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Ok we all know by now that Gamecube Homebrew Works on the Wii via the Action Replay and SD Card Method, but the Gamecube Homebrew scene apart from 5 or 6 emulators and a few games and the GCos was never a massive success, does this mean an upturn for the Gamecube scene, maybe Datel will bring an action replay for Wii that opens it up for Homebrew and Hacking.

Thoughts anyone ? ...

Konami has confirmed that an update for its latest footy opus Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is heading for Xbox Live today, resolving several online issues.

The update will automatically download upon starting the game and apparently fix the connection problems that have plagued the online mode up to now.

PES players have previously reported problems in the online arena such as below par Xbox Live play, with especial difficulty being reported in ranked matches.

Konami say that the update will make for a "smoother online experience" - we'll let you know if they're right. ...

news via palgn

We previously reported some of the ups and downs of the much talked about Toys R US Wii pre-order deal in our Wii rumour feature a couple of weeks ago. A recap for those who missed the drama: Toys R Us had been promising a 'free game at launch' with $50 down on a Wii pre-order since the middle of the year. When it was announced that Wii Sports would be packed in with the console, many reasonably assumed that TRU would go the cheap route and say that this pack-in was the free game, even though every other store would be offering the same deal automatically.

However, Toys R Us employees began telling customers that it would in fact be an additional Wii game of their choice, and this news set pre-orders alight. Three weeks ago, the dream of free Zelda was shattered like so many stalfos when TRU changed the deal so that the free game could only be the upcoming movie tie-in Open Season. After receiving a lot of negative feedback as to this odd choice of title, TRU changed their deal again, allowing customers to chose between Open Season and the Wii version Need For Speed: Carbon, which while still no Zelda was an improvement.

But yesterday it seemed the already soiled rug had been pulled out from under eager gamers' feet. According to US gaming mega-blog Kotaku, the deal is now totally off, and customers will be receiving no free game at all. But while we all know the interwebs are world wide these days, what do the yanks know about Australian retailers?

While we are still waiting for official confirmation from the Toys R Us head office, some inquiries with actual stores, combined with common sense have led us to believe Kotaku have it wrong, and that current pre-order holders will still receive their choice of Open Season or Need For Speed: Carbon. The pre-order deal is now closed for new customers, perhaps this was confused with the deal being canceled for existing customers?

We'll keep you updated if we hear any more on the topic, but for now it seems as if there's no need to declare 'open season' on TRU. ...

news via pro-g

New information coming from analysts puts the Wii launch availability far ahead of the PS3.

Sony had intended to launch the PS3 with launch stock in the region of 400,000 units. However, in the run-up to the launch this figure began to come down to around 200,000 units. According to analyst PJ McNealy of American Technology Research the actual launch figures of the PlayStation 3 are likely to be even lower than 200,000 at between 125k and 175k.

The Wii launch was much closer to expectations with McNealy indicating that launch stock was in the region of 425k to 475k.

"This number is in-line with our expectations, and bodes well for consumers looking for a Wii this holiday season. Our research indicates that Nintendo will likely ship at least 1.5MM to 2.0MM units to North America this calendar year, which indicates that availability of the Wii both at retail and via online stores should provide buying opportunities," said McNealy.

Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian has also commented on the two new platforms. Sebastian expects Nintendo to ship a further 150,000-200,000 Wii consoles to North America each week in 2006, bringing 2006 shipments of the console roughly inline with pre-launch estimates.

The PS3 does not look to be fairing as well, with Sebastian estimating that the console will only ship in the region of 750,000 units, some 250,000 units shy of Sony's one million target.

Another concern for the PS3 is a relatively low software tie ratio of approximately 1.5 games per console. This falls short of the Xbox 360 tie ratio which has maintained roughly 4 games sold per console. This low figure hasn't been helped by the large percentage of early buyers who bought a PS3 to sell on eBay.

"Based on our analysis of auction listings," notes Sebastian, "we estimate that approximately 20,000 PS3s have sold on eBay since pre-orders for the console began last month, with an average auction price of approximately $1,500 (a 150% premium over the retail price)."

Whatever happens, expect some impressive spin to come from each camp when they release sales figures for their respective launches. ...

news via reuters

The rush to get hold of Nintendo's new Wii video game console is being fueled by demand for another attraction -- the new game in Nintendo's legend of Zelda series -- but game critics were uncertain this level of interest would continue.

Nintendo turned to one of its most popular franchises to make sure its Wii console got off on a good start in the three-way race for sales this holiday, against Microsoft's Xbox360 and Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3.

For almost 20 years the Legend of Zelda has been one of the top properties in the video game industry, selling more than 47 million copies, so Nintendo ensured "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" came in tandem with the launch of Wii.

The new game makes use of the new controls of Wii such as its motion-sensitive controller, with players swinging the remote to make sword attacks, pointing it to fire arrows, and even simulating reeling motions in fishing challenges.

"Nintendo has an opportunity to reclaim the market share lead (with the Wii)," said Jamil Moledina, executive director of the Game Developers Conference.

Nintendo has some ground to make up. Its GameCube held just 14 percent of the global video game market compared to Sony's Playstation 2 winning a 70 percent share and Microsoft Xbox's 16 percent, according to DFC Intelligence.

The new Zelda game has received rave reviews since its release with some critics calling it one of the best Zelda titles yet. According to Gamerankings.com, the title has an average rating of 97 percent among critics.

"It took Nintendo almost a decade to do it, but the publisher has finally created a new Zelda game that is so epic that it deserves to be crowned the best in its class," raved game critic Matt Casamassina on IGN.com.

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Do you know what the first condition of a perfect console launch is? Releasing enough units so that everyone can get one! Well, if not everyone, at least as many as possible.

Of the three competitors on the console market, Nintendo seems to be the only one to have understood this necessity. Sony would have certainly liked to have millions of consoles available for sale, but problems determined by the incorporation of the BluRay unit didn’t allow the Japanese company such a luxurious release of its product.

Microsoft released Xbox 360 a year ago, however, as it didn’t respect this condition, the unit was sold out shortly after its launch. Lucky for the Redmond company that they had a whole year at their disposal in order to solve this problem – now they can be proud of having sold 7 million consoles. Microsoft hopes to celebrate having delivered 10 million units to consumers by March 2007.

Nintendo Wii, deemed a bona fide outsider at the beginning of the console war, has already sold 700,000 models if we are to believe what the site monitoring console sales is saying.

In less than a week, Nintendo will launch another 400,000 consoles in Japan and another number of consoles in Europe, undisclosed for now, in an attempt to reach its goal of selling 4 million units by the end of the year.

Sony is in the paradoxical situation of being defeated by a console greatly inferior to PS 3 technically. PlayStation 3 is undoubtedly a must have for any self-respecting gamer, but Nintendo Wii does hold one advantage: it will be available for purchase in stores. Sony has sold out its few hundred thousand PS3s at launch and it is unclear when the next units will hit the market.

As the holiday season is only days away, it’s hard to imagine that Sony will miraculously come forward with another couple of hundred thousand consoles, conjured out of thin air.

Surprising as it may be, the war of the consoles is not being fought over technical specs, as we’d expect it to be, but over availability. Whoever produces more units faster will win, and from this perspective, Nintendo is carefree.

Compared to Wii, Xbox 360 is no happier case. The console has already turned 1 year old and Microsoft will have to initiate a publicity campaign or price reductions in order to stimulate sales growth.

In case you’ve missed the most recent episodes of “Attack of the Next-Generation Consoles: Sony and Nintendo Counter-Attack”, don’t be mistaken into thinking Nintendo Wii will sell just because there’s so much more of it than of its rivals on the market.

While Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were competing in categories such as “who can stuff more memory and processors per square centimeter”, Nintendo bet on the human factor and instead of concentrating on graphics and processor power, it reinvented the magic wand, creating a wireless controller which allows gamers to make any kind of movements they desire while playing.

Is Nintendo the winner of the console war? It’s still too soon to draw a conclusion, one way or another, especially since Sony will fight mightily to regain its footing. Wii certainly is this season’s revelation. ...

On Xbox 360 Lara's latest will offer multiplayer tournaments such as the ICC World Cup 2007 and ICC Champions Trophy 2006, leagues, exhibition and warm up matches. Leadboards and achievements - such as scoring a century - are also planned.

On PC meanwhile, the game will support LAN games and online play and offer all of the same tournaments, leagues and matches as its 360 counter-part.

On both formats up to 16-player simultaneous multiplayer tournaments will be possible, including the ICC-licensed events and the option for up to eight spectators to watch your virtual cricket unfold - although you'll probably have to make your own beer tent for that one.

Lara '07 is also heading to PS2, which will apparently feature a variety of 4-player multiplayer modes in addition to the single-player shenanigans.

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will be out on all free formats in March. We'll let you know how it turns out. Hopefully it'll be better than England's start in the Ashes...

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The promised multiplayer demo of Capcom's gorgeous 360 shooter Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is finally heading to Xbox Live today, in anticipation for the game's release in little over a month's time.

The demo lets you play with multiple weapons, those big stompy mechs and four modes of play; Elimination, Team Elimination, Post Grab and Fugitive.

Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download the demo from today, however poor Silver chaps will have to wait until next Thursday before they can join the battling snow pirates online. ...