The Nintendo Wii Speak will be on sale on 16th November 2008. This $29.99 microphone gadget will be used for Animal Crossing: City Folk. People who purchase the Wii Speak will be given a code to download and activate the Wii Speak Channel from the Wii Shop. The Wii Speak allows 4 buddies of different locations who have traded Friend Codes to talk to one another with their Mii on their TV screen. Audio messages can be left and you can narrate captions for your photos even.
Expect more from the Wii Speak as Nintendo will continue to add more functions and games to complement this useful Wii thingy.
Sega and Prope (pronounced as “pro-peh”), a game studio by former Sega game designer, Yuji Naka, have a Wii rhythm game called Let’s Tap. As the name goes, you just do some tapping with your hands in the different mini games without touching the Wii remote. The remote will be facing down on a box for instance and its accelerometer will pick up the vibrations you create.
Given that video games are getting more elaborate and difficult in game play, Line Rider 2: Unbound for the Wii offers an alternative. Slated for release this week, Line Rider 2: Unbound challenges you with a sled and simple laws of Physics. The internet-turned-console game has 3 modes: Story, Freestyle and Puzzle.
In Story mode, you have to complete 40 mind-bending puzzle tracks made by Line Rider legend TechDawg. Of course, there’s some story plot that involves Bosh (the hero), Chad (the villian) and Bailey (the damsel). You can also design and upload your own puzzle for the world to solve in puzzle creation mode. While Freestyle play lets you adds bells and whistles to your puzzle.
Among the new Wii releases this week, Line Rider 2: Unbound is highly recommended by us.
It’s not a hard thing to believe that Nintendo is already working on the next Big Thing, and the rumor mill is spinning rather wildly about what the company has up its sleeve.
According to the story, Nintendo has been showing off the new system to game developers and publishers, and the set date for this device is in 2011.
While our sources are reluctant to be too specific about “Wii HD,” they have been able to divulge some (albeit predictable) generalizations. High definition visuals are assured, as is a greater emphasis on digitally distributed and backwardly compatible content, indicating that the new system will feature some form of local storage medium such as a hard drive or large flash memory solution. It has also been indicated that Nintendo’s emphasis is again on what the consumer will hold in their hands and interact with, rather than the “console” itself.
It all sounds good. I imagine Nintendo knows they’ve got a winning brand with the ‘Wii’ name so I doubt that’s going anywhere. I guess it’s just a matter of improving what’s already there and 2011 is far enough away that we don’t really need to worry about it yet. But it’s still nice to ponder what the next generation will bring.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed may be selling like hot cakes but are there Star Wars Wii ideas that are rejected by LucasArts before finalizing on this blockbuster Wii game? Cooking Chewbacca, SimTradeFederation, Ani May Cry, Guitar Hero: Ewoks Edition and Call of Duty: Modern Jar-Ja are just some of the victims of Star Wars brainstorming and shortlisting.
Life is simple. You maintain a farm, feed some animals, grow some veggies, partcipate in festivals and get married to raise kids. If you look forward to this kind of life, you should try out the new Wii game, Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility, to have a taste of farm life.
Harvest Moon is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with this Wii installment. This Wii farm simulation game hasn’t changed much (you start out as a boy or girl) but you can use your Wii Remote to feel like you are really farming (motion control). Don’t worry, pushing buttons will also do the trick in case you get worn out.
A thing to note is that there’s no online support for this Wii Harvest Moon. However, do expect a greater variety of crops, animals, events and mini-games which are 4-player accessible in Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility than previous Harvest Moon games.
How do you find this Wii Harvest Moon? Is it better than its predecessors?
If you’re not sure what to do with yourself over the weekend, it’s a good time to hit Toys “R” Us. The game store will be offering the following titles at 50% off:
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
BWii: Battalion Wars 2
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Pretty decent games to be part of such a promotion. Better hurry, though, the offer ends tomorrow!
Nintendo has finally announced the release date for the Wii version of Animal Crossing: December. The US version will be hitting stores on November 16 so the wait shouldn’t be too much longer.
In addition to the release date, the title has changed ever so slightly. Instead of Animal Crossing: City Folk, the game will instead be called Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City.
Here’s the second part of this week 10 New Wii Releases In 60 Seconds, Part I here.
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked
As the title goes, your ship is wrecked and you are stranded on a mysterious island. You have to depend on your friends and pets for survival and erm, entertainment.
Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk
Aircarfts & Missions. Duh.
SimCity Creator
Anything with the word “Sim” means create. You got to create your own cities but this time, on the Wii, with your Wii Remote.
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009
If you are an animal lover, don’t get this game.
Margot’s Word Brain
If you are already a Scrabble King or Queen, you can try this game to test your words-power skill. Random generated letters are in six different puzzles format for you to solve.
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It’s not a hard thing to believe that Nintendo is already working on the next Big Thing, and the rumor mill is spinning rather wildly about what the company has up its sleeve.
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