Weekly Round-Up w/e September 19th – It was TGS?
Nintendo fans may be excused if they didnt know TGS was on as Mario celebrates his 25th
It was a huge huge week in the gaming industry last week, thats unless of course youre talking about anything for the Wii and DS consoles; there was just nothing that interesting for Wii and DS owners (well, new stuff anyway). We did get a 3DS Garden simulator though, so all is forgiven.
The other big news of the week was Marios 25 Anniversary. Though it seems Japan is the only country celebrating it in style – theyre getting a whole swag of merch, and Super Mario All Stars on a Wii compilation disc. Everyone else, slightly less. Though we all got this trailer… its pretty cool. Europe though, get one of those Classic Controllers in the shape of a SNES pad, very awesome.
The third big hit of news this past week was definitely the news, that we found, about the "3DSWare" trademark here in Australia. Not only does that basically confirm that 3DSWare exists, but hopefully the Nintendo 3DS is coming sooner than we think.
Other noteworthy news
Nintendo announced a batch of new tours to spruik their wares, theres one for Wii Party and theres one for Marios 25th
Goldeneye 007 got a confirmed release date here in Australia
The Disney Epic Mickey release date also got locked in
Metal Gear Solid 3DS was confirmed to be coming out next year
Around the forums
Scott is putting a twist on the way Pokémon games are played and is wondering if you might be able to participate
FifteenJugglers has noticed Nintendo Australia is sponsoring this years Floriade in Canberra. Turns out Nintendo sponsors a lot of things!
AyJay100 asks which game company you would erase from history, assuming you had some sort of time-travelling device
Muramasa & Odin Sphere are getting HD remakes – is this good news?
Flamecondor wants to know what childhood toys you had. Of course if youre a child, what have you got now?
This weeks releases
Nintendo has woken from its slumber and popped out a couple of games. Theres PokéPark: Pikachus Adventure for the Wii (look for our review this week) and Art Academy on the DS. There are also the three new DSi XL colours coming out. Unless weve missed something, thats it!
