Submitted by: Nick Rathman at 02/28/07
Virtual Console Releases:
This month we got to download on the virtual console...
- Super Mario World (SNES)
- VIGILANTE(Turbo-Grafx)
- Gain Ground(Genesis)
- Kirby's Adventure(NES)
- Kid Icarus(NES)
- Ice Climber(NES)
- Donkey Kong Country(SNES)
- The Legend of Kage(NES)
- New Adventure Island(Turbo-Grafx)
- Streets of Rage(Genesis)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time(N64)
- Bio-Hazard Battle(Genesis)
- Chew Man Fu(Turbo-Grafx)
The News:
Square Enix Hates Friend Codes
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/186
Square Enix talks about how Nintendo's friend code system is crap.
"Square Enix vice president Hiromichi Tanaka talked to Euro website Cubed3, and in a (highly paraphrased) transcript of the chat, he revealed that although there are no plans to bring Final Fantasy XI Online (above) to the Wii, they are working on trying to get Nintendo to ease up on the whole stupid Friend Codes thing. Great. Ostensibly, Friend Codes keep kids safe from child predators; in reality they just make me not want to use my Wii."
Wii Hacked
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/192
A mod chip called the CycloWiz was released. It basicly allows you to play "backups" *cough* of your Wii games, as well as homebrews. Has some other features as well, read the article for more details
Manhunt 2 Being Developed For The Wii
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/193
Manhunt, a brutal game made by the same people as the Grand Theft Auto series are developing a sequal for the Wii. And who said the Wii was "kiddy"?
Halo 3 Goodies
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/197 - alpha shots
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/201 - alpha video
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/205 - Beta FAQ
More hype for Halo 3, oh goody. This month we got a FAQ for those people participating in the beta, and we also got some leaked alpha screenshots and videos.
Video Games Live
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/209
Video Games Live, a popular VG Music concert, is making its way again over to the Game Developer Conferance. Quick, go buy tickets!
Ubisoft Opens Film Studio
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/214
A short film studio at least, as their first project (a Assasin's Creed film) will only be roughly 8 minutes long. Hopefully we will see longer productions come out of this though.
Ocarina Comes To Virtual Console
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/211
Ever since the Wii was released, fans all over have been waiting anxiously to get their hands on a virtual copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Their wish has finally come true.
Thats it?
Nope. Not everything was covered in this article. If you want to see the rest of what happened this month, you can check out our news archive
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