Are you ready to play ball?

If you're one of those people who love sports AND gaming, and just wanted to combine the two together, this is the game you would get. Although the story isn't so great, (Since it's a game about sports, I'll be a little lenient), the amount of characters, fields, and how each and every one of them look great, this game deserves more attention than it originally got. Again, storywise, it's not so great. I give the story a 3/5.
Characters ranging from Mario, the head of the show, Bowser, the big bad turtle with the attitude to rule, to King K. Rool, the boss of a Donkey Kong game from yesteryears. 4/5.
Gameplay, as in graphics, realistics (lenience again, being as it is a Mario game), and the will to return to the game, 5/5.
Stadiumwise, 5/5. You have Mario's classic baseball stadium from Mario Baseball for the Gamecube, an addition of, my favorite, Luigi's mansion, from the game of the same title, also for the gamecube. Not to mention a stadium that actually matches Wario's personality, a high traffic city field (Not safe for humans.)
Altogether, one of my favorite Mario Spinoffs.
Overall 17/20.

Disney Unveals Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion

After several info's leaked online Disney decided to unveal the game 'Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'.

The game is kind of a tribute to another classic: 'Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse'. The Disney characters will discover a fabolous world in the Castle of Illusion and Wasteland.

Screenshots to follow.

Press release:

Disney Epic Mickey Paints Its Way to the Nintendo 3DS System with “Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion”

Reality is What You Paint of It as Player Illustrations Come to Life in 3D


BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Disney Interactive Media Group today announced the development of “Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion,” the first Nintendo 3DS title in the “Disney Epic Mickey” franchise. The title features an interactive combination of painting, dual screen integration and 3D transformation capabilities designed to give players the unique ability to create objects and even characters they can place in the world of Wasteland.

In “Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion,” Reality is What You Paint of It. The game offers a special drawing and painting function that allows players to create rough versions of objects that magically transform into classic Disney-style 2D illustrations. Utilizing the game’s unparalleled dual screen integration, players then move their creations to the top screen where they are further transformed into full-color, fully-rendered 3D visuals.

Paying tribute to the classic Sega Genesis title “Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse,” “Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion” focuses on the fabled Castle of Illusion, which has fallen into Wasteland, an alternate world filled with 80 years of forgotten Disney characters and theme park attractions – and now forgotten video games. The evil witch Mizrabel, villainess from the classic “Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse,” finds herself an unwilling inhabitant of Wasteland, and unleashes a plot to escape using the Castle of Illusion to imprison and drain the cartoon essence from currently famous Toons. Players will take on the role of Mickey Mouse as he utilizes his magical brush to wield paint and thinner to confront Mizrabel and save the Toons.

“The original ‘Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse’ changed the face of video gaming by allowing players to play as Mickey Mouse in a side-scrolling adventure full of dynamic environments,” said Warren Spector, vice president and creative director, Junction Point. “We’re honored to be able to pay tribute to this classic video game by creating a title that truly takes advantage of the unique capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS, putting the magic of Disney and the historic Castle of Illusion in the palm of your hands.”

The game is set to be released during this year's fall on Nintendo 3DS.

The Last Story Pre-Launch Trailer

The Last Story is created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and is going to be released in Europe exclusively on Wii from february 24th.

 

Nintendo's success games from last year

Nintendo released a report for last years game sellings.

Even if their latest console, the Nintendo 3DS sold poor and they had to cut the price by half to get more buyers the games for Nintendo consoles had an imense success!

Here is the top games sold of 2011 for the 3DS:

Super Mario 3D Land - 5 million copies sold

Mario Kart 7 - 4.5 million copies

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 2.5 million copies

Now let's take a look at the top games sold for the Wii console:

 

Mario Kart Wii - 5 million copies sold

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 3.5 million

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - 3.5 million

Wii Sports - 2.5 million

Wii Sports Resort - 2 million

Wii Party - 2 million

Wii Fit Plus - 1.5 million

Kirby's Return to Dream Land - 1 million

Wii Play: Motion - 1 million

Super Mario Galaxy - 1 million

The stats are showing us some big sales. That's why Nintendo can reduce 3DS's price by 50%!

 

Wii U Getting Released This Christmas!

Wii U has been finally announced! It will be launched this holiday season even if Nintendo announced that for the last period of 2011 they had a huge profit loss (or that would be the reason why they are releasing the new console).

They may finally realised that it is time for a new console and the old Wii is not getting so much profit anymore.

Their last launched console, the 3DS also had poor sellings. Nintendo has been forced to cut it's price by 50% to rise it's sales.

Are you going to buy the new Wii U console? If you are a fan of tablets you are probably going to love the Wii U since the main controller will be a tablet-like device (the old remote controles will still be available).

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