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After starring in two amazing WiiWare adventures, Mega Man is back on the Wii Shop Channel this week with Mega Man X. The Super NES classic will be joined by My Little Baby, a babysitting simulator.
On the DSiWare side of things we have Go Series: Captain Sub, an underwater salvage game; DodoGo! Robo, a puzzle game; and Music On: Learning Piano Volume 2, a music teaching tool.
More information on all of these titles can be found after the break.
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Portal 2 is coming out tomorrow!!! Holy crap! It’s been such a crazy long wait that it snuck up on me. It probably put a portal behind me and jumped through it and now it’s going to drop a companion cube on my head! Noooooo!!
Ahem. Excuse me. There are some good deals going on today – Amazon’s having what they’re calling Easter Savings in Video Games, which sounds sort of not all that politically correct. I mean, where are the Passover savings? I don’t judge, either way. The sale is one of those buy one, get one 50% off ones, and includes Lego Harry Potter and a bunch of other stuff. As for today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, they’ve got a smorgasbord of Atlus games. Radiant Historia is $27.99, Demon’s Souls (with soundtrack!) is $15, and 3D Dot Game Heroes is $13.40. Don’t miss these awesome deals – these are games worth buying immediately if you don’t already own them.
No game-related t-shirts today, I’m afraid. I think the Internet wore itself out with the four t-shirts I posted about Saturday and Sunday. But I’m going to have a hard time not purchasing this one from Tee Fury:
Shiny!
Two Worlds II is getting a disc-based expansion pack, Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress, this September. This return to Antaloor will bring you into the realm of the pirates, though “Flying Fortress” makes it sound like some sort of steampunk adventure. They’ve announced a lot of new additions, including thunder and rain storms, weapons, breeds, bosses, and new animations for both the cutscenes as well as the in-game dialogs.
This multiplatform expansion pack will also include several new multiplayer maps as well. Check out the Pirates of the Flying Fortress website for more details.
Writing the Daily Scoop has made me really want ice cream – ice cream sundaes, to be specific. Something huge and gooey, with a warm brownie on the bottom, and maybe some hot fudge and whip cream on top. Maybe piled high with some raspberry chocolate truffle ice cream. YUM.
To start off the scoop, we’ve got Amazon’s sales on two Wii hardware bundles. Not to be outdone by the sale at Toys R Us, Amazon is offering the white Wii hardware bundle and the black Wii hardware bundle for $169.99 with free shipping. It’s looking more and more likely that is the Wii’s new official price.
Amazon’s also having a sale on portable accessories, including $5 off that awesome Nerf Armor for your DS. Add to that the Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is the Mionix Naos 5000 Laser Gaming Mouse for $64.99 down from $89.99. To sweeten the pot, there’s going to be an Amazon Gold Box Event in video games this Tuesday, so check back here for that!
Whew. Thank you, Amazon. And we’ve got ANOTHER day with two video game t-shirts, so hit the jump to see those!
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No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
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This week marked the end of Capcom’s Captivate 2011 news embargo. With the floodgates open, the famed publisher revealed Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Dragon’s Dogma, the first Street Fighter X Tekken trailer, a new trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and a whole lot more.
Also this week, Warner Bros. and director Kevin Tancharoen have finally debuted the first episode of Mortal Kombat: Legacy. They also unleashed a full-length trailer to whet our appetites for episode 2 and we Dissected the first episode in search of clues for where the series might go.
We also have Episode 8 of the Warp Zoned Podcast this week, which heralds the triumphant return of Mike Gutierrez, Nicole Kline, and Ryan Littlefield. They discuss what they’re playing and reviewing, and give a quick overview of their reactions. They also talk about GeoHot and the Anonymous hacks, with Mike giving an in-depth analysis of the facts from the point of view of an enraged PSN user. Find out about consumer rights and what we really think of hackers!
Hit the jump for the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up.
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Nintendo hit it out of the park again, selling nearly 400,000 3DS units in its first week on sale. But it couldn’t overtake its little brother as, according to Nintendo, the NPD group announced that the DS family sold over 460,000 units in the month of March, “propelled by sales of more than 1.3 million Pokémon White Version games and more than 1.1 million Pokémon Black Version games.” I guess that smear campaign isn’t working.
But 3DS owners have more to look forward to than just 3DS without the glasses. There’s a free system update coming soon that, besides allowing DSi and DSi XL owners to transfer their DSiWare games, will also give access to the Nintendo eShop. There’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, which was finally given a June 19 release date. And, finally, Netflix is coming to the 3DS, reportedly later this summer, which is awesome news for those of us with both an unlimited streaming membership as well as a 3DS.
Nintendo of America’s senior director of Corporate Communications, Charlie Scibetta, said that “Nintendo provides people with the best video game experiences, from 3D visuals without special glasses to a touch-screen interface to motion controls.” Nintendo reps are really heavy on the “3D without glasses” angle. Hey Charlie, I’ve got your new slogan: “No glasses? No problem.” Bam.
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. has announced that the PlayStation 3 has reached a milestone in sales, pushing over 50 million consoles since it launched in 2006. As Microsoft made a similar announcement just this past January, this means that the PS3 has accomplished the same feat almost a full year faster than the Xbox 360.
Sony released a number of statistics along with the announcement: over 8 million PlayStation Move units have been sold (the same number Microsoft claimed for Kinect in January) and over 75 million PlayStation Network accounts have been registered across 59 countries.
With Blu-Ray support, free online multiplayer, and a solid exclusive lineup year in and year out, it’s no wonder why the PS3 has been such a hit. Since launching with a lofty price tag, the media has constantly derided the console for not being as successful as the 360, an assumption made rather confusing in light of this recent news.
It’s raining here in Philadelphia, and I’m starting to think that it rains less in Seattle than it does here, because seriously, I haven’t gotten this much use out of my galoshes or umbrella in as long as I can remember. But that’s ok, because it’s an awesome day to sit around, write, and play video games. Oh, and shop for video game deals, of course!
First and foremost, Best Buy is having a sale on Portal 2. It’s $44.99 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and $34.99 on Mac and PC. Amazon is still offering the game for $54.99 with a $20 promotional credit, too. So you’ve got lots of options – that is, if you haven’t already pre-ordered it, and aren’t already waiting at the mailbox/lining up at your local brick-and-mortar store to wait for it. It’s not long now!
And let’s not forget today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is Paradox Interactive’s Magicka for the PC. This game download is $4.99 down from $9.99, and features an “Innovative and dynamic spellcasting system” and supports up to four players. Neat!
There are two awesome t-shirts for sale today. Hit the jump to be super tempted into dropping some cash!
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