WiiFanboy: "There's been some confusion about the motion-control content of Tenchu 4, at least on our part -- how pervasive is it? Is it all waggle all the time, or is it basic Tenchu with added motion flavor? What we really needed was for someone to play it and describe it to us."
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Siliconera writes: "The OFLC just rated Tenchu 4 and in the land down under it's considered as a multiplatform game. Most Wii exclusives like the recently rated We Cheer are rightfully only listed as a Nintendo Wii game. Tenchu 4 is not. This news comes after we had an e-mail exchange with a member of the Tenchu 4 staff who told us they were working on "Tenchu 4 PSP". I wrote this news off as a typo, but with the OFLC listing Tenchu 4 as a multiplatform game I think this was an accidental leak to us. Also possibly related is Acquire's Tokyo Game Show line up. Tenchu 4 is on there, of course, Dungeons & Dam is underneath it sitting right on top of an unannounced game. Perhaps, this slot will be used for a Tenchu 4 PSP port."
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Ubisoft announced today that it has picked up rights to publish stealth-action title Tenchu 4 in North America and European territories.
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via WiiFanboy:

"When your sneaky ninja assassin is discovered in Tenchu IV, the target shakes your hand, laughing heartily while exclaiming "Ohhhhh, you! You almost got me that time! I gotta watch this guy!" Of course we're kidding -- he tries to murder you. In situations when you've been noticed, rather than just giving up or retrying, you now have the option to actually fight in a new first-person mode.

In alternating attack and defense phases, you use Wiimote gestures to simulate a one-on-one swordfight, battling until one of you is dead or your sword breaks. It's like Rose & Camellia, except with to-the-death ninja fights instead of Victorian-era face-reddening! Being a ninja and therefore a total jerk, you can also throw knives while fighting."
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Today Nintendo of Europe and Australia added new games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The WiiWare games are: Tetris Party, The Incredible Maze and Home Sweet Home.
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Today's new WiiWare, DSiWare and Virtual Console games have been announced by Nintendo. Lookout for them on the Wii Shop or DSi Shop, starting at 9am PST. Here are the details and games coming out today from Nintendo:

Nintendo DSiWare:
Mighty Flip Champs! (800 Nintendo DSi Points)

WiiWare:
FINAL FANTASY® IV: THE AFTER YEARS (800 Wii Points)
Texas Hold'em Tournament (500 Wii Points)

Virtual Console:
Boulder Dash (500 Wii Points)
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From the article:

"As if fans really need another reason to get psyched about the upcoming animated Star Wars: Clone Wars film, Toys R Us is having an in-store midnight sales event featuring Clone Wars products and also giving away four five-feet tall Clone Wars action figures."

Toys R Us is also offering free shipping on select items including many LucasArts videogames including Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Thrillville and Lego: Indiana Jones. Several videogames include a buy-one-get-one-half-price offer. Also:

"To help promote the event, Toys R Us is also giving away four life-size (as in five feet tall) action figures. Depending on the week, you could win a large-scale Anakin, Captain Rex, Obi-Wan or Ahsoka figure. You can enter once per day via the "Galactic Star Wars Sweepstakes" web site."
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Sept 20, 2007 New screenshots highlighting Thrillville: Off the Rails' 34 minigames have rolled in. But not all these minigames will be new to fans of the franchise, as 20 of them will be returning from the original. Highlights of the new minigames include Robo K.O., which will feature rock 'em sock 'em boxing robots, Bandito Chinchilla, which sports some side-scrolling action, and Tank Frenzy, a vertical shooter. To check out all the platform-specific screens, click below: PC | 360 | DS | ...
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In an interview with Next-Gen, veteran games developer, David Braben, (responsible for co-authoring Elite back in the 1980s and more recently the founder of Frontier Developments), has compared the Nintendo Wii to the Sony PlayStation 2's camera accessory, the Eye Toy - something novel in the beginning that people may get bored with after 18 months or so.
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LucasArts is making a new Thrillville game. It will be a sequel to the first and will be called Thrillville: Off The Rails.
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