Nintendo Australia has updated information on their website regarding the transfer data issue between Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City and Animal Crossing Wild World.
December 17th, 2008 - Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City (Wii)
Updated Information Further to the initial announcement below regarding the issue with the ability to transfer data between Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City (Wii) and Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo DS), Nintendo Australia asks that any consumers who are experiencing this issue, please contact Nintendo Australia Consumer Support 1300 362 746.
We are not aware of any other issue with Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City, other than the ability to transfer data between Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City (Wii) and Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo DS).
Nintendo Australia apologises to our valued customers for any inconvenience this has caused.
A new horoscope channel for the Nintendo Wii has been released in Japan. Unfortunately, Europe has missed out on the new channel meaning Australia is also unlikely to receive it.
When questioned about the possibility of the horoscope channel being launched outside of Japan, a Nintendo spokesperson said, “There are no current plans to bring this to Europe.”
The official title of the horoscope channel is Today and Tomorrow’s Lucky Fortune Telling Channel. The channel will collect Mii data and inform players about how their day will turn out.
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It is rumoured Nintendo is planning to upgrade the motion sensor in the Wii Remote.
If this upgrade was to go ahead, Nintendo would be replacing the old motion sensor with newer and faster motion sensor technology.
The company Kionix would be providing the new motion sensor if the upgrade eventuates.
This possible Wii Remote upgrade raises many questions about the compatibility of older remotes with newer games.
Nintendo has given Japan a new channel, that will soon be making it to Aussie shores: The WiiSpeak Channel. Japanese gamers can now download the free channel from the Wii Shop Channel.
The WiiSpeak Channel will allow up to four gamers to join in voice chat sessions. As well as chatting, users can trade photos from an SD card, change voice tone and mute other users. Users can also send up to six Miis from their Mii Channel.
To download the channel, users need to input a code included with the WiiSpeak peripheral, which means logically that only people with WiiSpeak can use the channel. The channel is expected soon in Australia.
In what seems to be a huge mistake or an oversight on behalf either Nintendo Europe or Australia, it seems that if you bought an Aussie copy of Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City and you have an Aussie version of Animal Crossing: Wild World, if you want to import your character, you’re flat out of luck. It seems getting Wild World for Xmas 2005 has come back to bite us on the bum, as Nintendo has in fact given us the US version of Wild World. And guess what – Let’s Go to the City doesn’t speak American.
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This week the Wii Shop Channel has received four WiiWare titles.
First up is a title called Art Style: ROTOHEX, a remake of the game Dialhex which is available for 600 Wii Points.
The second WiiWare title to be released this week is Bang!. Bang! utilises the Wii’s motion sensor capabilities, and is also available for 600 Wii Points.
Next up is Pit Crew Panic!, a title by Hudson Soft which involves players moving six pit crew girls around with the Wii Remote in order to repair broken vehicle parts. The game features a training mode and also allows players to customise game settings. Pit Crew Panic! is available for 500 Wii Points.
Last, but not least, is Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People – Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective. The game, based on the popular flash animated web cartoon, takes place within a video cassette of the fictional movie: Dangeresque 3. The title is available for 1000 Wii Points.
Held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, eGames is Australia’s biggest dedicated computer and video game expo. Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Ubisoft were all present, however yet to be released game content was a bit slim. Nonetheless, gather ‘round children and I shall regale ye with stories of my time at yon expo. Or, you know, just tell you a bit about it…
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Nintendo Australia has updated their website today, but unfortunately Club Nintendo is still nowhere to be seen.
The website updates include a new interface, a Touch! Generations section, an enhanced search engine and seven new competitions including the chance to win Disaster: Day of Crisis and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
Hopefully the Nintendo Australia website update is a sign that Club Nintendo is on its way.
Check out the updated Nintendo Australia website here.
Michael Duncan, a senior lecturer in exercise physiology at the University of Derby, has received £5,000 to study the Nintendo Wii’s health benefits.
Duncan will work with school children for six weeks in order to see if the Nintendo Wii game console can improve fitness and fight obesity.
Half the children in the study will play Wii Sports during their lunch break, whilst the remainders take part in regular lunch break activities.
Pupils during the study will carry an accelerometer that measures energy based on movement. Duncan hopes the research will determine if computer games can benefit children.
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Rare hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the N64 classics Banjo Kazooie and its sequel being released on the Wii’s Virtual Console, despite their imminent arrival on the Xbox Live Arcade.
When asked of the likelihood that Banjo’s original adventure would appear on VC, a Rare rep has said: “We have no immediate plans to put Kazooie or Tooie on Virtual Console, as you might expect now that they’re both due out on Xbox Live Arcade.”
While it’s not the answer we want, it’s not a definitive no either which leaves us room to hope, and let’s hope Rare’s not just leading us on.
The original Banjo-Kazooie will appear on XBLA on November 26, with Banjo-Tooie to follow early next year.
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