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Tamagotchi Connection: Cuteness Shop 3
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 27th 2008 at 9:00PM }
We're well aware that the Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop series is a success despite its quality. The two entries in the series have received middling reviews that belie their enormous sales. We know that we're not the intended audience for the minigame collections based on Bandai's virtual pet toys.
But we can't help but be temporarily rendered incapable of rational decision-making by the aggressive, highly concentrated cuteness contained in every piece of media related to this series. We've got three new videos of the latest game, Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 3, and we've added a bunch of screens to our gallery. We just want to squeeze them.
Gallery: Tamagotchi Corner Shop 3
Hit up the Corner Shop for some fresh screens
by David Hinkle { Feb 29th 2008 at 5:00PM }
Gallery: Tamagotchi Corner Shop 3
The DS Life: First-person gaming
by Eric Caoili { Feb 27th 2008 at 11:50PM }
We're breaking away from our usual routine this week -- instead of fawning over touching scenes of handheld gamers, we'll look through ten pictures taken from the gamers's point of view. These photographs can reveal a lot about the shutterbugs who took them! You know, besides what game they were playing at the time.
Namco reveals new Tamagotchi game for DS
by David Hinkle { Jan 8th 2008 at 12:45PM }
So, who's anxious to give this a play this summer?
Gallery: Tamagotchi Corner Shop 3
[Via press release]
A year of crap: the worst so far
by JC Fletcher { Nov 23rd 2007 at 4:00PM }
But the Wii is still a game console, and it can't be completely different from every other console. It's a universal rule that all video game systems must be populated by a bunch of really terrible games, and the Wii has certainly done an admirable job of attracting cheaply-made, ill-conceived, untested, embarrassing garbage. It's really a mark of a system's popularity that so many publishers have come running with their shovels. It's a mark of the Wii's strength as a platform, as well, that it has managed to survive despite the existence of some of these games.
We decided to celebrate this aspect of the Wii by highlighting the five lowest-scoring games on Metacritic's list of reviewed Wii games. The bottom five epitomizes pretty much everything that is terrible about games: hastily thrown-together licensed games, cash-in ports, and games whose ambition far outweighs their budgets. And Chicken Shoot. The worst part? In ten years, every single one of these games will be an extremely rare collectors' item, drawing several times its retail price on eBay, or whatever the future space version of eBay is. And you will want to buy them.
Tamagotchi: Party On! for $18
by Eric Caoili { Jun 22nd 2007 at 11:55AM }
Reviews for Tamagotchi: Party On! haven't been favorable, but if you've ever wanted to compete against your friends in an election for the Sparkling President of Tamagotchi planet, have we got a deal for you! Amazon is selling Namco Bandai's minigame collection at a bargain price of $17.99, shipping them out for free with orders totaling over $25, as usual. The deal ends today, and we don't expect the game to stay in stock for long, so snatch up a copy now, while you can![Via CAG]
Wii releases for the week of May 28th
by Alisha Karabinus { May 28th 2007 at 2:20PM }
Can you believe it? This week, we have a list of Wii releases -- an actual list, which means more than one title. Brilliant! At least, it seems that way until we head out to the shops and peer into our wallets, which immediately shrivel in the face of the epic list of games we want to buy. But we're greedy like that. So what's it for you this week? Will you bear the brunt of multiple game purchases? Are you going to wait awhile before making any decisions?
- Mario Party 8
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
- Surf's Up
- Tamagotchi: Party On!
Today's driest game video: Seaman 2
by Zack Stern { May 16th 2007 at 12:00AM }
GameTrailers shows off a few brief Seaman 2 videos, our collective pick for today's video. While not yet announced for release outside of Japan, Seaman 2 taps into the risky, creative side of gaming we laud. Admittedly, those gambles don't always pay off, but when they do, they're why we play games.The videos show a few people playing the game, even Japanese schoolgirls! And while we question the focus-group style of the clips -- the clips could have easily been created by an ad agency and actors -- they give a glimpse into this simian sequel to the previous underwater pet title.
See the clips after the break.
Tamagotchi Party On! goes gold, set to release in May
by David Hinkle { Apr 17th 2007 at 2:45PM }
We've had both screens and video to look at for Namco Bandai's upcoming Tamagotchi Party On! and it's likely many of you have made up your minds about whether this is a game for you or not. Regardless, we receive word today that the company's first title for the Wii has gone gold and will be making its expected release to retail late in May. The game will have a suggested MSRP of $39.99.
Tamagotchi Party On! is a 3D party game that features multiplayer with up to four different players. The game has players competing in a campaign race to become the president of Tamagotchi Planet. In competing through a series of minigames, players will earn Pupularity Points and Gotchi, the official currency of Tamagotchi Planet.
[Via press release]
New Tamagotchi Party On screens
by JC Fletcher { Mar 13th 2007 at 7:15PM }
If any Wii games have been lacking in vibrant color, it's because Tamagotchi: Party On! took all the color from a year's worth of games. Seriously, this game more than cancels out Sadness in mood and, especially, in color saturation. In these screens, we can see what looks like a game board-- we would guess it connects the minigames, in the style of another well-known minigame collection.
This is, at least in terms of visuals, the most charming minigame collection we've seen since Incredible Crisis. Will it be as much fun? At least minigames have the potential to be more interesting with unique control schemes like the Wiimote provides. Check out some screens after the break!
Tamagotchi Party On! gameplay videos
by JC Fletcher { Mar 7th 2007 at 10:00AM }
Why didn't anyone tell us that Tamagotchi: Party On! was so adorable? We could have been staring dreamily at it since the Japanese Wii launch. What a missed opportunity.
Party On! is a minigame collection about trying to become the president of Tamagotchi Planet, and is full of
Speaking of Parappa, the Tamagotchi DS games were developed by Parappa creators Nana-On-Sha, but this one seems to be the work of an internal Namco Bandai team. If we ever hear confirmation that Nana-On-Sha is developing for the Wii, you will hear about it immediately. We will interrupt your regularly scheduled websites. Enjoy some videos after the break!
[Via GoNintendo]
Dragon Quest Monsters passes the million mark
by Jonti Davies { Jan 26th 2007 at 3:15AM }
SquareEnix today confirmed that one million copies of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker have been sold in Japan since the game's release on December 28. This feat makes Dragon Quest Monsters only the second third-party DS title to achieve more than one million sales in Japan, following on from Bandai's success last year with Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi. DQM had been sold out in many stores across Japan this past week, with shortages so severe that Joker plummeted from second place in the Japanese sales chart to 42nd place. Stocks were replenished yesterday, however, and the demand for Dragon Quest Monsters (which is merely a tasty appetizer to enjoy before Dragon Quest IX is served) has immediately pushed SquareEnix' game beyond the milestone of a million sales.
The bottom of the barrel
by Alisha Karabinus { Jan 17th 2007 at 4:45PM }
What's this -- a list? Cue the frothing fanboys! But this latest list of the top ten worst DS games, as decided by the folks at Pocket Gamer, is definitely filled with some of the poorest examples of DS gaming. We're not sure if they're really the ten worst ever, though. Let's call them the "Ten Worst Titles Masquerading as Games You Might Almost Want to Play." Well, except for Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. We actually did want to play that, but y'know, we need it to function.Check out the full list after the jump.
Fresh screens for Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2
by David Hinkle { Nov 14th 2006 at 11:55AM }
Releasing this week, Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 features many a Tamagotchi, as well as 12 different shops. As you progress through the game, and subsequently earn "Gotchi" points, you'll upgrade and open new shops, as well as purchase a plethora of decorations and clothes for your Tamagotchi. Favorite venues return, such as the Flower Shop and Concert Hall, as well as some new ones in the Bowling Alley and Sushi Bar.GameSpot has posted 8 new screens of the game depicting many of the Tamagotchi, as well as some of the shops.
Japanese launch list unveiled
by Jason Wishnov { Sep 14th 2006 at 3:30AM }
Nintendo of Japan's website offers a list of those purported sixteen launch titles...and they're not all necessarily what you would have expected. Take a look!
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Wii Sports (including boxing and bowling to round out tennis, golf, and baseball)
- WarioWare
- Wii Play
- Red Steel
- SD Gundam Revolution
- Tamagotchi
- Ennichi no Tastsujin (a drum game, along the lines of Taiko Drum Master)
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion
- Elebits
- Necro-nesia
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Super Swing Golf Pangya
- Wing Island (demoed at E3 2006, the "plane game")
- Kororinpa (a Marble Madness-type game of some sort)
- Machariku Domino (a domino game)
