New Wii!

Have they added a little smile under the "Wii" name on the 'mote?

edgecrusher said:

Xbox and PS3 should both be $150, and Wii should be $89 right now. These consoles are 5+ years old. They are fucking all retarded too, as are most corporations these days, because if they WERE  down to those prices the installed bases would skyrocket. And if games were $40 instead of $60?

What annoys me is that they repackage the consoles at the same price with larger hard drives, instead of just cutting the damned price already. If I can buy a cheap USB hardrive online, why can't people just use that?

Steel Battalion Kinect Will Use Controller

You can high five team mates.

Wait, really?

Can you do the down low?

aspro said:

New Wii!

Have they added a little smile under the "Wii" name on the 'mote?

It looks the same, only it's thinner but no one will care as they gimped out on GC support and probably will sell it cheaper. Waste of fricking time. They couldn't even take the opportunity to offer a new colour?

GG, The new Wii is for the homeless.  They don't care about stripped out GC support or a new color.  Seriously, who hasn't got a Wii at this point? I was amazed, AMAZED, at how many PSONEs sold when they brought them out.  There are cave dwellers out there. (Shit, I bought one because they were so cheap, it's still in the box).

I'm expecting a price drop within the next few weeks.

aspro said:

GG, The new Wii is for the homeless.  They don't care about stripped out GC support or a new color.  Seriously, who hasn't got a Wii at this point? I was amazed, AMAZED, at how many PSONEs sold when they brought them out.  There are cave dwellers out there. (Shit, I bought one because they were so cheap, it's still in the box).

I'm expecting a price drop within the next few weeks.

At least it comes with motionplus, for all the 10 games that support it

gamingeek said:

At least it comes with motionplus, for all the 10 games that support it

Look out, Iga has a list of 34 games that support M+ in some way.

Gamesradar reviews No More Heroes PS3

If that all sounds dandy to you, you'll probably be able to forgive the weaknesses of the PS3 port. These weaknesses are not insignificant, though, and they did affect our score for the game. The first, and least, of the problems is that the game has received essentially no noteworthy graphical improvement for PS3. On the Wii the low-res textures and empty worlds were a forgivable element that added to the game's rough charm, but three years later and so much graphical power available, it's disappointing that the only noticeable difference is slightly crisper edges and a better framerate. The game just does not look like a PS3 game in any shape or form, and as a full retail release we expect a bit more from our investment. We're not saying we need super-duper graphics to enjoy a game, but when the opportunity to make the game HD-beautiful is completely passed up, it irks us and feels like a pre-cut corner.


The other main problem with the game stems from the Move controller itself, and we recommend not playing with the Move controller at all. It's another case of the game being translated directly onto the PS3 without any improvement, and without consideration for the new platform. See, it seems that the Move controller's accelerometer isn't as sensitive as the Wii remote's. This affects one specific aspect of gameplay, but it's an infuriating one. Despite the game avoiding the repetitiveness of constant waggle, it makes a horrible misstep for the sake of goofiness while sacrificing the player's comfort: as Travis fights dudes with his laser sword, the battery runs down, and in order to recharge the battery, you must shake the controller. The joke is that it makes you look like you're jerking off - har har - which may amuse you for about a second the first time you realize it. But then you have to shake the goddamn controller during every fight. On the Wii this was already obnoxious, but the Move controller makes it literally painful: you have to shake that thing really, really hard, which means your arm is going to cramp up fast. It's unbelievable that there's no option to do it some other way, like mashing a button.

If you switch to the Sixaxis, you still have to shake the controller, but the accelerometer is much more sensitive, meaning you don't have to act like you're trying to murder the damn thing. Unfortunately, it also means that some of the special moves involved when you kill enemies are a bit more awkward on the Sixaxis, as they were clearly designed for swinging a remote. So neither option is ideal, but we recommend going with the Sixaxis, which is annoying to have to recommend if you've invested in the Move and the game clearly supports it as a selling point.

It's really too bad we had to give this version a lower score, but the game just doesn't live up to the potential of being a superior version of a beloved game. Instead, it's an inferior version due to the controls, and the graphical improvements are nearly nonexistent. The core game is still very good, but it's not enough to just dump a three year old game onto the PS3, ignore the glaring problem presented by the Move controller, and call it a day.

7/10

Come on, no visual improvement?

NGamer reviewed Xenoblade

"From gameplay to storyline to visuals, an amazing piece of work"

93%

The Mirror reviewed Xenoblade

"Finally, after years of waiting, the Wii has a quality RPG to call its own.


Some Wii adventures have flirted with greatness, but Monolith Soft has finally battered down the door and delivered a brilliant Japanese role-playing game.


While the wonderful art design raises the roof with great detail and vast environments to explore, it’s the solid combat system that steals the show.

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It borrows heavily from PS2 classic Final Fantasy XII, with hot-key commands used to dust up foes. But its added strategy comes from having to position your player to inflict maximum pain while the mechanical monstrosities must be brought to their knees first. The only fly in the ointment is that battles can become frantic affairs, as special effects-laden attacks and a screen full of enemies makes it hard to see what it is you’re targeting.


But Xenoblade Chronicles is simply majestic. It will last you dozens of hours and looks and sounds incredible. Definitely one of this year’s biggest surprises."

Yikes, people who played the Bodycount demo say its shite.

It's like Capcom is just begging Vader to play this game!

Skyward Sword release date is Noverber 18th EU and 20th USA

That gives me 2 months to finish my backlog. Should be enough.

Last Story and Pandora's Tower definitely confirmed by NOE. Suck it Reggie