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Hey everyone.  Hattrick here.  Some of you  may have wondered why I haven’t been posting much lately.  I apologize for the last couple weeks.  The truth is that I was in the middle of the large ice storm that hit New England the week before Christmas.  I was without power for 4 1/2 days.  Then I traveled back to the midwest for Christmas with family and then to get married!  I’ve not had a great deal of internet access…and I’ve kind of been busy with wedding plans.  I will be heading back to New England in a couple days.  At that time, I’ll be hopping back on a somewhat regular schedule of weekly Wii Shop Channel Updates and Nintendo Channel Updates, news, and reviews.

Until then, enjoy some photos from my wedding.  We had Mii wedding cake toppers, that we awesome!  I totally recommend this man named Paul Pape if you are thinking of doing something similar.  To visit his site, click here.

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GameCulture writes:

Barack Obama’s daughters are now officially the nation’s First Gamers.

According to the New York Times, Malia and Sasha found a Nintendo Wii under the Christmas tree this year and spent some of their holiday in Hawaii bowling on the new console with their President (and now gamer) dad.

With a Wii in the White House, gaming has finally infiltrated the world’s most powerful living room. Say what you will about Nintendo abandoning the “hardcore” gamer, but remember that (for many of you) your chief executive, and the leader of the Free World, now wears a wrist strap.

Although Obama won’t be able to restore financial markets and world stability with the wave of Wiimote, having a console in his home and raising two gamers in public will obviously have a tremendous effect on his attitudes toward videogames. With luck (and an Executive Wi-Fi connection), Obama will see first hand how games can surprise, inspire and engage both children and adults. Maybe he’ll discover the bloom of independent gaming with World of Goo or realize the potential of games to teach kids about complex systems. Equally, he’ll get an authentic feel for the challenges and responsibilities that parents (and publishers) face. Hopefully, when issues of game policy emerge, it will be that experience, and not perception or press, which will inform the positions he takes.

That’s about all gamers can hope for. Well, that and the chance “pwn the President” online, perhaps.

[ GameCulture ]

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01. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) 104,000 / 770,000
02. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 89,000 / 1,535,000
03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) 77,000 / 998,000
04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 74,000 / 3,125,000
05. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) 73,000 / 949,000
06. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) 71,000 / 278,000
07. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl’s Mode (Nintendo) 68,000 / 615,000
08. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 67,000 / 2,133,000
09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Best) (Capcom) 62,000 / 271,000
10. [NDS] Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson) 57,000 / 204,000

[ ChartGet ]

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During a keynote interview at Billboard’s “Digital Music Live,” conference session at the Consumer Electronics Show today, Harmonix co-founder and CEO Alex Rigopolous let slip a potentially interesting tidbit about his company’s timing plans for the highly anticipated Rock Band 3.

“We’ve actually made a choice to break out of the annual release cycle for Rock Band this year,” Rigopolous told the assembled press and industry members. “[This is] partly because the annual cycle places limits on the choices you can make as a developer. We’re trying to take a long term view.”

Rigopolous added that the delay was also partly so the developer could focus on the Beatles-focused game announced last October.

[ CrispyGamer ]

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[ Josh @ WiiFolder ]

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The June 16 release date of Ghostbusters: The Video Game was today confirmed by way of the announcement of the simultaneously-launching Blu-ray version of the original Ghostbusters film.

“The simultaneous [June 16] launch of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, the highly anticipated videogame from Atari, celebrates the film’s 25th anniversary.”

Red Fly Studios is developing the Wii and Nintendo DS editions.

The game will feature the voice work of all four original Ghostbuster actors, and was scripted by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.

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IGN – 73/100
Real Networks is new to the Nintendo casual gaming scene, but both of its initial titles (this and Tropix! on DS) have surprised me with their quality.

WiiWare World – 70/100
Tiki’s world of bamboo is an entertaining game with bags of personality. Some of the later levels will take you quite some time to solve so there is easily enough gameplay on offer here.

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Volunteers were exposed to distressing images, with some given the game to play 30 minutes later, the PLoS One journal reported.

Players had fewer “flashbacks”, perhaps because it helped disrupt the laying down of memories, said the scientists.

It is hoped the study could aid the development of new strategies for minimizing the impact of trauma.

However, the researchers accept translating their findings into practical applications could prove difficult.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), often associated with experiences during conflict, can affect anyone who has suffered a sudden and shocking incident.

One of its main features is the “flashback”, in which the distressing sights, sounds or smells of the incident can return in everyday life.

[ BBC ]

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- Animated woodcut-esque cut-scenes
- Only looks like the opening scene is in pre-rendered 3D
- Shadow as Sir Lancelot, Knuckles as Sir Gawain, Amy Rose as Lady of the Lake
- Shadow and Knuckles playable in multiplayer Battle mode (need to defeat them in single-player Adventure mode first)
- Battle mode: Free-for-all deathmatch or work together to defeat a big enemy as quick as possible
- Impressions of multiplayer not too impressive right now

Release date(s)
AUS March 31, 2009
JP March 12, 2009
NA March 1, 2009
EU Spring 2009

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Capcom released some new images in the pages of Famitsu of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop showing Frank West in two new costumes, they will be to unlockables.

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