hi all and welcome to a new wiikly news report! ^^ this week we have quite a nice amount of news, followed by the review of tatsunoko vs capcom written by yours truly! I hope you'll enjoy this report :3 so let's start! ^.^
VC RELEASES OF THIS WEEK:
USA
-Alex Kidd in Shinobi world (SMS)
EU
-Final Fight 3 (SNES)
WIIWARE RELEASES OF THIS WEEK:
USA
-Tales of Monkey island: Chapter 5 (point and click adventure)
-Tumblebugs 2 (puzzle game)
-5 in 1 solitaire (card game)
EU
-Excitebike: world challenge (racing game)
-“aha! I got it!” hidden object game
GAME RELEASES OF THE NEXT WEEK:
USA
9th of February:
-Shiren the wanderer
-Monkey ball Step & Roll
EU
12th of February:
-Monkey ball Step & Roll
USA
EU
NEWS OF THE WEEK
New screens for Lost in Shadow have been released (2d platform):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32100/
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A new video for Monster Hunter 3 has been released (action/RPG):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l3f3csA ... r_embedded
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A new trailer for Trauma Center has been released (surgery simulator):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32166/
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a few new infos have been revealed on Metroid: Other M (action game):
“This project between three companies, which we call Project M, is progressing extremely well. This Metroid is being developed with the aim of the ideal form of the old Metroid. It’s a game that can be realized because of the Wii. However, different from the rest of the series, this time we’re strongly depicting the human side of Samus through such things as movies. She’s a strong woman, but she also has a fragile side. We want to make a game whose charms can be felt from the story areas and these human touches as well. It’s an action game, but it’s capable of having a clear emotional side. A lot of people are playing it, so we’re planning a lot of things. We haven’t clearly finalized a followup or anything, but we’d like to do some new things.”
- Since it’s a big project, there have been a few issues, but the development team has ironed them out together
- Team Ninja moving the “2D jump action game” into “3D action.”
- Sakamoto thinks the quality of the game will please fans
- Sakamoto intends to release the game this year
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New screens for Tournament of Legends have been released (fighting game). A little note: This was the game called Gladiator A.D. announced at the last E3. Looks like it went trough a revamp!
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32201/
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Sonic the hedgehog 4 has been announced for wiiware! well...what can I say ? yayness!! X3 here are a teaser and the first details!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut ... 4-ep/61577
-Sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Episode 1 will be released this summer
- 2D game with 3D visuals
- Will be released for WiiWare
- Start of a new story arc
- Spin dash, power sneakers, homing attack in the game
- Leaderboards let you compete with friends
- Music will feature familiar tempos/styles of the 16-bit titles, but it will have “modern appeal”
- 480p
- Wii version will have some motion control
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New game announced for wiiware and wii (looks like it'll have two versions, one retail and one downloadable). It's called Ivy the Kiwi, a peculiar platform in wich you'll have to help a little and very cute young kiwi :3 here are screens and details:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32241/
- From Prope
- Action/puzzle game
- Releasing April 22
- 3990 yen
- Mini versions will be released for WiiWare/DSiWare
- Game was first released for Windows Mobile platforms
- A young kiwi must go through different 2D stages
- Ivy runs on her own
- Stretch out vines for Ivy to move on to guide her over walls/past spikes/etc.
- Can slingshot Ivy if she’s near a vine
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New screens for The Calling have been released (survival horror):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32255/
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Well, this is a bit of a sad news, at least for wii owners. The Grinder is not a wii exclusive anymore...High Voltage decided to take off the motion plus support and go multiplatform...this makes me really afraid about how the wii version will look now...
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A new trailer for Monkey Ball Step & Roll trailer has been released (platform game):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NigGfRQk ... r_embedded
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as a big surprise, this week Sunsoft announced Master Blaster: Overdrive for wiiware! Master Blaster is an old NES game, really popular back then that had a few other entries but then faded after the 16 bit era...it now comes back in an all-new game! here are the screens:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32365/
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A new platform game announced for wii. It's called Flip's twisted world and it seems to take some influence from Mario galaxy, still keeping its own uniqueness. Here's a video for you:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/story ... sted/61340
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New videos for Chronos Twins DX have been released (2d action/platform game):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... wins/61472
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... wins/61475
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... wins/61474
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclu ... wins/61473
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New videos for Zangeki no Reginleiv have been released (action/rpg):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... i-no/61599
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... i-no/61600
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... i-no/61601
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... i-no/61597
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... i-no/61598
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And to finish things off the review...The 5th gen of pokemon is incoming!!! the silhouette of a new pokemon that will appear in the new movie has been revealed. so Here it is for you:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/32375/
WII GAME OF THE WEEK: Tatsunoko VS Capcom
genre: Fighting game
Publisher: Capcom
well, Capcom made us wait quite a lot for this, but at last it's here! Finally we can get our hands (or paws
) on one of the most waited fighting games ever! So let's start analyzing this game ^^
From the graphic standpoint Capcom did a good job for the most part. The style is colourful and the cel-shaded style of the graphics fits very well with the action, also supporting the Tatsunoko side, since all of those characters are from anime. The light effects are very nice and the movements of the characters will really give you an old-school feeling with over-the-top and odd moves, making this game the perfect spiritual sequel of the Marvel VS Capcom series.the character models are pretty good, even if not awesomely detailed. Same goes with the stages, wich could have worked with a bit more of detail work, but are quite creative in the style (zombies taking pics of you while fighting....it's priceless X3) and variety of what happens on screen. The cutscenes of some of the special moves can be described with a few words: flashy and good-looking. You'll love them X3
The gameplay is the core of the game. Fully taking the spirit of Marvel VS Capcom 2, the gameplay of Tatsunoko VS Capcom is fast and filled with combos, specials and counters. It isn't a button masher though. Mashing buttons on the pad might help you getting trough some of the stages of the arcade mode, but this game, to tell the truth, is a very technical fighting game, easy to learn, but hard to master.
Every character doesn't only have his/her own move, but also his/her own speed, size and style. For example Yatterman 1 is very good at quick combos, Tekkaman is slow but haves long-range attacks thank to his spear, Joe the condor is a brutal fighter, Megaman Volnutt can even change weapons equipped on him.
if this isn't enough the game offers you a few moves beside the usual combos, grabs and special moves. There are a couple of counters that let you struggle away from grabs or an explosion of energy that can even block special moves. Plus, there's also a way to sacrifice a small part of your HP to lenghten your combos, another peculiarity that, along with the Tag Team system of the game adds a lot of strategy to the fights despite their speed and brutality. I also noticed that they re-balanced the game and some of the cheapest characters. The giant characters aren't immune to most special moves anymore for example, making them less cheap than they were in the previous version of the game.
The story...well, not much of a story in a fighting game X3 I'll just say that a dark force opened different gates between worlds, breaking the dimensional balance...this dark force is something that capcom fans know and is the last boss of the arcade mode, but I won't spoil the fun ;3 you'll see by yourself! each character haves his/her own ending and, despite the lack of an animated ending (thing that was in the previous version in japan) I had fun picking up all the capcom references in them, you'll surely find them quite enjoyable and a nice reward for clearing the arcade mode.
The soundtrack is unluckily inferior to its japanese counterpart, replacing the character themes with upbeat music for each stage...the tunes aren't bad at all, a few of them I'd probably listen on my ipod too, but it's a shame that the themes have been taken off...that would have helped letting you know the tatsunoko characters a bit more perhaps.
the game is what all so-called hardcore gamers (oh god, I hate this term, but meh x.x) have been waiting for. I't easy to pick up and deep enough to spend hours just training and mastering the characters. The added online mode only adds to the lenght and fun of the game, being almost lagless (unless your un into someone on the exact other side of the world or someone with a veeeeery slow sucky connection), the framerate is almost perfect, going down very rarely and the variety of characters (26 of them) will surely make everyone happy.
This game is recommended to every gamer who doesn't hate fighting games of this kind really. For the ones who are afraid of not knowning any of the tatsunoko characters I say: nevermind that...just like jappies learned about marvel characters with marvel vs capcom you will now learn about the tatsunoko characters if you play this game. Who knows ? you may even find some new fave character in the group!
so yeah, this is certainly a must-have for wii owners, something that will probably give you many fun evenings with friends too :3
now, here are a few screens:
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _0_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _3_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _4_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... 13_big.jpg
and a couple of videos:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09 ... o-vs/54689
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ces-1 ... o-vs/60549
that's it for this week! see ya next time! have a good wii gaming time!
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