Great games blog http://greatgamesblog.org Blog about pc games Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wii Points up for grabs in Tetris Party tournaments Filed under: , , ,


Those online Tetris Party tournaments won't just enhance your fearsome internet reputation -- they'll also offer Wii Points as prizes, a pretty awesome way of keeping player interest high. The first tournament kicks off December 1st, and contains four rounds, each featuring one of Tetris Party's eighteen variations. After you complete a round, the game will give you a rank and confirmation code, which you can register at the official Tetris Party tournament site. Perform strongly over all four rounds, and you could win!

Five hundred prizes are up for grabs (though how many points will be given away isn't known), and we're fairly sure this is a global contest -- there's no mention of regional restrictions in the press release. Skip past the break for start dates, end dates, and other details of the first tournament, then get practicing!

Gallery: Tetris Party


Tetris Party -- Tournament #1 details

Round One: Play Marathon mode (Endless option OFF), obtain highest score possible.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 1, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 15, 2008

Round Two: Play Field Climber mode, try to get climber to goal in the shortest amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on December 16, 2008
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on December 31, 2008

Round Three: Play Shadow mode (Stage 7 -- Bomberman), solve the puzzle in shortest total time and with 100% completion.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 1, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 15, 2009

Round Four: Play Stage Racer mode (Route T -- Beginner), cross finish line in the least amount of time.
Starts: 0:00 (GMT) on January 16, 2009
Ends: 23:59 (GMT) on January 31, 2009

Round Five that we might have made up: Mentally attune yourself to the fact that you're competing with us now, a.k.a, the BEST TETRIS PLAYERS ON THE PLANET EVER.
Starts: Now
Ends: For many, never

Wii Points up for grabs in Tetris Party tournaments originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]> http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/21/wii-points-up-for-grabs-in-tetris-party-tournaments/ Wii Warm Up: Joy be thine Filed under:


Christmas: for those who celebrate it, a time of joy, happiness, togetherness, and rampant, ugly consumerism. Love it or hate it, you can't exactly ignore it, so let's talk some more about your plans for this season of "love and laughter and joy" (thanks, Cliff). Which Wii games do you plan to put on your list to Santa, and -- more importantly -- what will you be buying others?

Wii Warm Up: Joy be thine originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/19/1250l-from-metarl/     Ultimate Shooting Collection targets December release Filed under:

    Yes, the localized version of Milestone's Ultimate Shooting Collection may have generic boxart (seriously, compare this to the Japanese box and weep), but we still want the game badly.

    Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait. Previously, the game was scheduled to come out on November 11th, but as it isn't in our homes right now, we had to assume it had slipped. When contacted, publisher UFO Interactive confirmed our worst fears: the new release date is December 15th, right in the middle of the Christmas rush. Pew pew your way past the break for a trailer.

    Gallery: Ultimate Shooting Collection


    Ultimate Shooting Collection targets December release originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/18/ultimate-shooting-collection-targets-december-release/     2008’s best-sellers revealed, familiar outcome ensues Filed under: ,

    Gamasutra has compiled a bunch of charts showing the best-selling games of 2008 (so far) across all formats. At first glance, the results are thoroughly predictable -- it's yet more Wii dominance in the U.S. -- but there are interesting factoids to be drawn from this.

    Wii Play, for example, looks like finishing in the top five games of the year for the second year running. Even more impressively, Gamasutra thinks it could sell more copies in 2008 than in 2007, which is all kinds of crazy. Surely that would be some kind of first?

    The top two spots are held by Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, a pair of titles that we always expected to sell well, but to beat the likes of Wii Fit or other games aimed at Nintendo's broadened audience? Speaking of Wii Fit, it tops the chart for estimated revenue so far this year, thanks to its higher retail price. We'll reproduce the 2008 YTD sales table below, but Gamasutra has other data worth looking at here.

    1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) -- 3.5 million
    2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) -- 3.4 million
    3. Grand Theft Auto IV (360) -- 3.2 million
    4. Wii Play (Wii) -- 3.0 million
    5. Wii Fit (Wii) -- 2.8 million

    Gallery: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    2008's best-sellers revealed, familiar outcome ensues originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/18/2008s-best-sellers-revealed-familiar-outcome-ensues/     Fresh blood from MadWorld Filed under:


    There's not much we'd rather do on the weekend than stare for hours at the gorgeous MadWorld, but since we can't look at the real thing, we'll have to settle for a few new screenshots. Not everyone agrees (blasphemy!), but we can't find anything wrong with a little black and white violence. Study the new screens (located in our gallery below) and see if you agree.

    Gallery: MadWorld

    [Via GoNintendo]

    Fresh blood from MadWorld originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/16/fresh-blood-from-madworld/     First Club Nintendo North America details unexpectedly awesome [update] Filed under: ,

    Last month, Nintendo revealed that Club Nintendo, Japan and Europe's ace consumer rewards program, would launch in North America. Weeks of silence followed, but now Cammie Dunaway has started talking up the service. Here are five crucial facts she divulged to MTV Multiplayer:
    • Club Nintendo in North America is still on schedule to launch before the end of 2008.
    • It will be more like the Japanese program than the European, in that there will be more physical products than digital.
    • As is the case in Europe, you gain points (known as gold coins in North America) by purchasing a product and entering a code on the Club Nintendo site, and can reap further points by completing surveys on the product you bought. In Europe, it's worth mentioning that these are hardly time-consuming: just five or six questions with tickboxes.
    • Unlike in Europe, you can gain points for indicating an interest in purchasing before buying. Noice!
    • Some items from the Japanese service will make it to North America (Yay! And also: please include this).
    If you'll excuse us, we're now going to randomly hit our keyboard in a fit of wild, unabated excitement. YAKJFDAIWOQBHKJGFEDRYUVBEIUQ

    [Update: A clarification: the service will be coming to North America as a whole! Apologies for the geographical confusion!]

    Want to see Club Nintendo's greatest gifts to Japan and Europe? OF COURSE YOU DO. So go here.

    First Club Nintendo North America details unexpectedly awesome [update] originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/15/first-club-nintendo-north-america-details-unexpectedly-awesome-update/     It’s-a Mario World: Super Educational Filed under:


    Greetings, Mario fanatics young and old! Finally, after innumerable requests and a handful of death threats, we are responding to high demand for a gallery wholly dedicated to educational Mario games. Awesome, let's learn! So, what is it Mario is going to be teaching us anyway?

    As it turns out, quite a lot. His heroic deeds over the years have promoted such abstract virtues as bravery, selflessness and chivalric duty, but at the end of the day, hands-on skills and craftiness are to be rewarded. Rarely has Mario demonstrated his alleged ability to install and repair plumbing (aside from setting flame to the occasional pipe-dwelling piranha plant), and one must wonder whether he ever spends time away from his eccentric and widely-varied hobbies, like being an athlete in virtually any sport and solving picture logic puzzles. Does Mario know anything worth teaching? Ride a hyperlink over to our new gallery stuffed with pedagogy and find out! Oh, and bring a notepad.

    It's-a Mario World is a weekly feature in which the ubiquity of Nintendo's flagship character is celebrated: We'll incessantly ruminate about mustache wax, debate the curious whereabouts of the princess and covet the luminous power stars strewn about the galaxy. Check back here every Friday to find out what strange and wonderful thing has got us tipping our caps.

    It's-a Mario World: Super Educational originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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    ]]>     http://greatgamesblog.org/2008/11/15/its-a-mario-world-super-educational/     Animal Crossing: City Jack O’ Lanterns Filed under:


    For those of us who missed celebrating our favorite fall holiday with fake anthropomorphic jerks, Halloween is back in Animal Crossing: City Folk. We just have to ... wait almost the whole year for it, thanks to the November release of the game.

    Your animal neighbors, dressed in identical pumpkinhead costumes, will accost you and demand candy. If you fail to comply, or try to pass off some junk out of your pockets as candy, as the IGN demo player has done here, you get a trick! For being stingy, the residents slapped a pumpkin head on him and changed his clothes.

    In the little IGN player doodad, there's another video featuring a player picking fruit in the winter. Animal Crossing winters are so lovely!

    Gallery: Animal Crossing: City Folk

    Animal Crossing: City Jack O' Lanterns originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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