Wii releases this month

May 4, 2007 – Spiderman 3

The Wii version will utilize Wii-mote and Nunchuk to perform various moves and deliver the sensation of swinging through the city.

The Wii version will also include 2 bonus villains: Morbius, the Living Vampire, and Shriek.

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May 8, 2007 – Shrek the Third

Players learn to utilize each character’s special abilities and combat skills including Shrek’s “Ogre Power�, Fiona’s “Flying Kick�, Puss N’ Boots “Cute Puss�, Sleeping Beauty’s sleeping “Swoon� attack, and Artie’s “Power of Excalibur� that must be used successfully to get back to Far, Far Away.

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May 14, 2007 – Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Eight basic motions have been designed for the Wii-mote. These are combined together to perform signature moves. Essentially, the way it works is – hold down the trigger button on the Remote and then perform the motion. The D-pad is used for standard punches and kicks.

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May 15, 2007 – Escape from Bug Island

A survival horror video game developed by Spike. In the game, the player uses the analog stick to move the character, shakes the Wii remote to dislodge insects that jump onto the player’s body, and holds back the analog stick and raises the remote to jump.

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May 22, 2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Most of a player’s combat consists of a combination between light and heavy attacks controlled by swings of the Wii Remote. You swing to the left and right for light attacks and up and down for heavy attacks. It’s been said that the easiest combo to perform was two light sword strokes followed with a stab — done by thrusting the Remote forward.

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May 29, 2007 – Mario Party 8

In Mario Party 8, a circus ringmaster named “McBallyhoo”[7] has invited Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Birdo, Wario, Waluigi, Toad, Toadette, Boo, Dry Bones, Hammer Bro. and Blooper to his new carnival. Once there Bowser comes and breaks all the rides, and they have to party to get them back.

Characters will let out an exclamation through the Wii Remote speaker the player is controlling, signifying it is his/her turn to play.

The game is known to have at least 75 new mini-games that all utilize the Wii’s capabilities as well as 6 new boards, and 12 different modes of play.

Miis from the Mii Channel on the Wii have been shown in the background of a mini-game, possibly suggesting the re-appearance of Miis in other mini-games.

Mario Party 8 also includes four “minigame-infused” board games, such as Tic-Tac Drop, where players can put the next mark on the board by winning a minigame, and Table Menace, a play-on-words titled mini-game based on Table Tennis.

The game’s camera has been redesigned to closely follow the characters’ movements at a low angle placed “on the board”, as opposed to the high angle shot looking down on the characters used in all previous installments of the series, in order to make the game feel more engaging.

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May 29, 2007 – Surf’s Up

Surf’s Up the Game follows the story of Cody Maverick in the movie.

You will be able to surf your way to win the Big Z Memorial Surf off.

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May 29, 2007 – Tamagotchi: Party On!

“Tamagotchi Party On! is a seamless blend of both party game and board game as players swing, shake, and turn their Wii controllers in order to control their favorite Tamagotchi in the game.� said Naruo Uchida, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.’s Vice President of Localization. “It’s the wackiest and cutest popularity contest ever as up to 4 players compete in fun mini-games to become the president of Tamagotchi planet.�

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