1UP Reviews Alan Wake
"B" "solid shooting married to an even-odder-than-usual story"
1up.com impressions
aspro
UGO review Rhythm Heaven Fever
A - Charming, bizarre and hilarious; you'll laugh your way through most levels because of the ridiculous visuals and animation.
ugo.com impressions
gamingeek
Assasins Creed 3 Confirmed for Wii U in conference
Due out October this year on multiple platforms
nintendo-town.fr
gamingeek
1UP Reviews Syndicate
C+ "a damn good cooperative game saddled with a weak story campaign"
1up.com editorial impressions
aspro
Nintendo Courting Media Partners for New Wii U
Japanese game company looking to take page out of Xbox's strategy
adweek.com
gamingeek
The Vita's Challenge: A History of Portable Competition
Sony's new handheld must escape the long shadow cast by two decades of Nintendo's domination.
1up.com editorial
gamingeek
Report says Nintendo looking to make Wii U a media hub
Pachter doubts game publishers will support platform
adweek.com
gamingeek
Game Gear Virtual Console Coming to 3DS
March 14, about $3 per game (Japan).
andriasang.com news
aspro
Feature: The Decline of UK Game Retailers
The UK market has fallen over 37% since 2008.
editorial news
aspro
The Press Room Episode #102
Hands-on with Binary Domain and much, much more.
thepressroompodcast.com editorial impressions news
aspro
Michael Pachter Says Nintendo Is in Disarray
"I think they’re dead anyway because Xbox with Kinect will be priced below Wii U"
gamerlive.tv news
gamingeek
Final Fantasy Teatrhythm Selling Out
FF themede rhythm game is big in Japan.
andriasang.com news
aspro
RUMOR - Xenoblade available only through preorder?
We're hearing that Xenoblade Chronicles is only going to be available at GameStop for those that preorder.
somethingawful.com
gamingeek
Dead Space, Overstrike, TimeSplitters 4 coming to Wii U?
Rumor: Frostbite 2 has been seen running on the Wii U with very smooth results that are superior to any PS3/360 game running Frostbite 2
game0n.net
gamingeek
Asura's Wrath (D+) Review
Destined to join the ranks of Herzog Zwei, God Hand and Deadly Premonition as a mis-understood game.
1up.com impressions
phantom_leo
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For anyone interested in Snake Eater 3D:
1up says "in far more meaningful ways, this is the finest version of the game yet produced; it addresses and repairs many of the interface shortcomings that affected the PS2 game. It's as much of an improvement over Subsistence as Subsistence was over the original Snake Eater."
Game looks meh to me. They say that between this and the unchanged HD version there will never be a definitive version as the HD version doesn't have the improvments this has, yet has better framerate and resolution but old clunky character models.
I can't wait to get the new SSX this week! The IGN review is right...this IS the game this generation has missed. One of them, at least.
ITS TIME TO GET TRICKYYYY!!!
Since it was brought up in the forum and during the podcast I figured I'd take a shot at figuring out what the 3DS attach rate in Japan is. So I skimmed through the last year's worth of Media Create sales and made a chart. When I say skimmed, let me be very clear, I SKIMMED it. I probably missed quite a bit, but as far as forum stastics go, I still think this paints a somewhat accurate picture.
Game
Sales
Super Mario Land 3d
1,348,776
Mario Kart 7
1,506,502
Monster Hunter 3G
1,232,343
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle
& New Friends
501,169
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
422,495
Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark
393,130
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle
242,649
Resident Evil Revelations
231,907
Pokemon Rumble Blast
170,367
Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
106,059
New Love Plus #
106,969
One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP
97,241
SD Gundam G Generation 3D
90,873
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
89,038
Tales of the Abyss
74,143
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
67,444
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
67,206
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
61,925
Winning Eleven 3DSoccer
53,598
Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei
52,206
Star Fox 64 3D
41,102
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
38,859
Ridge Racer 3D
38,826
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
28,150
Devil Survivor: Over Clock
20,809
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
16,351
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition
9,421
Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shiboudesu
9,307
Class of Heroes 3D
8,353
Tetris Axis
6,787
Nicola Kanshuu: Model Oshare Audition 2
6,643
TOTAL
7,138,068
That total could probably be bumped up by 10% to 15%. Maybe.... Regardless though I don't think there's more than another million sold 3DS games out there (not including downloadable titles). So there ya go. Approximately a 1.4 to 1.6 attachment rate in Japan. Not terribly good. However it's well worth mentioning that over the past couple months 3DS titles have utterly dominated the media create charts, and it doesn't seem like that will stop anytime soon. So I think over the next few months the attachment rate will climb very steadily, now that there's no shortage of good software for it.
Sitting at home today, starting up new "Classics" topics here and on GameSpot... Why you may ask? I had just gotten over a nice case of DOUBLE-Pink-Eye from earlier in the week when I returned to work and got a nasty muscle-pull from trying to turn my leg in directions it just wouldn't go. I decided I would limp over to a Bar-B-Que restaurant for some BBQ and Beer to cheer myself up last night and got some nice food-poisoning from that...
Yay!
"Rumor: Frostbite 2 has been seen running on the Wii U with very smooth results that are superior to any PS3/360 game running Frostbite 2."
Well its a more powerful system, so isn't this what it SHOULD be doing?
Just played the demo's for SSX and Binary Domain. SSX is good shit, Binary Domain is just shit.
The things that happen to you.
Glad to see that thread returned.
Meh! I'm starting to just laugh it off at this point...
...and poop it out!
Now I have zero interest in this game.
Anyone want to join me for some Gears 3 mp? Or Mass Effect 3 perhaps?
Gerstmann said: "Didn't play a ton of it (busy with another pair of assignments) but SSX sure seems awesome. I didn't even like the older games, but dang."
That's about what I guessed it would be. Nice work Robio.
The site that posted that rumor has no credibility at all. Less than us even.
Some UC 3 coop tonight Aspro?
I'll join!
Cool lets do it !
Nice replicas:
AP whatya think? Now or late? Both travio and I are on now..Ahh I now see travio is on his Vita.
Maybe later I guess .. gonna play some twisted metal .... Still want to play Twisted metal can wait Aspro get on the PS3
Nah. SSX Blur was one of the better SSXs. The game can't be blamed for people not being able to use the motion controls properly.