Gaming NDS & Wii Titles Expected: Week of 6th January 2009 + Preview

Hadrian · Jan 1, 2009

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First thread of the year! It would be a great week but I'm unsure if any of these will actually be release when listed so think of this as a sort of "Preview" thread. I've added more games at the end that are definitely not out next week, instead of just doing one massive preview thread I'm gonna just add games to the end of the weeklys.

Read to know when a game could be dumped:
These dates are what retailers say is out unless stated otherwise, sometimes they make dates up for pre-ordering purposes. These dates could also be "shipping dates" which usually means that that's the date when games get shipped to stores so a game could either be in stores on that day or after. Some games may get delayed some others not listed may appear but at the moment of posting these are correct. Also just because a game is released in stores it doesn't mean that they'll appear on our internets but NA titles usually appear on our 'nets Wednesday night UK time. I love you like a something loves something.

Releases For Nintendo DS

January 6th

Big Bang Mini Update - Not out until 20th January

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Region: North America Genre: Arcade Shooter
Developer: Arkedo Studio Publisher: SouthPeak Games

From the people who made the cult hit "Nervous Brickdown" comes a game that looks like it tops it on every level. The game is sort of Space Invaders/Galaxian but instead of shooting the enemy with bullets, you shoot fireworks at them and make pretty displays at the same time.

In Big Bang Mini, your main objective is to use the stylus to create fireworks and destroy the waves of enemies that loom overhead. If you miss, you'll be forced to tackle another challenge: avoiding the sparks created by your falling fireworks. Celebrate the completion of a level by designing the Final Bouquet, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that will proclaim your victory.

This is the type of game the DS was designed for. Pretty and simple while using the DS touchscreen well and also it has many modes so that it'll be a long lasting game.

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Retro Game Challenge

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Region: North America Genre: Various Retro Goodness
Developer: Bandai Namco Games Publisher: XSEED Games

Thank you so much XSEED for bringing this to us you're like the new Atlus. Here comes a title that is actually based on a Japanese TV show called Game Center CX, read more about that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Center_CX" target="_blank">here.</a>

Retro Game Challenge reinvents how classic games are played. Featuring a story-driven progression, players complete short challenges in a wide-variety of fictional retro-games. Specific challenges in shooting, racing, action and even an epic role-playing game are integrated into the story, while the in-game magazines offer cheat codes as well as fake 80’s news stories paying tribute to the rich history of the gaming industry.

For me this is a retro gamers ideal game, it is something that I'll gladly pay money for. Hopefully it will sell well so we'll get the sequel too. Game genres include: Top down racing, scrolling shoot-em-up, platform & RPG. Note: The trailer says the game is out February but most sites say January 6th. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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Bigfoot: Collision Course

Region: North America Genre: Monster Truck Racing
Developer: DSI Games Publisher: DSI Games/Zoo Digital

Mmm DSI/Zoo Digital racer...does this mean instant badness? Their previous racing games have been abysmal at best.

Since it's inception, BIGFOOT has been the leader of the pack in innovation and development in the monster truck industry. Get ready for some mind blowing 4x4 care crushing action starring "The Original Monster Truck®", BIGFOOT!

# Three vehicle categories: light (amateur) monster truck, Pro-Stock monster truck and Pro-Modified monster truck
# Course configurations for each vehicle category
# Monster Truck Power-ups
# Variety and depth in racing environments.

Looks a bit crap to be honest, and is it me or there are better looking GBA racers out there? That can't be right at this stage in the DS lifetime.

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And also out:
Jumble Madness - Based on the Jumble newspaper puzzles and made by the horrible Destineer Games.
Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets - THQ takes a huge step back with yet more pet game sludge.
Hotel For Dogs - From the people who bought you the abysmal "I Did It Mum" & "My Pet Dolphin" series.

January 9th

Infinite Line Update - Not out until March

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Region: Europe Genre: Space RPG/Simulation
Developer: Platinum Studio Publisher: SEGA

Some places list this for a 9/1/2009 release in Europe but SEGA Europe has this for TBA 09 so if it doesn't come out don't blame me.

From the people who gave us such classics as Okami, Viewtiful Joe & the forthcoming Madworld comes another title that could be a classic. Those tired of the same themes and settings in RPG's may wanna look at this.

nfinite Line, a role playing game exclusively for the Nintendo DS portable handheld system, takes place in outer space and gives players the ability to control, build, outfit and customize more than 150 spaceships. The game follows the story of Yuri, a young crewman that journeys the galactic frontier and slowly moves up the ranks to become captain of his own spaceship fleet. Using over 150 blueprints, players will build and customize a huge array of space ships and have over 200 crewmen to recruit. Players will battle their way through space to become the strongest fleet in the galaxy while exploring new planets and solar systems.

To be honest I'm not all that sure of how this will play but its got some amazing talent behind it and we rarely get sci-fi RPG games on the DS, especially one where the devs claim is totally different to what is out there. The developer also claims that this will push the DS to its limit graphically.

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And out in Japan...just one game..."Happy My Sweets", which I know nothing about.

Releases For Nintendo Wii

January 6th

Fishing Master World Tour

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Region: North America Genre: Fishing
Developer: Hudson Entertainment Publisher: Hudson Entertainment

Hudson return to doing retail releases after a string of good to great WiiWare titles, this is another fishing game for the Wii. Will it be good?

The second in the Fishing Master series, this game offers over 200 different types of fish to catch and enables players to catch fish in their native waters around the world in the first ever global fishing game on the Wii. Players now have over forty different locations to fish from in seven different regions. Fish on Easter Island, under the Golden Gate Bridge, on the Amazon River and many more exotic global locations.

Staying true to the first version's realistic controls, aspiring Fishing Masters use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as they battle to hook the fish on their line, just like in real life. Players must move the Wii Remote left and right as the fish fights from the end of the line and adjust their drag so their line doesn't break. Once gamers have the basics down, they can try their newfound skills by competing with friends via new enhancements made just for the sequel - four-person multiplayer modes! In Wi-Fi mode, players compete online against other Fishing Masters over who will catch the biggest fish in various worldwide locations. Gamers will also enjoy local multiplayer battle which enables them to play against their friends and family members in a variety of different battle modes.

I've not played the first game but apparently it was a mediocre game, maybe Hudson has improved upon it with this, I'm sure the WFC will add to it greatly.

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Also out this week:
Hotel for Dogs
Paws & Claws Pets Resort

And that is all for the releases, now lets get on to...

Nintendo DS Games Coming Soon in 2009

The following are by CockroachMan

Blood of Bahamut

Release Date 2009 Genre: Gigantic Monster Killing Coop RPG
Developer: Think & Feel Inc. Publisher: Square Enix

More one of those games trying to capitalize on the success of Shadow of the Colossus with huge monsters that don't fit the screen(s)? Maybe.. you can't deny the similarities.. but, as a Square-Enix game, this one is more of an RPG type game, and has a big focus on multiplayer coop battles against the giants. What is known by now about the story is that you live in a city in the back of a giant, and your job is to protect it from other giants.. You can play it locally with 3 other friends, with each player running freely on the map, making strategies to defeat the monsters. Not many details about the gameplay yet, but it looks like a typical action RPG, similar to Secret of Mana and the Crystal Chronicles games on the DS. The graphics are pretty good for a DS game, with giant 3D monsters occupying both screens and players and smaller monsters being represented with 2d sprites (which reminds me even more of Secret of Mana). Coming out in 2009 in Japan, it's being developed by the same team responsible for FFXII: Revenant Wings on the DS and published by Square-Enix, this is something to look forward to!

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Wario Ware Myself (Made in Ore)

Release Date 2009 Genre: Embarrassing microgame maker
Developer: Nintendo? Publisher: Nintendo

Apparently, the guys at Nintendo wanted to do a new Wario Ware game, but they ran out of ideas for microgames.. so, now it's your turn to make them! Wario Ware Myself (or Made in Ore, as it is being called in Japan, literally "Made in Myself", the other games in the series were called Made in Wario btw.. got it?), let's the player make their own microgames, the graphics, sound, rules.. everything is customizable.. the game will feature a music composer (rumored to be the "spiritual successor" to Mario Paint), so you can make your own music to your games! Of course, you can also play those games! Not only in your DS, but you can also transfer then to your Wii and play with your friends on a big screen! We don't know yet how much customization the game will allow.. but it certainly looks promising, be prepared to see a bunch of pornographic micro game videos on youtube! The game is dated for 2009 in Japan, but nothing about a west release yet. Although, Reggie let slip it's western name "Wario Ware Myself" recently and no Wario Ware game till today was exclusive for Japan so, yeah, it's coming.<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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Scribblenauts

Release Date Fall 2009 Genre: Puzzle Solving with a Dictionary
Developer: 5th Cell Publisher: ???

One of the most creative and pretentious ideas in Gaming History, Scribblenauts gives you the hability to summon any object you can imagine by writing it's name on the DS screen! You could use this to help the poor, end hunger in the world, rule the universe, get your personal harem but in this game, you will use that power to collect stars solving puzzles.. oh well.. fair enough. Basically, that's it, each level will have a star in it, and you have to get the star to pass the level, some levels are very simple, for instance, you have a star on a tree that you can't reach.. so you can write "axe" and chop the tree to grab it.. or write "baseball" and throw it on the star to make it fall.. you can solve the puzzle anyway you want! You can also combine objects, grab your baseball from before, get some matches and you have a flamming baseball! Write cat, write dog, and watch them fight! No obscene or copyrighted words will be in the game though, so you can't forget your fantasies of ***** a Pikachu with a green dildo. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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The guys from 5th Cell stated that the game will also have plenty of challenging puzzles for the hardcore guys, not to mention challenges like solving a puzzle using less then two items and solving a puzzle several times using different items.. the game is in development for more than a year now, and the developers spent a good amount of time getting words from dictionaries and encyclopedias to make sure nothing is missing, they are very optmistic about the result and said that there are words very obscure in the game and they doubt that anyone will be able to see them all. So, if 5th Cell can deliver what they are promissing, this can be one of the most memorable games from this generation.

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Thank you CockroachMan for your previews! The rest are by myself.

The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity

Release Date February Genre: Platformer
Developer: Razorback Developments Publisher: Atari

Remember Yoshi Touch & Go & Kirby's Canvas Curse? After something similar? Here is something that you might wanna look into.

Join in the adrenaline rush by jumping in the shoes of Felix or Felicity to race across town in time to rendezvous. To make it unscathed, players need to deftly navigate a series of obstacle-laden environments without ever letting up the break-neck pace. Run, jump, dodge and slide through hectic scenarios while desperately trying to stay ahead of the clock and weather. The pick-up-and-play gameplay makes great use of the Nintendo DS stylus to draw platforms to climb and hop across, dodging difficult barriers and any cold-hearted misanthropes who get in the way.

* Draw, climb and jump your way through the city, zoo, carnival, park and beach
* Impress your sweatheart by bowling over bad guys and collecting fruit and stars

Its looking incredibly childlike and may turn a lot of gamers off but those who have played it says its fun and works very well.

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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

Release Date Q1 2009 Genre: Platformer/Puzzle
Developer: Tiburon Publisher: Electronic Arts

EA's next attempt at making a credible new IP for the DS, hopefully it'll sell better than their credible attempt at a new IP on the Wii (the excellent Boom Blox) otherwise they'll go back to making shit for us again. Those who have played it say its "awesome" so another potential DS classic?

JMeet Henry Hatsworth, a quirky, light-hearted character who players will guide on their journey through a new style of gaming adventure on their Nintendo DS. In this two-in-one adventure, players explore five exotic worlds, fight a variety of opponents, and venture through more than 30 levels, including nearly a dozen hidden levels while taking on outrageous world-ending bosses. The separate worlds on the two Nintendo DS screens have a cause and effect inter-relationship, and players choose when to switch between conquering the action-platform realm and mastering the increasingly challenging puzzle world. A wide variety of power-ups help Hatsworth in both of these worlds. Players complete puzzle combinations and defeat puzzle enemies in order to gain power ups, health, and energy to supercharge Hatsworth in his adventure.

* Keep on your toes! Make quick switches between the intense action-adventure gameplay and an increasingly challenging puzzle world
* Jump, fight, and shoot your way through more than 30 levels, including nearly a dozen of hidden levels and take on outrageous world-ending bosses
* Explore 5 exotic worlds in a mad hunt for artifacts—each of which grants new abilities for Hatsworth and ultimately unlocks a massively powerful golden mech suit
* Solve challenging combo-puzzles in order to gain more health and energy. The more puzzle combos completed, the more you can enhance your melee and ranged weapons and transform Hatsworth into multiple powerful forms
* Activate puzzle power-ups to help Hatsworth in the puzzle world and the action game
* Keep an eye out for gems and treasure to purchase your favorite weapons and abilities along your way

I am really interested in this game, been wanting to play it for a long time now. Its by Tiburon who apart from some very good Sports games have previously worked on GoldenEye: Rogue Agent & Superman Returns both for the DS and both were pretty atrocious BUT this is their IP and not a licensed game, and it seems like they want to prove something with this great looking innovative game.

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More previews next week! For Wii take a look at <a href="http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=125416" target="_blank">CockroachMan's, very own topic.</a>

Maz7006 · Jan 1, 2009

Wow looks promising thanks for the heads up man

tinymonkeyt · Jan 1, 2009

yay its back!
we all missed it :]
thanks hadrian (im still gonna call you that no matter what your username displays) for all the hard work (and also cockroach man)
is scribblenauts like drawn to life?
and henry hatsworth is so cute!

Hadrian · Jan 1, 2009

tinymonkeyt said:
is scribblenauts like drawn to life?
and henry hatsworth is so cute!

Not really, its basically just a puzzle solving game.

For example a tree is in the way of the goal so you think of something that would get you past the tree like "axe" on the screen and an axe appears for you to cut the tree down. Pretty simple concept but I hear that it gets much harder than that.

I'd say that Henry Hatsworth is the game I want the most this year on the DS, its so damn retro and yet different at the same time.

DarkRey · Jan 1, 2009

The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity

thats look like a mix between mirror's edge and sonic

anyway thx hadrian

GeekyGuy · Jan 1, 2009

Damn, it took you long enough! I want my money back...

Oh yeah, you do this for free.

Good looking week. I'm curious about the fireworks game, admittedly because Nintendo Power gave it an 8.5. But I also have to admit that I will be playing the Monster Trucks game. Will likely suck and it looks like dog, but there's a slight chance it will be amusing. I like quirky racers, so...

EDIT: Holy cow, just noticed you have Infinite Line listed as Europe. So, we'll be getting an English version this month?! Nice.

Satangel · Jan 1, 2009

Thanks for the topic Hadrian!
Not really interested in a title though ....

pilotwangs · Jan 1, 2009

Big Bang Mini and Retro Game Challenge look great.

Glad to see the return of wii & DS titles expected.

Edgedancer · Jan 1, 2009

Nice job this week. Great way to bring the New Year spirit to GBAtemp.

Reaper · Jan 1, 2009

Infinite line is one of those space RTS I believe.

da_head · Jan 1, 2009

thanks hadrian

thedicemaster · Jan 1, 2009

reaper00004 said:
Infinite line is one of those space RTS I believe.

they claim rpg.
*wonders how an rpg will work out in a spaceship*

UltraMagnus · Jan 1, 2009

thedicemaster said:
reaper00004 said:

Infinite line is one of those space RTS I believe.

Click to expand...

they claim rpg.
*wonders how an rpg will work out in a spaceship*

well, I have played at least one game like that on PC, usually you can equip your ship differently and your crew level up and stuff...

NDStemp · Jan 1, 2009

Big Bang Mini, Infinite Line, Blood of Bahumut looks amazing.

kimit · Jan 1, 2009

Made in Ore looks soooo fun!

Kishu · Jan 1, 2009

Wait, so can I make a Pikachu with a green dildo?

ComplicatioN · Jan 2, 2009

Bahamut one looks awesome

brissmas · Jan 2, 2009

this week is lookin pretty sweet.

davislim · Jan 2, 2009

gonna try out infinite line...XD
blood of bahamut seem great but i dun lik hw the heroes look lik...they r in 2D....

Hadrian · Jan 2, 2009

irpacynot said:
EDIT: Holy cow, just noticed you have Infinite Line listed as Europe. So, we'll be getting an English version this month?! Nice.

Well it MIGHT be out, I really doubt it will be out seeing that there are zero reviews or advertising over here for it but whatever it would've been in the preview anyway.

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