Some screenshots for Fatal Frame IV have popped up on a Japanese website, one of them not so new, but luckily for us the rest are!

If you can read Japanese you may also want to check out;

The site from where the screens came from - HERE

The Official Fatal Frame IV site - HERE

If all that didn’t scare you too much then come and discuss it on the forum!

-Olly

Here’s what was probably a long awaited title in some people’s books. Alex Kidd in Miracle World. A straight-up Sega classic, no doubt. Other than that hit on the VC, we have Burning Fight for the Neo Geo. On the WiiWare front, Gyrostarr is available today as well.

To Sum it up:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World -  Virtual Console -500 WiiPoints

Burning Fight - Virtual Console - 900 WiiPoints

Gyrostarr - WiiWare - 700 Wii Points

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-Thomas

We haven’t really heard that much about the upcoming Wii FPS game from High Voltage Software, The Conduit, but recently Cubed3 have received a 15 page fact-sheet from them full of juicy information.

The fact-sheet contains information such as weapons, locations, characters (including humans and aliens) and a “Situation Report” which explains the game’s plot. So if you want to check out all of this information then be sure to take a look at the gallery of images below, and enjoy.

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-Olly

Here this week, we have Pokemon Ranch, Dig Dug, and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa. The first 2 stand out as games that are definitely going to have at least some quality. I don’t know about Bio Miracle Booty Bokutte UPS Man Upa, though. That’s one of those Japanese titles that’s just now showing it’s face here. Pokemon Ranch may not sound incredibly exciting, but at least you can import your Pokemon from Diamond and Pearl. Dig Dug is a classic, and you all know it.

Full Release:

Pokemon Ranch - WiiWare - 1,000 WiiPoints

Dig Dug - Virtual Console - 600 WiiPoints

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa - Virtual Console - 600 WiiPoints

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-Thomas 

Better late than ever is a saying I use frequently. Being my absent-minded self, I forgot to post the Virtual Console and WiiWare update yesterday. My apologies to anyone who counts on them, but it’s here now. This week we have some interesting new releases. Toki Tori, for example, interests me. If you’ve ever played the Gameboy Original, you’d know it’s actually a decent puzzle title that could keep you playing for quite the while. Definitely look into it.

Here are all of this week’s releases:

Protöthea - 1,000 WiiPoints - WiiWare

Toki Tori - 1,000 WiiPoints - WiiWare

Ninja Combat - 900 WiiPoints - Virtual Console

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-Thomas 

Battle of the Bands

Platform: Wii - Developer: Planet Moon Studios
Genre: Rhythm Game - Two Players

Reviewed by rf

Introduction

With the advent of Dance Dance Revolution, game play changed forever. Gamers suddenly were required to learn rhythm and timing and use these newly acquired skills to defeat their gaming foes. Games like Elite Beat Agents further pushed these skills; tapping in rhythm on the DS allowed one, as a secret agent, to fix everyday problems AND save the world from aliens. Guitar Hero and Rock Band kicked the rhythm-game genre up a notch; gamers followed scrolling notes across a screen to be a better rocker, gain fans and money, and win. Battle of the Bands for the Wii is the next step in this musical rhythm game genre. Using the wiimote, players hit notes scrolling across the screen to further their band’s performance. These accurately hit notes, however, don’t just add to the players score, they form attacks which the player uses to crush its competitor’s band–be it the computer or another player. At the end of the song, only one band survives.

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While everyone’s attention has been focused on Resident Evil 5 or Street Fighter, a new IP from Capcom was revealed at their Captivate 08 event which took place in Las Vegas. The brand new Wii exclusive game, goes by the name ‘Spyborgs’ and is being developed by Bionic Games.

The action adventure, sci-fi (not forgetting the puzzles) themed game is due sometime in 2009, is being led by Mike Stout, Lead Multiplayer Designer for Resistance: Fall of Man, and features several Insomniac Games team members.

Characters such as Bouncer, Kinetic, Clandestine, Voxel and Stinger are some that are included in the roster, and is set to emulate a Saturday morning TV show, including missions that are split into episodes, and fake advertisements.

Gamers will be encouraged to play the game along with a friend as each level features two characters that work alongside each other. But don’t worry if you don’t have any friends! You can still have all the fun as the second character can be controlled by the computer.

So, check out the screens below… or the video above and come and discuss it on the forum!

Source

-Olly

Well, I must say, this has got to be one of the best updates I have seen in awhile.  The new Dr. Mario game will surely make some fans of the old school NES title very, very happy. Not only that, but the original Metal Slug is one of the best arcade titles ever, in my opinion. Take a peek at the full release list just below. This week’s games are:

Dr. Mario Online Rx - 1,000 WiiPoints - WiiWare

Family Table Tennis - 500 WiiPoints - WiiWare

City Connection - 500 WiiPoints - NES

and

Metal Slug - 900 WiiPoints - NeoGeo

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WiiWare Games List 

-Thomas 

Well, starting this week, I have twice the work to do when it comes to these release posts. Now I also have Wiiware games to add in. For all of the forum-goers reading this, expect the WiiWare thread to come out tomorrow with a complete list of the current available games.

This week’s games are:

Sky Kid - 500 WiiPoints - NES

Critter Round Up - 1,000 WiiPoints - WiiWare

and

Star Soldier R - 800 WiiPoints - WiiWare

A decent list!

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-Thomas

For all of you out there that were looking forward to this new IP, it is important that you know that it will not be meeting it’s Japanese July release date.  This means that you might not be getting a taste of this game until 2009. It is delayed indefinitely, so it is unlikely this game will hit US Shores in 2008.

SOURCE

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-Thomas