Tuesday 9 May 2006
Nintendo has confirmed at its pre-E3 press conference that Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be released in two versions: one for GameCube and one for its new Wii machine.
It was also revealed that the game will be a Wii launch title, although Nintendo is still keeping tight-lipped on an actual launch date for Wii, simply saying it will arrive in the last quarter of 2006.
We'll have more news from the Nintendo conference
Tuesday 9 May 2006
Sega has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog will be going it alone for his Wii debut in 2007 in an adventure game using the working title Sonic Wild Fire.
Sonic hasn't appeared in a game purely by himself since he first appeared on Mega Drive back in 1991, but that isn't the only thing different about the new Wii adventure, as Sonic Wild Fire will make full use of the motion sensitive controller.
Holding the wand horizontally with two hands, gamers must tilt it left or right
Square Enix announced today that they're planning to help give the Nintendo Wii a little boost for its launch with the wildly physical Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Imagine using the Wii controller as the hilt of a genuine sword with every slash perfectly mirrored on the screen in a first-person format. We only got the slightest of glimpses at a mock-up of the game in action, but the promise of a more immersive experience than the Sony EyeToy has all the hairs
Call of Duty 3 was officially confirmed this morning by Activision. The latest chapter in the World War II shooter series is currently in development for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. All versions are due to be released this fall.
Very little was announced beyond those core details. We do know that the game deals with the Liberation of Paris, which pegs the action in late 1944. That was the final stage of Operation Overlord, better known to many as the
A few scraps of information regarding an as-yet-unannounced tennis game for Nintendo Wii have surfaced, revealing that the console's controller serves as a virtual racquet and is apparently capable of simulating a variety of shots.
As you'd rightly assume for a tennis game designed to work with motion-sensing technology, fore and backhand shots are both possible, but - according to a Wii hands-on report in Time magazine - this mystery ball-thwacker is capable of much more.
"The sensors are
Monday 8 May 2006
A few scraps of information regarding an as-yet-unannounced tennis game for Nintendo Wii have surfaced, revealing that the console's controller serves as a virtual racquet and is apparently capable of simulating a variety of shots.
As you'd rightly assume for a tennis game designed to work with motion-sensing technology, fore and backhand shots are both possible, but - according to a Wii hands-on report in Time magazine - this mystery ball-thwacker is capable of much
Monday 8 May 2006
Activision has announced that they will be showing a "sneak peak" of Spider-Man 3 for next-gen consoles at this week's E3.
The game of the last in the Spider-Man movie trilogy, will be used to demonstrate Activision's use of the next-gen technology and will reveal the new character model of the lycra clad hero.
The last movie game, Spider-Man 2, was a huge hit thanks to the dynamic web-slinging that gave gamers the freedom to explore a fully interactive New York City, so it
Monday 8 May 2006
A new addition to the ever enjoyable WarioWare series will be winging its way to Nintendo Wii with more squirt-sized gaming treats.
The new WarioWare will, unsurprisingly, use the motion-sensing Wii controller and - while we're not exactly drowning in details - an article in Time magazine has revealed that the frenzied barrage of mini-challenges will include such curious diversions as swatting flies, lifting weights, turning a key in a lock, catching fish, cooking vegetables,
Monday 8 May 2006
Ubisoft has confirmed that its upcoming Rayman game - now officially called Rayman Raving Rabbids - will be a launch title for Nintendo's Wii and that Michel Ancel, the Rayman creator and brain behind King Kong and Beyond Good & Evil, will oversee the project.
Despite being pencilled in to appear on pretty much every format for this generation and next, the only droplets of info revealed so far about the return of the helicopter-eared oddball come from the Wii-mote-using Wii
Monday 8 May 2006
Details of how Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will take advantage of Wii's motion-sensing controller have emerged ahead of Nintendo's E3 conference - which takes place tomorrow - confirming a variety of uses for the ingenious wizzy-wand Wii-mote.
Players will be able to use the Wii controller for sword fighting, fishing and aiming a bow and arrow, although the hands-on article in Time magazine doesn't mention whether these pursuits will be Wii-mote compatible throughout
