Evasive Space Trailer

MadWorld Holiday Trailer

Phahtrox: It doesn't seem like more content, but still overall it's still gonna be a great game.

What Does Nintendo Spend With All of It's New Money?

Phahtrox: So did you ever think of how much Nintendo actually spends on their games?

From www.neogaf.com

In 2003, Nintendo declared that $34 million was spent on R&D. This figure steadily climbed to $103 million in 2006 and the following year bumped dramatically to $370 million. - WhatTheyPlay

Pics of Awesome Pot Wii-Mote

Phahtrox:If you can't think this generation could get any weirder, then you are sadly wrong. Check out the pics of the hemp encrusted Wii-Mote. Better yet, the Wii-Mote is fully functional.

Wii Speak Channel Reviewed...Kinda.

Phahtrox: The overall product is good, just not as good as it should be.

SSBB Unofficial Sequel! TMNT Involved!?

Phahtrox: Thanks to the title you are either super happy or super skeptical. Well this should please either.

From: gameonnintendo.com

Teenage mutant ninja turtles is making a comeback and its making it big! Above is a brand new scan from Nintendo power (Thanks PureNintendo) that announces the new title and is even being brought to you by the same team that did the infamous Super Smash Bros. Here are the highlights from the text:

-published by Ubisoft
-official development started Jan. 2008
-concept started Oct. 2007
-to be released in Sept. 2009
-2.5D Fighter
-Interactive Stages
-4 player versus
-Story Mode
-Battle Royale
-Tournament
-Winner Stays
-Loser Stays
-Practice
-Unlockable Characters
-Unlockable Stages
-Online aspects said to be better than Brawl implementation
-Each character is color coded with glowing effect to make 4-player battles easy to follow

I know when I read this story I was grinning from ear to ear. Thank you Ubisoft, now give us some 80’s nostalgic greatness! Turtle Power.

Phahtrox: Sounds a little like the SSBB factsheet, eh?

VGA Awards Coming to Spike

Phahtrox: So like most game awards shows, VGA ranks the best of the games of the year. Are you gonna watch it? I may, or may not, depending on my mood of the day, mainly because last years show was epic lame. But that's just me.

Geoff Keighly says this years theme is Video Game Heaven. Basically it's about the future of gaming and the like. They also want to make it more like the old E3's. You remember; awesome lights, sounds, and new fresh games. Yea... those were the days. Maybe some gaming anouncements...?

Dead Rising WiiMake Info

From Infendo:

Kotaku reports the Wii version of zombie-basher Dead Rising will be available Feb. 19 in Japan.

It will be priced at ¥7,340, which translates to approximately $75.

Critics have given denunciatory impressions of Dead Rising’s early Wii builds, mostly stemming from poor visuals and abhorrently low zombie totals on-screen.

Capcom built the Wii version, subtitled Chop Till You Drop, on the Resident Evil 4 engine, utilizing a similar over-the-shoulder camera view. The game utilizes motion controls for much of the combat.

Check out Sean’s hands-on impressions for more.

Capcom announced in July it expects to sell 500,000 copies of Dead Rising on Wii. It has yet to announce a North American release.

Virtual Theremin on Wii-Mote

Phahtrox: It's defiantly not a guitar, but it does get them job done.

Trace Memory Wii COMING!

Phahtrox: Remember Trace Memory? One of the early DS games that actually was good, and had good controls... No? Well I don't blame you. You see it was one the "intelligent games" that the fake hardcore gamers ignore. The beauty of the game was found in it story and innovation; something that you can't actually "see" unless experienced.

-Anyways-

Nintendo of Japan has posted a limited schedule of 2009 releases dating Trace Memory Wii as a Jan. 22 release in Japan.

The original Trace Memory put players in the role of Ashley Robbins, a young girl searching for answers about her parents’ disappearance. It achieved cult-classic status for its innovative touch controls and has sold roughly 230,000 copies worldwide according to VGChartz.

Nintendo has not yet dated the Wii sequel outside of Japan.

From: WiiNintendo

Rayman Raving Rabbids Reviews

80/100
NGamer UK
Easily the best Rabbids have been, making TV Party the minigame compilation to get. Wobbly and very, very silly. What more can we say?

78/100
Official Nintendo Magazine UK
It’s a classy package and certainly the best Raving Rabbids game yet but please, we don’t need any more.

70/100
IGN
Rabbids TV Party doesn’t rewrite the mini-game genre. It’s a tried and true third installment in the series that I feel shares more in common with the original than its boring sequel.

60/100
GamePro
The series’ trademark quirky sense of humor is in full effect, but with monotonous gameplay hampered by unresponsive controls, TV Party never really stands out in a sea of mini-game compilations.

55/100
Nintendo Power
With its third installment in three years, the Raving Rabbids series is quickly growing stale.

Phahtrox: Well... I could have easily seen this tragedy coming forth...*SIGH*.

Mario Power Tennis, Mario and Luigi 3 Dated

Mario Power Tennis, one of the “Play on Wii” titles, now has a Japanese release date of January 15th, 2009. Both it and Pikmin are confirmed for the US for next year, so we knew it had to be coming to Japan soon. The other title that now has a release date is Mario and Luigi RPG 3, the sequel to Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA) and Mario and Luigi Partners in Time (DS). It will release on the Nintendo DS on February 11th, 2009. As far as the US is concerned, we’ll get that game sometime next year.

From: WiiNintendo.com