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WII-KLY UPDATE: ONE WIIWARE GAME AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Feb. 9, 2009

No matter what you’ve got planned for Valentine’s Day, the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel have what it takes to get your heart pounding. A new WiiWare™ game transports you to an eerie high school haunted by supernatural villains, while a classic Virtual Console™ title puts you in the heat of battle as a heroic mercenary. And remember: Just because these games are made for single-player action doesn’t mean you can’t share the excitement with your special someone.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

WiiWare

LIT (WayForward Technologies, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Violence, 800 Wii Points): Dark creatures have taken over Jake’s high school, and it’s up to you to guide him through each classroom in order to be reunited with his girlfriend Rachael. Existing light sources must be used smartly to create bridges of light for Jake to cross. One false step and Jake gets pulled into the darkness. Along the way he’ll encounter twisted versions of his school’s faculty, which must be battled in order to advance. LIT is a horror/puzzle game that requires the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers. It contains 30 levels, five boss battles, replay modes and several unlockables, including multiple endings, Dark Mode timed challenges and an unlockable character.

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Virtual Console

Wolf of the Battlefield™: MERCS (SEGA GENESIS, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Mild Violence, 800 Wii Points): Following a rash of terrorism outbreaks and increasing opposition from guerilla fighters, the U.S. government has decided to hire a group of professional mercenaries to undergo secret missions, battling through enemy lines to go where no ordinary soldier would dare to go. Based on the popular arcade game, the SEGA GENESIS version of MERCS lets you play as a MERC and also adds an original mode, allowing players to choose from five different characters. Take no prisoners as you shoot, drive jeeps and tanks, and clash against huge bosses to accomplish your mission.

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It's time to throw down the gauntlet as the guys discuss the most hyped game of 2009, Killzone 2. They also break down Halo Wars, Afro Samurai and discuss what is wrong with Resident Evil 5.

Today’s WiiShop downloads couldn’t be more different if they tried. LIT, is a horror/puzzle game releasing on the WiiWare. You have to battle through a dark, and possessed high school thought strategically utilizing light switches to vanquish your foes.

MERCS, is an action released on the Sega Genesis. The premise is as basic as it gets. You play as a team of MERCS, sent into a battlefield to vanquish some terrorists.

WII-KLY UPDATE: ONE WIIWARE GAME AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Feb. 9, 2009

No matter what you’ve got planned for Valentine’s Day, the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel have what it takes to get your heart pounding. A new WiiWare™ game transports you to an eerie high school haunted by supernatural villains, while a classic Virtual Console™ title puts you in the heat of battle as a heroic mercenary. And remember: Just because these games are made for single-player action doesn’t mean you can’t share the excitement with your special someone.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:

WiiWare

LIT (WayForward Technologies, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Violence, 800 Wii Points): Dark creatures have taken over Jake’s high school, and it’s up to you to guide him through each classroom in order to be reunited with his girlfriend Rachael. Existing light sources must be used smartly to create bridges of light for Jake to cross. One false step and Jake gets pulled into the darkness. Along the way he’ll encounter twisted versions of his school’s faculty, which must be battled in order to advance. LIT is a horror/puzzle game that requires the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers. It contains 30 levels, five boss battles, replay modes and several unlockables, including multiple endings, Dark Mode timed challenges and an unlockable character.

Virtual Console

Wolf of the Battlefield™: MERCS (SEGA GENESIS, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Mild Violence, 800 Wii Points): Following a rash of terrorism outbreaks and increasing opposition from guerilla fighters, the U.S. government has decided to hire a group of professional mercenaries to undergo secret missions, battling through enemy lines to go where no ordinary soldier would dare to go. Based on the popular arcade game, the SEGA GENESIS version of MERCS lets you play as a MERC and also adds an original mode, allowing players to choose from five different characters. Take no prisoners as you shoot, drive jeeps and tanks, and clash against huge bosses to accomplish your mission.

More alleged details of The Conduit's multiplayer functionality have been revealed at this year's New York Comic Con.

For those who have been eagerly anticipating MadWorld, and The Conduit probably should have made your way up to New York over the weekend, for Comic Con. SEGA, apparently was demoing both games, proved by both of these bootlegged gameplay videos.

After viewing both vids, I’m more excited about MadWorld and The Conduit than I already was before.

quot;When you log on to any gaming site now a days, you find yourself in a bit of disbelief. Fanboys flood the web with their ridiculous comments supporting their preferred console. Is this what our gaming community has really become? And what can we do to stop it?quot; br br -TheGamerAccess.com

A list of (some of) the most awesome, yet bizarre video game characters.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii, DS) came out in Japan two weeks ago, so it'd interesting to know how those games fared on their first week. Let's take a little trip to Japan and see how the Japanese gamers are spending their gaming cash, shall we?

This comes as a bit of surprise to me. While Tales titles are fun to play and all, I never imagined one to outsell a Final Fantasy title, and by such a margin. Radiant Mythology 2 topped the week's charts with 212, 765 units sold, while the combined sales of the bundle and standard versions of Crystal Chronicles sold only 123,439. The bundle version came in at 4th, with 101,718 units sold, while the standard made it to 8th with 21,721.

In case you were wondering, after its two week reign at #1, Dissidia: Final Fantasy finally took a break and settled for 12th.

Filling up 2nd and 3rd are the PSP and PS2 versions of World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009, selling 109,492 and 108,189 respectively. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G's fan base showed how strong they are, pushing the popular title on fifth, despite its relative age, with 22,818 sold.

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Previous coverage of Media Create reports:

• Dissidia is win: current champion for overall January sales in Japan
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy on top of the food chain in Japan for December