Rabbids Go Home heads to retail
Rabbids Go Home heads to retail this week for Wii, DS and Nintendo DSi. In Rabbids Go Home the crazy bunnies introduced in Rayman Raving Rabbids just want to go home so they try to build stairway to the moon. But in order to make it tall enough they need to collect lots and lots of things of all shapes and sizes.
Promising a “wacky storyline,” new game play, cooperative play, 40 Missions and 15 Environments, controls that take advantage the Wii Remote, a special support for the camera on the DSi version of the game..
Rabbids Go Home for the Wii is rated “E10+” and has an MSRP of $49.99. Rabbids Go Home for the DS and DSi is rated “E” and has an MSRP of $29.99.
101-in-1 Party Megamix released
Atlus U.S.A. has released 101-in-1 Party Megamix in North America today for the Wii. 101-in-1 Party Megamix sounds like a collection of bad dance songs sold “only on TV.” But in reality it is a collection of one hundred and one family-friendly all set in a variety of themes catering to racing fans, sports nuts, old school arcade gamers, action addicts, casual gamers, and fans of brain-teasing puzzles.
The games are broken down into three different modes TV Guide, Zapping, and Marathon. Featuring eight channels, TV Guide mode challenges players to beat high scores to unlock more games and earn bonus prizes to decorate their player profiles with. Zapping mode provides instant access to any currently unlocked game. Up to four players can join the party in Marathon mode where everyone plays five randomly selected games in a row and competes for the highest score.
The game is also available for the DS. Find out more at www.atlus.com/101party.
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero Dated
Capcom today announced the official ship date for Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero. A Wii exclusive, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero will ship on December 1 and will carry an MSRP of $29.99.
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero retells the back story and internal tyranny of the Umbrella Corporation and lets players discover the origins of the T-Virus in a storyline that reveals the horrors leading up to the infamous mansion incident. Only available on the Nintendo GameCube until now, Resident Evil Zero brings Rebecca Chambers – rookie member of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team – to Raccoon City , where she must investigate a series of gruesome murders. Almost immediately she stumbles upon a military transport truck filled with corpses and her journey of horror begins.
Look for it before the holiday shopping season.
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter in stores
THQ has released Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter for Wii and Nintendo DS in North America today. Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, takes players back to Raposa Village, which has been inhabited by an evil shadowy figure. Players must once again draw a hero and create weapons and tools to conquer enemies.
The latest game adds an Action Drawing tool that allows for objects to be drawn directly into the game to help players navigate through the environments. Players will be able to morph their hero into a blob or a spider, completing each level a variety of different ways. The game’s Action Drawing Tool gives each color special properties in order to help solve puzzles and progress through the game. Along the way, players will collect coins and color drops to unlock a variety of content, including new levels, weapon upgrades, customization options and hero abilities. In addition, Multiplayer allows players to trade heroes, weapons, items and accessories with friends.
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter is rated E for everyone and is available for the suggested retail prices of $49.99 on Wii and $29.99 on Nintendo DS.
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade gold
Natsume announced today that Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for the Nintendo Wii has gone gold and will be released on November 10th at an MSRP of $49.99 and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. In the game playr are charged with figuring out what the hell is going on in Harmonica Town.
Crops aren’t growing, the wind isn’t blowing, and the five elemental bells are missing. Only the power of the Harvest King can revive the land, but he’s nowhere to be found. It’s up to the player to find the five bells, awaken the Harvest King, and save the town - all while managing a farm and your love life as you would be excted to do in a Harvest Moon game.
On a related note, players who pre-order the game at GameStop will receive a limited edition plush duck. Quantities are limited, so get the duck over there and pre-order if you want one.
Video game hardware, software sales mostly flat in Sept.
While some might applaud the new batch of sales numbers for the month of Sept., they show that the sector, like many others in the world during this still shaky financial times, is feeling the bite just like everyone else. It is hard to imagine what hardware numbers might look like if Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft hadn’t slashed the prices on their respective home console systems. Even with those price cuts, NPD data for the month showed a meager 1 percent gain over the same period a year ago, with total videogame related sales in the U.S. of around $1.28. Again, if not for cuts, it would have been more downward trending for the sector. Still it’s hard to ignore that compared to August, sales were up considerably in Sept.
On the hardware front, the one relevant console that did not get a price cut, the DS (which includes the DSi and DS Lite), was at the top of the heap moving over half a million units in the month. The good news for Sony - if there really is any in a month that was mostly flat - is that it managed to beat out the Wii and Xbox 360 in the month with 491,000 units. The Wii was close by with almost 463,000 units and the Xbox 360 managed to move nearly 353,000 units. The PSP moved right around 190,000 units in Sept., - which we assume includes both the old model and the new PSP go. Finally, the PS2 managed to move 146,000 units.
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Water Sports for Wii in Oct.
GameMill Entertainment today announced a new game for the Wii simply called Water Sports. Set to release in October for Wii, the game utilizes the Wii Balance Board accessory and simple controls to get players on the water for some virtual fun. Water Sports promises to recreate the feeling of Wakeboarding, Wind Surfing, and Kite Boarding in locales such as Hawaii and Australia.
The game also offers co-op play for some modes like Wakeboarding where one player will drive the boat while the other player is on the Wakeboard.
Look for the game later this month.
