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Giant, evil Easter Island heads and enormous bosses with glowing weak spots that scream “shoot me.” They’re all back to menace the galaxy, and once again it’s up to one little starfighter with an ever-growing arsenal of weapons to save the day!

Coming this summer in Japan to Nintendo’s Wii Ware service: Gradius Rebirth, which follows the style of the classic side-scrolling space combat games Gradius and Life Force. Only time (and money) will tell if we see it in the States.

I wonder if the infamous “Konami Code” will be resurrected as well? The 1986 Nintendo Entertainment system release of Gradius was the first game to employ the epic cheat.

Source: Wired

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM NINTENDO’S PRESS CONFERENCE:

The sequel to Wii Sports, the ever-popular Wii launch title, Wii Sports Resort adds activities like fencing (below), Frisbee and jet skiing. The game will come bundled with the new Wii Motion Plus accessory and an extended Wii Remote Jacket, both of which will also be available separately.

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One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles. That means lots of gaming news, updates and a sick amount of eye candy.

Yesterday, Scott Kirchhofer gave you the rundown on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 announcements, and he’ll be back later today with a roundup of Sony’s news. I’m here to summarize Nintendo’s morning press conference. It’s already been a big year for Nintendo, and many folks were wondering if they’d have anything left to announce. But despite the much-anticipated early arrivals of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit, they’re not out of the game yet.

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Who needs The Clone Wars? Sure, the new CGI Star Wars movie is coming to theaters Aug. 15, but why dwell on the past of the prequel era (again) when you can learn the ways of the dark side at the bionic feet of Darth Vader himself? That’s what happens in The Force Unleashed, a multimedia extravaganza centered on a video game arriving Sept. 16 from LucasArts.

This launch trailer represents the Xbox 360 version of the game, as far as I can tell. But there will be versions for Nintendo Wii and DS, PS3, PS2 and PSP — as well as a novelization, comic book adaptation, tabletop RPG supplement and miniatures, action figures and LEGO sets.

Did I forget anything?

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IGN has the exclusive trailer for Mega Man 9, soon to be released on Wii Ware, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network:

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According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power, Mega Man 9 will soon be coming to Wii Ware, bringing a dose of retro 8-bit style to a brand new game in the series.

There are even unconfirmed rumblings that the title will be available to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 users as well. And why shouldn’t Capcom spread the love?

We should know more after E3 later this month.

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Comic-book video games have always left something to be desired. That’s why in 2005 we were all happily surprised by Radical Entertainment’s The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, a great smash-em-up Hulk game in a destructible, open-world environment with a decent story and good graphics.

It’s a shame that three years later we get Sega’s follow-up The Incredible Hulk, which is basically the same game as before with a few minor improvements and a bunch of new problems.

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The Wii Fit hit stores yesterday in Nintendo’s attempt to help us all lose some weight, get fit and have fun. After trying out the four main activities (yoga, aerobics, strength training and balance games) I must say the Wii Fit makes exercising fun. Just don’t expect it to be easy.
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Nintendo has launched its new version of Wii Ware, turning the download station for Wii features into an online outlet for smaller-scale game releases that could one day resemble Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Store.

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If your Wii was flashing blue yesterday, as mine was, then you should know it’s not your friends leaving you a message or sending you their Mii avatar. (Sorry.) Instead, Nintendo rolled out the U.S. version of the Nintendo Channel on Wednesday, and they are eager for you to download it and agree to all their terms.

What is this wondrous new application? Depending on how much information you are willing to share about your Wii and how you use it, the Nintendo Channel can be any of several different things. (more…)