I looked in the back of my Nintendo Power magazine, and didn't see a mention of a surprise RPG. They were talking about the January issue, right? I haven't gotten my February issue yet.

Best header ever.

omg what a gayyy in the header .__.

How much do Subscriptions to Nintendo Power cost? And is it worth it?

If you want. I believe the price was just raised to $20 for 13 issues (1 issue/month + a holiday issue). It's a pretty decent magazine for about $1.50 an issue, so I'd say it's worthwhile just for the exclusive screenshots they get (since scanning them is illegal and tends to look horrible).

quote Greeno

I looked in the back of my Nintendo Power magazine, and didn't see a mention of a surprise RPG. They were talking about the January issue, right? I haven't gotten my February issue yet.

DID I MISS THE NEO SLAVE AUCTIONS AGAIN????
>.<
i made a resolution last year to participate in it.

Yep you did. For a free name change I'll be your slave

It has just been announced that Eternity's Child, a game that is going to be released on the PC and Wii, is going to be a downloadable WiiWare title. It's an interesting game, but I don't think a 2D adventure game would be too successful at retail. However, as a 500-point download, it seems completely worthwhile. With a heavy focus on story, co-op mode, a beautiful art style and reportedly up to 20 hours of gameplay, 500 points is an excellent price. It is going to be released Q2 2008, which should be soon after the WiiWare service launches.



For the interested, here is an interview with Luc Bernard, who is designing and developing the game. Here are two quick excerpts from the interview which explain what the game is about.

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Last year, the artist Luc Bernard announced that his cancelled Xbox Live Arcade project, Eternity's Child, had found a new home on the Wii and DS. The game is a platformer which touches upon subjects such as pollution, global warming and racism, yet cleverly disguised as a unique cartoon-like game with a beautiful style. Today, it was announced that Eternity's Child had been moved to WiiWare, slated for a release in Q2 2008 for 500 Wii Points.

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DJ: Could you briefly explain Eternity's Child for our readers?

LB: Eternity's Child tells the story of a young orphan who had his wings cut off to prevent him from being murdered like the rest of his kind, in the game you are basically searching for the rest of his kind for which he hopes to be accepted by them, the game is 2D for the reason I wanted it to be a living painting, I just wanted it to be art rather than a game.

Only 500 points? Woah, that's really cheap. I might have to look into getting that when it comes out.

Who else is having problems with memory? i have around 20 or so VC games, 25 or more Wii game saves and all the downloadable channels (including interwebz) and i hardley have any space left, i fear that brawl will be the last game i can hold on my little white console. i have had two 2 gb SD cards for a while now (using one for my PS3) but Nintendo refuses to release an update for accepting external harddrives as memory.
i`m having no trouble with my PS3 and its internal memory of 80GB, but how can SONY sell a system with 120gb($399) and 160gb($499) for the same price as the 80($499) and 40($399) with the DUALSHOCK3 controller....when Wii can only get 512mb? internal memory isn`t expensive, instead of making a $100+ profit on the systems, they coulda increased the memory to AT LEAST 10gb.
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Well, the internal memory the Wii uses is both extremely fast and rather expensive. However, I think an external hard drive, although slower, is fast enough. The PS3 and 360 are both compatible with it and they don't have any trouble using it. If Nintendo simply allows you to add on to your memory using the USB ports, I'll be happy to buy my own third-party hard drive. They should just allow it, though. I believe I'm down to around 800-900 blocks right now and I'm about to download another N64 game (most likely Paper Mario) and buy Brawl, which will take quite a bit away. It's an annoying issue and it should be dealt with before WiiWare comes out.

If the allow you to directly stream of SD cards, that would be helpful, as well. It's not as convenient as a hard drive, but an extra 2GB should suffice for a while. Nintendo claims that it would take longer to stream from SD cards than it would from flash memory, and that would cause slowdown in Virtual Console games. However, I believe all Virtual console games are able to comfortably fit in the Wii's RAM. If any games are too large, it could be transferred to the Wii's internal memory.

Anyway, Nintendo needs a memory solution. The fact that they aren't restricting game sizes on WiiWare seems like it's hinting at it, but I'd like a solid confirmation.

I completely agree. Although I only have three vc games atm and still have tons of space left, I plan to buy alot of WiiWare and VC titles in the future. So it would be nice if Nintendo could sort this out.

quote xrk1991

I wonder if Nintendo will put Super Mario RPG on the Virtual Console. I really want to play that game again