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DS releases for the week of September 1st

by Alisha Karabinus { Sep 1st 2008 at 3:05PM }

It's a day off for many of us in the U.S., and for others, a day to be spent fleeing the force of a storm. Here's hoping that thousands of DS units (and their wonderful owners) are on their way to safety. If you're on your way to pick up one of this week's new games, maybe stop off on the way and donate some much-needed essentials for the evacuees.

Now that we've gotten the important PSA out of the way, here's the latest word on this week's releases:

Defendin' De Penguin
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Our usual source has not yet updated, so we're missing official word on European and Japanese releases, but we will update later if possible. For this week's Australian releases, hit the break.

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Real-time strategy -- you know, for kids

by Candace Savino { Jul 14th 2008 at 10:00PM }

We're often critical of some of the children's games released on the Wii (one reason being, perhaps, that we're not the target market, but mostly because just how many pet sims do we really need for one console?). Crave seems to be taking a different route this time, though -- one that we can actually respect -- by coming out with Defendin' De Penguin, a real-time strategy game for kids. You can see this idea realized in the trailer above.

In the title, you are trying to protect a penguin village from wolves and other vicious animals who keep eating the town's fish supply. The focus on cute penguins and (we assume) the difficulty are what makes this game "kiddie," but we still like the idea of a niche genre being developed for children. Considering that vein of thought, what other uncommon genres do you think should be made into kids game? Of course, we might like to see a few more RTS games geared toward us on the Wii, too, if that's not too much to ask.

As for Defendin' De Penguin, it releases later this month for both the Wii and DS.

Defendin' de Penguin would be easier with a gun

by Phil Larsen { Jun 9th 2008 at 8:00PM }

Everyone was quick to point out that the Wiimote might just do a reasonable job taking over from a mouse in real-time strategy games. Ditch those PCs if you must, but this latest announcement won't satisfy the hardcore C&C and Starcraft junkies.

Defendin' de Penguin is an RTS geared towards gamers twelve and under. The hero is Little Blue, and you move his tiny penguin hide all over the icy landscape to go fishing and upgrade "towers." Exactly what these towers are remains to be seen, but we know you have to defend them from hungry invaders. Okay, so it won't be the deepest RTS ever made, but it might just fill a gap in the Wii library ... right?

[Via NeoGAF]