Archive for February, 2010

GTI Club Supermini Festa!

Konami Digital Entertainment announced that GTI Club Supermini Festa!, the all-new high-speed racing title, is now available via download on PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) System and PSP®go. A descendent of the popular arcade game, GTI Club Supermini Festa! is a fast-paced racing game that hurdles players across global terrains in mini-customizable cars. Gamers must speed through tight bends, the back roads of urban sprawls, up steep mountain roads, down cavernous caves, and tackle a wide variety of driving conditions as they race to the finish line for the checkered flag.

GTI Club Supermini Festa! has over 15 courses in five different stages from across the globe including Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and the United States. Each stage takes racers through open cities and rough terrain, and challenges them to tackle oncoming traffic and uncover new routes and secret courses. Gamers can drive over massive jumps, around hair-pin turns and through secret shortcuts in 16 customizable Supermini cars based on the original arcade game, and a few all-new additions. In the garage, gamers can also design their own Supermini from the ground up, or tune their engine’s performance to perfection. Players can race to the finish against friends in multiplayer modes via ad-hoc party for the PSP with up to four players.

GTI Club Supermini Festa! is rated E for everyone by the ESRB and is now available for PSP and PSPgo download for $29.99. GTI Club Supermini Festa! will also be available on Wii™ this Spring. To download additional assets and information for GTI Club Supermini Festa!, please  www.konami.com/downloads.

Major League Baseball 2K10 free demo now available for download

Relive the experience of the 2009 World Series and practice for your shot at $1,000,000

2K Sports announced that a free demo of Major League Baseball® 2K10 is now available for download for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft through the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network, and will be available on Thursday, March 4 for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system through the PlayStation®Network. The demo will offer fans an opportunity to relive the excitement of the 2009 World Series® and play a 3-inning game as either the Philadelphia Phillies or New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The demo also gives gamers a chance to perfect their pitching for a chance to win $1,000,000. This year, 2K Sports will give away this unprecedented cash prize to the first person who throws a verified perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10. This special contest, sponsored by 2K Sports, is available for Xbox 360 through Xbox LIVE* and the PlayStation 3 system through the PlayStation Network. For more information about the $1,000,000 Major League Baseball 2K10 contest, please visit: www.2ksports.com/perfectgame.

Major League Baseball 2K10 celebrates baseball’s core battle: pitchers vs. hitters. Improved pitching mechanics and right-stick swing controls let you pound the strike zone and rake like a pro, along with a totally revamped fielding system, hundreds of new signature animations and a star player rating system that brings the action to life like never before. New game modes such as My Player and MLB Today will join franchise staples such as Franchise and Home Run Derby to provide the game with an incredible amount of depth. Get ready to battle.

Developed by Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio, Major League Baseball 2K10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available on March 2, 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, WiiTM, Nintendo DSTM and Windows PC.

UFC Undisputed 2010

So … you want to be a fighter? UFC® Undisputed™ 2010 is the only mixed martial arts (MMA) videogame that delivers the action, intensity and prestige of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC).

Step into the Octagon™ to experience the most advanced and commanding virtual MMA action with more than 100 of the best UFC fighters in the world. Experience intelligent and intuitive combat, increased fighter customization, robust career progression, challenging new gameplay modes and explosive online offerings. UFC Undisputed 2010 embodies the ultimate essence and supremacy of a UFC fighter. Ready to be one?

Features:

  • UFC FIGHTERS AND PERSONALITIES – Navigate an unparalleled roster of more than 100 prolific UFC fighters, each fully rendered to convey a photorealistic appearance. Prominent UFC personalities, including the commentary team of Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg, veteran voice of the Octagon Bruce Buffer, Octagon Girls, referees, trainers and more return to showcase an authentic and memorable UFC videogame experience.
  • ENHANCED COMBAT – Step into the Octagon with improved combat. A new Sway System with full upper body and head movement allows for the dodging of attacks, while on the ground, a new Posture System delivers strong, fight-ending strikes from every position. Manage Octagon control with new strikes, submissions, transitions and cage positions, as well as experience added realism with the introduction of Southpaw stance.

* FIGHTER CUSTOMIZATION – Enjoy customizable freedom with created fighters by combining move sets from numerous MMA disciplines. Choose from an array of moves from all available disciplines, including newly added Sambo, Karate and Greco-Roman Wrestling, to become a true mixed martial artist.

  • EXPANSIVE ONLINE PLAY – Encourage camaraderie by forming fight camps and leagues to participate in ranking and champion tracking systems. Join forces, train like real-life UFC fighters and go online to compete against other camps in the virtual UFC world.
  • CAREER MODE – An intuitive “Game Is Watching You” system tracks every action and uses this information to dictate in-game commentary, opponent intelligence and overall career progression. On the quest to reach the UFC Hall of Fame, enhance the Career Mode experience through online co-op sparring sessions with respective fight camps and form unique personalities for created fighters to increase their cred, popularity and sponsorships based on interactions during weigh-ins and interviews.
  • TITLE AND TITLE DEFENSE MODES – Fight through one of UFC’s five official weight classes to earn and defend a championship belt in Title Mode. In Title Defense Mode, a fighter’s condition remains persistent, with milestone challenges built in along the way.
  • TOURNAMENT MODE – Explore up to 16-player individual and team tournaments within one system. Utilize UFC fighters or created fighters and select from arcade-style play with repeated fighter appearances or experience simulation play with fighter representation limited to one appearance.

Nintendo USA downloads 23 February 2010

Let’s say you’re relaxing at home, but something doesn’t seem quite right. Maybe your house has ghosts. Clearly you need to get GhostSlayer, with its Wii MotionPlus™ accessory functionality, to figure out how to deal with them. Or maybe your house has a mouse. Mouse House™ puzzles seem the logical choice for you.

Maybe you just need to get out of the house and try some fresh air with Family Go-Kart Racing. If it seems a bit brighter than usual outdoors, that’s probably because Aura-Aura, the star of Aura-Aura Climber™, has fallen out of the sky. While you’re out having fun, take and share some crazy pictures of your friends and family with Faceez, or spend a few relaxing hours directing flights with Flight Control™. And while you’re out there, you might want to spend some time helping a little boy recover his lost pet goldfish, Flipper.

WiiWare™

GhostSlayer
Publisher: Gevo Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Blood, Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: Embark on a thrilling ghost-fighting experience. Play as a Ghost Slayer as you battle evil spirits that plague the mortal world. Your sword is your only weapon against them. Eliminate all hostiles in your path and defeat the Ghost Queen in the final stage in order to save the world. Unlock new swords and acquire special techniques that you can use to your advantage. Test your skills by playing all three levels of difficulty. Enjoy the thrill of slashing ghosts and vaporizing them by swinging your Wii Remote™ controller and experience sword-fighting game play at a new level of realism by using Wii MotionPlus accessory (this game can be played with or without Wii MotionPlus). Brace yourself for the onslaught of blood-thirsty spirits.

Mouse House
Publisher: Big John Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: He’s clever, he’s daring, he’s brave, he’s … a mouse! Mouse House is an accessible and fast-paced logic puzzle game in which you lead a lively little mouse on his hunt to collect the cheese in each of 100 challenging puzzles. But these are no simple mazes – our adorable hero has to weave his way though a cast of colorful critters, including stinger-shooting bees and nasty rats, as well as tricky traps like conveyor belts, collapsing floors and more. A true “pick up and play” game, Mouse House’s combination of simple controls and multiple levels of challenge make it perfect for players of all ages.

Family Go-Kart Racing
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: It’s Family Go-Kart Racing, the fantastic new racing game from Arc System Works. The Family is back: Billy, Sarah, Daddy, Mommy and new to the Family fun, Auntie and Gramps. Choose among the six family members and six karts to take on 12 exciting tracks and drift your way to victory. With the Wii Remote controller’s tilt control, race against the clock in Time Attack to beat your personal records, or take on the entire family in a full Grand Prix. Steer your way through the Snowy Slopes, peel out in the World Bazaar and go-go-go for gold on the Go-Go Rollercoaster. Earn your place as the head of the family by outmaneuvering your kin with special items like Acceleration and Lighting to zip past your opponents. Or, unleash the Bowling Bomb and strike out the kart ahead of you.

Nintendo DSiWare™

Aura-Aura Climber
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Aura-Aura has fallen out of the sky and landed on Earth. He is determined to return to his rightful place in the universe and become a bright star. Take control of Aura-Aura, and help him to accomplish this by using his grapple arm to grab a variety of grapple points and continuously climb higher in the sky. Along the way, collect items to aid him (bombs, extensions for his grapple arm) and avoid enemies that damage Aura-Aura’s health. Two modes of play offer very different challenges: Score Attack, in which you try to get to the goal with as many points as possible, and Endless, in which your aim is simply to help Aura-Aura climb as high into the sky as possible within the time limit. And even if you think you’ve mastered the art of climbing, both modes offer numerous medals to find or earn by completing specific tasks. With its intuitive controls, straightforward game play, and incredible replay value, Aura-Aura’s journey is arcade-style gaming at its best … or should that be its highest?

Flight Control
Publisher: Firemint
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Keep the skies safe in Flight Control, the insanely popular worldwide hit from Firemint. In this action-packed game, take on the role of an air traffic controller at an increasingly busy airport. In complete control of the airspace, direct aircraft to their appropriate landing zones while avoiding collisions. Travel to airports set among green fields, a beachside resort, the Australian Outback, a winter wonderland and even an aircraft carrier. Learn how to land 10 different kinds of aircraft, including jets, seaplanes and helicopters. To direct aircraft, simply touch and drag them to their landing zones with the stylus without letting them collide. Sounds easy? You’ll need smart strategy, keen eyes and a smooth touch to keep the chaos under control. You can even work alongside a friend in cooperative multiplayer mode, and guard the airways together. Flight Control only takes a minute to learn – just don’t expect to put it down as quickly as you’ll pick it up.

Faceez
Publisher: Neko Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Alcohol Reference, Comic Mischief, Mild Blood
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Make your friends laugh with Faceez. Take pictures of their faces with the Nintendo DSi Camera and then mix them and animate them. Dress them up with lots of funny accessories. Place them in your own favorite settings. Give free reign to your imagination with millions of possible combinations. Thanks to the Nintendo DSi system’s connectivity with Facebook, you can share your creations with your friends, who’ll be rolling on the floor laughing. Photograph, disguise, decorate, animate and send … FACEEZ.

Flipper
Publisher: Xform
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: The hero of the game is a courageous young boy. You must lead him through various worlds full of obstacles to retrieve his stolen goldfish called Flipper. Get ready for a 3-D puzzle platform game set in four different worlds with five levels each. The game features beautiful pixel-art backdrops, cheerful cartoon characters and catchy music. The voxel engine technology allows you to change the environment with some cool power-ups. You can pick up power-ups that let you blast holes in the environment while other power-ups restore it or build platforms. It’s up to you to use the limited amount of power-ups wisely to complete each level. Flipper is a fun and challenging puzzle game that is suited for all ages.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi™ Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Nintendo Europe downloads 19 February 2010

The Wii Shop Channel is jam packed with new WiiWare games this week. Whether you are hungry to play with rookie lawyer Phoenix Wright, in Phoenix Wright™ Ace Attorney™ Justice for All, challenge your mind in Brain Cadets™ or catch the fifth and final chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island series, there will be something for you.

DSiWare doesn’t disappoint this week either. Control the skies in Flight Control™, try out the Flips Interactive Books in Flips Terror in Cubicle Four or complete mind-bending puzzles in Puzzle to Go Wildlife.

WiiWare – Phoenix Wright™ Ace Attorney™ Justice for All
(Capcom, 1,000 Wii Points)

Phoenix Wright, the rookie defence lawyer with the wildest cross-examination skills in town, is back for more in Phoenix Wright™ Ace Attorney™Justice for All.

The courtroom drama is heating up with ruthless D.A., Franziska von Karma. Meet new colorful characters, experience dramatic stories and exciting gameplay – the defence never rests!

WiiWare – Brain Cadets™
(Rising Star Games, 1,000 Wii Points)

This is a party game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players will become brand new Brain Cadets taking orders from the drill sergeant and go through mind-boggling, mind-strengthening training.

The rules are simple, but concentration and quick thinking are both key to playing this game and emerging as lean, mean, thinking machines. This game is best played with friends and family.

WiiWare – Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5
Rise of the Pirate God
(Telltale Games, 1,000 Wii Points)

Shocking series finale sure to shiver your timbers!

With the Monkey Island world in tatters at the conclusion of the fourth Tales of Monkey Island chapter, we’re all left to wonder: who can save the Caribbean?!
LeChuck is revealing surprising new characteristics yet again, Guybrush has met a shocking fate, and Elaine must confront the ultimate evil with everything at stake. Your adventure takes you far beyond the stormy isles as you experience the Rise of the Pirate God.

NINTENDO DSiWare – Flight Control™
(Firemint, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)

Fly the skies in Flight Control, the insanely addictive worldwide hit from Firemint. It only takes a minute to learn but you won’t be able to put it down.

Keep the skies safe for ten aircraft types including jets and seaplanes, on five maps including Beach, Windy and Aircraft Carrier. You can land the planes solo or play with a friend.

Touch and drag the planes to their runways but don’t let them collide. Sounds easy? You’ll need smart strategy, keen eyes and a smooth touch to keep the chaos under control.

NINTENDO DSiWare – Flips Terror in Cubicle Four*
(Electronic Arts, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)

There’s something strange going on with the loo in cubicle four of the girl’s toilet. It’s spewed green goo on Stacey’s shoes and almost had year-seven new boy, James, for lunch. Can he and his friends, Alexander and Lenny, flush out the cause of the trouble, or will the terrifying toilet plague the school with problems forever?

Flips Interactive Books – the Fun New Way for Kids to Read

NINTENDO DSiWare – Puzzle to Go Wildlife*
(Tivola Publishing, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)

Puzzle to Go Wildlife is the jigsaw puzzle for on the move. Puzzle together the most beautiful motifs wherever and whenever you like. Collect stars for each completed jigsaw puzzle and release new images. Ten motifs are available in three different degrees of difficulty.

Would you rather choose your own images to puzzle together? No problem! Puzzle to Go also allows you to puzzle together all the images from the photoalbum of your Nintendo DSi.

NINTENDO DSiWare – Downtown Texas Hold ‘em
(Electronic Arts, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)

Go all-in with EA’s Downtown Texas Hold ‘em!

Sharpen ‘n show off your poker skills in 2 exciting game modes and take on up to 20 players in authentic showdowns. Put on your best poker face and challenge friends to a Multiplayer match. Start with a practice game, play a round of classic poker, then jump into turbo tournament to win the grand prize! Buy your way into gambling halls & casinos, each with its own unique background with realistic tables, cards & chips!

As the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop are continually updated with exciting and refreshing games and applications, make sure you keep checking the Nintendo Channel, Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop for all the latest news and releases on already available and upcoming Virtual Console, WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare titles.

Be sure to also check out Nintendo of Europe’s WiiWare portal, which functions as the main hub for the latest WiiWare news and game sites, while at the same time providing the perfect entry point for newcomers to the service. Weekly and all-time Top 10 lists show which WiiWare titles the UK’s Club Nintendo members are currently downloading most, and which are the most popular of all time.

The portal also provides step-by-step tutorials explaining how to connect the Wii console to the Internet and how to download WiiWare games, as well as a video showing how to use Nintendo Points. Visit www.wiiware.co.uk for all the details. Downloaded games can be saved to Wii’s internal memory or SD card and added to the console’s Wii Menu or SD Card Menu for anytime easy access.