DS Download station vol. 2 Rumor

A rumor has been passing around the internet about the vol. 2 of the DS download station. The rumor talks about which demos and videos will be available for download.

Playable Demos:
Big Brain Academy
Metroid Prime Hunters
Magnetica
Brain Age
Tetris (Push)
Tetris (Standard)
Movies:
X-Men III: The Official Game
Over The Hedge

These demos will be available by the end of June or start of July. Please remember that this information is only a rumor.

DS Download station vol. 2 info

I took the librety to email nintendo to ask them when vol. 2 of the DS Download station will come. Here is the original email :

" Hello nintendo .
I have a small question to ask you guys over at nintendo. Could you tell me when vol. 2 of the DS download station will come ? I love to go over to EB games close to my school and dowload demos as I wait for the bus but I have tried al lof them. So I would love to try some new demos as I wait. Please can you tell me when it will be updated ? Thanks and if posible which demos or videos can I download at DS download stations ? "

Nintendo replied with this message :

Hello,Nintendo is now offering all DS owners free downloadable game demos from special kiosks located inside thousands of retail locations, including Game Crazy andGameStop in the U.S. and Electronics Boutique in the U.S. and Canada (otherpossible retailers are Best Buy, Target, and Fry's). The kiosk transmitswireless demo versions of games directly into a players' Nintendo DS system (no additional accessories necessary). The content available at DS Download Service kiosks will refresh quarterly.To participate, all you have to do is stop by the store with your Nintendo DS and power up. Select "DS Download Play" from the main system menu, then choose one of a variety of Nintendo DS games you wish to sample. The game will download automatically and you can play all you want (even if you leave the store) until the Nintendo DS is turned off. There is no limit on the number of demos you can try, but you'll only be able to download one at a time. The first DS Download Service stations will include free demos of Tetris DS, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, MarioKart DS, Meteos, True Swing Golf and Pokemon Trozei, along with a Metroid PrimeHunters video clip.

So there you have it Nintendo will update each quater of the year ( each 3 mounths ).

- DS Deliver

Red Steel Controls Fixed

Game Informer got a chance to play the new and improve Red Steel for the Wii as Ubisoft Paris has fixed the controls in the game.


"Not only did the remote replicate our actual sword-slashes, but the recenty unveiled motion sensor in the nunchuck could be thrust foreward for parry attacks"

"As promised, Timing and observation was key to winning the sword-fights and felt just like the mock-saber duels nearly everyone had as kids, so anyone who has dreamed of being a samuri will pick it right up"

Source: Red Steel IGN Boards

-Falco8

Nintendo's Corporate Management Policy Briefing Released

Nintendo of Japan released their Managment Policy Briefing on the web. The Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata, and others talk about the success of the Nintendo DS, the failure of GB Micro, and the future of the Wii. Here's the link to their interview.

Nintendo's Briefing link

Source: Zogdog's Forum

-Falco8

Moore Comments on the Controller Complications

Microsoft exec Peter Moore was interviewed by Gametag Radio and in the interview, Moore stated that the Wii was a "Party Console" saying that the Wii will be good to play for only thirty minutes, however, Moore notice that games controllers are getting too complicated, but one game like Sonic Rush worked with the Wiimote. "[Sonic Rush] was almost built for the controller because it was so intuitive"

"...Shoulder buttons, triggers, analog sticks, d-pads, I mean, there's a lot going on there when you compare it to the old Atari 2600 button-and-stick, which everybody could pick up and have some fun with... Clearly, I think the Wii is trying to get back to those days."

Moore also commented that his fourteen year old daughter is getting frustrated withe the Xbox 360 controller."... she's frustrated because of the button configurations and the use of triggers; she just doesn't quite get it." And with that in mind, Microsoft is "doing a lot of stuff there... Nothing that we're ready to talk about, and we're not going to force anything that is not going to be intuitive and innovative."


Source: Revo-Europe

-Falco8

Sudoku Gridmaster Ships On June 26

Looking forward to your summer trip but dreading the long flights and car trips to your hideaways? Let Sudoku Gridmaster keep you company. With over 400 brain-racking sudoku puzzels you simply won't notice the time.Sudoku Gridmaster for the DS features four levels of difficulty which allow newbies to get acquainted with the game, and experts to get on to the most difficult puzzles. With the touch-screen feature, writing, changing and saving the answers is a breeze. It's one of the first titles under the Touch Generations brand. Nintendo aims to get non-core gamers to get into video gaming with the launch of the brand.Nintendo has put in a few enhancements in the game to make your Sudoku-solving experience a little bit easier. You can highlight an entire row or column with just a quick touch. You can also save a grid for hours or even days so you can get back to it when you feel like jump-starting your brain.Sudoku Gridmaster will hit stores in North America on June 26.

- ds_deliver

Three New Wii Trademarks

Nintendo has recently filed three patent names that concerns the Nintendo Wii. The first patented name is called "WiiPointer" which might be the official name for the Wiimote; the second name is !!M, which might be an instant messenger for the Wii, and finally the third name is WiiCulture, which might be something about Wii's online function. Only Nintendo knows the true meaning in these name as we can only guess.

Source: Revo-Europe

-Falco8

Wii edition of Pangya golf

An exclusive Wii edition of the Pangya golf series, popular in Japan and Korea. Built from the ground up for the new game system, the Wii game is focused on the enjoyment from the feeling of the system's unique controller in gameplay. Unlike the PC game (which was built around online multiplay and digital purchases of game content), the focus of the Wii version is on offline play. The game will include multiple characters, each with a storyline. As you work through the story, you'll earn new costumes for them to wear.


Source: IGN

- ds_deliver

Capcom VS SNK Cardfighters

There's an upcoming SNK VS CAPCOM card fighter DS game. It's a sequel to what people consider the greatest Neo Geo Pocket game of all time as well as the greatest card game in the world of video games.There's another reason to be excited: It looks like Dante from Devil May Cry series is going to be in it!



Source: http://ds.qj.net/Capcom-VS-SNK-Cardfighters-Screens-and-Art/pg/49/aid/56018

High Voltage Software on Wii

Gamasutra had the chance to talk to High Voltage Software about the Wii and ESRB, but we'll forget about the ESRB section and just focus on the Wii.

High Voltage Software's Chief Creative Officer, Eric Nofsinger says this about the Wii:

"“It’s been an incredible design challenge,” he confides, “Some of the unannounced stuff we’ve been working on for Wii…it’s been very challenging. You know, ‘How do you do a fighter on this, how do you do a platformer on this?’”...

Nofsinger believes that Nintendo knows what it’s doing with the sleek, iPod like feel of the controller. “It was interesting to me,” Nofsinger relates, “I had this sitting out on my table. And our receptionist came in, and she was dropping off my mail, and just immediately ran right over to it, and was ‘what’s this?’ and picked it up and ‘oh, this is neat!’”

Nofsinger notes that he’s had every imaginable controller in the world sitting on his desk. “Never has she just run over and picked it up and gone, ‘hey what is this thing, it’s really neat?’ So there’s something to that.”"

Source: Gamasutra

-Falco8

First Call of Duty 3 Image?

Before the E3 show, Activision announced that Treyarch are developing Call of Duty 3 for the next-generation console through a teaser trailer. In Eletronic Gamer Monthly magazine, they reveal the first screenshot of Call of Duty 3 on the Nintendo Wii, however, the graphics on the Wii version are below the expectation of the Xbox 360 and PS3 version, but the game will use the Wii controller for aiming and shooting. The COD3 image looks like the same graphics as Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, but anything can change in a few months so there's hope.
Call of Duty 3 is set to release this fall for all the next-gen consoles.


COD3 Scan

Source: Revo-Europe

-Falco8

New Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Details

New details on the next greatest pokemon game in the series gets unearthed. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will see the comeback of the Night and Day feature from gold, silver, and crystal version. There are many other details including a new profesor, the new region that you will be playing in and your new pokenav.

# Day/Night Returns: Enhanced from Gold/Silver to have multiple times of day. Nighttime, Night, Evening, Noon, Morning.
# The new region for Pearl/Diamond (Shinou) is based on the Japanese island, Hokkaido.
# A new Pokemon Professor will be in the game. His name is: Nanakamado.
# Manaphy can learn the new move, Heart Swap which swaps status effects between all Pokémon on the field.
# A new watch gadget called a Pokétchi, not only tells the time, but has over 20 Features: Time Management, Monitoring of Pokémon in the Breeding Center, Type Chart and many more.
# Buoysel is #056 in the Shinou Pokédex and knows Agility.
# Lucario knows Metal Claw.
# The Pokémon Sprites vary between Male & Female Pokémon. Different patterns are on the different genders aswell as bigger or smaller features or even missing features.
# The new Shinou region Pokedex has 2 screens similar to the Nintendo DS.
# The Pokédex now features a weight comparison feature.

You can see 4 new screen shots over at DS-X2.

Source: DS-X2

-Secret322

Rumor Update

At EGM Rumor section, EGM heard from sources that many third party developers are ending their production on PS3 titles in favor for the Nintendo Wii. Sources say that the change occurred at E3 with the Wii's big success and the enormous price point on the PS3. Also LucasArts is in development on an exclusive Star Wars Wii title, and the gameplay will revolve around lightsaber battles.

Like always take these rumors with a grain of salt.

Source: Go Nintendo

-Falco8

Smash Bros Site Updated

Although they have run out of character bios for the moment. Masahiro Sakurai plans on keeping up some notices on the main page of the site. In this one he made a formal appology for not updating the site much, but he does have to continue with the game development. What good is a game site with no game to show it. Anyway he plans to only update the site when the game is finished in 2007 or if there are any other releases of news from Nintendo about the game, Masahiro Sakurai plans to give a little more insight into the news that they give out.

Source: Super Smash Bros Brawl

-Secret322

Wii to Come before PS3?

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2006, Sony announced that the PS3 will release worldwide on November 17 this year, and they also released two price point on their console. Nintendo, however, has chosen to release their information on the Wii's price and release date around September, and the only clue Nintendo gave gamers was the system was going release sometime in the Fourth Quarter.

Even though Nintendo didn't release a specific date, publishers and developers are getting their Wii games ready for an October release, and also industry insider says, "Nintendo is planning to launch Wii before PlayStation 3." Even though these facts point to a October or November release, this is still a rumor. When September comes, Nintendo release everything they know about the Wii.


Source: Wii IGN

-Falco8

Pokemon Battle Video

We have the Pokemon Battle Revolution video that was shown at Nintendo's conference.





Sourec:Go Nintendo

-Falco8

New Detail about Wii and DS

Nintendo announced big things about the Wii and DS yesterday as Nintendo will be reveal everything about the Wii on the month of September. Nintendo reported that they are looking to sell six million Wii units by the end of the financial year in April 2007; they believe that the Wii will ship four million units by the end of December and ship two million units in the first quarter of 2007.

Also new software (budget games) will be available for download on the vitual console could cost 500-1,000 yen. they also mention that the DS version of the Opera browser has been pushed back to July in Japan.

And finally Nintendo announced that Pokemon Battle Revolution will be on the Wii. The game will support online gameplay, Wiiconnect24, and connectivity with Diamond and Pearl.

Source: Revo-Europe

-Falco8

Bleach Coming to the Wii

Shonen Jump, a Japanese magazine, reveals that the popular anime show in Japan, Bleach is in development for the Wii. No details were given by the magazine, but it seems that SEGA is developing not only for the Wii but for the Nintendo DS and Gamecube.

For the first image on the Wii, click here.

Source: Jeux-France

-Falco8

Magnetia releases June 5th

Article taken form Nintendo.com.



"Scientists say magnets provide no real medical benefits, but Nintendo begs to differ. Magneticaâ„¢ is the perfect prescription to combat boredom during long summer travel. This new puzzle game, made exclusively for Nintendo DSâ„¢, involves much more than bashing aggies in a marble ring on the playground blacktop. Magnetica lures players in with a simple premise, then challenges them to keep their cool through frenzied rounds of marble elimination. Magnetica, Rated E for Everyone, launches on June 5.

"Magnetica is the perfect game to kick off our new Touch Generations brand of casual games," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "It's a game that anyone can pick up and play, whether for a few minutes or a few hours."

Magnetica is the hand-held version of the popular arcade game Puzz Loop, with a few twists that could only be possible using the abilities of Nintendo DS. Players use the touch screen to flick marbles one by one at an ever-growing spiral chain of marbles. Like-colored marbles attract one another. Whenever three marbles of the same color connect, they vanish, sometimes setting off massive chain reactions.

In single-player modes, players can find bonus items that can slow or stop time, or even reverse the course of the marbles. Challenge mode features 99 levels on four difficulty settings, Quest mode offers players a variety of missions and Puzzle mode requires players to eliminate all marbles on the screen using a limited supply of their own. Players must deal with marble-stymieing obstacles like wind, water, switches and multiple launchers. In the two-player Versus mode, players can frustrate their opponents with an array of diabolical weapons: Ion Clouds create smoke screens, Recoils block an opponent's marbles, Black Holes devour marbles and Gravitons alter the path of launched marbles.

For more information about Magnetica, visit magnetica.nintendods.com"

Source: Nintendo

-Falco8

Super Smash Bros. Page Update

The Super Smash Page has updated yet again a new character bio and the new character is Snake from Metal Gear Solid.

"Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAAAKE!

The unexpected participant from Metal Gear Solid!
When this was first announced to the media, it was greeted with shouts of joy that resembled screams.

After much consideration, we decided to have Snake refrain from using real-world guns—instead, he'll use lots of explosives.

What kinds of attacks will Snake unleash when he steps onto a new stage?
You'll have to wait and see."

Go to Super Smash Site for new screens of Snake

-Falco8

Wii and Other Nintendo Titles Wins Big at the Game Critic Awards

The Game Critic Awards are chosen by 37 North American media outlets like Game Informer and Electronic Gaming Monthly. Nintendo won big at the Game Critic Awards as they get Best of Show, Best Handheld Game, Best Hardware, Best Racing Game and Best Sports. Here's the lists of winners at Game Critic Awards:

Best of Show: Wii (Nintendo)

Best Original Game: Spore (Maxis/EA for PC)

Best PC Game: Spore (Maxis/EA for PC)

Best Console Game: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios For XBOX 360)

Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo For Nintendo DS)

Best Hardware: Wii (Nintendo)

Best Action Game: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios For XBOX 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game: Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft For Playstation 3)

Best Fighting Game: Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment For Playstation 3)

Best Role Playing Game: Mass Effect (Bioware/Microsoft Game Studios For XBOX 360)

Best Racing Game: Excite Truck (Nintendo For Wii)

Best Simulation Game: Spore (Maxis/EA For PC)

Best Sports Game: Wii Sports (Nintendo For Wii)

Best Strategy Game: Supreme Commander (Gas Powered Games/THQ For PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game: Guitar Hero II (Harmonix/Red Octane For Playstation 2)

Best Online Multiplayer Game: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id/Activision For PC)

Source: Revo-Europe

-Falco8