Today SouthPeak games have announced there first Wii title in the form of Party Pool and will see players taking part in 13 different single and multi-player modes.
The game includes the usual 8-ball, 9-ball, snooker game modes but will also feature unusual game modes like Rotation and Black Jack which will take place in 10 different exoctic locations.
The game will also make use of the Wiimote to its fullest with very strong adjustment, targeting and placement properties.
Melanie Mroz Executive Vice President of SouthPeak games said in a statement that “Pool Party is a major milestone for us, being our first title for Wii. In line with our philosophy of publishing games with an emphasis on distinctive individuality and outright fun, Pool Party’s light-hearted settings and characterisation make it a perfect title for us and we’re certain it’ll be a group-gaming favourite when released in February 2008.â€
In a bit of a surprise to Capcom it seems that Resident Evil 4 on the Wii has sold better than they thought it would in fact much better.
Capcom only expected the game to sell no more than 420,00 unit’s except now it has gone over the 1 million mark which has come as a big surprise to Capcom themselves.
This story shows one of two things, firstly that Capcom had low expectations for one of the best games of the last few years with one of the best control systems on the Wii and secondly it also shows Capcom that the Wii is a big console and that it’s going to see more sucess than the Gamcube did.
Just to add one thing to this news story is that Capcom have also said that there fantastic PS2 game Okami will also be gracing Nintendo’s box of Tricks early next year.
It seems that Nintendo have gone into news overload with the announcement of alot of interesting news stories, so below is just a few of them.
Sonic Getting ready for a Brawl
Sonic has finally been announced for Super Smash Bros Brawl with the Blue headgehogs special move also been announced that will see him turn into super Sonic.
This won’t be the first Nintendo game sonic will apear in he will also race against his rival Mario in the upcoming Mario and Sonic at the olympic games.
Monster Hunter 3 Heading to Wii
Capcom have said today that they are releasing the fantastic Monster Hunter 3 on the Wii.
The game was originally released on the PSP and this will be the first monster hunter game that has been released on a non Sony console.
HudsonSoft announce there first few games for
WiiWare
HudsonSoft have announced there first three games that will apear on WiiWare Nintendo’s new original games channel.
First off there will be a brand new bomberman game along with a karaoke game titled Joyasound.
Finally there will be a brand new Star Solider game that will make the fans really happy.
SquareSoft announce new Final Fantasy Game
On top of HudsonSoft announcing there first few WiiWare games SquareSoft felt a little left out so they have just announced the first Final Fantasy game that will grace WiiWare, titled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Little King and the Promise Country this will be the first WiiWare game and will be released in March next year along side the release of WiiWare.
New DS demo Channel
It’s been a long time coming but Nintendo have said that there will be a new channel for the Wii that will enable people to download demos from there Wii onto there DS, titled Everybody’s Nintendo Channel we should see early next year.
Bikes In Mario Kart
Finally the last piece of news Nintendo have said that for the first time a Mario Kart game will feature bikes as well as the usual Karts.
Well thats it for now and as soon as we get more news we will let you know
A quick and really interesting story surfaced it’s head today with SEGA saying that the classic Dreamcast game Samba de Amigo will be hitting the Wii sometime next year.
Samba de Amigo was a rhythm action game where players used a pair of maracas in time with the music on screen however Wii owners will have to use the Wiimote and nunchuck instead.
Here are the final set of trailers today from the Tokyo Game Show and to rap things off we have a new look at Soul Calibur Legends for the Wii and it will see players taken out of the Beat-Em-up comfort zone and pushed into a full scale adventure.
And just so you fans out there who prefer Soul Calibur as a Beat-Em-up we also have the new trailer for Soul Calibur 4 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Well thats it for the trailers today we will have some more new stuff for you to look at tommorow so check back then.
Over the next few days we are going to go into trailer overdrive as the Tokyo Game Show is happening now and instead of just writing about all of the news coming out of it i thought it would be a better idea to show you some of the games instead.
So to kick off our trailer overload we have the new trailer for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii so enjoy…
At there E3 conference Nintendo announced one of the peripherals the Wii Zapper will be bundled with a game and that game has been announced in the form of Link’s Crossbow Training.
The player takes control of link through a series of challenges in a world that is similar to Twilight Princess and will teach link how to use his crossbow.
Nintendo of America senior vice president of marketing said in a statement that “The Wii Zapper combines our remarkable controllers into one housing with a classic style reminiscent of arcade-style games,” he went on to say that “Both veteran and first-time players will find it brings a whole new dimension to games where targeting is key and provides even more exciting game-play experiences.”
However Link’s Crossbow Challenge will not be the only game out this year that will make use of the Zapper, EA has Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, Capcom has Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles and finally SEGA will be releasing Ghost Squad and they will all make use of the new toy.
For everybody out there who is looking out for a really big challenge in the upcoming Guitar Hero 3 get ready for you jaw to drop the floor when you see by far one of the hardest challenges you will ever have to do.
The video is for the track Through Fire and the Flames by DragonForce and at the speed it is going this song will make your fingers bleed.
It looks like the Wii is still winning the console wars in japan with figures showing that it is out selling it’s main rival the PlayStation 3 by a figure of 3:1.
In the four weeks that ended on the 24th August the Wii sold 245,653 with the PlayStation 3 selling 81,541 units and the Xbox 360 lagging so far behind with only 11,288 sold in the same space of time.
This brings the total of Wii’s to 3.4 million with the PlayStation 3 shifting 1.1million and the Xbox 360 only selling 442,290 to date.
These figures show that the Wii is still out doing it’s competition and that the Xbox 360 still is the whipping boy of the three consoles and that Microsoft still hasn’t made the impact that they have in other territories.
According to Chart Track the Wii is on course to pass the one million units mark within the next few weeks making it a bigger success than Nintendo last console the Gamecube with it only selling just over 1 million units in it’s lifespan.
At the moment the Wii is selling 4 times more than the Xbox 360 and a huge 6 times more than the Playstation 3 making it a huge sucess so far for Nintendo.
The reason why the Wii is selling so good could be down to a few things, firstly it’s a new concept in gaming and people want to try it out, secondly it’s the cheapest out of the three major console and finally the Wii has pick up play ability making it easier to just have a few minutes gaming and making it easier for families to enjoying gaming together.
Whether this pace will keep going remains to be seen with two of microsofts big guns getting released withing in the space of the next six weeks and a rumored price cut hitting our shores but i’m so happy for Nintendo as it shows you that there is a lot of life left in this giant.