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December 14th, 2009 at 08:40pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Move over, Modern Warfare Reflex! Soon, Wii players will have a choice of “modern” FPS. In assigning an M-rating, the ESRB has revealed a game called SABRE Team, an FPS that takes place “‘behind enemy lines’ in a number of Middle Eastern-style locations.” The game lets players “navigate tight alleyways and corridors, secure buildings, and kill enemy forces.”
The publisher is listed as Collision Studios, developer of Jumper: Griffin’s Story on Wii and PS2, as well as both Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010 and Daisy Fuentes Pilates. Maybe, to save money, Collision will reuse some celebrity character models, and we’ll see a couple of Daisy Fuenteses providing cover fire. At the very least, all the soldiers should be limber. The dev is also responsible for 300: March to Glory on PSP.
The name SABRE Team was also used by a 1992 Amiga game. This could be a refresh of that series, but since the original was a strategy game and this is an FPS, even if it is based on the same source material, it’ll bear little resemblance.
ESRB: M-rated ‘SABRE Team’ deploying on Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 8th, 2009 at 02:00pm
Under DS
Using its cost-effective ESRB method of announcing new games, Atlus revealed a new DSi program called PhotoWorld. As you may expect from a game with that title, it involves taking pictures with the DSi camera. Players shoot a self-portrait and then “customize the pictures with a variety of stamps, photo effects, and text boxes.”
As Siliconera notes, Atlus already sort of has a program like this on DSiWare. Nintendo’s Sparkle Snapshots is based on Atlus’s popular Print Club (Purikura) booths. We look forward to finding out how this one differs — there’s absolutely no way it could be any more sparkly, that’s for sure. Of course, we aren’t even sure this is DSiWare — while this sounds like the kind of thing you would sell as a download, all we know is that it’s for the DSi.
Atlus announces PhotoWorld for DSi — through the ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 4th, 2009 at 03:45pm
Under DS
It looks like Zorro, that totally modern and vital character who is absolutely still relevant in 2009, will be appearing in a new DS game published by 505 Games. Zorro: Quest for Justice, released in Europe this September, was just rated by the ESRB for release in North America. This follows the May release of Destiny of Zorro on Wii — a game first announced in early 2007, and delayed about two years.
According to the content description, “Players can roam across rooftops, use a whip to swing across open gaps, and engage in sword combat with the henchmen of Luis Ramon.” The rooftop business sounds Assassin’s Creed-esque, possibly the same kind of 2.5D used for the DS games. In case you were wondering what the enemies in this game sound like when they die, the ESRB addressed your concerns: “their cries of pain during battle represent the most pertinent content (e.g., ‘Ahhhh!’ and ‘Uggggh!’).
Zorro returns on DS: ‘Z’ drawing minigame a lock originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 07:15pm
Under DS
Atlus revealed a password system for its upcoming Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, through which players will be able to trade copies of their customized, leveled-up, fused demons. In addition to being able to generate your own passwords to share your awesome demons with others, Atlus will release passwords for some rare creatures.
In addition, the updated box art image shows an M rating. Clearly, demon hunting is serious business, to be left to the big kids! As Siliconera notes, there are only ten DS games with M ratings, out of 1,366 total releases.
Shin Megami Tensei password system lets your demons make Strange Journeys originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 30th, 2009 at 08:15pm
Under PSP
Good news for PSP-toting board game fans: GamerBytes recently spotted an ESRB listing for a PSP version of Monopoly. With the addition of a new version of Monopoly for the PSP — now rated by the ESRB — EA is close to bringing a version of the classic board game to every available gaming platform (only the DS is left out at this point). There isn’t much known about the PSP version, though it does have support for up to four players. It’s not clear if it will be a full retail game or a PSP Mini, though the recently released iPhone version would probably make a prime target for the Mini market.
ESRB rates Monopoly for PSP originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 30th, 2009 at 04:30pm
Under PSP
Eager to play Eye of Judgment, the unique PS3 card game that uses the PlayStation Eye to read real cards, without the camera and the cards? Then Eye of Judgment’s new PSP iteration is for you, and it appears that Sony has plans to release it in North America.
The ESRB has rated the game for North American release under the title, Eye of Judgment: Legends. In addition to implying an eventual retail release, the rating also reveals that the localization is due for a second pass with lines like, “the tremors of earth soaked in the Children of Earth in blood.” Oh my.
Eye of Judgment: Legends for PSP rated by ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 02:02pm
Under Xbox 360
The ESRB has recently published a listing for Stoked: Big Air Edition, a supposed new and more wicked version of February’s rippin’ flake game for Xbox 360. To get some more info, we got in touch with Bongfish game director Michael Putz.
As Bongfish looked to the feedback from fans and as its plans for enhancing the game became more and more ambitious, the developer chose to re-release the game in a kind of “director’s cut,” as opposed to just patching the original game. Putz also said that since the original released in February, the retail climate wasn’t as kind as it is, say, during the holidays — hence Big Air Edition’s outing on November 24.
In the new version, Putz says gamers will have access to “all new race challenges, big air/slopestyle events, speedier gameplay, new lighting and a more accommodating learning curve that removes the previous edition’s 66 famepoint barriers, which locked most users out of the exciting part of the game.”
Stoked: Big Air Edition will shred retail powder on November 24 with a MSRP of $39.99. Feel free to warble on over to the official Stoked blog if you wanna sun bake for a few.
Stoked: Big Air Edition arriving Nov. 24 for $39.99 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 15th, 2009 at 07:15pm
Under PSP
Hey, look, it’s
Metal Slug … er … oh, right,
Double X. (Sorry, had to study the sprites.) Anyway, earlier this month we brought you
first word of the game — now it’s been
rated by the ESRB (T for “Teen,” specifically) which, as we all know, is a prelude to games being announced for domestic release.
The game’s publisher is listed as SNK Corporation of America itself, seemingly indicating a digital download-only future for the title. That’s fine by us — as long as it doesn’t go the way of the M.I.A. PSP minis. Seriously, where are they? Metal Slug XX hits Japan in December, so we’d expect it to roll ashore here in early 2010.
ESRB rates Metal Slug XX for US release originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 14th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under DS
Right above Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (!!!) on the ESRB ratings page, a listing for Dragon Quest Wars reveals that Square Enix is considering a North American release for the DSiWare game.
Dragon Quest Wars is a simplistic strategy game in which players control teams of four monsters, each trying to destroy the other teams or invade their bases (represented by a goal line). It’s developed by Intelligent Systems, which makes it sort of a Nintendo/Square Enix collaboration. And it’s got online multiplayer! It seems like a nice diversion while we wait to hear anything at all about Dragon Quest IX.
ESRB: Dragon Quest Wars draws near originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 02:16pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
A bit of a news roundup from the ESRB today. First off, the ratings board revealed a collection of Data East arcade games for Wii, called Data East Arcade Classics, containing Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja (!), Burger Time, Caveman Ninja, Street Slam, Secret Agent, Magical Drop III, and more, published by Majesco. It would appear that Data East (or G-mode, the company that holds the rights to Data East’s games) doesn’t feel like charging 8 bucks for each game on the Virtual Console Arcade.
Other surprises include Crash ‘N The Boyz: Street Challenge (which was known as Crash ‘N The Boys: Street Challenge on the NES), the Kunio (River City Ransom) sports game, and Tomena Sanner, the intriguingly quirky-looking one-button WiiWare running game from Konami!
ESRB reveals Data East arcade collection on Wii and more originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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