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January 15 - WarioWare: Smooth Moves

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Xevious (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
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Moto Roader (TurboGrafx16, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points)

Nintendo DS
January 15 - Underground Pool
January 16 - Fossil League: Dino Tournament Championship
January 16 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for all

After a very slow month of releases the shelf is back. This week there are two games worth mentioning for Nintendo fans: Phoenix Wright: Justice for All on the DS, and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves on the Wii!

Some of you, by now, must have seen these videos circulating on YouTube already – they’re of a seriously, super-duper impressive Ghostbusters mod of either the Gears of War engine, or the Source engine. Now, I’m a huge fan of Ghostbusters, and I’ve been one since I first set eyes upon the movie when my dad bought a VHS of the movie in the early 90s – and yes, as a fan, I bought and played all the games.

You know how it is when you’re a little kid, though. Games like Battletoads seemed like completely reasonable games, despite their obvious flaw of being quite literally impossible to beat.

However, growing up as a gamer (and specifically, a Nintendo fan), I’ve watched the franchises I love evolve and mature into beautiful, classic games. Now that TMNT is heading back to the screen, all that’s left in my mind is good ol’ Ghostbusters.

That’s why, after watching the videos of an obviously fan-made mod, I fell so in love with the concept. The fact that Ghostbusters is made so eloquently in a third-person Gears-type game model is just making me slobber in anticipation for whatever the crap this is. Rumor is, however, that the game’s a concept conjured up by European-based level 10 wizards ZootFly.

Please, God. If you’re listening, make a new Ghostbusters game.

Gameplay Video 1 (Proton Pack usage)
Concept Video 1 (Ecto-2 riced out)
Concept Video 2 (Venkman talking)
Concept Video 3 (Ecto-2 sliding through the street)

Source: Ain’t It Cool News

A few days ago, we let you in on how the snowboarding Wii game, SSX Blur, will use the Wiimote. It was a detailed description and all, but sometimes to really understand how things are gonna work, we need some visuals. It’s a good thing that the respected Newsweek mainstay, N’Gai Croal, let us in with some screenshots of the control scheme for EA’S SSX Blur.

The game’s producer, Alex Hyde also added that the Wii controllers’ motion-sensing features seemed to be a perfect fit to the nature of the game. Aside from that, he added that the Wii controllers “allowed us to add a level of depth to the game that isn’t possible on a traditional gamepad using a complex combinations of buttons. Also, the fact that the control scheme is more physical causes the player to be much more engaging and immersive experience, which is a real plus.”

Looks good to us. Now we just have to wait for a couple of months to try the game. For now, taking a look at the control schemes ain’t gonna hurt.

More Screens:

Are you wondering if there’s any difference when it comes to having 480p or 480i while playing on your Wii? Well, YouTube user, TheFNGSpot, might be able to help you out. TheFNGSpot writes this as the description of the video he uploaded:

Side by side comparison of the Nintendo Wii playing Zelda: Twilight Princess on my Sony KDSR60XBR2 HD TV.. One Side is using component cables (480p) & the other is composite cables (480i).

If you look at the video above, the over-saturation of the reds and blacks on 480i is clearly noticeable. Is this more reason to spend for those component cables? Your call, really. We do have to note that there have been reports of the Wii having a few problems with 480p.

Just a little something to help you folks out.

A list of the best-selling games franchises of all-time reveals that Japanese developed titles are the most dominant, with 10 brands in the top 20 coming from companies such as Nintendo, Capcom, Sega and Square Enix.

The list, published by The Independent, shows Nintendo’s Mario games to be the biggest sellers, shifting 193 million units, followed by Pokemon (155 million units), with Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series racking up 68 million units.

The highest ranked Western developed title is Madden NFL at number four, with 56 million units sold, while publisher Electronic Arts also claims the fifth position with The Sims’ 54 million units.

The only licensed franchise is James Bond at number 15 in the chart (30 million units), while Grand Theft Auto (50 million) and Tomb Raider (30 million) are the only UK developed titles in the list.

The full list follows:

1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million

2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million

3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million
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If you’re one of the many Wii owners unable to adequately stretch Nintendo’s Wii sensor bar from your entertainment center to your television then you’ll be happy to read of peripheral maker Nyko’s latest development. The company at CES 2007 revealed its wireless Wii sensor bar and it may finally solve a number of issues for gamers whose living rooms don’t follow the entertainment center template.

We should note that this is not the first wireless Wii sensor bar to hit the market. We recently reviewed another model from a third party, but the bar was both clumsily pieced together and unable to output more IR power than a standard wired bar — hence, gamers could not sit farther than 10 feet away without (more…)

“You’ll be able to throw left and right hand jabs, hooks, and uppercuts; grab enemies and throw them around with both hands; perform head-butts and neck-snaps… We had so much fun with the controller possibilities that we mo-capped a bunch of exclusive moves to fit some of the gestures we’d developed, like the open-handed smack and pistol whip.”

Im Glad to see games like these are coming onto the Wii, where the Wii’s unique controls will give these kind of games an advantage over the other next gen consoles.

You can click the link below to go to the IGN page for the review, they also have one video up. Click here to watch.

Source: IGN - Click Here

If you thought that the GBA-Wii mod was portable enough, here’s something that’s a little easier to handle. No need to strain your eyes with a GameBoy-sized screen, and no need to check where your Wii remote cursor falls on the screen every time you try to aim. This one involves a 10″ Poloroid portable DVD player.

PSDoom told us about his setup and we checked it out. He used a small jump battery with a 75 watt, 12 volt car AC adapter to power the Wii, while the DVD player is self-powered.

Sorry for the earlier confusion when we used the word “mod” to refer to this setup. Wrong choice of word. It’s not a “mod” in the sense of soldering stuff, breaking seals open, and voiding warranties. It’s a unique setup, a workaround, if you will, that’s great for picnics. Time to take your Wii outside.

WiiCr Team’s media player application for the Wii.

Here’s the list of stuff that’s changed for this version:

* You can search the shoutcast db now.
* Empty genres removed from shoutcast quicklist
* Swapped back to current mp3player - it still has issues on opera, Ive tested 4 other ones that have similar results. Our flash coders are looking into it. Worst case scenario will be broken mp3 support until official Opera release.

If this is your first time to encounter this app, we recommend you click on the read link to get the lowdown on WiiCR, from installation how-to’s to version history, and tons more. But if you’re up to speed on the latest goings on in WiiCR, then you can just go right ahead and…

So what exactly is WiiCR?.. (more…)

Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone know of the major forum change in the forum, but i never thought the website would take off the way it did. Featured on main page of digg and then covered on G4 Tech Tv’s attack the show.

I had only installed phpbb2 forum as it was a free board and didnt want to spend some money on a board that would get no traffic and since the site deserves so much more I have bought a license to vbulletin. I have over 5 years of experience with vbulletin and can run and administer this site a lot better now.

Thanks for everyone for understanding and being patient I will try and bring most things from the old board over.

Please dont feel frustrated and give up, give it some time it will be a bigger hit!

Found the box art for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game, not much info on the game yet besides it being made by UBISOFT. Click the image below for larger view.

If there’s one game that truly shows off the variety of potential gameplay uses for the Wiimote, this has to be it. Cooking Mama was a charming little diversion on the DS - on the Wii, it’s a completely new game. Spending time with it at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, we were quite impressed with how greatly the game has improved thanks to the new Nintendo controller.

Click here for full review at 1up.com

Want to listen to online radio from the Wii? Here are two sites that are simple to use and you can access from your wii opera browser. Dont forget to bookmark our website to your favourites we are Opera browser friendly!! Dont believe? Check it out!

WiiHear.com
Tune into and listen to live streaming radio stations!

FineTune
FineTune is a free online music player run by the supervisors of Napster, Gigabeat, and Listen.com They have a special Wii player that loads and is easy to use in the opera browser.

Enjoy the Tunes.

GoNintendo is reporting that a Swedish magazine called +N has an article describing the playable characters in the upcoming Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Interesting thing is that Sonic the Hedgehog appears in that list. While this is not a confirmation of Sonic’s inclusion in the game, it wouldn’t be beyond the realm of possibility. Gamers have wanted to see Mario and Sonic in the same game since the 16-bit era when Nintendo and Sega were rivals. Now, since Sega became a software publisher exclusively, Sega and Nintendo have a much better relationship, even sharing similar visions in game-making. Since Sonic already appears on Nintendo platforms, why not? We’ll keep you posted if any confirmation of this rumor surfaces. In the meantime, what other characters would you like to see appear in a Smash Bros. game?

Source: GoNintendo

The score’s 40 to 0 and you’re two games down, risking an embarrassing defeat at the hands of your opponent. He’s warming up for his fourth consecutive power serve, and your palm is sweating. What do you do?

This situation will be familiar to many people who’ve played Wii Tennis. Luckily, I’ve developed a few techniques which can help you turn the tide to your favor.

Click here for “How to win Wii Tennis (at any cost)”
Source: 5rupees.com