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It’s been rumored about 3 months ago when a GameStop employee spilled the beans, saying to a customer that “it’s officially coming.”

In a third-quarter conference call today, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello confirmed that a Wii version of Rock band is forthcoming.

Riccitiello mentioned the game at the end of the call’s question-and-answer session. There was no release date given, but Riccitiello referred to the “coming launch” of a Wii version of the game.

There’s been speculation about a Wii installment of Rock Band’s since the game was announced. In April 2007, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said a Wii-specific version of the title would be coming out in the future.

After the call, IGN contacted an EA rep for more details, but all they got was a confirmation that, indeed, a Wii version of Rock Band is coming.

There’s still no release date (let alone any word on instruments or how additional song content might work on the Wii), but we’ll let you know as soon as more info presents itself.

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The update includes the following:

* In the posting plaza, you can now easily find Mii’s you posted.

* When viewing a Mii Artisan’s profile, you can now see all the Mii’s they posted.

* If you cancel out of judging, any Mii’s you selected will be retained .

* Parental Controls are now supported in the channel. If a user chooses to block “Exchange of User Generated Content” from the parental controls setting in the Wii Settings, user will be prompted to ender a pin in order to enter the channel.

* When viewing Mii’s in the Posting Plaza under the popular category, you can now view 500 of the most popular Mii’s in the last two weeks instead of just 50.

* When using the Mii Search feature, the Mii entry number is retained on the Entry Number screen. If the Mii your searching for is not found, re-entry of the number is not necessary, making it easier to modify your search.

This is JJ Hendricks’ first contribution to VC&G:

Since the Nintendo Wii’s release in November 2006, the Virtual Console service has been one of its most popular features. Yet almost instantly after its launch, people began complaining about how much VC games cost. The most common argument against the VC pricing scheme (aside from the illegal emulator option) is the presumed “low price” of the original games if you bought them used. But how much would it really cost to buy physical copies of all the Virtual Console games? Is Nintendo’s retro service a good deal, or are you getting ripped off?

Overall findings:
NES:
USED / VC
$273.53 / $288.00

SNES
USED / VC
$354.38 / $273.53

N64
USED / VC
$169.42 / $102.00

Lot’s more details and more stats

Thanks Benj for the tip 

That’s right, everything you really need to know about Brawl is here, don’t click more, or your life is over.

Now, remember, if you click the more button, your life will change forever. Be careful, and all I can say now is Spoilers! Spoilers!! SPOILERS!!! (more…)

Today is January 31st on the other side of the world, also known as the “Super Smash Bros. Brawl Japanese launch date!”

Assuming that there are 24 hour stores over there, many people already secured their copies (it is about 3:00 AM over there). Expect a flow of news that even Sakurai can’t keep up with in his daily updates, such as complete character rosters, full set of levels, etc.

It’s only a matter of time!

The new Fatal Frame game is a major collaborative effort for Tecmo. Nintendo will publish the game and is also lending its support on the development end. Key staff members include Keisuke Kikuchi as producer and Makoto Shibata as director, both veterans of the series. But joining Shibata in the director’s cubicle is Grasshopper Manufacturer’s Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51), who recently completed work on No More Heroes.

Although a two minute CG trailer was shown at the press conference, Tecmo kept the specifics to itself. Kikuchi did reveal that the key words for the game are “memory” and “moon,” and “mask,” and that the image color for the game is yellow. He also stated that he believes the Wiimote and the horror genre to be a perfect fit.

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If you guys haven’t been following these interviews, you should. The amount of information tucked away in these off-the-cuff conversations is quite staggering in the end. It’s already up to part six. Here are a few interesting quotes from the interview:
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Sorry guys, these are the Q1 release dates for Australia. Unfortunately Brawl is nowhere to be found and I wouldn’t expect any pleasant surprises at this point.

7th Feb
Donkey Kong Jet Race (Wii)
Maths Training (DS)
Feb 21
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
March 20
BWii (Wii)
Mid March
Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol (DS)
Naruto Ninja Destiny (DS)

Nintendo did horrible last gen in AU. Things are really turning around in every region it seems.

Nintendo Australia has today announced (finally) its latest sales figures for the Wii and Nintendo DS in Australia and we’re glad to report its all good. According to the GfK Australia figures, the Nintendo DS has now more than one million units sold within the 153 weeks since its launch. The Wii similarly has passed a record of 300,000 units sold in 58 weeks since launch. For comparison’s sake, the last reported figure for the Xbox 360 was also 300,000. This makes both Nintendo DS and Wii officially the fastest selling consoles to reach these milestones.
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