dazzybee Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Bought Death Jr and Trauma Centre 2 (8 and 20 respectively). Havent tried TC yet (though I know I'll love it) but have to say that Death Jr is great fun in co op. For 8 (game) it's an absolute bargain!!
david.dakota Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Also some places even have it up for pre-order for the 6th of February: Play.com shopto.net Argh. Do Nintendo deliberately act like dicks when scheduling? Fatal Frame AND Pikmin on 6th Feb.
Gio001 Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 A Look Ahead: Upcoming Wii titles of 2009 http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2811 Wow, didn't realise how many Wii games i want out of that list. Not even counting 360 games i want this year, it looks like i may be playing catchup with 2009's Wii games next gen lol
Emasher Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Argh. Do Nintendo deliberately act like dicks when scheduling? Fatal Frame AND Pikmin on 6th Feb. I've always hated when publishers schedule games to come out on holidays in some countries also. Nov 11 has always been a popular date to release games on, but many stores are closed then because its remembrance day in Canada.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Here's a tasty rumour that has been posted on GoNintendo. Every once in a great while, our friend Falafelkid has some juicy rumors for us. Today, he’s got a pair of very interesting tidbits concerning Factor 5 and Silicon Knights. Both of these are 100% rumor, but Falafelkid has come through in the past. Factor 5 - Factor 5’s projects will indeed continue on, and an announcement about their titles should come about in 2 weeks time Silicon Knights - The developer of Eternal Darkness may have a Wii title in the works, but there are no other details at this time Eternal Darkness 2 please!
Retro_Link Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Probably a crappy Eternal Darkness port with waggle or something, in a desperate money making attempt after the disasterous Too Human! Though I hope you're right! or Raven Blade with motionplus sword fighting!
ShadowV7 Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Raven Blade...Damn I still want that game. Too Human got me so frustrated it was unbelievable. I wanted that over so quickly.
Jamba Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Here's a tasty rumour that has been posted on GoNintendo. I call bullshit. If anything the thing that SK adn F5 have in common is that they are likely to go bust too. Long and costly development times which are very high risk. These guys need to find a way to make themselves some money right now.
dazzybee Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Probably a crappy Eternal Darkness port with waggle or something, in a desperate money making attempt after the disasterous Too Human! Though I hope you're right! or Raven Blade with motionplus sword fighting! Ravenblade is retro!
Retro_Link Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Ravenblade is retro!Oh yeah!! Cheap money making cash in it is then!
david.dakota Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 I call bullshit. If anything the thing that SK adn F5 have in common is that they are likely to go bust too. Nintendo still own stock in Silicon Knights. I highly doubt they'll allow their investment to go down the crapper.
Jamba Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Nintendo still own stock in Silicon Knights. I highly doubt they'll allow their investment to go down the crapper. Their entire business strategy is super high risk. They have made 3 games in the past 12 years (that accounts development time too). Frankly that's just scary. Now the next games they are going to be releasing are going to be the other 2 parts of the trilogy to a game which did not get recieved well. I'd say that SK have some serious peddling to do.
ShadowV7 Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Too Human really sort of sucked. A friend gave it to borrow and I really just wanted it over with. Hated the controls, gameplay and camera at times and it was terribly frustrating to play. And that stupid death sequence with the 'angel' coming down wasted so much of my time. They just shouldn't even bother considering making any sequals. Least they actually got round to releasing it.
Jamba Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 How did the engine look though? Cos if they could modify that then at least they could use it to make some other games. It would be a matter of content and design.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Is there another Mario and Sonic game on the way? http://gonintendo.com/?p=70022 Spanish Nintendo Magazine ‘Nintendo Accion’ is dead-set on confirming the existence of Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics. The small scan above is the only proof we have, and I’m still not convinced. With that said, a move like this would make perfect sense. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games was a big hit for both Sega and Nintendo. This sequel seems like a no-brainer…but I wouldn’t call it confirmed just yet. Thanks to Redacción for the heads up!
Retro_Link Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Is there another Mario and Sonic game on the way? http://gonintendo.com/?p=70022 The Olympics one sold incredibly well, and with the Winter Olympics in 2010, it would make sense for them to bring a sequel out for this Winter '09.
Emasher Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 There's really only a very small chance that they won't release a sequel. It was such a popular game. And if it has some decent sports in it, I might actually buy it this time. Who knows.
darksnowman Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Then there's Spore Hero, a version for the Nintendo Wii, which will be an original adventure game that will utilize the system's motion controls in some fashion. The game, like the rest of the Spore products, will emphasize "creativity and evolution." Spore Hero is currently scheduled to be released this fall. Finally, Spore Hero Arena for the Nintendo DS makes it possible for handheld gamers to generate fully-3D creations and bring them into fights with others. This will also be made available this fall. Taken from IGN. Spore and the already released DS version are still on my to buy list. I'm definitely interested to see what can be done with it on Wii.
Retro_Link Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Although expected, Red Steel 2 confirmed for fiscal year 2009-2010 http://www.cubed3.com/news/11511 Yves Guillemots, Ubisoft CEO, accidentally confirmed a sequel to Red Steel 2 for fiscal year 2009-2010. A second entry in the franchise has always been expected, and even publically discussed by Ubisoft, but when we'd be seeing sword and gunplay again was unknown. It seems like a sequel's definitely on the way though, and soon too. Wii Fanboy reports that Guillemots announced that "We have lots of products coming for the Wii next [fiscal] year. We have Red Steel..." Before pausing and apologising for the slip. With that in mind it's safe to confirm that a sequel poke, slash and stab its way into stores during the next fiscal year.
tapedeck Posted January 23, 2009 Author Posted January 23, 2009 Not meaning to bring a whole debate up but... Does anyone else still think the first Red Steel was 'OK' (in hindsight). I think it took too much of a bashing. I really enjoyed the first level (it felt like I was playing Die hard 1) but after a while it certainly lost its way. I certainly thought we would have seen RS2 by now. Seems lik Ubi are dangling a carrot to Wii owners whilst shitting all over them from behind.
jammy2211 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 I was bored of Red Steel by the point I got to the slow motion bit. Saying that, I had Twilight Princess unwrapped waiting for me to play it, so I guess once I started that Red Steel was an after thought. Red Steel 2 is interesting, it was in developement hell for Ubisoft for a while. I think they're banking on the success of the first too much with the sequel probably over-estimating how much appeal the second has, but if they can get good reviews it should be okay. Will be interesinting to see something non casual from Ubisoft though.
Nicktendo Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Not meaning to bring a whole debate up but... Does anyone else still think the first Red Steel was 'OK' (in hindsight). I think it took too much of a bashing. I really enjoyed the first level (it felt like I was playing Die hard 1) but after a while it certainly lost its way. I certainly thought we would have seen RS2 by now. Seems lik Ubi are dangling a carrot to Wii owners whilst shitting all over them from behind. I think Red Steel got better towards the end! Funhouse, anyone? It is easily in the top 3 games that I've played on Wii, beaten only by SMG and Zelda. Quality game and the best SINGLE PLAYER FPS since Perfect Dark on the N64. Love it.
jammy2211 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 I think Red Steel got better towards the end! Funhouse, anyone? It is easily in the top 3 games that I've played on Wii, beaten only by SMG and Zelda. Quality game and the best SINGLE PLAYER FPS since Perfect Dark on the N64. Love it. Bioshock says hi... and Half life 2. And Halo 1 :/. And lots more, er yeah. Red Steel was a good game with horrible horrible flaws.
darksnowman Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Not meaning to bring a whole debate up but... Does anyone else still think the first Red Steel was 'OK' (in hindsight). I think it took too much of a bashing. I really enjoyed the first level (it felt like I was playing Die hard 1) but after a while it certainly lost its way. I certainly thought we would have seen RS2 by now. Seems lik Ubi are dangling a carrot to Wii owners whilst shitting all over them from behind. Yeah, I think this discussion tends to pop up now and again. I got RedSteel with my Wii and I really liked it. I've been meaning to fire it up again for a level or two to see how it holds up! The only bad thing I can remember about it is the sword fighting being a bit tedious and unresponsive. I didn't even notice that too much til near the end of the game when the battles were more difficult... I remember some of those "Power Rangers" ninja's being pretty damn hard to beat. On the whole it was a quality effort seeing as it was a launch title.
Nicktendo Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Bioshock says hi... I didn't like it and don't really class it as FPS, more like metroid. and Half life 2. Got very bored, very quickly And Halo 1 :/. - I.M.O good, but VASTLY overated and over-hyped. 1 was excellent, in parts, 2 and 3 were atrocious. And lots more, er yeah. Red Steel was a good game with horrible horrible flaws. Each to their own I suppose. I thought technically, while obviously rushed, it was very good. Destructable environments? Excellent lighting? Awesome bump mapping? As mentioned above an excellent effort for a launch title:D
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