October is a HUGE month for Wii, with over twenty new games coming out, not to mention the few TBA schedule games that might just pop up out of nowhere. There are also several major titles coming out in October, plus! a new Army Men game. For those of you who have played –and loved, Army Men games on the Playstation console, this is going to be awesome. I was a big fan, but who knows, I might just be a nerd. Here’s what to expect in October:

Major Titles

Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune - Not much information on this one yet, but I’m pretty confident in its awesomeness. The release date will fall around either Oct. 1st, or Sept. 30th; we’ve got it in Oct. just in case.

Bratz: Girlz Really Rock!
Bratz Kidz: Slumber Party - Can we really even call these games major titles? The dolls are even more disproportional than Barbie, for god’s sake. These two new Bratz games will hit the shelves –and hopefully, they’ll stay there, –around the 21st. I’m not sure how popular Bratz are with kids these days, but for small female children, it’s probably highly anticipated. If your kids aren’t banging down the door asking for Bratz stuff, don’t go for it. While Barbie works for a living and has her own house, and car, Bratz live at home and still dress kind of skanky.

Dancing With The Stars: Get Your Dance On - We have to put this up here as mainstream because it was a tv show. Besides, it was a popular tv show, that I thankfully missed, –and the game could be a lot more entertaining than the show. Just think, you could be dancing around in your living room with your very own has-been celebrity on October 22nd.

Guitar Hero World Tour - Oh yes, reading through all that stuff about the Bratz games was worth it for this one. Why? Don’t you know?! The new Guitar Hero World Tour is going to be the FIRST in the series to include both drum, and microphone controllers. And, including to both Game Informer, and confirmed press information, that players will be able to create their own songs, as well as share and upload the songs they’ve created. Custom songs, and downloadable content will be coming to you on October 27th.

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon - This is the third and last Spyro game, –sad but true. Though the main audience that Spyro’s been marketed to is teens and young adults, I’ve seen many a grown-up getting down with the dragon. Lots of new features in this game, such as the ability to fly all the time, whenever, dubbed “free-fly” mode. Comes out on October 7.

Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek - Maybe not quite as mainstream as Naruto or Guitar Hero, but still a big hit with the kids, and a much better game for children than that asinine Bratz stuff.

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 - Another big event in gaming, is the second installment in the “Clash of Ninja Revolution” series. Lots of 3D fighting, and butt kicking, and will be much appreciated by all the hardcore Naruto anime/manga fans out there. Comes out October 21, 2008, and will even be in English!

Manufactured Beauty - Another hand drawn Luc Bernard creation. I put this under Major Titles, because even if Bernard is indie, his last game, Eternity’s Child, made a lot of fans. He has several other projects going right now. There’s little to no information out about Manufactured Beauty right now, though its creator was nice enough to release two images, –one of them is a girl who looks like Roger Rabbit’s girlfriend, playing a bloody cello, and the other is of a rabbit robot who also looks like he’d be handy as a kitchen appliance.

Music Related

Boogie SuperStar
DC Karaoke
The Naked Brothers Band: The Videogame

Sports

FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play
Guinness World Records: The Videogame
NBA Live 09 All-Play

And Everything Else

Build-A-Bear Workshop A Friend Fur All Seasons
Dokapon Kingdom
PBR: Out of the Chute
Pet Pals: Animal Doctor
Rubik’s Puzzle World
Tak and the Guardians of Gross

Wii In September

August 9, 2008    Category: Wii Gaming   No Comments »

BY Russ Hancock

There are a few anomalies coming out this September, though all the usuals are included, — a couple major titles, puzzle games, and the sports games. Active Life: Athletic World, set to appear September 9th, and then Don King Presents: Prizefighter, if you include boxing in your perspective of sports, set to come out this month as well, but with no specific date. Strangely enough, cooking games, becoming more and more popular every week, are releasing a couple major titles, such as Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine, and Hell’s Kitchen: The Video Game, both set to appear this month as well.

There will also be a beat taken from the gumshoe games, such as Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation, and Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Mirajiyu appearing this month, and then your more neutral puzzle game Solitaire & Mahjong, most like marketed towards adults that don’t exactly revel in the release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, also appearing this month, to the great delight of Star Wars fans everywhere. SimCity Creator is destined to be yet another major hit in the build-your-own world series that is Sims, and will also be appearing this month, for all the big time Sims fans. Which means we can probably expect a few more knock-offs of Sims, moderately priced, in the months to follow.

Some of the other titles appearing this month are:

De Blob
Facebreaker
Heroes Over Europe
Igor
Monster Lab
Pipe Mania
Samba de Amigo
Spore
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
TNA iMPACT!
Wario Land: Shake It!

Wii Games Coming Out In July

June 11, 2008    Category: Wii Gaming   1 Comment »

So a list of what’s coming in June isn’t enough for you? Don’t worry, you have a lot more coming out to hold your interest for July. Whatever your jones for Wii games is, fantasy, sports, or otherwise, there is a lot coming out that you don’t want to miss. July is shaping up to be a really popular month for sports games. So start saving up, or bookmark this list, just in case. Some of the games on this list might actually be coming out at different dates, so pay attention to retailers too. You never know; maybe a game or two might come out earlier!

Wonder World Amusement Park and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon are both coming out July 8th, this year. Wonder World Amusement Park is basically an interactive carnival game that allows up to four players, to “ride” interactive carnival rides, and play mini games. Looks to be mostly a fun family oriented type game. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon will be full of cute little fairy tale creatures, and pastel enemies that you can blast to kingdom come. There will also be a few virtual card games, as well as little mini-games included. The Japanese version is already out and going, but unless you can read Japanese, you’ll just have to wait for July 8th.

July 14th and 15th are two big days for fans of sports games on the Wii. Cabela’s Monster Bass is out on the 15th, and pretty self-explanatory. Battle huge fish for a chance at major trophies! Yamaha Supercross is out on the 14th, and is basically an exciting little motorbike racing game. The objective is to speed around, beat the competition, and jump off sweet ramps. More sports! Also out on the 15th, is NCAA Football 09 All-Play. Just another football game, and honestly, unless you’re a hardcore football video game enthusiast, you can pass this one up pretty easily. Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 is coming out for the Wii on the 15th, but this is basically just MTV’s version of Guitar Hero. So, if you want a cheaper alternative with crappy graphics, then Rock Band is for you.

Out on July 22nd, are Order Up! and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. With Order Up!, you can relive the days of just how much it sucked working behind the grill of that crappy fast food restaurant in high school. If you ever wanted to experience your McJob all over again, in game form, try out Order Up! when it comes out in July. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, if you haven’t seen any previews, is the game form of the movie with Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello. Pretty decent cast for a movie that’s shaping up to have as many sequels as Friday the 13th. Whether the game is going to be as lame as the movie looks, remains to be seen.

 Article by Russ Hancock

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