IGN Voice Chat 12 Summary

Talks from this weeks IGN Podcast include; A new exclusive game to be shown soon from Capcom, a future hands-on session with The Conduit, and answering of general questions.

Capcom event
- Coverage going up at 5 AM PST tomorrow
- Third-person Sci-Fi action game will be revealed

Prot�thea
- Dull, bland
- Random that it was even remade

Toki Tori
- Awarded with an 8.0
- Good game, even at $10
- Fun - only downside is its price
- Straight up puzzle platforming

Clone Wars
- Unofficially announced
- Just for DS, Wii apparently
- Based on upcoming movie, TV series
- Bozon is sure there won't be 1:1 controls

Tecmo Bowl
- Coming to Wii and DS
- Bozon thinks Wii version should be 2D
- A lot of customization on DS version
- Can control Tecmo Bowl with stylus or Dpad - Online Wi-Fi (DS)

Wario Land Shake
- New Wario game for Wii
- Hold Wiimote on side, shake Wiimote to pick up/throw enemies
- Traditional, came out of nowhere - coming out in July (Japan)
- We'll probably get a WarioWare game with balance board support in the future

- Fatal Frame is also coming out in July in Japan
- Fatal Frame is a very big game that people should be excited about

Shaun White
- Wii has unique visual style - cartoonish
- Not a port of the other versions
- Focuses on Wii Balance Board
- Visuals look nice, turn balance board sideways
- Remote used for tricks

- New visuals for Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - looks a bit like Shaun White

Summon Night: Twin Age
- 3D is sort of like Phantom Hourglass
- Real time strategy game
- Classic dungeon crawling
- Pretty good game

- First trailer of Sonic Chronicles should be coming tomorrow

Reader Questions
- Bozon will still use Wii Fit after his 30 day program, but in a different way
- Deadly Creatures preview coming shortly: Tarantula missions in the near future
- New James Bond game: Matt thinks, but can't confirm a Wii version
- New Capcom game that will be revealed tomorrow involves puzzling & questing at the same time
- Good WiiWare projects coming that not a lot of people know about
- There are much better shooters on Wii Shop Channel + retail than Protothea (wait for Gyrostar)
- Matt thinks Wii hard drive has to happen, but devs contradict his opinion; Bozon thinks it'll happen
- Bozon worked on chucking weapons, challenge mode for Contra 4
- More first party games, such as Wario Land, will be announced/discussed in the future - 5-10 titles by the end of the year: Matt
- Good Ubisoft support doesn't look too good - Only a few decent titles coming from them - Ex: Rayman Raving Rabbids, rumored Prince of Persia, etc. - putting a lot of emphasis on 360 + PS3
- General salary of gaming journalists - $40,000 - $100,000 a year - depends on position + company
- Nintendo upping Wii supply on a monthly basis
- Nintendo announced, unofficially, new DS games - The DS commercials with celebrities are just a way to draw in more gamers
- Matt: Nintendo will wait until - at least - next year to announce a new portable - should be able to download new games directly to a new DS
- Matt tried to follow up the interview with more questions in Tom Prata interview (such as hard drive questions), but Nintendo said they wouldn't be able to respond in time
- Next step for Nintendo console - know where your whole body is - get entire self into the game
- Sales figures for Okami aren't so hot (can't say exact numbers) - not over 100,000 sold
- Skip Lost in Blue for the Wii: Bozon
- Not sure when official Elebits 2 announcement coming
- The Conduit: Hands on impressions in the near future (not sure when this will happen yet)
- Fatal Frame 4 will be showed off at E3 most likely
- Video game play time varies for Matt at his home
- Retro Studios has multiple projects in development - will see some stuff from Retro this year
- Brothers in Arms is still coming to Wii
- Red Steel 2 won't be released this year, maybe shown at E3
- Matt & Bozon see Nintendogs 2 as a possibility
- LucasArts - no announcements of porting classic games to the Wii yet

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