Fan-Made Star Fox Game

The above video is a trailer for the fan made Star Fox sequel Shadows of Lylat.  This game will be released for PC, Mac, and Linux (no release date or price has been set).  However, because this is fan made and without permission, Nintendo could be total douchebags and shut this whole thing down.  Hopefully that won’t happen and this thing will release soon.

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Shigeru Miyamoto Hero To Game Developers

Shigeru Miyamoto ranks at the top of a list of video game creators “game development heroes.” In a poll of over 9,000 game developers Miyamoto takes first place on the list. Miyamoto was above a very impressive top ten which follows:

1. Shigeru Miyamoto: Creator of wonderful franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, and Donkey Kong and other titles like Nintendogs and Wii Music.

2. John Carmack: co-founder of id software and lead programmer on Doom and Quake.

3. Will Wright: Brains behind The Sims franchise and Spore and he now runs Stupid Fun Club.

4. Dave Jones: Founder of Realtime Worlds and co-founder of Rockstar North.

5. Sid Meier: Developer behind Civilization and second person to be inducted to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame behind Shigeru Miyamoto.

6. Peter Molyneux, OBE: creator of God games Dungeon Keeper, Populous and Black & White, as well as Theme Park, Fable, and Fable 2.

7. David Barben: Founder of Frontier and co-writer of Elite.

8. Masaya Matsuura: Pushed the frontiers of computer music and released Parappa the Rapper.

9. Michael Moraime: President and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment.

10. Jonathan Blow: Developer of Braid.

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Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Japanese Pre-Orders

Pre-Orders of Heart Gold/Soul Silver will start July 4th in Japan. Those who pre-order Heart Gold will get a Ho-Oh figure and those who pre-order Soul Silver get a Lugia figure. Those who pre-order both get a Arceus figure. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver are remakes of Pokemon Gold and Silver and are stated to be releasethis fall. The game is also bundled with a pedometer.

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Nintendo takes out the Challenge

During an interview with USA Today Miyamoto confirmed the existence of “demo play” for their future four player Mario game and also for other future Nintendo games. “Demo play” is an option in case the game gets too hard where you watch as the game plays itself. Miyamoto explains That the reason behind this is to lower the barrier for younger kids to get into games and make games more casual. I don’t know about you but I thought the challenge in games made them fun and I for one am tired of seeing more and more casual games released by Nintendo.

New Zelda game for the Wii requiring Motionplus?

While speaking with Wired Miyamoto said ” The goal at this point is that we would make Wii Motionplus required to play Zelda”. “The bigger hurdle for us is not really whether people have a Wii Motionplus or don’t have it, it’s whether or not the experience is one where people will think they want to have a Wii Motionplus in order to experience it.” Which makes me ask the question if and how many games coming out for the Wii will require the Motionplus? I feel about this how I believe others also will which is I believe that Nintendo should make the Motionplus optional but not required to play new games.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 At E3

This is the sequel to Super Mario Galaxy.  I don’t really know what to say about it other than if you liked the first one you should check this out.  This game will be out sometime in 2010.

Cop: The Recruit At E3

This game actually looks really good.  It looks like an open world action/adventure game for the DS.  It is about someone that was arrested and he could either have life in prison or be an undercover cop.  Naturally, he choosses the undercover cop, and the trailer looks like it will feature lots gunplay and high speed chases.  We don’t know when it will release, but I think I might get it.

Mario & Luigi Bowser’s Inside Story

This is a new Mario game for the DS.  From the looks of the trailer, this looks like it might be turn based, but I’m not sure.  The graphics look more cartoonish style, kind of like Paper Mario.  Overall, it looks like it might be pretty good.  The game will release in Europe and North America in Fall.

Wii Motion Plus At E3

Wii Motion Plus is just a small extender that goes onto the bottom of your Wiimote.  Wii Motion Plus can detect where you are holding the Wiimote and at what angle.  In the skydiving activity in Wii Sports Resort, you use it to dive down and grab other skydivers.  The archery activity showed that playing with Wii Motion Plus is somewhat like a realy bow (Only a lot easier).  Last, they showed a basketball 3 point shot activity.  It looked like it would actually be a lot of fun; and being a basketball player myself, it looked a lot like how you would shoot a real basketball.  Wii Motion Plus will release in July.

Wii Fit Plus At E3

Wii Fit Plus is supposed to help you find a better workout plan than in the original game.  It will also include new Yoga activities.  There are also 15 new balance games including skateboarding.  This game will release this Fall and will be available with the Balance Board or without it.