Fire Emblem DS details October 2, 2008

Nintendo just wrapped up their conference in North America, and shed some light on a few games, one of them being Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Much like The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the entire game can be controlled by the stylus alone. However, button controls are still available for those who prefer them. New portraits, new battle animations, and new spell animations are included. The visuals are a big step up from the SNES classic.

The game features four exclusive prologue chapters that weren’t in the original game. Six different selectable difficulty levels, from beginner to merciless.

New Wi-Fi Battle. Play against friends via local wireless or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Features full voice-chat when you are playing over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with a friend. Loan units — loan out one unit that you’ve trained, or borrow a unit from a friend, and incorporate them into a single-player campaign. Shop online feature. Through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, you connect to an online version of the armory, which is where you buy weapons and items. Nintendo can update the shop whenever they feel.

–Rory–

Nintendo event in October September 22, 2008

Come on Link! We're on in 10!

Following Nintendo’s rather lackluster E3, along with their absence from the Leipzig GDC (and the news that they would not be attending the Tokyo Game Show or E for All ), many fans were left feeling rather uneasy about the future of Wii games.

Rumour has it that a Nintendo press conference will be held in Japan on October 2nd or 3rd.
There are also rumours that Nintendo is readying a similarly large event in America as well.

Neither Nintendo of Japan, nor Nintendo of America (or any other subsidiaries for that matter) have commented on how the event will pan out, what they will release, or even where the events will be held.

Considering that the two dates are the same for both regions, it’s possible that Nintendo has an announcement of relatively large scope and importance to unleash.

A new Zelda with MotionPlus?
Storage solution?
Kid Icarus?
F-Zero?
Pikmin?

Well, as for new announcements, we’re not entirely sure. The above is complete guesswork.

We are, however, pretty sure that the following titles will be on show-
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Wario Land: The Shake Dimension
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Wii Music
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Nintendo held a similar event at around the same time frame last year. The event held a number of surprises. We saw Fire Emblem DS, Monster Hunter 3, WiiWare and Kirby Superstar announced and we saw Sonic making it into Brawl.

Whatever happens, we’ll be covering it.
Don’t start the hype train too soon though. Remember E3?

–Rory–