03.28.07
Nine Dragons
Nintendo and Sega announced a title they’ll be working on together in which Mario and Sonic star: Mario & Sonic in Peking (Beijing) Olympic due to come out sometime this year. On the Wii platform, it’ll feature familiar characters from both companies like Yoshi, Tails and Knuckles.
Diddy Kong Racing (which some refer to as better than Mario Kart) is to be resurrected from the previous N64 platform onto the DS. The only difference would be its manoeuvrability and some character changes. Due to Rare’s rights, neither Banjo nor Conker will be making it in, but instead Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong (from DK 64) will be available. Although no date or price is set, release is due for both America and Europe, and possibly Japan.
Square Enix has announced the launching of FF Crystal Chronicles official blog site here. 4years since the release of their first GC title, they are currently working on two titles: FF CC Ring of Fate (DS) and FF CC Crystal Bearer (Wii). From tomorrow also, FF XI will have an upgrade available which features Chocobo Racing, although racing your own Chocobo against other players’ and gambling based on these races will not be available until this summer.
Not even in Beta yet, Nine Dragons looks set to be a good MMORPG from Japan. It boasts 9 factions and over 600 different moves from the world of martial arts. The first promo vid is of Shaolin monks for example. One for me to look out for, I suppose.
