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The Wii boxing game Hajime no Ippo is coming to the US with the name of Victorius Boxers: Revolutions , this revealed by Nintendo Power

Victorius Boxers: Revolutions, a game based on a long running manga,
tapes up its knuckles and enters the ring with American gamers.

Few manga fans in the US are clamoring for a Wii game based on Hajime no Ippo by Jyoji Morikawa, but that’s exactly what they’re going to get come September. Sometimes translated as Fighting Spirit, the comic and anime follow the story of Ippo Makunouchi, a nice guy with an iron jaw and the burning desire to become Japan’s featherweight champion. After a critically well received PS2 title appeared in the US in 2001, the franchise vanished of the radar (a sequel was never released here). Now Xseed Game’s Victorious Boxers: Revolution will come out swingingwith a story based fighting game taht uses an over the shoulder perspective (the boxer you control is semitransparent). The character models sport a cool, hand-drawn look that makes the game seem like the pages of a manga have come to life.

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This is the Atari E3 Games Lineup:
NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced the company’s product line-up for the E3 Media and Business Summit, taking place July 11 - 13 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. Games spanning multiple genres and platforms will be on-hand at the Atari booth (518 and 520) and include Dragon Ball Z®: Budokai Tenkaichi™ 3 Wii™ and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, The Witcher for Games for Windows, Godzilla®: Unleashed for Wii and Jenga® for Wii.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 combines the lightning fast fighting and action that have made Budokai Tenkaichi 1 and Budokai Tenkaichi 2 the #1 fighting games of 2005 and 2006. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 delivers an extreme 3D fighting experience, improving upon last year’s game with over 150 playable characters, enhanced fighting techniques, beautifully refined effects and shading techniques, making each character’s effects more realistic, and over 30 battle stages. The immensely popular Dragon Ball Z® series is the gold standard of anime-based video games, with more than 25 different games and over 10 million units sold since May 2002. Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / Spike, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is slated to release for the Wii and PlayStation 2 system during the 2007 holiday season.

Based on the world created by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels, The Witcher casts players as Geralt, a legendary monster slayer and master swordfighter with supernatural abilities and reflexes. The Witcher presents a fresh approach to traditional role-playing, blending an expansive, twisting plotline - in which the impact of individual decisions can drastically alter the outcome of the game - and fast-paced combat against a wide variety of foes. Using advanced graphics and physics systems, The Witcher delivers brutal action, multi-faceted RPG options and an intriguing story to engulf all players who dare to play. The Witcher, developed by CD Projekt, will be available for Games for Windows this fall.

Godzilla: Unleashed offers fighting on a giant scale. The game stars the legendary Godzilla and a slew of the most renowned monsters of all-time. Gamers are challenged to ultimately save the planet from mayhem and destruction. Set in urban arenas, Godzilla: Unleashed’s interactive 3D cityscapes, big destructible buildings, soaring skyscrapers and towering alien formations provide the backdrop to epic worldwide destruction. Godzilla: Unleashed is slated for a fall release on the Wii and Nintendo DS.

For the first time, the beloved family game Jenga comes to the world of videogames, utilizing the innovative controls of the Wii and DS for unpredictable, quick-paced, tactical gameplay that combines suspense and risk- taking, where mounting anticipation comes to a crashing climax. The game will contain all the fun, intensity and challenge of the original boxed game with a wealth of exciting new enhancements, power-ups and twists that are possible only in the videogame world. Simple to learn and fun to play, Jenga promises great entertainment for all ages when it releases for the Wii and Nintendo DS this fall.

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This is a new video of the Nintendo Wii game Zack & Wiki

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Atari Announces the Ultimate Chapter in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi Series

Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced that Dragon Ball Z®: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is in development for WiiTM and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 combines the lightning fast fighting and action that have made Budokai Tenkaichi 1 and Budokai Tenkaichi 2 the #1 fighting games of 2005 and 2006. Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / Spike, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is slated to release during the 2007 holiday season.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 delivers an extreme 3D fighting experience, improving upon last year’s game with over 150 playable characters, enhanced fighting techniques, beautifully refined effects and shading techniques, making each character’s effects more realistic, and over 20 battle stages. In addition, an improved control system for the Wii will allow players to easily mimic signature moves and execute devastating energy attacks as they are performed in the Dragon Ball Z animated series.

“Atari is incredibly excited to offer the ultimate chapter in the Budokai Tenkaichi series with over 20 new characters that have never been seen in any other DBZ video games such as Nail, King Cold and King Vegeta and battle stages that fans will love,” said Emily Anadu, Senior Product Manager, Atari, Inc. “Each year, the developers refine the game to bring fans closer to feeling like they are actually playing the show.”

In addition to the unprecedented number of characters and improved Wii control system, the environments have also been enhanced to feature day and night stages. The power of the moon in the night stages gives players additional ways to transform their characters and lets fans recreate some of their favorite memories from the show.

The immensely popular Dragon Ball Z® series is the gold standard of anime-based video games, with more than 25 different games and over 10 million units sold since May 2002.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is set for release this holiday season. For more information on Dragon Ball Z video games, please visit http://www.atari.com/dragonballz.

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Banpresto, has confirmed that a manga-based title is in development for the Nintendo Wii known as “Crayon Shin-chan Wii”. The manga/anime series is a comedy about a young boy and his parents.
source: Nintendo Difference

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This are new images of Bandai Namco’s Nintendo Wii anime action adventure game One Piece: Unlimited Adventure. The second playable character Zoro is revealed, and there seem to be a number of mini games, such as fishing and butterfly catching.

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Japan’s Hochi Shimbun reports Nintendo has partnered with anime director Jouji Shimura to create an animated film based on the Animal Crossing series.
source: IGN

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