Worms Open Warefare 2 Review

IGN Review 8.7

IGN says that Worm’s open warfare 2 is light years better than its prequel and much funner.  The graphics are crisper and it is more of a worms game.  Read more at IGN ds.  Screenshots:

Possibility of Wii hard drive

IGN has said that there is a possibility that Nintendo could be making a Wii hard drive or head set. This would mean that demos for upcoming games could be downloaded and people could communicate in online battle in games like MOH:2 and BWII. Exciting possibilities.

IGN Wii-k in Review Podcast Summary

I am going to listen in tomorrow morning. Sounds good though.

Smash Bros. talk, recap of week’s news. Discussion/debate of online play

Smash Bros. Vs. Halo 3 sales talk

Smash Bros. marketing talk

Smash Bros. WiiConnect24 speculation

Worms: A Space Oddity discussion. WiiConnect24, downloadable items, motion/IR

Mario Kart Wii talk, nothing new

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption discussion. Debate on quality of the first “level”. Control talk

Trauma Center: New Blood talk. Co-op mode

Manhunt 2 story delayed until next week due to Rockstar not being able to get everything together

Super Mario Galaxy update. Different gravity levels on each planet/galaxy. Star power-ups. Haunted house level, water levels, some levels on massive scale

Battalion Wars II talk. Naval support (submarines, ships). Multiplayer modes (co-op, assault, skirmish) Co-op – 2 players agaisnt CPU, Assault and Skirmish – 2 online players agaisnt each other.

More Zack and Wiki coverage possibly on the way

Some of Nintendo Power’s best of E3 show

Contra IV
Mario Kart Wii
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
Super Mario Galaxy
Phantom Hourglass

Third party DS titles at TGS. Tecmo event, Capcom event. Zack and Wiki , REUC most likely to have showing.

Spaceworld discussion, may be coming back.

Reggie news promised for September

Editorial involving headset coming soon, next week most likely

Editorial on hard drive possibly coming

Sept. speculation surprise is unknown

There are a few games that are going to be announced. “Mature (not rated)” title that was looking for a publisher has gotten a publisher. Dark title, spooky

Brawl boxart floating around – Nintendo may have distributed as a placeholder for now. Not on Nintendo press site

More Metroid Prime 3: Corruption advertising discussion. Advertising goal is to get things out to the casual gamer

Street Fighter VC sales are unknown. Sales are “pretty good”. Everyone waiting for Super Street Fighter

Future of Resident Evil after Umbrella Chronicles. Hopefully franchise will continue on Wii as well. Matt unsure, Bozon thinks there will be another RE4 style game.

RE5 cannot be isn’t coming to Wii. It could be done with a lot of time and effort, but most likely won’t happen.

Third party Wii support talk. Devs jumping on board. Spooky game mentioned once more.

Rayman Raving Rabbids success due to game being good, or that it as a launch title. Sequel is funnier than first. Most of the games will be improved from the first title. Shooting mode will be discussed in a couple weeks. Says should be good, but perhaps not as well as the first.

Embargos are a “necessary evil”. Rockstar/Manhunt 2 embargo discussed. Euro Vs. US press discussed.

More Western devs on the VC definitely going to happen. Factor 5 games may be coming soon.

Factor 5 discussion. Julian Eggebrecht is into Wii. Julian says that they would love to work on the Wii. If the opportunity came up they would do it in a heartbeat. Not against working with Nintendo on a title. Matt would love to see them do Pilotwings. Another Rogue Squadron is something Factor 5 would love to do. Pehaps a compilation, perhaps a new game. Start a petition if you want it this to happen.

Medal of Honor: Heroes 2. Matt not a fan of split screen. No split screen in MoH:H2.

Konami talk. Some kind of Castlevania change goin on, platform unknown.

Devs may always feel that the PS3, 360 are better platforms to express their ideas. On the other hand, there will be other developers that will like working on the Wii better.

DS is the system that changed Nintendo.

Third parties excelling at Wii – Capcom. Exclusive review coming. Factor 5 would be a great dev for Wii.

Matt, Bozon would market Zack and Wiki by drawing parallels to game mascots like Mario and Sonic. Wii demo disc for a demo would be great, in-store demo kiosk would help to. Marketing will be tough due to title, character design, and gameplay.

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IGN: Wii-k in REVIEW

- They can’t say much about Metroid Prime 3, but clearly they’re very impressed. Been playing it pretty much non-stop. Contains scary portions. Very atmospheric.
- Bozon would love a Wii-fied collection of MP1+MP2 due to precision of the wiimote.
- Next week will provide blow-out coverage that will definitely please Metroid fans.
- Discuss plans for initial WiiWare titles (edutainment and puzzle games). Believe it’s suitable given the memory restrictions. But are frustrated by lack of a hard drive for Wii (eg: prevents Metroid Prime 3 demo).
- Medal of Honour Heroes 2 – concerned that it’ll be a port-up from PSP. Different dev team from Vanguard. Quite impressed by screens – big debate over whether they are using lots of AA. Devs seemed enthusiastic. No voice chat is disappointing given PSP version has it.
- Peer says 60fps FPS looks instantly more impressive, especially with great lighting and style – HINT TO METROID PRIME 3 if you didn’t realise.
- Boogie has lots of style but has very little substance. Controls don’t always work and aren’t much fun at all.
- Madden – lacking some features but still a better game of Madden than 07. Feel they may have overrated 07 (“launch-itis”). Has too many glitches and bugs, but core game is superior to last year. 360>PS2>Wii>PS3.
- Escape from Bug Island – struggled big time to find it, but finally did. Last generation design meets last generation graphics. Poor man’s Resident Evil with “not-scary bugs”. Don’t buy it.
- Pokemon Trainer in Super Smash Bros. Brawl – great choice – true to the Pokemon franchise. So much fan-service in the game.
- Tiger Woods comes the day after Metroid Prime 3. Controls are a little bit better than 07. Clearly still not impressed with EA’s efforts for the franchise on Wii.
- Dewy’s Adventure – they have it but haven’t had the time to play it much (due to Metroid Prime 3).
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution – comes out September 18th. $20 and worth it.
- MySims – have to put more time in it than they have so far. Looks a lot like Harvest Moon but better, great style. Noy clunky but natural. Really centres on character customization, building stuff, creating your own town and giving it your own style.
- Endless Ocean – Matt finds it fun, enjoying his experience (playing Jap version). Contains tons of exploration which he likes. Can use SD cards to play MP3 in the game – good idea since the new-age music is very repetitive. Can poke, rub and feed fish. Bozon finds it odd how you just bounce off fish when you touch them. Looks cool and really nice. Very calming. However, he wants more direction – hopes there is more to do. Want to explore more stuff like underwater caverns and ruins – haven’t had enough of that so far.
- Perrin Kaplan Nintendo Minute editorial – internal people read IGN’s article on lack of MP3 hype. Doing advertising but IGN don’t know in what form.
- Luminous Arc – 7.8. Doesn’t do anything amazing but solid stuff like FFT. Has online which is good.
- Madden 08 on DS has better online than the Wii version. Doesn’t have voice chat which is disappointing. Has bugs and glitches that bring it down. 7.4.
- Rune Factor – 8.4. Very nice hand-drawn art. Would probably give it higher but Rune Factory 2 is coming out. Bozon thinks it is superior to Mana.
- Peer has been playing Brain Age 2 – enjoying it.
- Bioshock – gorgeous, plays awesome, very fun and atmospheric. Feeling of walking in an underwater city is fantastic. So many ideas put into game, truly creates a unique world.
- Wouldn’t name a kid 2. Matt is leaning it to Number 3 instead of Number 1. Number 3 is a clean baby. Peer thinks Number 1 is like a new child, very fresh. Number 2 is somewhat old and boring. Number 3 is the prettiest child, much prettier with tons of bloom lighting. The best child of the 3.
- Leipzig coming up soon and will have some Wii stuff. Rockstar bringing Table Tennis and possibly other stuff. Nintendo going to be there showing off their wares. Manhunt 2 will not be there.
- Rate Bioshock very highly, hinted that they rate it around the same as Metroid Prime 3. Believe that it has the best chance of being GOTY right now, but not enough people have played Metroid which is also very awesome.
- Haven’t played Mario and Sonic at the Olympics. Don’t know how good it is yet. Comes out this holiday. Trying to get a copy but no luck yet. Should have Wii Sports appeal – should do well.
- Call of Duty 4 DS was nice. Should be excited for N-Space’s Wii projects. Some snickering when he says this.
- THQ Rainbow Studio’s game – ATV game. IGN has the exclusive in a few weeks.
- Peer thinks Super Monkey Ball got too high a score.
- Metroid Prime 3 shows the flaws in Metroid Prime 2 – looking back on it, Metroid Prime 2 should probably have been a couple of points lower, like 9.3.
- Mario Kart Wii will probably be more casual than some expect. Don’t know about any unannounced Nintendo-developed hardcore titles, but do know about Nintendo-published titles developed by other parties. Some games that were initially very hardcore are now less so – hardcore title list may be thinning out.
- Battalion Wars expected to be at Leipzig – should be a big title for them to show off.
- Matt has seen some pretty games recently – “games we’ve just got” (like Metroid Prime 3 – is really happy with its looks).
- Contemplate reasons for Galaxy’s superior visuals to other Wii titles – longer time with tech, the fact that the game’s set in small areas, etc. Go back to Gamecube assets because they’re working on true HD next-gen graphics. Bozon believes if there were Wii-dedicated studios (eg: like the Capcom RE4 team), would produce some great stuff.
- Matt thinks Animal Crossing will be coming out in 2008 and will be very similar to the DS/GCN versions. Expect it too look very similar with some Wii motion and some online components, but not as much as many would hope for.
- IGN don’t expect much in the way of MMO’s on Wii – not Nintendo’s vision.
- Metroid Prime 3 looks fantastic on a widescreen set. Would put it visuals right next to Galaxy.
– Next week embargo lifts – embargoed on certain levels. Will soon release videos that truly show the game’s visuals – much better than the compressed footage Nintendo is showing you. Will talk lots more about it in next week’s podcast.

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