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March 6th, 2009, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
press release from elspa
Thousands of illegal game copying devices seized
Friday 6th March/... A raid at a detached house in Surrey has resulted in the largest seizure of its kind in the UK in the fight against illegal game copying devices. A web-based business was alleged to be importing and selling Nintendo DS™ copying devices worldwide via the internet. Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) knew something was wrong when large consignments of the illegal game copying devices started showing up at airports across the UK. These were seized and HMRC alerted IP investigators from ELSPA (the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association).
ELSPA’s anti-piracy team worked with Surrey Trading Standards culminating in the Surrey raid where they discovered thousands of game copying devices which allegedly infringe both the Trade Marks Act 1994 and Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. The items have been seized and sent for forensic examination by ELSPA.
At the house investigators discovered a fully operational ‘production line’ along with a fully detailed trading history for the business. Records found at the property revealed evidence of trading worth £hundreds of thousands. A simultaneous raid at a second business premises was carried out by the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames Trading Standards, but the premises were found to be empty.
Financial investigations have now begun with a view to restraining any assets connected with criminal conduct.
Michael Rawlinson, Director General of ELSPA, said: “This case demonstrates the enormous financial risk faced by those who import and sell illegal copying devices. ELSPA would like to thank HMRC, the thorough and professional investigation by Surrey Trading Standards department and ELSPA investigators. Together they continue to prove that increasingly pirates are paying very high prices for pursuing illegal business activities that rob our industry of their innovative IP.”
Peter Denard, Head of Surrey Trading Standards, added: “We are committed to working with ELSPA and rights owners on criminal activity of this kind. We will respond to requests where there is evidence of intellectual property theft in Surrey, which causes huge detriment to legitimate businesses. This type of crime will not be tolerated in Surrey and criminals can expect to be pursued to the full extent of the law and risk losing both their liberty and ill-gotten gains.”
The maximum penalty upon conviction for offences under the Trade Marks Act is an unlimited fine and/or up to 10 years imprisonment.
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March 6th, 2009, 22:21 Posted By: wraggster
Taking a cue from the Phoenix Wright series Namco Bandai is developing a courtroom drama game of their own. Yuzai X Muzai (Guilty X Innocent) puts players in a different position. You are a juror and need to analyze the presented evidence to decide if the accused is innocent or guilty. To keep the courtroom feel authentic a former prosecutor was hired to keep to supervise the game.
There are four scenarios to play and it sounds like each one will have a different path depending on the verdict you pick. If you feel like your language skills are up to par (this is going to be a text heavy game!) you can import Yuzai X Muzai on May 21. Since this was just announced for Japan it’s too early to tell if Namco Bandai will localize this, but I wouldn’t count on it.
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/03/06...m-drama-games/
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March 6th, 2009, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
Arc Rise Fantasia, an RPG developed by Imageepoch and published by Marvelous for Wii, is nearing completion. Japan will see the game in stores on June 4 in Japan. Xseed and Marvelous USA will publish Arc Rise Fantasia in North America this year, but a specific date has not been announced.
When we spoke to Imageepoch President Ryoei Mikage he explained the story revolves around fallen dragons that contaminate the world and a mystical energy known as “Ray” that countries are fighting over. Arc Rise Fantasia uses a turn based combat system with a shared action point meter. You can expend all of your AP on L’Arc (he’s the sword wielding character wearing red) or split up AP between the three member party and set up combo attacks.
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/03/05...rise-fantasia/
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March 6th, 2009, 22:15 Posted By: wraggster
When Nintendo introduces a new product, it phases out the older model. Presently, though, handheld consumers have two choices: the DS Lite or the DSi. Does that mean eventually we'll only have one choice?
When game site MCVUK ask Nintendo's David Yarnton if the company was planing on phasing out the DS Lite, he replied:
We'll let the market decide. We expect some people will upgrade, but we also anticipate that we'll win over people who were still undecided on DS — the extra features will help convince them. There's an extra incentive.
A more expensive upgrade leaves us wondering whom this is exactly an extra incentive for? Customers or Nintendo?
http://kotaku.com/5165253/nintendo-t...ate-of-ds-lite
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March 6th, 2009, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster
Watch out parents! The DSi could put your kids at the mercy of child predators alert Arkansas police.
A local news report points out the the DSi doesn't only have a web browser, but it has a web browser and an embedded camera. Cue the hyper-active alarm bells!
"Now not only can the children be contacted, but they can be asked to provide pictures, video," says Sergeant Adam Holland, who investigates internet crimes against children.
See, before parents were worried about people drawing lewd pictures on the DS's PictoChat and now they're worried about people taking them. Or something.
It's really a good thing that kids these days don't have cell phones and that cell phones don't have cameras or internet browsers!
The local news report does point out that the DSi does have parental features — such as the ability to lock out certain websites. Explains, Sergeant Holland, "If the only website you want your kids to go to is YouTube, you go into the parental lockout feature, put in YoutTube's URL, and that's the only website your kids will be able to go to."
Phew, because there's nothing inappropriate on YouTube at all. Nothing.
http://kotaku.com/5165341/police-war...ents-about-dsi
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March 6th, 2009, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Due to overwhelming fan demand, Arkedo Studio and Southpeak have released the soundtrack to their unique Nintendo DS shooter Big Bang Mini as a free download.
Big Bang Mini ended up being a very pleasant surprise for the DS, combining simple yet addictive fireworks launching gameplay and great use of the touchscreen to create a shooter experience that is completely unique to the handheld. The experience is greatly enhanced by the soundtrack, created by French electronic group Yubaba, Smith & Fortune, adding life and atmosphere to the game's varied levels. Now the entire soundtrack is available to download for free at the Big Bang Mini website, with 24 tracks encompassing music styles from all around the world.
To get the free soundtrack, simply head to the official Big Bang Mini website and click on the floating download link. It's 102mb of zipped auditory goodness.
http://www.bigbangmini.com/
http://kotaku.com/5165454/big-bang-m...track-set-free
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March 6th, 2009, 20:44 Posted By: Shrygue
via IGN
Apple's iPhone is quite the success story, and some of that success must be attributed to the AT&T-subsidized price tag. AT&T keeps the cost of the iPhone down at $200 in exchange for a two-year contract that locks consumers to the device (and AT&T). The company is very pleased with this approach.
"The economics for us are terrific," Glenn Lurie, AT&T's president of emerging devices, told investors.com. "We're willing to invest to get a customer."
AT&T is extending this service to netbooks from Acer and Dell, and eventually to "portable videogame machines." The only portable videogame machines we know of, besides mobile phones, are the Nintendo DS and PSP. Presumably, consumers could purchase a DS or PSP at a lower cost in exchange for signing a contract for an AT&T service of some kind.
"It's hard to pass up the siren song of subsidies," says Craig Moffett, an analyst at Bernstein Research. "The iPhone demonstrates nothing if not that American consumers will gladly sign up for higher monthly fees in return for a lower upfront sticker price on the piece of metal that service is connected to."
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March 6th, 2009, 20:41 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Having sold over 2.4 million copies to date in Japan, DS title Pokémon Platinum is being readied for a May 22 launch in Europe.
Basically it's a beefed-up version of the Diamond and Pearl games that released in 2007 but with an added load of features and areas to explore.
It offers "new ways to play online at the Wi-Fi Plaza over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection and the ability to save your greatest victories in the Vs. Recorder", plus you'll get to explore a "brand new Distortion World, governed by neither time nor space".
Battling has also been updated, and you can find out more about the additional features in our previous coverage here, but be sure to check out these new screens first.
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March 6th, 2009, 20:33 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Polish your rose-tinted spectacles and set your sat nav to Memory Lane – another pair of olden days games are now available on the Virtual Console.
First up is Clu Clu Land, a maze game that first appeared on the NES. You must manoeuvre bubbles around, avoiding spiky sea urchins and defending yourself with sonic shockwaves. Yours for 500 Wii Points (GBP 3.50 / EUR 5).
For something a bit more contemporary, how about Mega Drive title Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair? Save the world of Xenobia by battling enemies, collecting power-ups and battling more enemies. A friend can join in, playing as the lovely Priscilla. The game costs 800 Wii Points (GBP 6 / EUR 8).
The new additions bring the total number of games available on the Virtual Console to 280. Crumbs.
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March 6th, 2009, 17:40 Posted By: wraggster
Namco Bandai's Wii remake of 1997 PlayStation platformer Klonoa: Door to Phantomile will be getting a European release in 2009.
The title sees you set off on a mission to save Phantomile, "a land formed by the dreams of its inhabitants, and recently besieged by an unknown evil".
You're aided in your quest by your friend Hewpoe, "a benevolent spirit who resides in the ring from which Klonoa is able to fire his Wind Bullet", a weapon that gives the character the ability to grab and inflate enemies and use them to his advantage.
"Vibrant graphics, motion control and new secrets" have been promised for the remake, which will support Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls, Wii Remote only, Classic Controller and GameCube controller.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=209979
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March 6th, 2009, 17:34 Posted By: wraggster
Activision has officially announced Guitar Hero Modern Hits, the next GH game for Nintendo's DS. It's also officially doled out some official screens for your official enjoyment.
Yes, we know, the phrase 'modern hits' makes SPOnG suspicious, too. The announcement pegs the artists Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, Tenacious D, Weezer and The Strokes as contributors to the track list, which will comprise upwards of 25 songs.
They join Sum 41's Still Waiting, Franz Ferdinand's The Fallen and Finger Eleven's Paralyzer - tracks already revealed by the game's ESRB rating. (Yes, this has been one leaky game. It's existence was suggested even before the ESRB listing thanks to a trademark listing.)
The game will also feature a 'Fan Request' system. Activision describes it like this: "By completing Fan Requests players build their fan base and open up new challenges to rock-out like never before including jamming to an entire song in Hyperspeed, battling it out in a Guitar Duel with active Bomb Notes or whammying every single hold note in a song."
There's also mention of "exciting non-linear gameplay progression". So what does that mean? It means players can choose how they get from the garage to the stadium on their road to becoming rock gods. Clearer now? We thought not.
The game will enable players to wirelessly make use of tracks from the two previous Guitar Hero DS games, On Tour and Decades. Also on the connectivity front - expect multi-player modes.
http://news.spong.com/article/17345/...s_on_DS?cb=307
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March 5th, 2009, 22:55 Posted By: wraggster
The camera is nifty, the sound feature is cool, but at its core the Nintendo DSi is a handheld game system. And most people are wondering whether the purchase will be worth it for exclusive Nintendo DSi games. No such retail games have been announced, but Nintendo is preparing a lineup of downloadable DSiWare software. We know what games are out in Japan, but which ones will Nintendo localize for the West?
The OFLC gives us a pretty good clue by leaking three of them: Paper Plane, Pyoro, and Clubhouse Games Express: Classic Cards. Pyoro sounds like the international name for Tori to Mame (Bird and Bean). Nintendo also used this name for the stretchy-tongue bird when he appeared in the WarioWare series. The same red bird also stars in the DSiWare game Tori to Mame.
It looks like the stripped down “Chotto” series will come over as “Express” titles. Clubhouse Games Express: Classic Cards is the first such title. Don’t be surprised to see Dr. Mario Express and eventually Planet Puzzle League Express in the future. Art Style: Decode, Wario Ware Snapped, and the freebie Moving Memo Pad have also been mentioned as DSiWare games for North America. So, it looks like Nintendo is preparing most of the initial line up of DSiWare games for an international release
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/03/05...ch-candidates/
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March 5th, 2009, 22:36 Posted By: wraggster
Console giant says it's "still waiting for mobile games to happen".
Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton has said that his firm didn’t feel the need to cram its upcoming DSi handheld with the latest gadgetry seen in mobile handsets, primarily because mobile gaming is not yet a realistic rival to portable consoles.
Speaking to The Times last month, Yarnton claimed: “Mobile phone gaming has been ‘going to happen’ for a long time. We’re still waiting.
“There are always going to be competitors in certain areas.
And sometimes it can focus your attention to make sure that you do things the right way. We could have added lots of things, but then you become a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none.
“One of the things we are really honest about is that we stay faithful to our roots, of being a games company. The most important criterion is to make sure that what we’re offering can do the best games.”
Nintendo's DSi console launches next month and will offer camera, audio playback functionality and online capabilities.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/32817...t-mobile-games
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March 5th, 2009, 22:32 Posted By: wraggster
“Wii Fit” may be the game that sells Wiis, but it’s role-playing games fans who give the console some of its heaviest use.
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Role-playing game fans love the Wii, it seems.
Among the standout trends in the Nintendo Wii usage stats I’ve been tracking here each month has been the dedication that role-playing game fans show to the RPGs on the system.
Take the November-released “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World,” which has garnered an average playing time of more than 31 hours per player among the users of Wii’s Nintendo Channel.
“Tales” isn’t alone. “Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn,” released in November of 2007, has an average playing time of over 44 hours. (Maybe it’s a “Dawn” thing?)
That puts these games up with the likes of “Super Smash Brothers,” “Wii Sports” and “Animal Crossing” among the games that are in heaviest rotation among the Wii owners who have them. Maybe this is no surprise to fans of these role-playing games. The games are long, and they are designed to be finished. But, frankly, they also tend to be afterthoughts.
Few people consider the Wii to be an RPG system. Maybe sales figures bear that out. Nevertheless, the feverishness with which Wii owners play the RPGs that they do get suggests that there’s an appetite there hungry for more.
So, what’ll it be, Wii publishers? Time to test more RPGs on Nintendo’s console, perhaps.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/...ped-wii-genre/
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March 5th, 2009, 22:24 Posted By: wraggster
While focused on little gizmos like the Palm Pre at CES, we somehow missed the opportunity to play with Nyko's Wiimote wannabe back in January. Thankfully, the peripheral company was on hand here in Germany with its full lineup, and we dropped in for a few snapshots as well as a hilarious visual demonstration of just how suitable this thing is at replacing bona fide Wiimotes. As you'll notice in the gallery below, Nintendo's version is just a smidgen taller while the Nyko edition sports a covered back that's easier to grip; outside of that, however, the two feel generally alike when held. It should be noted that the Nyko reps had outfitted the actual Wiimote with its backing in order to prevent any unwanted LCD shatterings, and hey, we can respect that. We also threw in a few shots of the Wii Wand strapped inside the now-ancient Perfect Shot gun holster -- for no other reason than to say we wielded a weapon on company time, really.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/v...n-wii-bowling/
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March 5th, 2009, 21:01 Posted By: Shrygue
via Joystiq
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days finally has a release date in Japan: May 30. Not only will Goofy fans be able to pick up the new action-RPG then (for 5,980 yen, or $60!), they will have the option of dropping even more money on the Kingdom Hearts Edition DSi bundle, which contains this specially decorated black DSi and the game, for 24480 yen ($246). Even as people not particularly into Goth Disney, we happen to think it's rather fetching!
The existence of this bundle sort of validates a rumor we received a while back: while there is a 358/2 Days DSi bundle as predicted, there has been no mention of an included Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories game nor of this special DSi having a Game Boy Advance slot. We expect that the Japanese sites would have mentioned that if it had been the case.
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March 5th, 2009, 18:01 Posted By: wraggster
News via nintendomax
hiei03 and sonic master performs a new version of "X-Soft, an application that includes several utility incorporating the theme of windows. A lot of changes and additions for this version 7.0, not good at English I leave unchanged the changelog.
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Version 7.0
Improvements provided by the authors:
* Save the settings and background of the mouse.
* The desktop icons are not ordered to move from one application to another.
* The display of information is added the color.
* The display of information A and B are to regulate the light and not to turn off the ignition.
* Limitations Added to maps.
* Now you can quit all the programs on the sides.
* Added new keyboard soft-x, and salts and re-enter the notepad where you can continue typing vat.
* Re-present the option to load the saved text in the notepad.
* Added the game pulse.
* Added the credits section.
* Added style windows 7.
* Added a calculator.
* Added nds loader, and a periodic table.
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March 5th, 2009, 17:46 Posted By: wraggster
The Beatles catalog contains some the most requested tracks for the recent Rock Band craze, so it was pretty gear when Sir Paul revealed last month that the Fab Four would finally be featured in their very own release from MTV and Harmonix. That information is, by itself, more than enough to justify our frenzied shaking and shrieking (and, yes, even some panty-throwing), there's still a lot we don't know about the game, such as which tracks will be included, where the boys will play and when the game is coming out.
Fortunately, the game's website revealed one of those answers today, letting us know that the game will be arriving not on the one after 909, but actually on 9-09 itself. Whether this is a mere coincidence or not remains to be seen, but the September release date means we've got all summer to start dating Japanese conceptual artists.
http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/959/959606p1.html
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March 5th, 2009, 17:42 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo today sent over final retail copies of New Play Control: Pikmin and New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis in time for our review in the next few days. We have confirmed that the boxes feature double-sided liners featuring two different covers.
Though the official package artwork features "New Play Control" prominently displayed on the cover, owners of the game can opt to pull the liner out of the case and flip it to use more traditional package art for their collection:
This mirrors the Japanese release of New Play Control, which also features double-sided package artwork. Thank you Nintendo -- we definitely appreciate having the option!
http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/959/959183p1.html
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