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"If the only music games you’re familiar and keep up with are those who’s titles end with “Hero” or start with “Rock Band,” then the rhythm game genre may have appeared to stagnated in the past few years. In fact, amazing rhythm games are coming out all the time, but don’t receive as much attention as their plastic guitar brethren. Rhythm Heaven Fever might just be the perfect opportunity for skeptics to see that rhythm games are alive and well."
"The new episode of the Primecast is up, and with a title like that, how could you not listen? And when the cast and crew talk about Mass Effect 3′s insane lineup of pre-release DLC, The Last Story coming to America and why it might not be a sign of “things to come” from Nintendo, and why Chris Stewart may not be super excited for the new Amnesia game, you definitely need to listen. It’s important. And the header image will be explained as well.
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"Happy Monday, folks! Can you believe it’s almost March? Wow, goes by fast, eh? We’ve also reached five episodes of the Primecast in that kind of time. That’s practically a month! Celebrate by listening to this week’s episode, in which we discuss our impressions of the PS Vita, the necessity of sequels, and the state of new games in the industry. Things get pretty heavy again this time, but we still have a good time talking about it. You get to also hear my woeful tale of trying to get ..."
This link contains a video review of Nintendo's latest Wii game, Rhythm Heaven Fever! BNGR is a game reviewer that takes on the latest Nintendo games and reviews them without any special effects.
In Primecast episode 4, Default Prime contributors get together to talk about the astonishing success Double Fine had with its Kickstarter donations and whether or not that would be a viable alternative to getting involved with a publisher for every developer. Tune in for arguments, nostalgia and discussion about other hot topics in the gaming world as well.
"The Rhythm Heaven series (known as Rhythm Tengoku in Japan and the DS game known as Rhythm Paradise in Europe) is a quirky, unique set of rhythm video games that has left me (and I’m sure others as well) begging for more. Now, let’s take a look at the series and the future of it."
Many big announcements from Nintendo today as they formally announced the Wii Remote Plus. Not the only thing, Nintendo also introduced a few new games...
The Nintendo DS had another big year in 2009 with a strong lineup of exclusive games. So which of the DS-only titles tat was released last year are worth playing?
The latest Famitsu issue includes the top ten best-selling games in Japan during 2009 so far. The list is dominated by Nintendo DS games with four titles appearing on the top ten. The rest of it is filled evenly with PSP, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii games. No Xbox 360 game managed to make the top ten best-selling list in Japan for 2009.
"When I booted the game up for the first time, I couldn’t help noticing that it felt like Dr. Kawishima’s Brain Training, in the sense that you have to “log in” every time to play the game, offering several slots, for “mama” and “big bro” to join in on the action also. However patronising this initial ritual is, I can tell you that this is not a game that children will appreciate for much time. The game will also test players to see how well they can “flick”. Tapping and holding your stylus on..."
Although April didn’t have as many blockbuster hits as in March, it was still filled with solid new game releases. The selection for Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade were especially solid last month.
"PC
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, DCS: Black Shark, Elven Legacy, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
PS2
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
PS3
Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
Xbox 360
Hannah Montana: The Movie, Ninja Blade, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, The Godfather 2
Wii
Hannah Montana: The Movie, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity
DS
Nintendo DSi (Black), N..."
In a press release today, Nintendo has announced release dates for a number of first-party and third-party games headed for the Wii and DS in the second quarter of 2009 (although technically April to June, this includes March as well).
Nintendo itself noted these games as upcoming to the Wii, WiiWare, and Nintendo DS:
Wii:
Excitebots: Trick Racing - April 20
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - May 4
Punch-Out!! - May 18
WiiWare:
BIT.TRIP BEAT (Gaijin Games/Aksys Games)
Edu...
Nintendo has announced that the new Nintendo DS model, the Nintendo DSi, will be launching in the United States on April 5th, 2009, with a MSRP of $169.99. Two colors of the handheld will be available at launch: blue and black. The new features of the DSi include the Nintendo DSi Camera, the Nintendo DSi Sound, and the Nintendo DSi Shop, all already detailed before on GameGrep. You can view the official site for the Nintendo DSi here.
Also announced was the release date for Nintendo's u...
"We have a pretty good idea of what games are going to be big this year. Guitar Hero? It'll do well. StarCraft 2? Yeah, no problems there. But there are a bunch of games that have a good chance of flying under the radar, and we wanted to call attention to them in a little feature we like to call Dark Horse Games of 2009. No, they don't involve husbandry"
Japanese newssite GPara has Media Create's top thirty software rankings for the week of November 10th to November 16th. This week's top ten is an eye-opener, and is pretty weird compared to other weeks.
New releases:
02. [PS3] Samuraidou 3 (Spike) 81,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami) 72,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren DS 2: Sabaku no Majou (SEGA) 45,000 / NEW
05. [PS3] Resistance 2 (SCE) 33,000 / NEW
06. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyout...
With the two press conferences dominating the first day of the Nintendo Conference/Media Summit yesterday, the rest is being devoted to the games. Nintendo has issued a press release detailing some of the games to look for in its holiday lineup in the US, along with a glimpse at some of the 2009 releases.
The major notable is that there will indeed be a WiiWare version of the cult-favorite PC freeware adventure Cave Story. The Wii Speak Channel will also launch Nov. 16, when Wii Speak is...
Media Create's initial top thirty software rankings have made their way to Japanese newssites, and with that there aren't very many surprises. Familiar names are still in the top ten, with some new releases breaking their way into the top ranks.
New releases:
02. [NDS] Dragonball DS (Namco Bandai) 72,000 / NEW
04. [PS3] Trusty Bell (Namco Bandai) 34,000 / NEW
07. [PSP] Katekyoo Hitman REBORN! Battle Arena (Marvelous) 25,000 / NEW
08. [PSP] Samurai Dou Portable PSP (Spike) 17,000 / NEW...
Japanese newssite Inside Games has Media Create's top thirty software rankings for the week of September 8th to September 14th. Having seen Famitsu's numbers for the week earlier today, there aren't really any new surprises, although there are some discrepancies in the order of the rankings.
New releases:
01. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (The Pokémon Company) - 963,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami) - 119,000 / NEW
03. [360] Infinite Undiscovery - 90,000 / NEW
04. [WII] One ...
In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, magazine publisher and sales tracker Enterbrain has posted what is their sales numbers for the second week in September. It was already reported that Pokémon Platinum had sold 967,675 copies in two days. The Xbox 360, on the strength of a price cut and the release of Infinite Undiscovery, actually has sold more than the Wii for the first time in its lifetime, by only a thousand units.
New Releases:
1. Pokémon Platinum (NDS) 967.675 [967.675]
2. Qu...
Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Tengoku Gold co-developer TNX, headed by musician TSUNKU♂ has announced that it will publish a soundtrack that encompasses both games: "Rhythm Tengoku All Songs Ver." The soundtrack will release on October 15, 2008, and will feature 140 different songs spanning across three CDs pulled from both games. It will be distributed by Pony Canyon Inc. It will retail for 5250 yen.
Rhythm Tengoku is a popular rhythm game published by Nintendo, for the GBA, with its seque...
Japanese newssite GPara has just posted the top 30 software rankings for Japanese sales tracker Media Create, with again more new releases breaking into the top thirty, along with some familiar faces still sticking around, and others experiencing some continued strong sales, for the week of August 4th to August 10th.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
02. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Sword of Light (Nintendo) - 145,000 / NEW
04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Ba...
As is the standard, Japanese newssite GPara has posted Japanese sales tracker Media Create's top thirty sales rankings for Japanese game software for the week of July 28th to August 3rd.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
01. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable - (Sega) - 342,000 / 342,000
02. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold - (Nintendo) - 213,000 / 213,000
04. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 75,000 / 75,000
06. [360] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 35,000 / 35,000
07. [Wii] F...
Just announced yesterday, a few details and screenshots have now also been spilled about the upcoming Wario title, Wario Land Shake as well as Rhythm Tengoku.
Firstly, Wario's game is single player. As you'd expect, the Wii remote is used, in this case you shake the controller to rattle enemies and grab coins, uncover hidden locations, and lots more. Seems potentially awesome, but really the kind of thing we need a demonstration video of.
No details on Rhythm Tengoku as of yet, but expe...
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