Nintendo Reveals 2008 Games Line-Up:

11th January
PDC World Championship Darts 2008
18th January 2008
Wii Chess
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
Donkey Kong Jet Race

25th January
Hamster Heroes

January
Kawasaki Jet Ski
Kidz Sports: International Football
Urban Extreme
NiGHTS: journey of Dreams
Ghost Squad
Last Ninja

15th February
Battalion Wars 2

29th February
No More Heroes

February
Call For Heroes: Pompolic Wars
EARACHE Extreme Metal Racing
Bleach
Kawasaki Snow Mobiles
London Taxi: Rush Hour
Pool Party
Destroy All Humans 3: Big Willy Unleashed
Spongebob: Atlantis Squarepantis

7th March
ATV Thunder Ridge Riders & Monster Trucks
The Wizard of Oz

28th March
Naruto Wii (tentative title)

March
Bomberman Land Wii
SEGA Superstars Tennis
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
MX vs ATV Untamed

Q1/Q2 2008
Harvest Moon Magical Melody

Q1 2008
Worms: A Space Oddity
PES 2008

Q2 2008
Mario Kart Wii

Spring 2008
Dancing stage HOTTEST PARTY
Iron Man

Nintendo DS

25th January
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
Betty Boop

1st February
Garfield Gets Real

8th February
Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training (tentative title)

15th February
Naruto Ninja Destiny
8Ball Allstars
Powershot Pinball Constructor
Harvest Fishing

February
Bleach
Spongebob: Atlantis Squarepantis

7th March
Command and Destroy

14th March
Magic Taizen (tentative title)

March
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice
Bomberman Land Touch 2
Dungeon Explorer
SEGA Superstars Tennis
MZ vs ATV Untamed

Q1
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Crayola: Treasure Adventures
George Of The Jungle
Teenage Zombies
Iron Man
Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams Code Lyoco 2
Zoo Hospital
Nancy Drew
Holly Hobbie
Fish Tycoon

Spring 2008
Hannah Montana – Music Jam

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GameCrazy’s Holiday 07 Most Wanted survey show kids/teens are looking towards Nintendo

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Video games and game systems will continue to be hot holiday gifts this year, with more than 80 percent of tweens and teens expecting to ask for a video game title, game console or handheld system, according to a recent survey by Game Crazy, a video game specialty retailer. Game Crazy went straight to the source to find out the video game gifts that will make kids happiest during the holidays. The survey found that, across all ages and genders, Guitar Hero, Mario Party DS, Super Mario Galaxy, My Sims and Halo 3 are some of the most-wanted video game titles. The Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3
will also continue to be hot sellers.

Most-Wanted Games (8-17 Year-Old Boys and Girls)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)

Girls
– 8-10 Years-Old:
– Nintendogs (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Rating Pending)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)

– 11-13 Years-Old:
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Nintendogs (Rated E)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)

– 14-17 Years-Old:
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– My Sims (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
Boys
– 8-10 Years-Old:
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Pokemon Battle Revolution (Rated E)
– Mario Party DS (Rating Pending)
– Transformers (Rated E10+ or T)
– Mario Strikers Charged (Rated E10+)

– 11-13 Years-Old:
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
– Madden 08 (Rated E)
– Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)
– Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (Rated E10+ or T)

– 14-17 Years-Old:
– Halo 3 (Rated M)
– Guitar Hero (Rated T)
– Madden 08 (Rated E)
– Super Mario Galaxy (Rating Pending)
– Need for Speed: Prostreet (Rating Pending)

Most-Wanted Video Game Systems:

Girls
– 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
– 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PS3
– 14-17 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360

Boys
– 8-10 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
– 11-13 Years-Old: Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3, XBOX 360
– 14-17 Years-Old: Sony PS3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii

SURVEY METHODOLOGY
The Game Crazy survey was conducted online August 17-20, 2007, by Weekly Reader Research. 1,000 U.S. male and female participants, ages 8-17, were recruited from Weekly Reader Research’s INSIDERS survey research community. Random sampling procedures were employed to ensure the respondents accurately reflect the nation’s 42.7 million 8-17 year olds in terms of age, race/ethnicity, gender and census region. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval.

GameTrailers Updates:

• DDR Hottest Party trailer
• Guitar Hero III walkthrough
• Dewy’s Adventure intro
• Guitar Hero III dev interview
• De Blob trailer
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption dev walkthrough
• The Simpsons game dev interview
• EA Playground debut gameplay
• Blocks HD demo
• The Simpsons Game “Marge’s mob”
• Fifa 08 Wii gameplay
• Super Mario Galaxy dev walkthrough
• RE:UC dev walkthrough
• RE:UC trailer
• Ghost Squad trailer
• Bleach trailer
• Metroid Prime 3 dev walkthrough
• Dewy’s Adventure dev walkthrough part 1
• Dewy’s Adventure dev walkthrough part 2
• Disney Princess trailer
• De Blob “painting”
• Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga trailer
• Super Mario Galaxy dev walkthrough HD
• Guitar Hero III press conference footage

This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Party 8 by Eurogamer

Mario Party 8 is a “would have, should have, could have” kind of game. With such an depressingly long list of wasted possibilities, and so many other mini-game collections available for Nintendo Wii (The excellent Rayman Raving Rabbids, for one) It would be wrong of me to say you should pick this up. Fun could be had here, but even with the most forgiving group of friends, it’s going to be short-lived.

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This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Party 8 by Vooks

All in all, Hudson’s 8th iteration of the Mario Party series is a solid outing, there’s heaps to do, it’s amazing fun with your mates and it is a great ice breaker for anyone playing. Unfortunately, the game does suffer graphically but it’s nothing you’ve haven’t seen before on Nintendo’s newest system. For fans of the previous games, this may be a bit much of the same to you, but for people who haven’t really touched the franchise since it’s first foray onto the Gamecube (Mario Party 4 or 5), it could be the breathe of fresh air that the series was desperately needing. All in all Hudson have definitely done a good job in making the game fresh enough to utilise the WiiMote controls without making them stale and repetitive.

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Mario™ and his pals have plenty to party about: Mario Party® 8 has become the all-time fastest-selling title in Nintendo’s popular Mario Party series. As the first Mario Party game created exclusively for Wii™, this new installment has sold more than 550,000 copies in the United States during the weeks following its May 29 launch.

Enlivening Mario Party’s fun-filled formula with a carnival theme, the latest version of this virtual board game allows players to use the Wii Remote’s unique motion controls while navigating new boards, meeting new characters and going head-to-head in new minigames. Kids and adults can easily pick it up and start playing together.

“The overwhelming response not only reminds us how much fans absolutely love the Mario Party franchise but also proves the unmatched ability of the Wii system to attract new players,” says George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “Wii users are keeping the Mario Party going strong.”

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Nintendo press room

These are the Top Nintendo Wii / DS Products from Amazon:

Wii:

• 1. Mario 8-Nintendo Party
• 2. Wii Play + Wiimote Remote-Nintendo
• 3. Super Paper Mario-Nintendo
• 4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-Nintendo
• 5. Reside Evil 4-Capcom
• 6. Big Brain Academy: Wii Dismantle-Nintendo
• 7. Rayman Raving Rabbids-Ubisoft
• 8. Warioware: Smooth Moves-Nintendo
• 9. Tiger Woods PGA Turn 07-EA
• 10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’ S End-Disney

DS:

• 1. Pokemon Diamond-Nintendo
• 2. Pokemon Pearl-Nintendo
• 3. New Super Mario Bros. - Nintendo
• 4. Mario Kart-Nintendo
• 5. Brain Age-Nintendo
• 6. Big Brain Academy-Nintendo
• 7. Nintendogs Labrador Retriever and Friends-Nintendo
• 8. Crossing animal: Wild World-Nintendo
• 9. Cooking Mama-Majesco
• 10. Tetris-Nintendo

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GameTrailers Updates:

• Resident Evil 4 Cube Vs. PC
• Video Game Vault: Karnov
• Need for Speed ProStreet announcement trailer
• Dewy’s Adventure trailer
• Manhunt 2 “bad memories”
• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer developer interview
• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer “fearsome foursome”
• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer “clobberin’ time”

GameVideos Updates:

• Need for Speed ProStreet “drift”
• Mario party 8 “at the chomp wash”
• Dewy’s Adventure “controls”
• Super Mario Bros. blooper reel
• Manhunt 2 “perfect weapon”
• Wiimote as an Xbox 360 controller
• Prototype for Pollen Sonata
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary “dev diary 5?
• Punch-Out!! Michael Jackson

GameSpot Update:

• Mushroom Men art
• Tamagotchi Party On! review
• Activision’s results meet record expectations
• The BIGS swings on Wii
• Tamagotchi Party On! videos

IGN Updates:

• Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl screens
• Manhunt 2 footage
• Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition trailer
• Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles trailer (link broken right now)
• Dewy’s Adventure trailer
• The BIGS in-game soundtrack
• EU Big Brain Academy Opens in July
• New York Assembly Restricts Game Sales

This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo Wii game Mario Party 8 Multiplayer Mode by Gonintendo

Mario Party was, and still can be a great series for Nintendo. Put some time and effort into the next version. I know you don’t work alone on these projects. It’s time to put your heads together with Hudson and reinvent the series. Give us some truly new games. Take advantage of the Wiimote and Nunchuck. Expand upon the board layouts and ideas. And finally, give us some damn online play! If there were ever a Nintendo title that screams for online play, Mario Party is it. I am not a huge online gamer, but if Mario Party 9 doesn’t have online play, I believe Nintendo has made a huge mistake. The franchise needs and deserves an overhaul. It’s time to breathe new life into a once innovative franchise.

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intendo Power reviews, top NES VC downloads:

Wii
Mario Party 8 - 7.5
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - 8.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - 4.5
Spider-man 3 - 6.0
Bust-a-move bash! - 6.5
Surf’s up - 6.0
Tamagotchi Party on! - 2.5
Escape from Bug Island - 3.5

DS
Cookie & Cream - 6.5
Shrek the Third - 7.0
Diner Dash: Sizzle & Serve - 6.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: at world’s end - 7.0
Spider-man 3 - 7.0
Touch the dead - 5.5
Death Jr. and the science of fair doom - 5.0
Etrian Odyssey - 7.0
Dragon ball z: harukanaru densetsu - 4.0
The Settlers - 5.0
Planet puzzle league - 8.5
Naruto: Ninja council 3 - 6.0

Top Selling NES Titles on the VC:
1) Super Mario Bros.
2) The Legend of Zelda
3) Mario Bros.
4) Kirby’s Adventure
5) Donkey Kong