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Quote: http://www.cubed3.com/news/11815 THQ has reported strong success with the well-received Wii-exclusive de Blob, Big Beach Sports and licensed titles. Company CEO Brian Farrell revealed last week that the unique de Blob has sold over 700k units worldwide, and even during troubled economic times has managed to retain its original $49.99 price point after 5 months on the market. Farrell discussed a "three prong" strategy for approaching the Wii - including "high production" games like de Blob; value titles for example Beach Sports, and finally licensed products. There was also hints of an unannounced Wii title that's "very focused?niche", but is expected to do well. The main competition THQ feel is Nintendo themselves: "The people, who buy Nintendo games, [we want to] get them to buy things like de Blob." On the portable front THQ is looking to bring key franchises to the DSi/DS. I got this today as well and ended up playing for over an hour! I love it, although I'm yet to get to grips fully with the controls. It's a great game, I'm not sure if I prefer it to boom blox as I really enjoyed that, but I can see myself playing it right through to the end which is a rare thing for me. With regrads to sales - I had a look on vgchartz.com today and was really pleased to see how well this has sold. Same with Boom Blox, both should easily surpass 1 million by the summer which will be great. House of the Dead: Overkill is selling really well in it's first few weeks and No More Heroes is apporoaching 500,000, which again I think is a fairly good acheivement. Okami has surpassed 200,000 sales, when despite a strong start the PS2 version only managed 150,000. Again great news as the title had no marketing what so ever. I think the amount of 'install bases' the Wii has now is going to do wonders for sales. With nearly 50m Wii consoles in peoples homes now there's no reason why decent 3rd party games made specifically for the system, with a good amount of effort can reach the magic million mark (backed by a decent advertising campaign of course). Hopefully we'll see more games like De Blob and HotD:OK on Wii in the future.

Got this today with a nyko perfect shot, I love how true to the arcade style it is. A complete breath of fresh air on the Wii. March is going to be an expensive month for me. Got Madworld pre-ordered as well as Kororinpa 2 and Rune Factory comeing out in the US in 2-3 weeks which I can't wait to buy. I'm sure this will keep me more than entertained until then. Highly recommened game!

I don't think remakes of 2D games into 3D is a good idea personally. They were going to do it with Zelda before it turned into Ocarina of Time. The made a 3D version of the original NES game before deciding to create a new one. I just wouldn't like to run through the same game from a different perspective. Wii makes of Gamecube games on the other hand, especially rarer ones or FPS's make more sense to me.

Looks more like Fisher Price than Kingfisher

Jet force gemini, Blast Corps and Pilotwings 64 pleeeease. Luigi's Mansion too, but I'd prefer a direct sequal to that one.

Gimmick posters amuse me

Plus you could barely see them. Bad move FIA. Glad Honda are testing next week, hope they go with Rubens as well as he deserves a proper send off.

Rubbish! The bird I like totally shanned me off for some other dude with a better mohican than me

I think I've hit that point. I've dropped a stone and a half since january and in the last couple of weeks I've seen very little change. I haven't really exercised excessively so I guess it's time to start running and doing weights and stuff at home, screw the gym! Never been, never will. Can't believe how many of my old T-Shirts I fit in to! I think I'm around 10st 6lbs now, that's on my scales at home, my parents' say I'm more but they're electronic... so I'm ignoring them! Plus on my scales at home i was 11'11" which is what I'm going by. I really want to get Wii Fit now because I think it will help me focus and give me weekly targets which are easier to manage with the information on the screen.

Got this today and I'm loving it. There's so much you can do on it! Enjoying the piano based instruments the most. Anyone who doesn't like this game has no soul. End.

Thought the PPV was a bit of a disapointment myself.

*I will not be carrying out or discussing illeagal activity, just so you know;)* I have an American Wii and I'm finding it incredibly expensive to import games of late, with ye old credit crunch and all associated rubbishness. So, I've read there's a glitch in Zelda which you can run this homebrew channel malarky meaning you can play games from different regions. Now, my Wii is nearly 2 years old but I have an immense collection of VC games which I would rather not lose due to crashes etc. Is it worth it? Pros and Cons, etc... I really want to play Wii Music, Mario Kart and a few games from the Wii's back catalogue I can't find cheap from the US / ebay. Plus the upcoming games look rather tasty to say the least and don't really want to be spending £30+ on them when I'm on a budget tighter than a nun. Ideas, thought, experiences?

I'm actually looking forward to No Way Out. The build-up (even though I've read most of it) has been good and the event has a very unpredictable air about it. Gonna be watching it live tonight as I'm only in uni for 2 hours tomorrow.

Well in the end I opted not to go homebrew. Instead I got a UK wii with 2 wiimotes and nunchucks giving me a total of 4 each! . Got Mario Kart and Wii Play with it all for a fairly decent price. Gonna go out on Monday and buy House of the Dead, Wii Music and WarioLand: Shake it. Thanks for all your advice but I just figured risking my VC games just wasnt worth it and US machines are pretty tricky to get a hold of at the moment.

Youtube genius Brentalfloss - creator of Tetris with Lyrics has posted 3 side-splittingly hilarious videos of mega man with lyrics. I kid you not, these are some of the funniest things I have EVER seen. Mega Man 2 intro - Mega Man 2: Dr. Wiley's castle theme - Mega Man 3: Extended version - Enjoy! : peace:

Yeah cheers RedShell, I've just managed to get a cheap UK wii and after reading what you said I might pick this up cheap. Need to buy a shell for the wiimote as well though as I know it will suck with just the 'mote. Haven't played a Light Gun game since Time Crisis on the PS1 in 1998. Could be interesting... :p

Excellent. *Bows*

Anything higher up than Glasgow is awe inspiring. Went to the Isle of Skye for new year 2008 and the drive up there was through the most breathtaking scenery I've ever seen and I've been round the globe twice. Some very nice places in Australia, espcially the Blue mountains and Tasmania is quite nice. Fiji is a tropical paradise and simply stunning. Southern France is very picturesque and Singapore and Sydney are scenes of unnatural beauty, especially at night!

Played MP3 for a bit but couldn't get into it. The feeling of something new in Red Steel was what made it one of the most fun games I'd played in years. Still love it and will defend it to the death

LOL!

I wrote this at 6am on Wednesday morning after a night out. Dunno why. Never "creatively wrote" before, so yeah... British Jobs for British workers If I hear any more racist twats say that fucking statement one more time I'm going to scream. I'm so sick of people in this country saying they're being robbed by foreign labour. What the fuck is foreign anyway? Aren't we all one? It's called globalisation, sunshine. Just because someone comes from Poland doesn't mean they won't do a decent job that the majority of the whiny bastards here aren't willing to do. All these dole scrounging cunts who fucking piss and moan that their jobs are being stolen need to fucking wake up and realise that we live in a competitive world and if someone comes along that is better than them then it's just tough shit. Don't play the old 'they get paid lower than minimum wage' card. Put some fucking effort into your approach to life instead of wasting it being pissed off at everyone else. For the last week all we've fucking heard is how these idiots are striking because 'immigrants' are stealing their jobs. Well here's some news for ya, this ain't Britain, it's the world, mate. There ain't no such thing as Britain, it should be buried. Burn the fucking flag and the fucking Queen. They stand for fuck all now except a tarnished history of barbarianism and rape. No one should be proud to be British after all the atrocities this country has committed across the globe. It's a fucking disgrace. Sure we might be 'free,' but at what cost? Think of all the innocent Iraqi's our soldiers have raped and slaughtered. All the families killed and separated during the partition of India and Pakistan, and countless other acts of evil this stained empire has committed. This country is a pile of shit. To be British is to be a piece of scum. Why can't we all just be one? Everyone differentiates between skin colour, race and creed. What happened to just being human? Living in peace and harmony? All I fucking see is hate. A sordid fear of the unknown. Overcome it, reach out and replace that fear with acceptance and friendship before the fear corrosively eats away at us and tears us all apart. Rise up and revolt against the bigots. Respect a person’s right to freedom of speech, no-one should ever be silenced, but everyone should be educated. Use your own mind to influence and change someone's narrow minded views. If we work together we can create a better society, one without an irrational fear of the unknown. This is the world, not Britain. Everyone has a right to be here, Leeds, York, Harrogate, anywhere. No matter what your background. Everyone has a right to work here if they want to. Just like anyone has a right to work in Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia or wherever they choose, freedom. It's just names. Lucasz. Anjali. Susan. Paul. Reject the flag, reject the monarchy. They simply symbolise everything wrong with the world, the underlying cause that unsettles the masses when the dynamic shifts less than a mere millimetre. Nationalism is dead. Britannia rules the graves. So put it in its place, burn the fucking union jack and all its affiliated atrocities, but never forget. Burn it to pile of dust to be swept away by an ever flowing breeze of righteousness. There is no place for patriotism. Tell me, what have we got to be patriotic about? Prince cuntface Harry and the fucking British army? Well, Fuck the Armed forces. Why not Force them to lay down their arms and open their hearts? And you do the same. The most powerful 'weapon' is initiative, not some complex piece of metal. Use it. Conversation can solve quarrels, not a co-alition. So while these wastes of space are being aired on the BBC, expressing their coherently racist views, no matter what pretty garment they dress it up in. Don't fall for it. Don't sympathise. See it for what it is. Undress it and glare at the naked, nationalistic, narcissistic undertones laid bare before your eyes. Don't be brainwashed by the media. Question everything that's presented to you from David fucking Dimbleby to a Cadburys advert with stupid fucking eyebrows. Think for yourself, think, think for yourself. We are all equal. Men, women and children. We are all equal. We are all one. One world, one love. Unity. Peace and unity. Just ONE life - Anarchy. Alcohol-fuelled rant. Over. x

Indeed that was pleasent and has a similar point. To be honest companies willing to undercut the minimum wage to employ illeagal immagrants should be heavily reprimanded. The abuse and blame should never be directed at the workers, who when in a tight situation will likely take anything they can get.

What is it? Something that blocks out firmware updates?

Hmmm I see them blocking out the Twilight hack fairly soon. So undecided... If someone could give me a UK machine, no pads or cables for £80 I'd bite their hands off... Life's never that simple though. Somehow being able to play Manhunt 2 / Trauma Center a year early and VC games in their original form doesn't seem worth it anymore *sigh*

Hmmm I use the shop a fair amount as I often splash out on VC and Wiiware games although they've become pretty pricey recently. I just dont wanna fork out for a UK wii...