via IGN

If, like us, you're planning on spending as little time as possible outside in the freezing cold over the festive period, then you'll probably be wondering what on earth you can do to keep yourself occupied in between the questionable feast of mystery meat pies and television specials.

Well friends, wonder no more. Might we point you in the general direction of the Wii Virtual Console, which enjoys yet more additions to its rapidly burgeoning library of videogames classics today. If it's the retro of the, uh, retroiest you're after, then Nintendo's latest NES offerings number Donkey Kong Jr., Soccer and Tennis. If it's a grab bag of 16-bitness you want though, today sees the arrival of Space Harrier II and Toe Jam & Earl on Mega Drive, alongside Military Madness, courtesy of the TurboGrafx. Click the links for some IGN review goodness.

Looking ahead to next week though when i) we won't be here so you'll have to fend for yourselves and ii) we'll be so sick of seasonal jollity we'll want to hole ourselves up in a dark room until it all goes away, there's a bumper roster of bonafide classics on the way come Friday. While NES offerings aren't much to shout about - hello Baseball and Ice Hockey - TurboGrafx fans can grapple around with R-TYPE. Most exciting of all though, next Friday's SNES offerings include SimCity, Super Probotector and the utterly sublime Super Castlevania IV.

So, while IGN UK stands alone in a barren field of neglect, stock up on those Wii Points and spent some quality time with the distant past. We'll be suitably rejuvenated and ready to get stuck into 2007 after that - who knows what delights Nintendo has in store for the New Year?


Virtual Console European Releases, December 22

NES - 500 Wii Points

Donkey Kong Jr.
Soccer
Tennis

TURBOGRAFX - 600 Points

Military Madness

MEGA DRIVE - 800 Wii Points

Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl


Virtual Console European Releases, December 29

NES - 500 Wii Points

Baseball
Ice Hockey

TURBOGRAFX - 600 Points

R-TYPE

SNES - 800 Wii Points

SimCity
Super Probotector
Super Castlevania IV ...

Via IGN

One of the hottest trailers floating around the Internet right now is for 300, the film based on Frank Miller's take on the Spartan's war against Persia. The trailer is extremely stylish, both beautiful and brutal at the same time. It's the kind of trailer that men in the audience freeze upon and stare at the screen without blinking for two minutes.

Warner Bros. Interactive is bringing a tie-in game to the PSP, the release of which will coincide with the movie in March of 2007. Titled 300: March to Glory, the game doesn't follow the exact footsteps of the movie but rather quickly collapses the story and puts you right into the battle. It's a beat-'em-up to be sure, a throwback to the days of old arcade gaming where enough quarters would win you the day. Indeed, puzzle solving, exposition and all that has taken a distant backseat to the action, which looks to come aplenty.

You take control of King Leonidas and are placed almost immediately onto the battlefield to hack away at enemy soldiers. Instead of relying on story or drastic scenery progression, the game moves forward by offering you new moves, weapons and such to purchase. The Spartan warriors took a lot of pride in their kills, and it's this honor (dubbed Kleos in the game) that you'll spend to buy new attack combos, weapons and armor.

Once you have access to multiple weapon types, you're able to outfit yourself in whatever means you want. If you'd like to dual swords rather than a spear and shield, you can do so. You're also able to have multiple weapons at the ready, and a quick press of the Triangle button will swap between them. This is because some weapons will work much better against some enemies, while another might be ideal in other situations.

There are a few unique twists to using the weapons. You can use the shield offensively, for example, to toss back a large crowd that has surrounded you. You're also able to actually throw your spear and cause a massive amount of damage, but you won't necessarily get it back, so you need to save it for the most opportune times.

At certain points in the game you'll be able to control a phalanx, a "wall" of soldiers all equipped with spears. It looks as though you simply move forward or back while controlling the phalanx, and the entire wall will attack or guard at once upon your command. The short demo we saw of this scenario ended with an attack upon an elephant that didn't end very well. Let's just say that were it wearing shoes, it would have a bit of scraping to do.

One semi-cool twist to the gameplay is that enemy commanders will sometimes order volleys of arrows to be rained down upon your area. When this happens you'll hear a warning horn and must immediately move into a crouched position with your shield above your head to protect yourself.

We only had a chance to see one stage of 300: March to Glory, so we're not quite sure how much longevity is built into the title. We should be seeing more soon given its reasonably close release date. In the meantime, head over to the media page and take a look at the first screenshots. ...

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After downloading a 26mb file, which will use up 230 blocks on your wii, the browser channel will show up in your wii menu.

Once you launch it you are presented with a window where you can type in any url, or navigate to your favorites.

Controller Buttons:
You can get to the favorites page by pressing the 1 button on the wii-mote.

The 2 button on the wiimote puts the browser into a large text viewing mode. it reformats the pages so that it is readable and fits on the tv.

The browser supports Flash. It is a version of Flash player 7, and it supports sendAndLoad(). This means lots of fun client/server flash applications can be developed.

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via liquidice

After downloading a 26mb file, which will use up 230 blocks on your wii, the browser channel will show up in your wii menu.

Once you launch it you are presented with a window where you can type in any url, or navigate to your favorites.

Controller Buttons:
You can get to the favorites page by pressing the 1 button on the wii-mote.

The 2 button on the wiimote puts the browser into a large text viewing mode. it reformats the pages so that it is readable and fits on the tv.

The browser supports Flash. It is a version of Flash player 7, and it supports sendAndLoad(). This means lots of fun client/server flash applications can be developed.

Both YouTube and Google Video play on the Wii Web Browser Internet Channel. ...

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