Pokemon has been a craze since it debuted in the US more than 10 years ago and the newest game in the franchinse is but a week away. Nintendo announced plans to hold a launch party for the game at the Nintendo World Store in NYC on March 21st, a day before it’s available anywhere else. Gamer’s will get a chance to demo AND purchase Pokemon Platinum early while hanging out with other Pokemon fans.
Game sales start at 11am while the launch festivities will be held from 12-4. READ MORE
Capcom sent us a friendly email letting us know that Resident Evil 5 has sold more than 4 million copies since its very recent release. That makes for 40 million RE games sold ever, and adding in the four movies, pretty much everyone has been attacked by Capcom-branded zombies at this point.
Washington, D.C.’s H.D. Cooke Elementary has added Nintendo’s rhythm quasi-game, Wii Music, to classes to increase interest. A local news station broke the story…and in typical mainstream media style.
What do you think about Wii Music in schools? What’s next – DDR? Oh, right.
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Majesco annouced today that the official release date for the upcoming DS title, Gardening Mama, had been set for March 31, 2009. Gardening Mama was developed by the same team that created the blockbuster Cooking Mama titles. READ MORE
This week’s Wii Shop Channel updates feature a little bit of the retro with a VC release of Summer Games II (C64) and a WiiWare release of BIT.TRIP BEAT from Aksys Games.
Summer Games II is a simple re-release of the Olympic Games title from the C64 and will cost you 500 Wii Points. BIT.TRIP BEAT is an original rhythm game that allows you to use your controller to bounce beats. BTB features nice retro visuals, four player mode, and a nice 8 bit retro soundtrack all for only 600 Wii Points. READ MORE
