Another Monday means that Nintendo’s added new games to their online store. This week America gets a grand total of 3 new games to wreak havoc on your Wii’s internal memory. What will YOU be spending your hard-earned Wii Points on? Find out after the jump!
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Being the huge fans of the Guitar Hero series that most of us here at MEGATONik are, we’ve managed to stumble, and I do mean stumble, across the complete track listing for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I was pretty leary about picking this edition up because I thought it would be nothing but songs done by Aerosmith, but I’m glad to report that only about 63% of the 41 songs listed below are.
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Star Wars fans can stop holding their breath now and fill their lungs with the sweet, burning ozone smell of Jedi combat because Lightsaber Duels for the Wii has been announced by LucasArts.

Developed by Krome Studios (the developer handling the Wii, PS2, and PSP port of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed), Lightsaber Duels puts the control of a more elegant weapon for a more civilized age in the hands of Wii owners for them to cut fools up use only when all diplomatic options have been exhausted…ahem. The game will also feature destructible environments and, of course, Force powers.

Now, for some bad news: the game is set during the Clone Wars, so no Luke or Darth Vader (and no, Anakin is no Darth Vader. Not by a long shot). Stil, there’s always General Grievous, Count Dooku, Yoda, and other assorted flavors of Jedi and Sith characters to pull from.

Look for the trailer to premiere on Spike’s Game Trailers TV tonight. If it doesn’t outright suck, we’ll post it as soon as it becomes available on the Interwebs.

Thanks Newsarama

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So earlier this afternoon I noticed that tell-tale blue glow around my Wii’s disc drive and thought to myself, “wowwee! I bet Nintendo has another spiffy update to tell me about!” Well, it was only after I finished updating my Wii that I learned what the update really was. Apparently the only added functionality was that I, “can now move a Mii from the Mii Plaza to the Mii Parade in the Mii Channel.” Whoop-de-fucking-doo, Nintendo! Of course, this truly awesome new functionality comes at a cost: apparently I will never be able to download the Wii Homebrew channel now (though apparently the update doesn’t affect this channel if it’s already installed), nor will I be able to use a Freeloader to play out-of-region Wii titles. While this might not be a big deal for those of us in America, people in regions that have to wait for ages for big-name titles to come out (like Australia) have plenty of reason to be pissed. Moreover, the popular Twilight Hack has been nixed.

Dick move, Nintendo. Dick move.

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

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Activision is (probably) working on a superhero title (that’s not Spider-Man) called Powers & Titans (that has nothing to do with the above picture of the Watchmen) that’s all about working with teams. “Super teams.” The title will be available for the 360, PS3, and Wii, and will offer gamers the chance to work with friends to complete multiplayer missions. Although the game is mainly focusing on multiplayer aspects, and working with a team, there will be a single player campaign. Players will be able to create their own character and use them for battle, very much similar to City of Heroes.

As all of the leaks today, this isn’t definite. Still, Powers & Titans sounds like a solid idea.

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It’s that time again! We have three new titles added to Nintendo’s download service, and if you aren’t too busy playing Metal Gear Solid 4 (like I am) they might actually be worth checking out. Hit the jump to see what’s new!
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On Sunday, the good old members of Xbox 360 Fanboy and NeoGAF ’s forums found a login-protected website for the marketing and research company Illtellisponse. The website featured a security hole that allowed the forum members to dig in. The members were able to get into the site and take a look around at some top-secret documents, revealing a VERY large amount of new information on Microsoft and Activision products.

Do remember: Intellisponse is a marketing and research company, so it is possible that some, most, or all of the leaked bits are just concepts. There has been no confirmation on any of these leaks just yet.

The first leak of the bunch reveals a feature that Microsoft may be using to counter Nintendo’s Miis. Microsoft simply calls them “avatars.” They are cute, user friendly, and probably replacing Xbox Live gamer pictures. They are fully customizable, as gamers can change any article of clothing and other items, as shown in the above picture provided by Kotaku.

More leaks on the way.

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Lately, it seems that all of my friends are addicted to Wii Fit. Many of them are regularly using it, and when I asked one of them if Wii Fit is really making a different he said, “Well, a week ago I could even do a single push-up.” Bravo!

So, the users seem to enjoy Wii Fit, but what do fitness gurus think about the game? Sarah from Diet.com tried out the game (video above) and shared her thoughts on the game. Overall, she enjoyed the experience but points out a few items of interest.

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After owning a Wii for a little over a year now, and playing a fair amount of the absolutely horrid titles available on the system, I initially had very low hopes for Battle of the Bands, Planet Moon Studios and THQ’s entry into the recent hit rhythm-music game genre. However, the track record for rhthym games on the Wii has been and looks to be very solid, what with Guitar Hero III already released and the upcoming Rock Band and Samba de Amigo to release on the system later in the year. How does Battle of the Bands fit into the equation? Quite messily, in fact.

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When I had first heard that Japan was going to be getting Super Mario RPG sometime in the next month or so, I was, to say the least, hopeful. I’ve heard so many good things about it and still have yet to lay my pale, little hands on it. Alas, instead this week we were endowed with but a single Virtual Console title and a pair of WiiWare titles; none of which had the name “Mario” anywhere in their names. Hit the jump to find out what we got instead!
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It’s Monday again, and this time it’s a good day to be a patron of Nintendo’s download services. A whopping 4 new games have been added for this week for your downloading pleasure! Hit the jump to take a look at what’s available.
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After it was announced that the next Guitar Hero game would incorporate other instruments to the game, fans began speculating on the price. Well, GameStop placed the prices of the game up on its website, revealing that the bundles for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 will cost $20 more than Rock Band’s special edition bundle cost - $189.99. The PS2’s bundle will cost $10 less, at $179.99.

To purchase just the guitar and game, it will cost $99.99. The game is priced at $59.99 for 360 and PS3 owners, while PS2 and Wii owners can buy Guitar Hero: World Tour for $49.99. The game will release October 27, 2008.

[Via Kotaku]

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Normally, I would pay The Daily Mail no attention, but this story needed to be commented on.

Nintendo, arguably the company responsible for the last two generations of fat children (it’s never the parents’ fault for not limiting their child’s game time) has now gone so far as to include a rating scale in their new game WiiFit that works off of the much hated Body Mass Index (BMI).

There have been reports of children being told that they are ‘obese’ according to the rating that the game gives you based on said BMI number. Many of these unsightly, low-self-esteemed, butterball-ed children, along with their equally chunky parents, have seen this message of obesity and have become offended and gone ‘Wii Wii Wii all the way home’.

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We’ve already seen impressive tech demos demonstrating the item mechanics as well as the physics in Atari’s Alone In The Dark, but these demos were vague on the action in the game. Fear not! New trailers for Alone In The Dark have emerged and showcases the driving mechanic and an action scene. Hit the jump for more banter as well as the driving and original game trailers.
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Neversoft is out to prove once and for all that they aren’t going to take all of their ideas from a certain other rhythm game. The fact that Guitar Hero 4 will support drums, guitar, bass, and vocals is old news. In a shocking turn of events, Guitar Hero 4 will support a new feature that is ridiculously awesome. What will this feature be? Learn all of this and more after the jump!
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