Hudson has released some new details on its upcoming WiiWare-game Alien Crush Returns. The WiiRemote will be used to tilt the table, and if you shake it too much the table will freeze and TILT just like a real pinball machine. There’s different types of pinballs, every ball will have its own abilities. There will be extra downloadable content coming with more power-ups, tables and more. Alien Crush Returns is due to come out this August in Japan for 800 Wii Points.
In an interview with 1UP Kenichiro Yuji, game director at Square-Enix, said that they’re not planning to release more downloadable content for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King. All downloadable content has been available since May 30th, and they don’t have any plans for more future content at the moment.
There have been a lot of rumors that LostWinds get a sequel, but now there’s even more hints to a sequel on the WiiWare-title LostWinds. In an interview with Frontier, Cubed3 asked a few questions about their future plans and it sure looks like they’re planning a sequel for LostWinds. Head over to the full interview to learn more about Frontier’s future plans.
Nintendojo reports that Capcom has confirmed that Mega Man 9 will support the WiiRemote held sideways, but the GameCube- and Classic-controllers can be used as well. Owners of a Wii NES RetroPort adapter can probably use it to play with the original NES-controller, but there’s no confirmation on that yet.
Helix, a rhythm game for Nintendo’s WiiWare developed by the Texas based Ghostfire Games, will be coming out soon and that’s why they released this interesting developer interview. In Helix, players follow the movements of a robot avatar in a selection of 26 songs gathered from independent musicians accros the US and Europe. A release date for Helix hasn’t been determined yet.
This week no Virtual Console-releases for European gamers, but Nintendo added two new WiiWare-titles to the Wii’s Shop Channel. First game is Pop, the 700 Wii Points title in which you have to pop airbubbles, and the second game is My Pokémon Ranch, a 1000 Wii Points game in which you visit and make pictures of Pokémon.
Capcom gives us some extra information on the new Mega Man 9 title for Nintendo’s WiiWare Channel. The full Japanese title is Rockman 9: Revival of the Wild Ambition, but usually Mega Man-games don’t get a subtitle in America and Europe. There also appears to be a gray and black Mega Man, but it’s unclear what their role will be.
In an interview, Mike Pepe from Hudson recently said that we’re probably going to see two out of the three WiiWare-games already out in Japan (Blue Oasis, Karaoke Joysound and Alien Crush). Hudson will know which two titles within two to three months. The reason why we don’t have any specific info yet is that there’s a ton of other games coming from other developers to WiiWare as well. They’re all on a tight schedule…
Takahashi Meijin, Master Higgins himself, has announced that they are working on a new Adventure Island game. The game is probably in development for Nintendo’s WiiWare Channel. He doesn’t want the franchise to be ruined with motion-controls.
N-Europe recently had an interview with developer BPlus on their new WiiWare-game PLÄTTCHEN. The name sure sounds pretty strange, but this title is more than interesting. This was one of the very first WiiWare-titles in development, and it’s been in development for more than a year. PLÄTTCHEN is a charming puzzle-shooter packed with loads of fantastic content.
