SouthPeak Games has announced that their popular puzzle game RooGoo will be released for the Nintendo Wii and DS later this year. RooGoo was first made available on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. The DS and Wiii version are said to have new levels and game modes that will take advantage of the DS and Wii’s unique input features.

With the Wii version, players will use the Wii-mote to rotate platforms, capture pieces and stop the evil Meemoos. The game can support up to four players and has cooperative, adversarial and party play modes. The publisher promises that the game play will be as addictive as the original RooGoo.

In the DS version, it will still have the same 3D background that would use both DS screens. It will also feature new levels, backgrounds and puzzles. It will be utilizing the stylus to control the game. There is a bonus game play for owners of both the DS and the Wii. There’s a game mode in which you can use the DS to control the game in the Wii. That sounds like a lot of fun.

RooGoo for the Nintendo DS and Wii is scheduled to be released in time for the holidays.

Nintendo announced at E3 an upgrade for the Wii-mote. It debuts the MotionPlus add-on for the peripheral that would translate into more accurate motion sensing. It sticks to the bottom of the Wii-mote.

The MotionPlus add-on will cost you $30. To date, only Wii Sports Resort is the only title that’s compatible with it. With all the hype and its price tag, there must be a perceivable advantage over a regular controller but those who have tried the demo were disappointed with it. There’s nothing out of the ordinary with it.

Good thing the MotionPlus is still in demo. Maybe some tweaks will happen for its commercial release. Nintendo stated that Wii Sports Resort will require you to have the MotionPlus add-on. I don’t like this Nintendo business module at all. Why force their consumers to buy an add-on just to play a new incarnate of its Wii Sports game?

Family games, portable gaming, Grand Theft Auto, Bolt, and musicality… All these and more from this week’s Nintendo News wrap up.

E3, Wii and family gaming ‘re-defined’ - plus GTA on DS!

Nintendo unveiled family oriented games and gaming peripherals during E3. Grand Theft Auto is also coming to the Nintendo DS. There are lots in store for Nintendo fans this year. Yay!

Nintendo’s big bet on small games

Nintendo DS users can look forward to a stellar list of games within this year. The DS outsold the Wii when Guitar Hero hit the stores last June.

Breaking E3 News: Nintendo Wii Animal Crossing, DS exclusive GTA China Wars

Nintendo announced that Wii will be having the cute Animal Crossing and the DS will be having a GTA title. Hardcore gamers will surely grab a DS once China Wars will be released.

[E3 2008] Disney’s Bolt dashes onto Nintendo Wii and DS

Disney’s upcoming animated movie Bolt will be heading to the Nintendo Wii and DS consoles. I hope these games would have decent gameplay.

Nintendo execs show off Wii Music

Wii Music is about jamming and creativity unlike other music games that are competitive. It’s just saying that the Wii Music is not in the same level as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. At least Nintendo is honest about it.

Not a lot of real time strategy games are designed specifically for your 12 year olds. Conventional strategy games involve lots of complicated details and a comprehensive micro management in order to succeed that it would be hard to be digested by young ones. Crave Entertainment thinks otherwise. They are coming out with Defendin’ De Penguin, a strategy game for your kids. It will be released with a Wii and DS version.

The objective of the game is to fend off the attacks of hungry predators that are out to get the town’s food supplies. Sounds simply right? Players must use precision timing and cunningness to survive. Players must choose from 8 tower types to defend their town. Then you have various ammunitions such as ice cubes, snowballs, icicles, and frost to throw at your opponents.

You play as the penguin Little Blue. You can upgrade a tower, fish for money, and get special items on the map. Towers can be upgraded to increase attack range, and strength. Attacking creatures include wooly mammoths, seals, snow men, snapping turtles and a lot more.

Defendin’ the Penguin will be out this month.

Two of the nonconventional titles that showed up during E3 are Mushroom Men titles for the Nintendo Wii and the DS. The games are developed by Red Fly Studios and published by Gamecock Media Group.

The DS version, Mushroom Men – Rise of the Fungi, will be the prequel of the Wii version. It tells the early history of the Mushroom Men universe. It will be a side-scroller. In this version you get to choose from three different characters. You will learn and develop the character’s skills and the story will be until the start of the Spore Wars.

The Wii version, Mushroom Men – Spore Wars, will begin where the Rise of the Fungi’s story ended. You’ll be in the middle of a war between different mushroom factions. You will control Pax, an unexpected hero. He must put the Spore Wars to an end while trying to solve his own personal problems. This time around, the game will be in full 3D.

Game is set to be release in October.  Learn more about the games at the Mushroom Men web site.

Atlus announced today that the demo for Trauma Center’s sequel for the Nintendo DS is available for download for Wii owners through the intend Channel. The follow up for the smash medical hit is called Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2.

You can try out the demo to decide whether you would like to buy Under the Knife 2 which is already available in the markets today. The full version features new operations and a couple of enhancements like new difficulty levels.

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A well-acclaimed game returns, farming game celebrates its 10^th year, a new cooking game, yellow birds, and the carnival. All this in this week’s Nintendo News wrap up.

Elebits sequelized on DS

Konami’s hybrid puzzle shooter returns with The Adventures of Kai and Zero on Nintendo’s DS this fall. It would be nice to see how the gameplay would translate into the DS.

Two New Harvest Moon Games Commemorate the Series’ 10th Anniversary

Harvest Moon will be launching games for the Nintendo DS and Wii. I’ll be looking forward for these releases. I’ve been a fan of the title.

Burger Island Grilling for Nintendo Wii & DS

Burger flippers will be glad to know that game publisher eGames, maker of Burger Island Grilling, has signed an agreement with Nintendo to release games for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Casual gamers would surely pick up these titles.

Two More Chocobo Games on DS

Everyone’s beloved Chocobos will be featured in two DS games according to Square Enix. The company sure is milking the Final Fantasy franchise of all its worth.

Nintendo Wii Admitted to Wonder World Amusement Park

Wonder World Amusement Park consists of mini games with a storyline. A DS version is in the drawing boards. I don’t think that gamers need another mini-game collection to add to their catalog.

A vampire killer, a Mummy, a ninja, a brawler being number one and a planned DVD player that won’t push through. All this in this week’s Nintendo News wrap up.

Castlevania Judgement officially announced for Nintendo Wii

Konami is set to release a new Castlevania game. This is good news for all Castlevania fans. It will be a beat-em-up game that features characters from its previous version. I can’t wait for this one.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor for Nintendo DS Coming This Month

Sierra Entertainment will be releasing a game based on the third Mummy movie. It will be in stores on the 22^nd of July. Another game based on movie that will be forgotten once the hype is over.

Tomy and D3Publisher to Provide Naruto Fans with Hands On Ninja Action at Anime Expo 2008

The Naruto game publishers will give fans a first look on the new Naruto games for the Nintendo Wii and the DS. Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 will be the first Naruto game for the Wii. I’m not a Naruto-freak but I’m waiting for this game.

Smash Bros. Wins Brawl In UK Charts

Smash Bros Brawl debuted at number one in UK bolstering Nintendo’s dominance of that market. It became the third fastest selling title in UK behind Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii. Go Mario!

No Plans For a DVD-Playing Wii

Nintendo’s president, Satoru Iwata, has revealed during a stockholders meeting that Nintendo has no plans about a DVD enabled Wii. Boo! But on the good side, there is a mention of the DS TV receiver, OneSeg Tuner. It is said that it will go out in the market this month. Watch out for it.

Activision is making a new Dancing with the Stars game for Nintendo Wii and DS consoles. This is the follow up to last year’s successful game. The new game will be titled Dancing with the Stars: Get Your Game On.

Get Your Game On will feature new stars such as Joey Fatone, Mel B, Apolo Anton Ohno, and Jennie Garth. There are also new professional dancers to choose from like Derek Hough and his sister, two-time champion Julianne Hough.

The new Wii version will still use the Wii remote and will feature a new flair move. Dave Oxford from Activision Publishing has this to say about the game:

“Dancing with the Stars is an ongoing cultural phenomenon that appeals to people of all ages. It is mainstream entertainment at its best. We feel the game is the perfect opportunity to evolve the idea of ‘active family fun’.”

I’m sure my aunt who is a huge fan of the show will be dying to get her hands on this new game. I just hope that they do something about the single player mode. The previous game’s single player mode has no competition except against computer controlled dancers.

Majesco is set to release a new Cooking Mama game for the Nintendo Wii at the last quarter of this year. Unlike previous the version of the game, Cooking Mama World Kitchen will be in 3D. With this graphic upgrade also comes new game play mechanics.

According to the developer, new mini-games are added to add a new dimension to the game. An example is when you make a mistake while flipping burgers, a mini-game will be triggered. You’ll gain control of Mama as you try to catch the burger with your apron. That would definitely make the game more attractive and less a routine.

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