Nintendo is rolling out its E3 2009 line at noon today. Yes videogames have come up in the world of entertainment, dominating movie and music. Nintendo promises a new leap forward in game control and several new Mario adventures to go with. The Nintendo team is adding more hard core game s to it’s line-up including some developed in house. Keep up with all latest here.
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Nintendo recently posted the latest “Iwata Says” segment, which has Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, sitting down for a chat with Shigeru Miyamoto. The conversation starts with Iwata asking Miyamoto questions about how they came to develop Link’s Crossbow Training and accompanying Zapper, but then things start to take a turn for the weird. Miyamoto casually begins revealing some of the radical ideas that were proposed for various Legend of Zelda titles. How radical? Well, he once envisioned having Ocarina of Time play from a first-person perspective — his fascination with the FPS style eventually spawned Link’s Crossbow Training. Also, he concieved of “a sort of Terminator style story about a time warp from the future” to explain how Link might have a gun. Finally, the original prototype for the Wii Zapper? It was literally made from rubber bands and wires. Obviously (and thankfully), none of these ideas ever came to fruition. However the images in my head of Arnold Schwarzenegger decked out in Link’s green costuem isn’t going to go away anytime soon.

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Konami has announced that Target: Terror has shipped to retail stores across North America. Developed for the Wii, Target: Terror brings the classic arcade shooter with features including unlockable mini games and the new “Justice Mode,” allowing a single player to use two weapons. Fans can experience this classic one-of-a-kind game with updated controls for the first time in their own living room.

Target: Terror puts players in the place of an elite counter-terrorist agent who is charged with protecting the U.S. from all terrorist activities. With a full-scale assault spanning the entire U.S., players are given the chance to show terrorists who’s in charge by eliminating the seemingly endless waves of enemies with an assortment of high-tech weapons in their arsenal.

Utilizing the motion sensing controls of the Wii Remote, fans can enhance the experience even more if they are the proud owners of the Wii Zapper which will supposedly “replicate both the arcade light-gun as well as the elite, tactical weapons used by counter-terrorist agents”.

Yeah, I really feel like I have a sniper rifle or a machine gun in my hand when playing with my Wii Zapper.

Target: Terror is rated “M” for Mature. For more information, click here.

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I am always happy when a Resident Evil game is well received, and while reviews for the Wii exclusive Umbrella Chronicles were mixed, Capcom was happy enough with the game’s reception to announce that it has shipped over one million units worldwide.

Released in November 2007, it is the second such Capcom title, and Resident Evil title for that matter, to have hit the one million unit mark – the other being the Wii version of RE4. As of February 29, the Resident Evil series has sold over 34.5 million units globally with the first RE game having been released in 1996. Can you believe that we have had 12-years of zombie crushing goodness at our fingertips? It sure doesn’t seem that long of a time span for me; 1996 seems like it was just a couple of years ago. That is what happens though when you have a good quality franchise that provides you with hours upon hours of solid entertainment. Sure, some of the RE titles were hit or miss, but Capcom has been nothing if not consistent when doling out new adventures in zombie hunting.

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles contains familiar locales from the entire series created specifically for the Wii. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by having the player explore locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella’s stronghold. The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies with a two-player co-op mode and support for the Wii Zapper.

Check out our previous posts for more information and congrats once again to Capcom and Resident Evil. May the franchise continue to thrill, scare, and enrage us for years to come.

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Awhile back, it was confirmed that The House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return would indeed be making it’s way to the Wii. Now it looks like the game may even come bundled with a Wii Zapper for a mere $4 more. Sega will be providing an optional bundle for the game that will contain the Zapper for 5023 yen, or about $44. The game by itself is priced at around $40, so you’re pretty much getting a Zapper for just $4. Is it even worth the extra $4 though? From what I’ve heard form most people, it’s just easier to play all the games with the simple Wii-mote.

Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy

The Wii seems like a potentially perfect platform for first-person shooters. Control your movement with the Nunchuk’s analog stick, aim with the Wiimote and fire with the trigger; simple enough. Developers have failed to really take advantage of the Wii’s motion controls with any FPS to date, but Medal of Honor Heroes 2 takes tremendous strides forward in establishing a solid control scheme for Wii FPSs.

Your impressions of Heroes itself will likely vary greatly depending on what you expect out of it. If you’re hoping it’s comparable to Call of Duty 4 or any of the other triple-A FPSs that have been released in recent months, you’re going to be very disappointed. But if you take Heroes for what it is – a fairly simple, straightforward WWII shooter built for the Wii and PSP, you’ll find it to be a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Read the full article

Want a Wii Zapper, but don’t want to spend the $20 to get one? This guy sure did, and he decided to do something about it. Who needs fancy molded plastic when you can just slap some wood together and write “Wii” on the side of it. Of course, you don’t get a copy of Link’s Crossbow Training with this homemade Zapper. Unless you make it yourself, which would be quite impressive.

You know how a lot of anti-video game people have been saying the new Wii Zapper looks too much like a gun, even though it looks more like some bread rolls stuck together with toothpicks and painted white? Well, now they might actually have something worthy of complaining about. Nyko has announced that they will soon be releasing the “Perfect Shot,” which has been modeled to look like an actual toy handgun, right down to the detailing. You just slide a Wii-mote into it, connect the Nunchuk at the base of the grip, and you’re good to go. Nyko has also announced the “Net Connect” which is basically the same as the LAN adapter already out from Nintendo, which allows a wired internet connection to the Wii.

Actually, that Perfect Shot looks a lot more fun to use than the Zapper. Still, I’m waiting for someone on the anti-video game side of things to jump all over it.

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Popular Mechnaics has chosen Mass Effect as its number one pick for game gear to buy for the holidays. The game heads up the top 5 picks of must buy game gifts. Other titles in order are Rock Band, Call of Duty 4,Super Mario Galaxy and GameFly.

There are games you show your nongaming friends—like a few minutes of Halo 3, or a few hours of Rock Band. But when you’ve happily shunned fresh air, sunlight, and nondeliverable food for a week straight, you’re playing the gamer’s equivalent of heroin—a long, dorky role-playing game. And this month, you’ll be sprawled in unwashed darkness because of Mass Effect, the best RPG to ever hit a console.

The magazine also has 5 recommendations on what not to get for the holidays. Heading up the list of infamous titles to pass on is Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock followed by Assassin’s Creed, Clive Barker’s Jericho, Ghost Squad and the Wii Zapper.

via Popular Mechanics

Tomorrow, the Wii Zapper/Link’s Crosbow Training bundle lands on shelves. Of course, it didn’t take long for various journalists to start making claims that the Wii zapper is too gun-like. The Washington Post’s Monica Hesse believes that the new peripheral will come with some heavy political backlash. She’s probably right considering the insane “pc” culture we currently live in.

Looking at the above photo, I find it hard for anyone to believe that it’s too gun-like but you know how people are. The backlash is definitely brewing and we are going to see a lot of it this week. I spent two enlistments in the United States Army and was exposed to many various weapon systems and I can say that the Wii Zapper looks like no realistic weapon I have ever seen. I also wonder why people would expect a video game gun to look like something that isn’t a gun at all. I’m sure this will be a heated debate all week, but it really makes little sense to me.

Look at the above image and tell me what you think it looks like. Looks kind of like a plastic device used to play video games. It certainly doesn’t look like a real gun, but you can be the judge.

Via Joystiq