελιγμένης τεχνολογίας.

 

Δεν γίνομαι ρομαντικός, απλώς υπάρχουν αρκετά genres που αρχίζουν να εξαφανίζονται από το χάρτη και τα οποία δεν αξίζουν τέτοιας μοίρας.

[rebellion]

Atari PAL release date schedule

 

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/ataripal_01.jpg

 

Prince of Persia: Rival Swords site

 

http://princeofpersiagame.uk.ubi.com/rivalswords/

 

Nintendo picks up a pair of awards

 

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/03/08/gdc-07-twilight-princess-wii-sports-take-awards/

 

More Manhunt 2 info

 

• Bag, glass shard, ʽheavy handgunʼ, nightstick and double barrel shotgun return. One bag execution has Daniel standing behind an orderly punching him in the face while the orderly is on his knees. There is also what appears to be a smaller hammer in one image, although I canʼt confirm that.

 

• Biro, sledge hammer and spiked bat join the party.

 

• There is a brother level named ʽthe Honey Potʼ, a woman named Judy is here – the brother is a ʽfrontʼ for recruiting for ʽThe Projectʼ.

 

• Environmental kills are noted by white x on the h.u.d. The radar returns.

 

• There are telephone and toilet environmental executions.

 

• There is now a weapons inventory which now pauses game. No idea if this means you can carry more than 1 item from each grouping.

 

• Free aim shooting – the magazine notes shooting as being easier due to free aim shooting, but this was also present in the original game. It is presumably enhanced.

 

• Rockstar North is doing the audio for the game, which means the return of Craig Conner and Allan Walker.

 

• Hinted at that the USB headset will return - Just my assumption, not confirmed!

 

• Level design and (most) game mechanics are very similar to the first game. No free roaming (GTA).

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145470

 

GDC 2007: Playing Super Paper Mario

 

http://wii.ign.com/articles/771/771359p1.html

 

Big Brain Academy preview

 

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/03/gdc_i_totally_r.html

 

(IMPORTANT - tons of screens) Nintendoʼs GDC press release pics

 

Big Brain Academy Wii

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/puzzle/gentlebrainexercises/screenindex.html

 

Super Paper Mario

 

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/rpg/superpapermario/screenindex.html

 

Mario Strikers Charged

 

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/mariostrikerscharged/screenindex.html

 

Nintendo software GDC info

Wii™

Big Brain Academy

• 15 new activities challenge brains in five categories: memory, analysis, number crunching, visual recognition and quick thinking.

• Activities are designed around the Wii Remote™, so players can have fun learning with one Wii Remote, or two for group competitions.

• Players can exchange training data wirelessly with other players and compete against their save data.

Launch Date: June 11, 2007

ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

Game Type: Mental Training

Players: 1-8

Mario Strikers Charged

• Battle on the most unpredictable and hazard-filled pitches in the universe. New captain super abilities, sidekick skill-shots and charging the ball add a new level of depth to an already crazy soccer battle.

• Compete against friends and other strikers in online matches over Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection.

• Flick the Wii Remote to slam foes into the walls. Playing as the goalie, point the Wii Remote at the screen to manually defend against Mega Strike kicks.

Launch Date: Summer 2007

ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

Game Type: Sports

Players: 1-4

Super Paper Mario™

Launch Date: April 9, 2007

ESRB: E (Everyone) –

Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon

Violence

Game Type: 2-D/3-D Side-

Scrolling Action Platformer with

RPG Elements

Players: 1

• What at first glance appears to be a 2-D side-scroller ripped straight from the stylized pages of the Paper Mario™universe soon turns into a hilarious dimension-shifting platformer possible only on Wii.

• Players run through vibrant 2-D worlds, stomping on enemies and breaking blocks … then, with the press of a button, they flip into 3-D.

• Players can shake the Wii Remote to pull off stylish moves.

– more –

Nintendo Software on Display

Page 2

Pokémon® Battle Revolution

Launch Date: June 25, 2007

• This is the first Pokémon title in the hugely popular series made for Wii, and the first Wii game to feature Wi-Fi competition.

• This is also the first game to link Nintendo DS™and Wii. When linked, players can use their DS units as controllers or import characters from Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl.

• Players can battle in full 3-D using the Pokémon they raised in Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl.

ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

Game Type: Battle

Players: 1-4

 

Japanese software sales - Feb 25 - Mar 4

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145468