Saturday, May 31, 2008

June is First-party free?

For US and Australia that is.
Apparently Nintendo have announced that there will be no first party releases in June (except for Brawl here).

According to thewire, and NOA spokesperson said, "Nintendo does not, in fact, have any first-party games releasing in June. We continue to enjoy strong third-party support for both Wii and Nintendo DS. In June alone, titles such as "Guitar Hero" for the DS and "Lego Indiana Jones," "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" are all scheduled to come out for Wii".

My Birthday

Today is my Birthday! And to celebrate I'll be getting some more Wii points and I'll get Super Mario Bros on the virtual console.
(oh yeah and that's not my cake up there!)

Friday, May 30, 2008

The Month that was (May)

Another big month for Wonderful Nintendo!

(ps- My birthday tomorrow!)

No storage for you!


Unfortunately, the Wii isn't a powerhouse. We can handle it when it comes to graphics, but what about storage?

Nintendo have announced they have 100 Wii Ware titles lined up, but how will all of them fit on your Wii?
There aren't many options. You could put some channels or VC games on an SD card when your not using them, or you could delete them and download them again (free of charge) when you want them.

Nintendo definitely need to solve this problem.

New Wario Land game in the Making???


A new Wario Land game rumor has been floating around, but now we know it's real. the game is titled Wario Land Shake!
Heck! We even have a release date!
7/24/2008 in Japan.

It's a fully 2D Wario game that will include shake controls!
According to the NeoGAFfers, there will also be 20 stages (taking in jungle, ruins, desert, and ocean locations), vehicles such as rockets and submarines, but no multiplayer. As for the Shake in the title, that refers to a whole range of actions that can be performed with the Wiimote -- by shaking your controller, you'll be able to uncover hidden locations, shake enemies (who then dispense coins), and much more.
(source: Nintendo Wii Fanboy)

Want more? You got more!~

(if you can read Japanese please notify me- wonderfulnintendo@live.com.au )

Rabbids TV Party



Another new Rabbids game is in the making titled: Rabbids TV Party.
This one uses the Wii Balance board for it's minigames, and from the trailer above, I reckon it looks pretty cool.
the minigames seem to be based on TV Shows, and the first minigame shown has you controlling it with your but!(just watch, you'll get it)
Having completely dropped 'Rayman' From the title, is this going to become it's own series and let the Rayman series just die off?

Nintendo Channel Review

Today the Nintendo Channel launched in Australia, and I thought: "Hey lets review this"!

Over the next few weeks I will be reviewing as many Wii Channels as possible, but only the ones that require WI-FI. These reviews are basically just to show people if the channels are worth the space or Wii Points.

Name: Nintendo Channel
Cost: Zilch
Handiness: 8/10
The Nintendo Channel has received a bit of mehs and whatevers from some people because of it's lack of content, but just like a spring flower: It can grow!

The first time you open the channel you will see a video showing off the latest game trailers, gameplay videos and interviews. This is great to keep you up to date on everything that's been going on.
My favorite thing about th channel is the videos. But when you watch for the first time they can take a little while to load.

Past the videos you can go to the find titles for you section. This is where you can search for any game you want by category or name. Once you find what your looking for it gives you a (very) brief summary of the game and other information. From that page you can also see what videos of the game have been made, and if it's a virtual console or Wii Ware title, you can download it at the press of a button!

Next up is the feedback section. The Wii knows if you've played a game more than an hour and brings up a list of those games.
You can give your feedback on those games. The feedback requires information such as gender, age, if it's for casual or hardcore, if it's better to play alone or with friends. And then you can give a rating.

So when you search by category you can search by the rating.

Lats but not least is the DS Demo Download service. This simply allows you to pick a demo off the channel, have it search for your DS, Do Download play on your DS, and then you get a free Demo!!!
This is great in my opinion, but there are only four games at the moment and they're all pretty old.
So overall I think this is the best channel by far. Sure it needs work, but if you check back each week and stay connected, your sure to get a surprise!