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One of Nintendo's biggest titles of the Super Nintendo era has hit the VC in North America. New school players will now be able to enjoy the previously Super Nintendo-exclusive Super Mario RPG. Nintendo is touting this as their 250th Virtual Console release, adding a promo video and article for the game which can be respectively found in the Nintendo Channel and VC.
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Hillcrest Laboratories sued Nintendo today claiming the game maker is using their motion-control inventions in the Wii, Bloomberg reports.
Hillcrest is seeking to block imports of the Wii and Wii remotes, according to a complaint filed today with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. Hillcrest also filed a civil suit in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland.
"While Hillcrest Labs has a great deal of respect for Nintendo and the Wii, Hillcrest Labs believes that Nintendo is in clear violation of its patents and has taken this action to protect its intellectual property rights,'' the company said in a statement.
Three of the patents are for motion control tech and a fourth for the graphics user interface. Hillcrest are the people behind motion-control tech Freespace and a graphic interface tech called Home.
Bloomberg reports that the ITC case will likely go first and can take about 15 months to be investigated.
From Kotaku
As most people are wondering, it's odd that they decide to do this two years after the Wiis release. It's all BS...just another company trying to make money without having to do anything.
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Last week, Activision officially announced that Metallica's upcoming record "Death Magnetic" will be downloadable on the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour this fall.
Along with Guitar Hero World Tour, there will be three other Activision games hitting stores this fall for Wii and two hitting DS. The Wii versions of Call of Duty: World at War and Quantum of Solace will both use the renowned Call of Duty 4 engine and are both being developed by Treyarch.
Activision also announced Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion, the sequel to their 2006 Wii launch title. They also mention upcoming movie-based games like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16465
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Konami have announced that a new franchise is in development for Nintendo DS. Time Hollow is an adventure game characterised by story development. The game takes players backwards through time to change events in the past in order to solve puzzles in the future. The deep storyline and integrated puzzles are its main features.
The story is written by Junko Kawano, who worked on Suikoden IV as a script writer and is instrumental in contributing to the unique style and appearance of the game. The story follows Ethan Kairos and his quest to find the cause of the mysterious disappearance of his family. While on this investigation, he discovers the Hollow Pen, a special object that has the power to open portals to the past. Using the stylus, players will be able to draw portals from the present to the past on the touch screen.
Time Hollow is due for release this Fall on Nintendo DS.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16467
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If you didn't know already - Nintendo's E3 was far from good, but the REAL news has finally arrived. After the conference, and being questioned, Shiggs hinted (pretty much confermed) And new zelda game for the wii, AND ds. Also when questioned about a POSSIBLE Mario galaxy sequel, he (shiggs) said "Leave it to me" implying he,too , would like a sequel. And as for the Pikmin series, he had a surprise in store! He said when the time to annouce such a title comes, he would announce it. Apperantly that time was now! He flat out said "We are making Pikmin". But for the people who are skeptical over it, yesterday, on July 25, he yet AGAIN confirmed the fact that a new Zelda, Mario, AND Pikmin game are in the works and thier respective teams have been working very hard, to get this games out. "Making these 'traditional' games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams. They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects, and they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."
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Pokémon Platinum is going to be released in Japan on September 13, 2008. The release date for North America is not yet known. The game will be an enhanced remake of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl. There will be a new storyline though and the climate in Sinnoh will be much colder due to a disturbance on Mt. Coronet, therefore, the characters will have new outfits to suit the colder weather. See more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum.
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A some of you may have noticed, there weren't many games Nintendo revealed that were that thrilling. Sure, there was information about the new Animal Crossing, Wario Land, and Kirby Super Star Ultra games, but we already knew those were coming.
Shigeru Miyamoto sheds some light onto this in an interview with him.
His quote:
"I think that there’s probably one other element to it, and that’s that our view of how we use E3 has changed. For a very long time, E3 was an event where — and certainly Nintendo included — catered specifically to the core gamer. Now we look at more … an opportunity for us to introduce new concepts and new types of play that we intend to bring to the broader audience, particularly because of the media that gathers at E3 now.
So while attending an E3 event like this, they might be given the impression that Nintendo is no longer focusing on the games that appeal to the core gamer, in fact we’re still working on many of those titles, but it’s just not the type of event where we’ll be showcasing that anymore."
In other words, games revealed at E3 are now more about appealling to the media and casual gamers. While there ARE games of interest for long-time gamers, it seems that Nintendo has decided that E3 isn't the place to reveal them.
My thoughts: Wow, E3 sure has taken a turn... For better or worse, I don't know if I can say. I used to look forward to E3 for all the new gaming info, but now...
Oh well, I hope this answers some questions.
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According to this Sky News article people suffering from cerebral palsy have received benefits from playing the Wii.
Always good to hear.
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Nintendo announced "Wii MotionPlus". This new accessory reportedly will attach to the end of your WiiMote and will track better a player's arm position. Nintendo released a brief statement about Wii MotionPlus - more information is promised to be available tomorrow at their E3 conference.
"Every slight movement players make with their wrist or arm is rendered identically in real time on the screen, providing a true 1:1 response in their game play. The Wii MotionPlus accessory reconfirms Nintendo's commitment to making games intuitive and accessible for everyone."
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