A bunch of Nintendo-related info

First off, Red Steel.

Recently there was a Paris-event concerning Ubisoft and Red Steel in general, in all, a whole host of videos and impressions have beenposted on several internet sites, overall, the general consensus have been high. Good controls, improved graphics and animation, much less generic than before and Ubisoft really pulled a stunner from their last major public showing in Los Angeles.

One interesting note comes from CVG, with first multiplayer details. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=147472

Basically, Deathmatch and team deathmatch, with a new mode called Mission mode.

"As the game fires up, your Wii Remote will ring like a phone. You'll then press the 1 button and answer it - yep, just like a phone. A voice will then tell you your objective, which must be completed before your rivals in order to win the round or game.

These objectives include one of the three or four deathmatches (it wouldn't really work with just two) being a 'mystery' player that must be hunted down by the others. The mystery player's goal is to survive the time limit while the other players must seek him out and make a kill for the victory.

So how do you seek out the mystery spy or object? Well it's all down to some fancy uses of the Remote's speaker. It'll bleep faster the closer you get to your objective (think weapon or person), which is a bit like when we used to play that 'hot and cold' game as kids, or just how Andy plays it at home today.

The closer you get the hotter you are, (and the faster the bleeps) or the colder you get the further away you are, (and the slower the bleeps)."

Sounds good so far.

Next up, Nitnendo had a conference yesterday in Japan, and new details on random Wii/DS stuff came up, i just copy and paste the list from GAF.

News so far...

● Miyamoto has just announced "Health Pack" (code name) for Wii (related to Family Health Check)
● A new cooking guide titled "DS Menu Collection" (similar to cooking Navi) for DS announced, and will have 1000 built-in recipes The new cooking game has a magnet stand so you can put your DS on your fridge while you cook. Magnet stand costs 1200yen. It's also Wi-Fi compatible. No idea what for yet. (Thanks to Jonnyram, Click)
● Wii-Experience videos. Also known as 'more watch people be ridiculous with wiimote' videos (Click)
● From Next Spring, "Wii Compact Software" will be sold... presumably, these are downloadable games (i.e., no disc or manual). (Thanks to Jonnyram)
● 18 Wii games for Japan in 2006 (thanks to neo)
● The plan is similar to DS strategy (thanks to neo)
● Big Brain Academy for 2007 Spring (thanks to neo)
● Around 60 Virtual Console games before the end of 2006, including PCE and MD. (thanks to neo)
● Zelda: Twilight Princess for Gamecube will be sold online only in Japan.

● Wii points Prepaid card
● Wii points Prepaid card 1000 (1000 yen) - 1000 Wii points
● Wii points Prepaid card 3000 (3000 yen) - 3000 Wii points
● Wii points Prepaid card 5000 (5000 yen) - 5000 Wii points (?) + classic Controller
● Power brick 3,000 Yen
●Composite 1,000 Yen
● S-Video 2,500 Yen
● D terminal 2,500 Yen
● Component 2,500 Yen
● 512MB SD 3,800 Yen
● Wired LAN Adapter 2,800 Yen

Thats all folks.