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July 6th, 2009 Posted in DS, News, Wii, Written by Valay

Sky Crawlers

- Coming to America courtesy of XSEED
- Also bringing over Fragile
- Should buy their games and support the company if you’re been complaining about these types of games not coming
- They’ll go out of business if we don’t buy their games
- Matt, Bozon likes Fragile despite shortcomings
- Sky Crawlers looks cool too
- Got good reviews in Japan
- Happy they’re bringing Sky Crawlers over

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

- New trailer posted
- Bozon loves the game, will be playing the game this week
- It’s what you expect from the first one
- Bozon not a fan of the shaky cam
- A lot of stuff hoping the team will get in
- Hope they make a difference between when shaky cam comes in for cinematic feel and when it comes in for gunplay
- Cautiously optimistic, Matt has a feeling the game will come together
- Also seeing Spyborgs

- Dead Space trailer up
- Showed Madden footage last week

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up

- Multiplayer footage on the site
- Uninterrupted gameplay footage
- Some people on the forums want the ability to turn off glow for the characters

Top 25 best Wii games article

- Made some updates to the list
- PES updated for the latest game
- MadWorld on the list – Matt really enjoyed it
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 made the last – best sports game Matt has played this generation, maybe the best sports game Bozon has ever played
- Excitebots: Trick Racing, didn’t remove Excite Truck – Would recommended Excitebots over Excite Truck though
- Added The Conduit – Matt just happened to like the game, great multiplayer title
- Punch-Out!! – Still a really good game despite the fact it’s just Punch-Out!! again
- Some controversial ones – No More Heroes on the list even with 7.8 score

Top 25 DS games

- List created late last year, wasn’t much to add this year
- GTA: Chinatown Wars made the list
- Bumped down Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
- Bowser’s Inside Story will probably be a better game
- Henry Hatsworth didn’t get the love, neither did Rhythm Heaven – both were considered
- New Super Mario Bros. the #1 title
- Tetris, World Ends With You also on the list
- Craig thinks there are many more great DS games than Wii games

WiiWare list

- My Life as a King, LIT weren’t on there
- Bozon wanted Art Style: Cubello on the list
- World of Goo, LostWinds, Mega Man 9, Art Style: Orbient, Bomberman, Toki Tori, Swords & Soldiers, Strongbad, Defend your Castle on the list
- Kept the list at 15

Suda 51

- Said next No More Heroes won’t be coming to Wii
- Going to greener pastures
- No big secret, already exploring other platforms
- Could also mean that by the time the next game comes around, it could come to Wii 2
- Before you know it he’ll have something else for the Wii or DS
- He’s really into Natal

- Let’s Tap, Resident Evil Archives (basically just a GameCube game) reviews coming
- Hoping to put up new The Grinder footage tomorrow – shows off some stuff they’ve added since E3 – behind the scenes changes – some stuff that will make playing even by yourself more enjoyable

Anime Expo

- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom booth was there, a lot of people were playing it
- Naruto Clash of Revolution 3 at the convention – new trailer up – more of the same but still very cool and with Wi-Fi

Devil Survivor

- Atlus had a big booth for the game at the Anime convention
- Gave it an 8.7
- It’s awesome
- If you’re in to Shin Megami Tensei, you should pick it up

Treasure World

- Craig did a review last week
- Weird little collection game
- Sniffs out Wi-Fi signals
- Set up the system, close it, then picks up Wi-Fi spots and turns it into a treasure
- Made a cool website, Facebook style, to show off your collection
- Not too much to the actual game which is why Craig gave it a 7.5
- Craig recommends it, very innovative

WiiWare/DSiWare updates

- DSiWare: ArtStyle: Base 10 – Touch all the numbers that add up to 10, Craig didn’t like it much when he played the Japanese version but will download it tonight
- WiiWare: Bit.Trip Core – Music based shooter in a way – Bozon thinks Bit.Trip Beat still better – also still fun – devs looking into leaderboards, might do it retroactively

Reader questions

- Matt hasn’t had time with the retail copy of Sky Crawlers (Japan) – Bozon wants to do import coverage
- TMNT: Smash-Up doesn’t look as bad as it appears in videos – actually looks pretty nice – sewer area looks cool, character models are good – Smash Bros. looks better
- Drift won’t really happen in Red Steel 2, also pointing at the screen a lot so could be recalibrating secretly – Not 1:1 either
- Matt a big sucker for frame rate in certain types of games
- Doesn’t look like the Wii will be seeing a Metal Gear game anytime soon but wouldn’t rule it out completely, maybe we’ll get an old game
- Have to write for several audiences in reviews which is why there are statements such as “If Wii is your only console…” – when you’re reviewing something it’s about context and comparing it to something else
- Official HD Wii hasn’t been announced, there’s been speculation, it’s common sense, Matt thinks it’s inevitable
- Animales de la Muerte hasn’t been scrapped but in some sort of werid state of purgatory – High Voltage didn’t know what to do with the game
- For WiiWare, Matt recommends starting with World of Goo, LostWinds, Tetris Party for WiiWare
- The Conduit vs. The Grinder in this stage of development – looks nicer, multiplayer ideas sound more ambitious – First impression of The Grinder is that it’s original, looks promising, already more superior than The Conduit, online mode will be much improved – More optimistic about The Grinder than they were for The Conduit

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