Wii Rally

EA Casual Game Entertainment Label is working on bringing classic board games to the Wii. Hasbro Family Game Night features classic games like Yahtzee, Battleship and Connect Four. It also offers new ways to play your favorite games with games like Reverse Yahtzee and Boggle Portal Cubes.

Mr. Potato Head will accompany you as your family enjoys game night with the Wii. You can create your own game room as well as host a custom game party. Just choose a few options like favorite games, number of players, and duration of games.

Hasbro Family Game Night will be available November 2008.

It’s an exciting week in the world of video games as Los Angeles plays host to the E3 Media and Business Summit. Publishers and developers will be there to show off their upcoming video games to the media.

There is a ton of information about new games for the Wii. Look for as much as I can post here over the next few days and probably beyond.

Game developer Southpeak will be showcasing their new games for the fall at E3. Two of their titles will be released for the Nintendo Wii.

Brave: A Warrior’s Tale - Fall 2008

This sequel to Shaman’s Challenge features an elderly Brave who reflects back on his life. Between stories, players take control of Courage, a young boy who is taking lessons from his elders to stop current threats to the village. Xbox 360 and PSP.

Igor the Game - September 2008

This game is based on the animated movie that is due out later this year. Players will take on the role of one of the main characters: Igor, Eva, Scamper or Brain. Up to four people can play cooperatively. Igor will also be available for the DS and PC.

Next week is E3, the all-media expo and summit held in Los Angeles. Majesco Entertainment has released which games they will be showcasing at the E3 Media and Business Summit.
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New to the Wii Shop this week is one WiiWare title and one virtual console one.

WiiWare -

SPOGS Racing™ (D2C Games™, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points) - A new racing game with classic elements for when you grow tired of Mario Kart - if that is even possible.

Virtual Console -

KING OF THE MONSTERS (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Fantasy Violence, 900 Wii Points) - An action-fighting game where giant monsters destroy cities. If you like Rampage, then this sounds like one to try.

Our local Wal-Mart has had a bundle featuring Wii points and a classic controller glove on sale for $14.50. They had at least 50 of these units to move, so I felt certain that they would come down even further in price. And they have.

I got 2000 Wii points and a classic controller glove for $12.00. I like to buy Wii points in blocks of 1000 anyway, so for just $2 more I got 1000 more points and a glove.

Not sure if all Wal-Marts have this deal or not but it’s worth checking out.

Are you like me and have been desperately trying to find Wii Fit in stock? Sure, you could pay twice as much as retail and buy it on eBay or Amazon. That option just isn’t very appealing and searching store to store is not only time consuming but uses way too much gas.

WiiTracker.com now has a section to find Wii Fit in stock. Of course, it’s not in stock anywhere but I do like the history. You can actually see that some places have had it in stock in recent days. It gives me hope that I will be able to buy it soon.

For those who have been waiting for Rock Band for the Wii, the wait it over. EA Games released Rock Band for the Wii at the end of June.

There are five bonus tracks for the Wii version of Rock Band. Sadly, this version doesn’t have downloadable content, so those of us who already own Rock Band for another console will not get much out of this new release.

Rock Band is rated Teen. The Rock Band bundle for the Wii retails for $169.99.