NERF N-Strike Elite Released

NERF N-Strike Elite for the Wii has shipped, giving youngsters a 3-in-1 NERF N-Strike Elite experience including the game, a bundled NERF SWITCH SHOT EX-3 blaster and attachable Red Reveal decoder lens. NERF N-Strike Elite lets players choose from four characters, each with unique blasters and special abilities. As part of a four-person team, they are tasked with completing a series of increasingly challenging missions with the ultimate end-goal of destroying an army of robots led by B.O.B., who has been rebuilt and is much tougher than in the first NERF N-Strike game.

Players can arm themselves with more than a dozen real NERF blasters that are unlocked as they progress through the game. Each blaster, including Hasbro’s new NERF N-STRIKE RAIDER RAPID FIRE CS 35, offers individual strengths and weaknesses adding tactical strategy to NERF N-Strike Elite.

NERF N-Strike Elite is available at retail and priced at MSRP $59.99. The game is rated E10+. For more information, visit nerf.ea.com.

SimAnimals Africa announced

The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts today announced SimAnimals Africa for the Wii and Nintendo DS, the sequel to its casual SimAnimals game. In SimAnimals Africa, gamers play with and tame all new exotic animals including lions, elephants and gorillas as they explore landscapes from savannas to jungles.

The game will utilize a new art style new themed areas to explore (jungles, deserts, savannas, river deltas and more) brand new animals with their own unique skills and secret abilities, new mini-games that give players more ways to interact with animals and a whole lot more. The game is set for release on both platforms sometime this fall. For more information about SimAnimals Africa, visit www.simanimalsafrica.com.

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure Ships

Dapper and debonair adventurer Henry Hatsworth debuts on the DS today with the release of his first adventure, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure. The game is out in North America today and will make its way to Europe later this week. Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure combines adventure gaming on the top screen, and puzzles on the bottom screen to create an interactive game play experience unique to the DS, according to EA Play. I’m not sure about all that, but it looks like Professor Layton may want to watch his old decrepit ass - there’s a new old timer on the scene. Be prepared to get off his lawn..

Henry Hatsworth is described as a light-hearted, tea-sipping British chap who is a top member of the Pompous Adventurer Club. The game unfolds across 35 levels in five worlds and features lots of puzzles, witty dialogue and “outrageous world-ending bosses such as Leopold Charles Anthony Weasleby the Third.”

I hope Henry does well in his first adventure. You can learn more about the game by visiting www.henryhatsworth.com.