If you haven’t already go and check out the new Metroid Prime 3 preview channel. It has two videos on it now and two more will be added on the 13th.
A new mission
I just started this site but I simply don’t have the time to keep you updated on the news. I have to study for my exams and I am starting school again soon. What I am going to do is for now I will update every day or two with my take on the news over the past day or two as-well as reviews and so on. I will add links to sites where you can find all the news you need. I will have a couple new review up in the next couple of days.
Come join the forums and help me out. If there is some one that would like to update news and there reviews email me at joegamerwii60@hotmail.com
Best Buy ad shows Sonic in Brawl
Well this along with te rumors and the Gamestop ad I am starting to think it is possible.
It could happen but it is still unlikely.
Nintendo adds Wii/DS ads to Wave Race 64 on the VC
This is surprising I thought they didn’t change the games.
Wii Shop Channel going down for 3 hours
If you go to the Wii shop channel it says it is unavailable until later. Could this be just maintenance, is it a new theme for or could they be adding in the WiiWare today. I will keep you updated.
Happy Birthday Me
Today was my birthday witch accounts for the lack of updates. Sorry about that. I will get some updates in tomorrow well today it is just past 12 where I am. I need to find my DS charger and get some sleep I will get back on schedule later.
In other news the forums are back up so go and check them out.
Possible new Wii wrist strap
As you can see, this new strap includes a little locking clip, replacing the sliding clip of the previous models, which had a tendency to slide away from the player’s wrist and loosen the strap. This new model would be the fourth incarnation of the strap; the first was the original model which tended to break, the second would be the replacement straps with the thicker connector to the remote, and the third was the replacement of the replacement that lacked the Nintendo and Wii branding.
Nintendo World Report has contacted Nintendo to see if these straps are freely obtainable, but we have not yet heard back. We’ll update this story once we have any official comment.
Bungie update
Bungie Weekly Update: 08/03/07
Posted by Frankie at 8/3/2007 4:35 PM PDT
Luke here,
Just a few short days ago, Bungie announced that four-player co-op over Xbox Live would be a feature shipping in Halo 3. Additionally, you’ll be able to play 2-player split screen and connect with another 2-players over live in any live-enabled configuration. So it could be, me and my brother-in-law , playing at my house, joining a room with Frank and Lars, but Frank and Lars are both on their own boxes. The same rules apply to system link play.
To quickly recap, you’ll be playing as two unique Elites as Players 3 and 4 and for reasons we’re not entirely talking about yet on the Internetz (but the latest issue of EGM can lend you a few hints), all four players have identical abilities and similar weapon load-outs at the start of missions. We want all of the players to feel equally powerful to one another during Halo 3’s Campaign and it’s vital that no one feels like they are getting mounted by playing as an Elite.
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Online games that need to come to Wii
Multiplayer Games that Need to Come to Wii
32-player MOH should be the tip of the iceberg.
by: Kevin Cheung 03/08/2007
As Shigeru Miyamoto’s Balance Board for Wii Fit stole the show at its E3 Press Conference, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata and NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime did their best to douse growing criticism that (a) the Wii isn’t taking advantage of online; and (b) Nintendo is abandoning the core gaming market. Their answers to both issues – that online already exists transparently in many games and that Mariokart Wii isn’t the game “your dad played” – were contrived at best and totally missed the point. What they should’ve seized upon – and what most of the gaming press were surprised by – was the announcement of a 32-player multiplayer mode for a Wii version of Medal of Honor.
Wait a minute: did they say 32-player? Yes they did, and that’s more than what the average Xbox 360 shooter offers over Live. This is exactly what the core gaming market wants from the Wii. And if the Wii is capable of handling a 32-player multiplayer match online, what else could it possibly do?
The prospect of the Wii competing more directly with the online gaming experiences offered on Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 is tantalising to say the least. If Nintendo doesn’t do anything to plug this gap in its software portfolio, you can bet third party game developers will be more than happy to do it anyway: the Wii will have the user-base to justify it. These are a few of the ideas we’ve bounced around:
Nintendo First-Person Shooter: Imagine a first-person shooter where you can play as Super Mario, Kirby, Link, Samus Aran, or Pikachu – it’d be the Smash Bros of first-person shooters! The game could incorporate action elements where you can use the unique abilities of each character. Pikachu, for instance, could electrocute his enemies and frag multiple opponents in the water. The Wii Zapper would be perfect for a game like this. Nintendo has no shortage of stars, so it’d be easy to find enough characters to play in a 32-player deathmatch.
Animal Crossing MMORPG: Nintendo’s kooky world of interior decoration, fishing, flower-picking and treasure-hunting lends itself naturally to an MMO environment. Being able to visit friends in the local neighbourhood would raise the game’s addictiveness to a whole new level, even if it doesn’t involve a whole lot of killing.
Pokemon MMORPG: Okay, so fishing and picking flowers doesn’t interest you all that much. How about a Diablo-style pokemon-catching dungeon-romp with a group of friends, then? It could be played in first-person view like Oblivion or Hellgate: London, and you can call on your Pokemon buddies Pikachu and Charmander to perform lightning and fire attacks as though you’re casting magic!
Command & Conquer 3: It’s already been commented in the past that Command & Conquer 3 would be possible on the Wii. Now that we know the Wii can handle itself online, and that online matches would be possible, why not just go right ahead and make it?
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: If 32-player multiplayer can be done with Medal of Honor, then it can be done with Quake Wars: Enemy Territory. If not with Quake, then any other team-based shooters where you can assume a role.
Starfox: Why not use the Wii Wheel as a de facto flight stick in a Starfox game? Players could then take part in co-operative missions through space in their Arwings or go dogfighting against each other in 32-player deathmatches.
Call of Duty 4: Call of Duty has been done on Wii before. Why not do it again with the latest Modern Warfare edition, but this time factor a decent online multiplayer mode into the equation?
I will make a topic to discuss this in the forums when they are back up.
