Here we are with another wiikly report! This week’s report haves a few new things! Right below this text you’ll find the releases of this week regarding Wiiware and the VC for both EU and US…and toa dd things I’m also showing what retail games are gonna be released for both EU and US next week! I think this will help a few people to actually know when a game they want is gonna come out X3 I also thank everyone for all the comments on the previous journals…now I know that what I’m doing is actually helping gamers and I couldn’t be happier about it! :3 so, let’s start!

VC RELEASES OF THE WEEK:

USA
-Final Fight 2 (SNES)

EU
-Super return of the Jedi (SNES)

WIIWARE RELEASES OF THE WEEK:

USA
-Gravitronix

EU
-Heron: steam machine
-Little tournament over Yonder

GAME RELEASES OF THE NEXT WEEK:

USA
19th October:
-NBA 2k10

20th October:
-Bakugan battle brawlers
-WWE smackdown vs raw 2010
-Marvel Super Hero squad
-Dragonball: revenge of King Piccolo
-FIFA soccer 10
-Astroboy: the videogame

EU
16th October:
-Drawn to life: next chapter
-Mario and Sonic at the Olympic winter games

23rd October:
-Bakugan battle brawlers
-Marvel Super Hero squad
-DJ Hero
-WWE smackdown vs Raw 2010

Little note: I tried to avoid to post the release dates of the shovelware X3

NEWS

Will try to post the links to the page with the screens instead of direct linking this time…I guess it’ll be better for many of you ^^ tell me if I’m wrong X3

New screens and videos for A boy and his Blob have been released (2d platform):
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33154_a-bo.....ew-images.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/s.....-boy-and/57360
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/r.....-boy-and/57362

New scans and new screens for Tales of Graces have been released (action/RPG):
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33158_fami.....es-images.html
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33223_tale.....ew-images.html
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33274_tale.....ew-images.html

New screens and videosfor Final Fantasy: Crystal Bearers have been released. The game will be released in Europe for the next February (action/RPG):
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33169_ffcc.....ew-images.html
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25617
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=26085

A new video and new screensfor Naruto: Clash of ninja revolution 3 have been released (fighting game):
http://gamekyo.com/videoen15590_nar.....new-video.html
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33256_naru.....ew-images.html

A new wii game has been announced: Poke-park: Pikachu’s adventure is the rumoured pokemon game that was being developed secretly! Can I say yay ? :3 you can play as pikachu! =n.n= ahem, anyway, here are the first screens (adventure):
http://gamekyo.com/newsfr33252_poke.....e-sur-wii.html

A few infos about the game:
- Action/adventure title
- Go through a number of attractions
- Strengthen friendship with different Pokemon
- Different Pokemon needed for different events
- It’d be best to use a flying Pokemon for the Sky Race event, water Pokemon for the Marine Slider challenge
- Apparently a retail release, not WiiWare
- Spin-off
- Not in the same style as the WiiWare games
- Game is played in Poke Park
- Need to communicate with Pokemon in different areas of the park and eventually save it
- Control Pikachu
- Play mini games, make friends with other Pokemon
- Tag minigame: Go after Pokemon, touch them
- Battle minigame: Use electric attacks from Pikachu to cause the other Pokemon’s energy to dwindle
- Quiz minigame: Answer questions asked by the Pokemon
- When you’ve made friends, they will be able to help you with the attractions in Poke Park, more Pokemon will visit
- Examples of the attractions (previously discussed) – Furi Furi Dash – Shake the Wii remote, race to a goal, Habataki Sky Race – Need flying Pokemon, Marine Slider – need swimming Pokemon
- Can take pictures of Pokemon, save them to the SD card
- Comes with 3D stickers for the Wii remote


New screens and videos for Tatsunoko VS capcom…those videos and screens also unveal other two characters! Joe the condor from Gatchaman and Zero from Megaman X! enjoy the screens (fighting game):
http://gamekyo.com/newsen33260_tats.....ew-images.html
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25827

New screens and a new video for New Super Mario bros. Wii have been released (2d platform):
http://gamekyo.com/videoen15602_new.....and-video.html
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25852
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25860

there are also quite a few infos about the game:

-Can choose from the main adventure or multiplayer challenges
- Campaign has 8 worlds
- Fortress is on the middle of the map, castle lies at the end of a world
- As usual, Peach has been kidnapped
- Koopas will invade an elevator portion of a desert level
- Underwater cave level: Raft that characters are placed on can sink if too many players/enemies on it
- Lava level: Ride a roller-coaster while avoiding enemies, flames
- Level will end if all players lose their lives at the sae time
- Can’t hurt other players will fireballs/iceballs – Barrels can, though
- Hidden passageways lead to additional coins
- Game will have missions in which Toad needs to be rescued – Find him, carry him out of the level
- Multiplayer challenge stages are a mix of levels, but most are from the campaign
- The stages offer Free For All/Coin Battle options – Can also be played alone
- Free For All: Go through a level with others, aim for a new high score
- Coin Battle: Player that finds the most coins wins
- One stage is similar to 1-2 from Super Mario Bros.
- No pauses when a player dies

Also, here are infos about the new super guide system…doesn’t really look like it’ll ruin games like people said XD it rather looks like it’ll let developers make games harder without feeling bad for the so called casual gamers…impressions of the game seemed to go really often about how the game is hard :3 ahem, here are the infos anyway:
- Need to die more than 8 times in a level
- For the 9th try, green block comes up
- If you jump and hit the block, you can choose to enter the Super Guide for the level
- Game changes to Luigi
- Plays automatically, in real-time
- Doesn’t show secret areas
- You’ll be able to take over at any time, although the game will show an overlay graphic to indicate you’re playing with the Super Guide help
- Can obtain a special icon on the title screen if you beat the game without the Super Guide

New screens, infos and videos for Sin and Punishment 2 have been released (shooting game):

Infos:
-Sequel was decided on when the the Wiimote was seen
- Game was not always Sin and Punishment – They were creating the game and it sort of morphed into S&P.
- “Very deep” story
- Sin and Punishment 2 set on a different planet, but takes place in the universe from the first game
- Play as Isa Jo (son of Saki Amamiya, Airan Jo)
- Mystery girl Kachi in the game
- Isa helps Kachi even though he was told to kill her, now the two are being targeted
- More stages than in the first game
- Double the length of the original
- Can move in the air or on the ground
- Two playable characters, both have own abilities
- Easy mode is easier, hard mode is harder (compared to the first game)
- Being made for hardcore gamers
- Wi-Fi score ranking

Screens:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25442
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25481

Video:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/j.....-sin-and/57767

A LOT of new infos on Epic Mickey have been released! Here they are :3
- Mickey will be able to use paintbrushes, erasers, thinner, pencils
- Controlled through Wii remote motions
- Forgotten Disney characters are placed in a dark void which is a forgotten world containing nonfunctional machines, harsh characters
- Oswald the Rabbit running the dark world – Wants revenge (he was the first Disney character ever)
- Oswald the Rabbit creates The Phantom Blot – Attempt to destroy Mickey and his world
- The Blot invades the Disney universe with black ink – Colors run/fade – As seen on the Game Informer cover
- Mickey needs to essentially save the world
- Draw through levels – Fix bridges with correct paint color, peer through walls when the thinner is used, remove obstacles with eraser
- Game is focused on thinking/artwork
- Mickey getting “his first makeover in years,” he’s also “far more retro than you’ve seen him for years.”
- Yensid (sorcerer) creates world for forgotten creations
- Oswald is the first resident of the world
- Mickey goes through a magic mirror in his home into Yensid’s world
- He spills paint thinner on the minted world
- Mickey hears Yensid returning, goes back to his home
- However, because of what Mickey did, the Phantom Blot takes over the hidden world, turns it into a wasteland
- Oswald and other forgotten characters unsuccessfully fight the Blot
- Years later, the mirror Mickey Mouse went in to comes alive, takes him in
- Mickey must escape the blot, look for Oswald, leave the world
- The game is a Wii-exclusive
- Mickey takes a paintbrush into the Wasteland, which can be used to paint or be used as a thinner
- Can either build or destroy the world
- Two styles of play: Destroy or create
- Based on how you play, Mickey’s appearance will be different
- Health can be obtained by trading items
- In one part of the game, you need to collect Donald Duck animatronic items so that he can be restored
- Gameplay is a mix of platforming/exploring/role-playing
- Change islands by going into movie projector screens (where you’ll see 2D action for a bit)
- Restore sketches with the paintbrush, which will add to your abilities
- Sketching abilities include being able to slow time down, distracting opponents
- E-tickets used to get on rides, obtain powers
- Jim Dooley working on the game’s music

Here are a couple of videos too that unveil a few details about the game and its concept and an interesting enemy called Beetleworx:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25756
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25987

New screens and a video for Lostwinds: Winter of the Melodias have been released (2d platform):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25466
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/l.....s-winter/57511

New screens for Shadow Walker have been released (puzzle game?):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25503

New screens for Last Flight, a wiiware horror/action game have been released:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25496

New screens for Masked Rider Climax Heroes W have been released (fighting game):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25562

New screens for Monster Hunter 3 have been released (action/RPG):
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25552

A new wiiware game has been announced: Castlevania The adventure: ReBirth! Part of the very nice ReBirth series that already gave us a full remake of Contra and Gradius. Here are a scan and a few infos:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=25787

Infos:
- Remake of Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy)
- New graphics
- More of a gothic feel
- Gameplay has been modified slightly
- New enemies, traps, stage improvements
- Classic Castlevania music will see new arrangements
- Will cost 1,000 points

A new video for Red Steel 2 has been released (action/FPS):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/u.....-steel-2/57419

A new video for One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 2 has been released (action/adventure):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/l.....ne-piece/57651

A new video for Kamen rider: Dragon Knight has been released (fighting game):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/d.....en-rider/57764

WII GAME OF THE WEEK: Dead Space Extraction
Genre: Gun survivor

I’ve heard very good things about this game…I admit that I never played Dead Space myself, just watched a friend of mine playing it. Though, after playing this game I want to get my hands on the original one as well ^^ so let’s explain a bit more about this game.

The events of the game take place before the original Dead Space, right before the infection spreaded trough the colony. It starts off with a man talking trough a screen with his girlfriend Lexine, talking about a relic that has just been found. He’s ordered to go and examine it along with his comrades…This is where the game starts off.

The mix between the in-game happenings and the actual playing is VERY nice. It isn’t the good old gun survivor when you just go trough the levels and shoot at everything that moves, it haves actual dialogues between the characters and plot developing that makes you feel like you are watching a horror/action movie in wich you can be the one shooting at the monsters. A really good feeling I must say!

The graphic look, while not being anything special (I think resident evil: darkside chronicles will look better than this graphic-wise) is smooth and the characters move naturally, both humans and necromorphs (hope I spelled this right, remember I have to rely on the Italian versions of the games I review X3). The backgrounds will never stray away from the “space colony theme” but they get to be various enough, never giving you the feeling of having already seen a similar room before.

The use of the lights is quite well-done too, giving a nice dark atmosphere to the game, without being too dark for you to see (well, if it is, just shake the wiimote and you’ll have a greenish lightning tool to let you see X3). Though I hope developers will try and actually push the power of the consoles soon, since the wii can do much, much better.

The gameplay doesn’t move away from the usual gun survivor, but adds quite a few nice things to it. First of all by pressing A you’ll be able to use telekinesis to move objects and fling them at the enemies (the good old gas capsules always work ;3) or grab ammo and health items trough the stages, but this is just the last example. Every weapon you’ll get will have a main shooting mode and a secondary one. You can activate the secondary shooting mode simply by tilting the wiimote on a side. Every weapon in the game will have a secondary use…it can go from shooting more than one projectile at once to launch a grenade of light. This also adds a bit of strategy to the game…you can carry just 4 weapons with you, but given the secondary modes you’ll also have 4 different variations with you. In certain points you’ll also be able to look around by yourself…it can be just for a limited time though and most of the time it’ll be for letting you take the items in the current room…so be quick! >:3

The controls are implemented quite well…never had problems, the aiming works well and while beside this there aren’t many more movement-based controls I don’t think this game would have needed them.

Now about the story: this is a strong point of the game…I won’t spoil anything, but you’ll have a big plot twist right at the beginning of the game, won’t tell you what it is X3 but it’ll probably make you go WTF XP anyway, the story developes quite well, adding more characters or killing some, depending by the situation…like I said earlier it’s just like watching a nice horror movie and dead Space fans will probably love how the plot of this game unveils details about the main storyline. So yeah, they made a good job on the story and the plot twists are well-placed :3

The soundtrack is fast-paced or slow depending by the situations, like most gun survivors and they made a very good job, making it carry you trough the game and the situations of danger ina perfect way, it’ll never annoy you :3 you probably won’t remember any of the tunes, since it’s the usual horror-themed soundtrack, but it works well with the game ^^

The game is quite nice. The 2-player co-op mode also add fun to the game and I suggest it to all of you. The ones who’ll probably appreciate this game the most are Dead space and Gun survivor fans. I tried the game on normal mode with my brother and it wasn’t too hard to go trough, except for a couple of situations in wich I really got stuck X3 so if you want a nice challenge I’d suggest to you and to your playing buddy, if you have one, to start out the game on hard mode. Oh right, the game length X3 I’d say…not long as game, but not short as Gun survivor ^^

To close the review I’d like to add the fact that by completing the game you’ll unlock a few challenges to complete and also the entire comic series of Dead Space to enjoy ^^ so yeah, I recommend it to all the dead space and gun survivor fans and also to the people who want to get into this game series…now if you don’t mind I’ll go to buy the original one! X3 *runs*

…. *comes back* oh yeah, the wiikly report ends here :3 see ya next week with a double review! Spyborgs and Wii Sports Resort! (at last X3)