JC Fletcher
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THE ERA AND TIME OF THIS STORY IS UNKNOWN. AFTER THE MOTHERSHIP "ARKANOID" WAS DESTROYED, A SPACECRAFT "JC Fletcher" SCRAMBLED AWAY FROM IT. BUT ONLY TO BE TRAPPED IN SPACE WARPED BY SOMEONE......
Wii Food Delivery Channel open for business in Japan
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago } 
If you're in Japan and you like to eat food, you can now order pizza, curry, and other varieties of food using the Wii. Rather than paying through the system, you just pay the delivery guy as normal. Check out the video for a demo of the Demae Channel in action -- and a look at how expensive pizza is in Japan. 3,600 yen ($38) for a large Pizza Hut pizza?
[Via Siliconera]
Flip's Twisted World: Majesco's new platformer has a twist
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
Flip, an apprentice of "Master Fulcrum," accidentally gets transported into a "cubed" universe, containing five worlds full of screen-rotating puzzles. Magical tools found throughout the adventure give Flip new abilities, and side quests unlock new costumes and other bonus items.
Flip's Twisted World (with the excellent abbreviated title "FTW") may have an overly childish aesthetic, but that screen-flipping mechanic is pretty enticing. Majesco is planning to release the title in January.
VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Muscle Marches On
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
But circumstances aren't normal this week: Muscle March, the game of posing a line of Speedo'd bodybuilders to run through walls in order to catch the thief who stole their protein powder, is out. Also on WiiWare, though less muscle-related: Arkanoid Plus!, a WiiWare release similar to the Arkanoid game for XBLA, and NEVES Plus.
Virtual Console:
- Final Fantasy (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Splatterhouse (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
- Arkanoid Plus! (1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Hamekomi Lucky Puzzle Wii (1-4 players, 500 Wii Points)
- ３℃ (1-2 players, 700 Wii Points)
- Muscle Koushinkyoku (Muscle March) (1-4 players, 800 Wii Points)
This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Download the Law
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago } 
Do you have the day off? Why not take a quick vacation down to Miami ... Law. Miami Law. On the DS. There's a demo on the Nintendo Channel, we mean. Okay, that didn't work. We'll start again: "Oh, hey, look, there's a demo for Miami Law on the Nintendo Channel. Let's all download it."Promisingly, the demo is labeled "Vol. 1." We have yet to try the demo to see if it's a good thing, but there seems to be more coming!
Gallery: Miami Law
Rock Band Wiikly: Ministry, The Zombies, the Cranberries, 19 more
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
The list is after the break. Everything not performed by a rogue AI is 200 Wii Points per song.
Namco Bandai grants European Dragon Ball fans' wishes
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
According to Namco Bandai's press release, the Wii platformer, now called Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo, will also include a versus mode, meaning that almost two new Dragon Ball fighting games were announced. Neither Namco Bandai nor Atari have announced any North American plans for any of these games, but it's only a matter of time.
[Screens via Nintendo Everything]
Source -- Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
Source -- Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
Source -- Dragon Ball Z: Raging Blast
Examine the scene of the crime in Ace Attorney Investigations videos
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
The trailer above for Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth features just such a presentation, and both this trailer and the one following the break feature a decent amount of gameplay footage. While we're geeking out, can we say how happy we are to see Franziska von Karma appear in another game? Maybe that's just because we have yet to be reminded just how much repetition of the word "foolish" there really was in Justice for All.
XSEED shocks us with Ju-On localization announcement
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
The press release announcing Ju-On: The Grudge offers a few new details about the gameplay. To the dismay of those expecting a third- or first-person survival horror game, XSEED bills Ju-On as a "haunted house simulator," in which players explore scary environments with a pointer-controlled flashlight, driven to "proceed forward even after being frightened and running away from the initial threat." The game includes the ability for a second player to trigger scares using a second Wiimote, causing the other player to "jump and hate you forever."
So if you want your friends to hate you forever, check out Ju-On: The Grudge this October!
Gallery: Ju-On: The Grudge (Wii)
Let's Tap very carefully around these Silent Blocks
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
In the insane world of Let's Tap (a world where you play video games by not touching controllers), you'd be a jerk for refusing to tap on the table.
Gallery: Let's Tap
VC Friday: Pop Superstar and chiptune superstars
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is already out on Virtual Console in PAL territories, which means that we won't be distracted from the real star of today's downloadable game lineup, Art Style: PiCOPiCT. One part Quarth and one part Nintendo fanservice, this puzzle game uses falling-block shapes as the material through which Nintendo sprites are assembled. Perhaps more importantly, playing the game awards coins that can be used to purchase chiptune remixes of classic NES music (by YMCK) to enjoy in the in-game music player.Also on DSiWare: a DSi version of Gameloft's mobile adventure game Pop Superstar: Road to Celebrity.
- Art Style: PiCOPiCT (1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Pop Superstar: Road to Celebrity (1 player, 800 DSi Points)
- Crystal Defenders R2 (1 player, 800 Wii Points)
- Penguins & Friends: Hey! That's My Fish! (1-4 players, 800 Wii Points)
Ask Joystiq Nintendo: StarBlade edition
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago } 
If you want us to use old games as evidence for new trends (or ask us anything else), send an email over to asknintendo AT joystiq DOT com!
[Image via The Arcade Flyer Archive]
Groovin' Blocks heading to Groovin' disc release
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
The disc release of the musical falling-block game will be expanded with new levels and music, and will be made available in both North America and in Europe, where the WiiWare version has yet to be released. In addition, Zoo will release an iPhone version of the game, which, of course, won't be on disc.
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plummeting Price
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
Amazon is offering us a brief reprieve from the Square Enix Tax that is usually applied to Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. For the Deal of the Day offering, Amazon has cut the SRPG's price in half to a reasonable $19.98. At the very least, it's a cheap boost for your Square Enix Members points, with a bonus video game included.According to reviews, that video game might actually be a good one, among the best of the surprisingly large number of strategy RPGs on the system (which includes a surprising number of SRPG spin-offs of other series, like Blue Dragon). If tri-Ace had to take out Valkyrie Profile's battle system, we're glad it at least replaced it with something fun.
Retro Adapter outclasses the Classic Controller
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
Innex will be demonstrating the product at E3, and we're going to do our best to get all those new games or whatever out of the way so we can spend some time with it.
Ubisoft to answer the question of how MotionPlus-enhanced soccer works
by JC Fletcher { 1 month ago }
Academy of Champions is a new Wii soccer game that will feature soccer stars Pelé and Mia Hamm, as well as that kid with the weird-looking face. The game features a "rich, story-driven adventure" taking place in a fictitious soccer-centered school. Players "improve their skills, recruit new team members and build the best possible squad," making the game sound rather like a soccer-themed RPG (which isn't that outlandish).
