Submitted by: Nick Rathman at 04/01/07
Virtual Console Releases
The following games were released this month for the Virtual Console and are now available for purchase on the Wii Shop Channel:
- Elevator Action (NES)
- Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES)
- Sword of Vermillion (Genesis)
- Tecmo Bowl (NES)
- Sonic Spinball (Genesis)
- Double Dungeons (TurboGrafx)
- Excite Bike (NES)
- Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
- SPLATTERHOUSE (TurboGrafx)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (SNES)
Watch out Nintendo, mind reading controller on the way
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/219
Emotiv is developing a product called "Project Epoch". What it is is a headset you wear that lets you play video games...with your mind. Interested? Check out the article for more details, link to the product page and a picture of the device.
Lego MMO revealed!
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/226
Lego has signed off a game developer to develop a MMOG for legos! It will most likely be similar to another lego(ish) game that came out a while back. It was called BlockLand. Basically what you do is build structures with lego, walk your lego dude around, break stuff etc. It is actually really fun, and will be interesting to see what they will do with it.
Fable 2 Secret
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/227
During an interview with Peter Molyneux by the folks at Kotaku, a major feature of Fable 2 was revealed...A pet dog. Ok, fine enough, but here is where it gets really unique:
he dog will be faithful to you and will have a deeply nuanced artificial intelligence so you won't actually control your dog at all. Instead your dog will act as a sort of living HUD. The game has no map, no other user interface on screen. Instead you will have to rely on the dog and what he sees and does.
Blue Dragon comming to North America this Augest
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/228
Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360 will be comming to North America this Augest, according to an anouncment at GDC earlier this month.
"Touch Generation" extending from the DS to the Wii
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/231
Nintendo anounced that it will bring its hugely successful "Touch Generation" games over from the DS to the Wii. I wonder what kind of crazy games they will come up with for the Wii?
Pokemon Battle Revolution: first Wii online game
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/233
Some interesting details on Pokemon Battle Revolution (The first online game for the Wii ), including one very cool feature. The ability to control the game using your DS.
Release dates for upcomming Wii and DS games
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/234
A whole bunch of release dates were anounced for several DS and Wii games. Check the link for a list of em'.
DS Opera browser hitting North America June 2nd
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/236
Over at GDC it was anounced that the DS Opera Web Browser is to be finally released in North America on June 2nd
Phantom Hourglass goes multiplayer
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/237
Details have come in about The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass's multiplayer features. Check out the article for more info.
New Crysis tech demo
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/238
Not much to describe here, just click the link and watch the video.
Battalion Wars 2 Online?!
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/240
Nintendo seems to have changed the game profile for Battalion Wars 2 on their website. It now says that not only will there be online play, but co-op to!
From the website:
Online Multiplayer: The battle wages online in three modes: Assault, Skirmish and Co-op. Fight with or against others in land, sea and air combat.
Halo 2 "Vista" to be released May 8th
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/250
Microsoft anounced at GDC that it will be releasing Halo 2 "Vista" (The PC version of Halo 2) on May 8th. What took them so long?!
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl VOIP
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/257
Using the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, players will be able to talk to eachother via the microphone on the Nintendo DS. Much in the same way as in Metroid Prime: Hunters. Good news indeed.
Rumour: External Wii harddrive comming? + Rumour dismissed
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/258 - rumour
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/264 - dismissal
This one caused alot of discussion all over the internets. There were some rumours going around that there was an external harddrive for the Wii in the works. Unfortunately, a few days after the rumours made their way around, Nintendo promptly dismissed them.
MP3, Cause of the delay.
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/263
Dallin Gray shares his thoughts on why Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has been delayed. An interesting read.
Grand Theft Auto Wii?
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/270
Nintendo hints at the possibility of a Wii version for Grand Theft Auto sometime in the neat future. Doubtful, but we can dream can't we?
Wii Opera Browser comming April
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/272
Set to release sometime about...now... the Wii opera browser has been delayed a few weeks. It went from a late march release to a mid-late April release.
The Black Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Elite
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/277
HDMI, IPTV, a 120 gig harddrive and slick black casing, the "Xbox 360 Elite" is comming to stores fairly soon. Keep an eye out for it.
Guild Wars 2 anounced!
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/283
Guild Wars 2 has been officially anounced! Playable races, high level cap (maybe even limitless) and a persistant world....I just can't wait. Its a shame that it won't even be in beta till mid 2008. In the meanwhile, us Guild Wars players will have an expansion to play with. This is the first true expansion to Guild Wars (Nightfall and Factions are standalone titles). The expansion is called Eye of the North, and will take us back to kryta, as well as give us a taste of the races comming to GW2. Eye of the North will come sometime later this year. It should hopefully hold us off another year or so while we eagerly await Guild Wars 2.
Mario and Sonic in the Olympics!
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/286
Nintendo is partnering with sega to bring both Mario and Sonic into one game! The game will be all about the Olympics, sort of a Super Smash Bros olympic style if you will. Playable characters include Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi.
New Grand Theft Auto trailer debuts
http://www.helmgames.com/articles/289
Just the other day Rockstar released a trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV. The game seems to be set back in Liberty City, but you can't tell much else from the video.
And...we are done
And thats not even close to all of the storys we got this month, there is lots of em'! If you want to see what else you missed this month (that is, if you missed anything) make sure to check out our news archive
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