The Wii Weekend Warrior: the rest of the year’s going to be busy
Welcome to our first ever edition of the Wii Weekend Warrior, where we talk about the latest news and updates for Nintendo’s motion-sensing brainchild. The Wii scene’s rumbling as E3 nears, and it looks like Wii gamers will have their hands full for the rest of the year! Quite a good time to start off this blog’s Weekend Warrior, if I do say so myself.
Welcome to our first ever edition of the Wii Weekend Warrior, where we talk about the latest news and updates for Nintendo’s motion-sensing brainchild. The Wii scene’s been pretty quiet lately, but things seem to be picking up speed as E3 nears. Quite a good time to start off this blog’s Weekend Warrior, if I do say so myself.
Games, games, and more games!
After Super Mario Galaxy, Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii, you’d think Miyamoto would give Mario and the gang a break, but it seems they’re still raring to go. Mario and the rest of the gang are back in Mario Super Sluggers, a new baseball game featuring the cast of the Mushroom Kingdom. The game will be out on August 25.
Mario’s alter-ego, the rather flatulent Wario, is also back in his own platformer game, Wario Land: Shake It! You’ll have to (guess what!) shake your Wiimote to execute a number of actions Wario has to do to get through the various levels. The game will be released on September 29.
Link: Mario Super Sluggers, Wario Land dated; more details from Nintendo
Europe finally gets the long overdue Super Smash Bros. Brawl this week. Nintendo of Europe has also announced its line-up of Wii games for the rest of the year, including World of Goo (looking forward to that one), Skate It!, Okami, and the Brothers in Arms games, Earn in Blood and Road to Hill 30. Check out the release windows after the link.
Link: Nintendo of Europe announces Wii and DS summer games line-up
Several games from other studios are also looming this year, not least of which is the latest adventure of everyone’s favorite tomb raider, Lara Croft. Tomb Raider: Underworld will be out later this November. In anticipation for the release, Eidos Interactive has launched the Tomb Raider Portal.
Castlevania fans also get a treat from Konami, as they have officially revealed a new installment to the franchise for the Wii. Called Castlevania: Judgement, the game seems to be a fighting game rather than the traditional platformer. It would be fun to get the cast of Castlevania to duke things out, eh? Don’t know when it’ll arrive though, but hopefully it’ll be sometime this year.
Koei, the studio behind the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Dynasty Warriors franchises, will also be releasing two new games this year. These are namely Opoona and G1 Jockey Wii 2008, both coming this September.
And finally, it’s time to get your fingers cracking, gamers. Activision will be releasing Guitar Hero: Aerosmith soon (if it hasn’t been released yet by the time you read this). Wanna see what tracks to expect in the game? Just follow the link below.
Link: Eidos Interactive launches Tomb Raider Portal
Link: New Castlevania Judgment details emerge, headed for Wii
Link: Koei reveals remaining games list for 2008
Link: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith songs listed
Wii gamers missed out on the last Call of Duty iteration (boo!), which became a smash hit on other consoles. They will, however, get their hands on the next installment, Call of Duty: World at War. This time, Wii gamers get a special treat, as the game will offer support for the Wii Zapper. Very nice. Check out the game’s trailers after the links.
Link: Treyarch: Call of Duty: World at War for Wii includes Zapper support
Link: Call of Duty: World at War’s debut teaser
Link: Call of Duty: World at War’s debut trailer ambushes gamers everywhere
Whoa, so many games coming for the Wii. Unfortunately, there seems to be a casualty in all of the hubbub. This is Zack & Wiki, who were last seen on a Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure. It seems they might not have another adventure anytime soon, according to the Capcom‘s VP of Strategy.
Link: Zack and Wiki sequel looking unlikely
Wii Shop Channel
Woot! New scans from Nintendo Power have revealed that the murmurs of Mega Man 9 is indeed true, and that it’s coming to WiiWare! There are eight new villains to join the pow-wow, including a new female robot. Roll could slap her silly.
Link: The Blue Bomber cometh: Mega Man 9 confirmed for WiiWare
Big this week on the Wii Shop Channel is Gyrostarr on WiiWare. It comes highly recommended. It’s a new sci-fi space shooter from High Voltage Software that’s sure to get your fingers numb by the end of the day.
Link: Gyrostarr lands on WiiWare today
Link: US WiiWare and VC update: Gyrostarr, Alex Kidd, Burning Fight
Never two late
You might remember how a few months ago, the cover art of the Wii version of Okami had a watermark of IGN’s logo. Capcom promised to make up for the slip up by giving gamers a free “make-good gift,” and boy are they making good on it. Capcom will be giving out a double-sided Wii cover with the new watermark-free art on one side, and a new piece of original art on the other. Beautiful, yes?
Link: Okami cover replacements heading to homes soon
That’s it for this week’s Wii Weekend Warrior folks! We have a whole bunch of updates for Wiibrewers as well, so watch out for our Wiibrew Weekend Warrior update coming up shortly! See you all next week!
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