Industry choosing iphone, abandoning wii?

I think the iPhone makes a difference in the videogame space in a sense where it allows the industry to re-invent itself. Let me explain to you why.

If anything over the past few months stood out to me in terms of news and announcements, then I’d have to go with this trend of big developers and publishers seemingly losing interest in Nintendo’s white box of fun and starting to show their love to Apple’s iPhone. We’ve all seen big name publishers statements, thought mostly informal, with regards to the slow game sales on the Wii. And where some developers switch to PS3/360 development, others turned to the iPhone (or both). EA, Sega, Capcom, Square Enix and others have all started creating iPhone games in one form or the other. Read more

New Monster Hunter 3 (tri) Japanese Commercials

Monster Hunter 3 (tri) for the Wii is coming out in just a little over a month and a half. Since we’re so close to it’s launch, we’re starting to see tons of advertisement streaming in. There’s three new commercials being aired that show off the new monsters in Tri, including the Kurupekko in the trailer above. Now, to the average person this may seem like a cool trailer, showing some amazing gameplay and graphics (especially for the Wii!), but it also has a bit of japanese hilarity. Well, at least it makes me die laughing. Right at about the nine second mark you hear the Kurupekko chirp. Chirp! Not roar, or screech in a terrifying way. No. He chirps. Anyways, the noise tickles me. And if I watch the trailer and start laughing again about it I may get some glances that question my sanity. 

You can catch this trailer and the other two brand new commercials on the Monster Hunter official site. Enjoy!