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    Wii MotionPlus sells nearly 500K units before Wii Sports Resort releases

    July 19, 2009 - 12:30pm


    We've got another week until Wii Sports Resort hits retailer shelves, but as per the recently released June NPD numbers, we already know that the Wii's MotionPlus has moved nearly half a million units. Ars Technica dug up the numbers of individual units sold for the peripheral attachment (169,000) as well as the numbers for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 sold w/ MotionPlus (205,000) and found that, a full three weeks before the July 28th release of Wii Sports Resort, the peripheral add-on is already in 374,000 consumers' homes.We all know the old adage "Good software moves hardware," but in Nintendo's case, apparently "barely any software" is enough.[Via Engadget]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Eagles of Death Metal in new DLC for Guitar Hero: World Tour

    July 18, 2009 - 12:00am

    A new track pack for Guitar Hero World Tour is available today, featuring three tracks from the Eagles of Death Metal, who are neither the Eagles nor a death metal band (Discuss.) The track pack features one single from each of the band's three albums, so it's kind of a sampler of the band's career to date. Or it's just a set of three songs that sound like they'd be fun to play on guitar. No need to overthink this stuff.The set is 440 XBL or $5.49 on PSN, or you can get individual tracks for 160/ $1.99 PSN / 200 Wii Points.

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    Review: Bit.Trip Core (WiiWare)

    July 17, 2009 - 9:00pm


    Gaijin Games returns with another installment in its Bit.Trip series: Bit.Trip: Core, and if you found yourself hyperventilating at the prospect of zapping pixels from a whole bunch of different directions, know those fears are well-founded. Bit.Trip: Core is very tough, but like its predecessor, it's not frustrating.[Note: There's also a video review!]

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    Fans creating Star Fox sequel (it doesn't look like a SNES game)

    July 17, 2009 - 8:35pm

    Most of us know the Star Fox 2 saga by now. The sequel to the SNES game that started it all was in production and the Japanese version was all but finished when Nintendo decided to pull the plug in favor of creating a game for its new console, the N64. That hasn't stopped the Nintendo loyal from wanting to play the game, and for the last six years, a small group of fans have been working on their own version of a sequel.The game is called Shadows of Lylat and will likely not be received so well at Nintendo HQ, though that hasn't stopped SOL Team from planning Windows, Mac OS, and Linux releases. If you're skilled in the ways of Code-Fu and want to lend your talents to the project, the team is looking for you! They can't promise you any money, but we're pretty sure you'll get all the disappointment you could ever want when the cease and desist letters start pouring in.
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    Konami brings sand, salary men to WiiWare in Japan

    July 17, 2009 - 7:30pm


    According to adriansang.com, Konami is bringing two "new" WiiWare games to Japan. We say "new" because one of them, Beach de O-shiro wo Tsukuccha Wow!, is obviously Sandy Beach, which was already released in North America. Sandy Beach, if you've forgotten, was pretty awful. So, um, have fun with that one, Japan.The other one, though, Tomenasanner Wii, looks to be a new title. The game stars a business man who must navigate various obstacles by pressing the A button. And, apparently, that's all you do. The entertainment, it seems, is derived from the timing required and from the variety of actions that the game's character, Mr. Susumu, can perform. Dancing, slam dunks, dinosaur riding, all just part of a normal day for Mr. Susumu. Tomenasanner is based on a series of mobile phone games by the same name. We looked it up on YouTube and ... it's weird. See it after the break.

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    Dragon Quest IX leads to increased DS sales in Japan

    July 17, 2009 - 6:05pm

    Nintendo of America touted the DS's sales in June, noting that the handheld outsold every home console combined, according to the June NPD numbers. Nintendo of Japan has its own success to be proud of, thanks to the release of Dragon Quest IX, which -- can you believe it -- led to increased hardware sales last week.According to Media Create, the DSi sold 118,202 units last week, up from the previous week's 46,855. That actually seems like a pretty minor boost given that Dragon Quest sold over two million copies, and given that the red DSi launched alongside it. The DS Lite even managed to sell 10,161 units, presumably because DSis were sold out.[Via MCV]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

    WB pencils in September 25 UK release date for Scribblenauts

    July 17, 2009 - 5:30pm

    Scribblenauts is currently slated for a "September" release in North America, though it's semi-officially listed for September 15. If you write with an English accent, you'll be happy to know that you'll be summoning lorries, bobbies, and chavs to retrieve Starites as soon as September 25.WB confirmed the UK release date in a statement to Destructoid. This may actually be the release date across Europe, as Amazon.de lists the German version (which requires significantly more localization than the also-in-English UK version) for the same date. We're delighted that, as far as we can tell, there won't be any agonizing six-month waits for anyone while other regions have an awesome time. Except maybe for Japan. We haven't heard about any publishers picking it up there, and other 5TH Cell games have been released there months after they were in North America.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Behind the scenes with the Trauma Team team

    July 17, 2009 - 3:10pm

    Trauma Center changed the world a little bit, and we didn't even notice. Sure, there were surgery games before on the PC, but Trauma Center was the first really popular surgery-game franchise. It's so popular, in fact, that not only is there now a game that expands beyond surgery into other medical practices, but we'll watch a behind-the-scenes video for that game raptly.Seriously, this is a game that is partially about endoscopy and we're totally on board. What has Atlus done to us? Trauma Team is currently slated for Spring 2010.Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Rock Band Weekly: Kings of Leon, No Doubt, Grateful Dead

    July 17, 2009 - 2:35pm


    Rock Band Weekly and Rock Band Wiikly combine forces this week to bring you one superlist of all of next week's DLC. There's a lot of content set to assault Harmonix's game, so we hope you like the bands listed in the headline above -- they make up the majority of what will be available for download. If you dig the band Lush, then we hope you really like "Sweetness & Light."

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    MTV reveals Rock Band Network, track upload program for artists

    July 17, 2009 - 1:06pm

    MTV is looking to add a pretty substantial feature to its Rock Band game, one that could have saved us all from the horrors of Coyote Ugly. See, if the movie's lead had just used Rock Band to get her stuff noticed, she wouldn't have had to dance on a bar, grow as a person and find her Romeo. She could've cut so many corners!But, we digress. Later this year, MTV and Harmonix will launch the Rock Band Network, a utility that allows bands and acts to upload their stuff for the game. Rock Band Network is currently in closed beta, but have no fear. We could be seeing more on this as early as August, when it's planned to go into open beta. Initially, the Rock Band Network will only be available on the Xbox 360, though it's the goal to roll it out to the PS3 and Wii as soon as possible (what, no PSP love?). The process itself sounds simple enough: When submitting music, talent have two different options. They can either submit their music to "a community of Harmonix-trained freelance game developers" who will handle implementing the music into the game, or "hire trained developers or school their existing employees to do the work in-house." This means that, for the first time, the acts will be able to control the note charts on their songs. Do you think Dragonforce ever wanted their song to be the most difficult thing ever?Rock Band Network won't just help the little guy either, as Harmonix explains even with its bolstered staff, post-MTV acquisition, it can only add 10 new songs a day to the Rock Band store. This new system will help all music get into the game faster, and give Harmonix some relief from the burden. There's also another game to consider, which we're sure Harmonix is hard at work on right this very second.[Via Billboard]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments