Nintendo Europe has revealed box arts for its upcoming Nintendo Selects range including Wario Ware: Smooth Moves and Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City.
To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.
Frantic sets of microgames have been the standard of every entry in the WarioWare series, forcing gamers to asses and complete outlandish objectives at a frightening pace. While each title has its own gimmick with its microgames (e.g. Twisted!'s motion sensor), WarioWare Touched! and WarioWare: Smooth Moves have the responsibility of proving the newly-launched systems they debuted on. Working with these quick bursts of gameplay, these two games promote how the features of the DS and Wii can be taken advantage of, providing hundreds of examples in an enjoyable, playable format.
The latest charts are in. Has Wario Ware: Smooth Moves done enough to hold onto top spot for another week?
WarioWare: Smooth Moves was awarded the Trend & Lifestyle winner at the 2007 Toy Awards. This category had 223 other entries from 163 manufacturers. The award is picked by an specialized independent jury.
Warioware and others to sell for less. Hot on the heels of criticism over the Wii's software price-point, Warioware: Smooth Moves will retail for AU$79.95 when it goes on sale on January 25. And, according to Nintendo Australia's PR honcho, Vispi Bhopti, this is just the start.
Hot on the heels of the European launch of the Wii, when Nintendo shifted some 325,000 units over the first two days, the company has announced the first post-launch wave of new releases for the system. The 26 Wii games Nintendo expects to ship in the first quarter of 2007 include WarioWare: Smooth Moves on January 12, Excite Truck on February 16, Kororinpa on February 23, and Mario Party 8 in March. The Nintendo DS will be getting a massive 67 titles added to its European library over the first three months of next year, including Children of Mana on January 12, Star Fox Command on January 26, Actionloop on January 26, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice For All, as yet undated but due sometime in the first quarter. Nintendo has not yet listed the GameCube and GBA release dates. The full release schedule for the Wii and DS follows...
Famous Japanese magazine Famitsu has reviewed some of the Wii games for Japanese launch, the main one of course being The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess for both the Wii and GameCube. Zelda The Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo): 9 / 10 / 9 / 10 - (38/40) Zelda The Twilight Princess (GC, Nintendo): 10 / 10 / 9 / 9 - (38/40) Necro-Nesia (Wii, Spike): 8 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (28/40) Wing Island (Wii, Hudwon): 5 / 6 / 6 / 5 - (22/40) Kororinpa (Wii, Hudson): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (24/40) SD Gundam: Scad Hammers (Wii, Hudson): 8 / 8 / 9 / 8 - (33/40) Ennichi no Tatsujin (Wii, Bandai Namco): 7 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (27/40) Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou (Wii, Bandao Namco): 7 / 7 / 7 / 5 - (26/40) Red Steel (Wii, Ubisoft): 8 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (34/40) Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii, Atlus): 8 / 9 / 8 / 7 - (32/40) Elebits (Wii, Konami): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40) Swing Golf Pangya (Wii, Tecmo): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40) WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii, Nintendo): 8 / 9 / 8 / 9 - (34/40) Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Wii, Banpresto): 7 / 8 / 7 / 6 - (28/40)
Nintendo just confirmed that the Wii will be playable during their Nintendo Fusion Tour. The cross-country tour, which starts Sept. 27 and stars Hawthorne Heights, will feature multiple Wii consoles hooked-up and ready to play as well as DS games like Elite Beat Agents. Some of the Wii games scheduled to make the tour include Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Wii Sports, Excite Truck, WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Activision's Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.
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