ONM has answered a bunch of reader questions about the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii game, which is being reviewed all over the place at the moment. Mike finished it yesterday and loved it.
According to Jason Vandenberghe, Creative Director of Red Steel 2, the game is borrowing an element from Zelda's gameplay.
Gamer Investments writes: "In a statement provided to Gamer Investments today from Ignition the company confirmed that the rumored September NPD sales data for Muramasa: The Demon Blade, which was reported to be 35k, is accurate and in line with their expectations."
WorthPlaying writes, "Grammy Award-nominated American metal rocker and former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie adds to his Rock Band DLC catalog (currently "War Zone") with three new tracks for the Rock Band platform, including "Dragula" and "Superbeast," from his debut solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe, as well as "Burn," from his new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, to be released Nov. 17. Zombie also has a film currently playing in theaters – Halloween 2, which he wrote, directed and produced."
September showed an increase in sales for most formats, led by the PS3, but analysts warn that this is not a cause for celebration.
In the most recent Iwata Ask, Treasure talks Sin and Punishment 2 and how the Nintendo told them to up the difficulty, how the game will run at 60 fps,and how they started making the game with the Gamecube controller in mind.
From Siliconera: "Because Namco Bandai just sent us this "instant anime character costume" as swag for Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo and we're giving it away."
Siliconera.com - "Xseed Games is no longer involved with Arc Rise Fantasia," Berry stated. "The decision from Marvelous Entertainment, Inc, to re-license the US release to another publisher was driven by Marvelous' business decision to increase its overall profitability. Marvelous and Xseed have greatly enjoyed working together to deliver great titles to the US market, and look forward to continuing the opportunity with upcoming titles."
El33tonline writes:
NowGamer: Director James Cameron claims to have had the idea for Avatar running around his head for over a decade and if revelations by one of the game's scriptwriters are anything to go by it might take us just as long to get through the game.