With the Nintendo Press Conference over and the majority of news being out, it’s safe to say that the conference was a bit of a let down. In some of our past predictions, we thought Nintendo would let us in on some ground breaking news. Such as a storage solution or a new Zelda game… we were wrong (for now, just you wait). But on the bright side, we have gotten some new footage of the intense sci-fi FPS known as The Conduit… Hit the jump for the video.
Wii Music was shown at E3 just a couple of minutes ago, and frankly it looks awesome! They started off by showing of some air drumming. You use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as your own drumsticks and the Wii balance board as a bass foot pedal. This system seems to work quite well and looks like it’ll give Rock Band and Guitar Hero a run for their money.
After the drum solo had ended, Shigeru Miyamoto walked onto the stage, playing a ’saxophone’. He did this by holding the Remote to his mouth, recorder style, and used the buttons to emulate the notes… Read more »
Animal Crossing, one of the most anticipated titles this year has just been confirmed to be coming out this year. In Animal Crossing you live in a town and do what you like. There is no real goal to the game, other then to share and enjoy it. The purpose of the game, according to the creator, is to feel like your really in a living breathing world. Read more »
High Voltage Software, the makers behind the exciting Wii-exclusive title, The Conduit, have released new footage on their game today. The graphics? Much better then before, they easily can compete with first-party Nintendo games visually, which says a lot. The action? The action and gameplay, judging from this trailer, would give any FPS on the 360 a run for its money. Plus, when you add in the control scheme (based off Medal of Honor: Heroes 2), the online mode, and the fact that it’s all running at silky smooth framerate, The Conduit is starting to look like the real Halo Killer.
Don’t believe me? Take a look at the new gameplay footage. Also, this is Youtube footage and the game will look much better on a TV, obviously.
I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical at first. But as others have noted, this footage really does make you believe.
What do you think? Do you think The Conduit will be the next ground-breaking title on the Wii or do you think it will flop? Discuss it in our forums.
The highly ambitious horror title, Alone in the Dark is nearing its release and already, it has been receiving poor reviews. The bone-chilling game was looking like it could be a welcome addition to the Wii’s lineup of software but it turns out that it is not what was expected.
European sites like Game Reactor Norway have given the game a 3/10, while other ones such as Game Reactor Sweden and Denmark have given the game a 4/10. But here’s the catch… It looks like Game Reactor was never sent a review copy of Alone in the Dark by Atari. Therefore Atari is claiming that their review is either based on a Preview or Pirated Copy of the game. So, Game Reactor was [not so] kindly asked to remove the Review off the site.
Now the Official Nintendo Magazine has already reviewed the game giving it a score of 64%. The ONM felt that the game was unfinished and can even be quoted to saying, “Call us back when you finish the game, eh chaps?”
It is really a great disappointment when you think that the Wii is going to get a hardcore, mature, horror-title that could give us a little taste of the greatness we all felt when we played Resident Evil 4.
Look out for Alone in the Dark this tuesday if you still want to give the game a shot despite bad reviews. We’ll see what some of the bigger sites have to say about this game, and if there’s much change then we’ll report it. But until then, keep checking back to My Wii News for more Wii info.
Lukatoll | July 16, 2008
