Sonic and the Secret Rings

wii sonic SEGA is making another game with you guessed it, Sonic! The game begins when Sonic is reading the book “Arabian Nights.” When suddenly, the Genie from the book appears and tells Sonic that the last several pages of the book have mysteriously gone blank. The Genie soon teleports Sonic into the book to save the pages of the book and set the world of the Arabian Nights back together. The WiiMote will pick up movements from the players that will cause Sonic to move side to side (he moves forward by himself) and perform combos with wrist movement. The game also makes you feel like you are going really really fast. The game features about 30 mini-games that are for 1-4 players.

Wii Sports ScreenShots

WiiSports is actually 5 games in one and I got 4 images of those games:

Tennis
Bowling
Baseball
Golf

Here is a brief explanation of the games:

Your Miis that you made on the Mii Wii channel are the main characters in this game, it’s like “hey you pikachu!” just without the cute yellow thing and the stupid microphone. As you get better, pikachu your mii gets better and their skills improve.

In Tennis which is for 1-4 players you use the WiiMote like a racket in which you swing. By doing so the game understands what your character does; forehands, backhands, volleys, lobs, slices, spin and power hits depending on your speed and angle of the swing. The game auto-moves your player in front of the ball so you can swing.

In Bowling which is for 1-4 players you basically roll the ball down the lane and play digital bowling, that simple.

In Baseball which is for 1-2 players you basically swing the WiiMote like a bat and swing it (just like in real baseball). Speed and swiftness make the difference between home runs and hits. When playing 2 player, it’s opposite teams, one swings and the other is at bat. And all fielding and running is automatic.

In Golf which is for 1-4 players you use the WiiMote as a golf club and go flying depending on how hard you hit it but if you hit it too hard it will go flying.

And for Boxing, the game I don’t have a screenshot of you play with up to 2 players. The player uses the Nunchuk controller as one glove and the WiiMote as the other. You then basically dodge, weave and punch your opponents. Guarding depends on where your hands are currently positioned, high for faces and low for lower body stuff. Punching occurs the same way low for a punch and up for an uppercut. Combos can be achieved by swinging your arms all around.

Metroid Prime 3 Corruption

metroid prime 3Yeah that’s right, a new metroid prime. They couldn’t stop making money. aahhahahahaha. Anyway, The Galactic Federation’s network computer, Aurora Unit, is suddenly corrupted with a virus. The Federation believes Space Pirates are to blame when the Galactic Federation is soon attacked. Samus and other hunters go gung ho and leap to the Federation’s defense. But it isn’t space pirates….it’s Dark Samus who is now bigger and better and can kill you just by touching you or missing you by like 5 feet.

So it’s for the wii? What is special about it? You move by moving the nunchuk controller and aim the gun with the WiiMote. And once again you can have the fun of actually acting like you are in the suit with no more crappy locks that make it so you can’t shoot down or fall and machine gun. It’s the real physics deal. And a new Phazon system will be featured in the game as well. Which can allow Samus to go into hyper mode (which you can probably guess what you can do). But over fill the meter and well…you…die.

But what is the cool part about the game? For the first time ever you will be able to control Samus’ ship and fly in it….that’s awesome

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Wii Notes

wiibox by usa todayWell almost everyone is going on and on about the facts about the Wii release, so let’s get somethings straight:

  • Wii doesn’t have DVD playback
  • The wii is region free
  • Channels which include
    Disc (for playing disks and gcn games), Mii (your gamertag [sorta]), Photo (viewing/editing pictures that you imported), Forecast (weather), News, Wii shop (Like the itunes 7 store except more about games than songs), Virtual Console (The retro function), Internet, and Message Board (for chatting).
  • The price is around $250 which if you bought it all individually it would be around $400 dollars
  • Downloaded games cost $5 dollars (N64 is $10) and they are only the retro games
  • The photo tool isn’t that good
  • About 30 titles will be availible at launch
  • LOZ Twilight Princess will be out that same day for it
  • WiiMote comes with it
  • Stand is included
  • Bundled with WiiSports
  • Surfing the web costs you money (have to buy the browser)
  • Money is in WiiPoints 2000 for $20
  • You have the power to send sms messages

Oh and here is what the channels look like:

wiimainmenu

More images can be seen here

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TOP SECRET NINTENDO FACTS

Okay, here is something that no one has and it’s true. But I am limited on what I can say so I have to brief it for you.

I am gonna list these cause it will be easier

  1. Pokemon Ranger is a game for the DS that will allow you to play as the pokemon and allow you to talk to other pokemon in English (squirtle and chikarita are gonna be in the game….squirtle looks so cute)
  2. Nintendo is making a new murder mystery game for the DS where you play as a detective in the 1960s. It’s named Hotel Dusk. You have a lover who is missing, and you travel around US [man the transitions between places is so cool. It’s like a drop down effect. Oh which reminds me, your character constantly thinks of his lover] trying to solve the mystery. You kill someone near the start on a dock, and the word “why?” appears on the screen. Based on the dark shaded graphics and the awesome transitions of the game, I would say it’s being made by the same team as Another was made by.
  3. I saw the final box art of Twilight Princess but wasn’t allow to take a picture of it (I didn’t have a media pass [sorry guys..]) but a brief description: it will have the logo on the front as well as link as a wolf and himself and Zelda makes an appearance with her black cloak. The background is a darkness theme with a cliff and purple was in the shot. I can’t remember if the moon is in it or not (this is not it). I am gonna try to get the offical boxart soon.
  4. The new Kirby game for the GCN will have the same animation for the sword as Kirby had in Kirby’s Air Ride
  5. ChibiRobo is gonna go to the DS
  6. “COME BACK LINK!” is a line in the new Zelda game for the DS
  7. The Wii looks awesome
  8. Star Fox Command has great controls

And that’s about it for my Top Secret Nintendo Facts