Ubisoft have officially confirmed the existence of Red Steel 2 and state that the highly anticipated game will be available for the Nintendo Wii this winter.
Whilst this information was unveiled via Ubisofts official website, their Twitter team posted a tantalizing glimpse of what we can expect. More information regarding the game is due to follow shortly, with both Nintendo Power and the Official Nintendo Magazine running in-depth exclusives starting next week.
Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, has started the E3 hype train rolling by promising sneak peaks at ‘key titles’ at this years event in Los Angeles.
E3 brings a wide variety of key audiences into contact with products from many companies, including Nintendo. It’s the place where creativity is on display, and as a ‘sneak peak’ for our entire industry it helps generate excitement for gamers around the world.
Capcom has officially confirmed that its forthcoming Resident Evil: Archives is set for release in June.
Resident Evil: Archives the remake of the original Resident Evil for the PlayStation One is destined for the Wii, June 23rd. A European release for the classic survival horror title is also due to arrive shortly after.
Wii Fit continues to top the charts in Britain for the 13th consecutive week in a row.
Sales for Wii Fit show no signs of decline in the United Kingdom with the title sitting atop of the UK all formats chart for its thirteenth consecutive week. Can it possibly top the eighteen week all-time record currently held by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Only time will tell, but it’s certainly more than possible.
High Voltage’s highly anticipated first person shooter, The Conduit, is set to receive the limited edition treatment.
Those gamers willing to pay a little extra will be treated to some additional goodies courtesy of US gaming retail outlet, Gamestop, who’re promoting their exclusive limited edition package of the game.
An article recently posted in the New York Times suggest that Wii owners could be damaging themselves by lazily swinging the remote, rather than doing complete full gestures.
The problem can apparently occur when the player discovers that there’s no need to fully swing your arm in games such as Wii Sports and instead use a simply quick flick of the wrist, causing what’s commonly known as ‘tennis elbow’.
In preparation for Mothers Day, Nintendo have seen fit to release a Lime Green DS Lite and Personal Trainer: Cooking bundle.
The Lime Green DS Lite bundle will be available at various retail outlets from May 3rd onwards and is another attempt to hook into the varied consumer base that the DS Lite ultimately appeals to.
Nintendo have officially announced that their planned Wii video channel is set to launch in May.
The video channel, which is a join venture between Nintendo and media firm Densu, will be freely available to download in Japan in May. Once the application is downloaded, Wii users can then register up to eight Mii characters to integrate with what can only be described as ‘a virtual living room’.
Following Microsoft’s decision to allow consumers to purchase its Xbox live Arcade games on Amazon.com, Nintendo have now started to promote and sell its WiiWare games on the popular online retail site.
Whilst its offerings are fairly sparse at present – only World of Goo is available for download at this precise moment in time, you can be sure that Nintendo will effectively begin to market and distribute its wealth of WiiWare titles on Amazon.com.
EA Sports are to bundle both Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 and Grand Slam Tennis with Wii MotionPlus.
To combat the fact that Nintendo haven’t got a first party title ready for use with Wii MotionPlus upon launch, EA are set to launch and bundle the forthcoming motion sensing peripheral with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 and EA Grand Slam Tennis.
