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Details on Guitar Hero: World Tour pricing

David Hinkle — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News

Earlier today,we told you about a Guitar Hero: World Tour deluxe bundle. Some mistook that as a price for the whole entire band kit. On top of that, confusion surrounding the price for the bundle still gathered, enough so that Activision Blizzard had to clarify the issue. Pricing for the game's bundles is as follows:

$190 for the full band kit
$110 for the bundle we posted about earlier
$100 for the guitar/game bundle

Gallery: Guitar Hero World Tour

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Nintendo Points non-transferable between Wii, DSi

Chris Greenhough — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:09:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Virtual Console, WiiWare

To allow for the fact that the DSi will feature an online store, Wii Points were recently renamed to Nintendo Points.

Despite this rebranding exercise, Nintendo has revealed that you won't be able to transfer points between its new handheld and the Wii. In other words, if you buy a Nintendo Points card and use it to purchase (say) DSWare, you'll have to spend any remaining Points from the card on DSi downloads. Likewise, this also means you won't be able to transfer any 'spare change' Points from the Wii to your DSi, meaning you're stuck with the 100 Points that have been on your Wii account since about March 2007. THERE'S ALWAYS A SPARE 100 POINTS ON OUR WII. They sit there, silently mocking us.

Anyway, the above slide, dug up by Siliconera from Nintendo's Media Summit presentation, highlights the point emphatically enough: you won't be able to transfer Nintendo Points.

Gallery: Nintendo DSi

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Free Game: Meat Boy

Scott Sharkey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:50:00 +0000

The guys who made independent favorite Gish and the previously featured atmospheric freebie Aether are at it again. This time they've crafted a game that's a little cute, a little gross, and hard as all hell. Meat Boy is, appropriately enough, a squidgy little cube of meat tasked with making his gory way through a gauntlet of fire, salt, and grinders to rescue his companion, Band-aid Girl from the clutches of the bastardly Dr. Fetus.

It's a particularly nice touch that Meat Boy's levels are bundled in groups of five, of which only three must be completed to unlock the next set. You're all but sure to get hair-rippingly stuck on a few of them.

Also, it wins bonus points for reminding me of They're Made Out of Meat. Check out the full game right here for free and let us know what you think below.

Kombo Asks Nintendo About Kid Icarus Wii, Nintendo Responds

N4G.com : News Feed : wii — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:47:22 +0000

Kombo writes: "At Nintendo's Fall Media Summit in San Francisco last week, we chatted with Charlie Scibetta, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Nintendo, about a number of topics. At the very end of our interview, we decided to drop perhaps the most important question of them all."

What Took So Long for Nintendo’s SD Card Storage Solution?

N4G.com : News Feed : wii — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:31:15 +0000

Kombo writes: "Since the console's launch, Wii owners have been vocal about the system's lack of storage space for things like game saves and downloads, demanding that Nintendo address the issue. Last week, Nintendo finally announced a solution -- enabling the option to save data to an SD Card. Considering SD Card support has been available in the Wii since its release, we're curious what took Nintendo so long to allow it to be used in this manner. At Nintendo's recent Media Summit event, we asked the company's Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Charlie Scibetta, what took so long to give gamers this solution."

McFarlane Toys Releasing Slash Guitar Hero Action Figure in February

Kyle Stallock — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:25:00 +0000

Continuing their line of Guitar Hero action figures, which are set to be released this November, McFarlane Toys will be releasing another next February, this time basing it on Slash's in-game character from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The new figure is six inches tall, includes 15 moving parts as well as a removable guitar (which is interchangeable with the other Guitar Hero figures), and will come with a sculpted base. Having your very own miniature Slash will cost you between $10 and $15.

While there's not a specific release date for the little guy, one thing is for certain: If someone from the future told the Appetite for Destruction Slash an action figure would be made after his videogame character, he would probably laugh, drink a bottle of tequila, eat the worm, do a line of coke, and pass out, later waking up to laugh off the strange prophecy as an alcohol-and-drug-induced dream. Oh, how the times have changed.

Below you'll find another image of the figure for your perusal.

Namco Bandai TGS conference: Secret and exclusive revealing titles

N4G.com : News Feed : wii — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:24:17 +0000

Namco Bandai has invited Gamekyo.com to its Pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference tomorrow in its building office in Tokyo. What's exciting about this event is that 'secret and exclusive revealing titles' are scheduled, according to the invitation. The press conference starts at 11:00 AM in Tokyo, Gamekyo.com will try to make a Live coverage if they can.

Joystiq goes hands-on with Nintendo’s Media Summit line-up

David Hinkle — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:18:00 +0000

Filed under: Features

The embargo on play sessions has lifted and Joystiq has let loose some write-ups for games that were present at Nintendo's big Media Summit last week. They've spent quality time with The Conduit, Animal Crossing: City Folk and even Call of Duty: World at War, to name a few. So we suggest you hit up this link and get to reading!

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John Davison Talks Nintendo With 1UP FM

Nick Suttner — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:05:00 +0000

Does the recent spate of Nintendo news have you confused and aroused? WhatTheyPlay's John Davison joins us to go over the announcements and delve into his "nextWii by 2011" article. We're also joined by the Sports Anomaly's Todd Zuniga and our own Michael Grimm for Shelf Life, where we hit on Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals, Fracture, and the NBA 2K9 vs. NBA Live 09 rivalry. Wrapping things up, Tina Sanchez tears open the Mailbag after our first-ever live music performance. Yes, seriously.

Be sure to tune in to this week's episode for news on what's next for Backlog as well. Listen to the full show right here or subscribe to our podcast feed via iTunes.

NBA 2K9 Soundtrack Revealed

Shawn Sines — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:30:00 +0000

2K Sports has announced the soundtrack for NBA 2K9 which includes an original recording by The Cool Kids. The track "2k Pennies" is featured in NBA Blacktop streetball mode and is available for free on the 2K Sports website. The Cool Kids will also perform on the 2K Sports Bounce Tour.

Other artists on the NBA 2K9 soundtrack include N.E.R.D, Santogold, Gnarls Barkley, The Pharcyde, and Beastie Boys with an exclusive track by DJ UNK. Here's the full list of tracks:

"Root Down" -- Beastie Boys
"Dem Nah Ready fe We" -- Blackwizard
"Duke Of Hazzard" -- Blockhead
"Mac Mac" -- Bloody Beetroots
"Sofa King" -- Dangerdoom
"You Don't Love Me (Extended Mix)" -- Dawn Penn
"RootZilla Beez" -- DJ Rasta Root
"In Yo Face" -- DJ UNK
"Going On" -- Gnarls Barkley
"That Undaground (Remix)" -- Jamalski
"Sharpdrest" -- Mochipet
"Pretty Loser" -- Mommy and Daddy
"Silly Putty" -- Money Mark
"Spaz" -- N.E.R.D.
"Funky In the Middle" -- Nickodemus
"Creator" -- Santogold featuring Switch and Freq Nasty
"Light the Fuse" -- Skeewiff
"Loose (instrumental) -- Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
"Jump 'N' Move" -- The Brand New Heavies
"2K Pennies" -- The Cool Kids
"Coleen" -- The Heavy
"Moving Closer to The Sofa" -- The Limp Twins
"Cissy Strut" -- The Meters
"Passing Me By" -- The Pharcyde
"Step Back (Deekline and Ed Solo Remix)" -- Ursula 1000