IGN- Nintendo Voice Chat podcast - Summary (more Factor 5 talk)

Thanks to our friend Valay for the heads up!

Fatal Frame 4
- Controls are “retarded” - just as clunky as other versions if not worse
- No dual analog
- Doesn’t use pointer at all to look up and down
- Can’t use classic controller
- Nintendo-themed unlockable characters
- Movement is still slow
- Game itself is still spooky, Matt thinks he’ll still have fun with it
- Looks really nice graphically

Cursed Mountain
- Big development team
- About a brother who goes to Himalayas, you track him down
- Haven’t seen screens or movies
- Comes out next year

Rock Band Track Pack 1
- 20 new songs been previously made on the other systems - You technically save $10
- Standalone disc, boots on its own

- Blast Works price has been dropped

Boom Blox
- Actually selling pretty nicely - 450K
- Should be at half a million soon

Tetris Party
- Can play Tetris with the balance board

- Strong Bad looks fun, but Daemon was playing PC version
- Apparently the PC + Wii versions are identical

New International Track & Field
- Will kill your DS screen
- Can play traditional way
- The game is definitely good, but has limitations
- If the game was ported to WiiWare, Craig would score the game high
- Can play single-player while online

- Discussion about whether the crew will change the name of the podcast when WiiSpeak comes out

Disgaea
- Exactly like the PS2 game
- Daemon has fallen in love with it all over again
- Comes out next month

Wario Land: Shake It
- Craig argues that just because the game is 2D, it can still be in widescreen - all they did was crop it
- Still a great game
- Craig said there was only lag during shaking if you shake really fast
- Awesome, but technically limited

- More Conduit gameplay videos should be up soon
- de Blob, Naruto, exclusive on Moon, Metal Slug 7, Fatal Frame, Wario Land coverage this week

- Trackmania on DS looks fun, Craig wishes it was online

Reader questions
- Bozon hasn’t checked out Geometry Wars 2 yet. Daemon loves the co-op modes.
- Wii Fit is better than going to the Amazon for losing weight
- Hands on impressions for Call of Duty: World at War: PC + DS version first soon, then Wii a few weeks later
- When playing Shaun White Snowboarding, when you break your wrist, will she say, “Toasty?” No real response, the crew just jokes around
- Will we ever see Nunchuck Plus? Not really necessary, the nunchuck doesn’t have a port to plug anything in anyway
- Matt doesn’t think there will be a Nintendo Spaceworld event this year
- Favorite classic Mega Man Boss robot? Bozon likes Snakeman
- What’s happening with Lit? Functionally, things are coming along but Bozon doesn’t think it’s visually up to par yet - Will show it when they can
- Music in MadWorld demo: Matt thinks the song was original
- Call of Duty: World at War: Traditional split-screen co-op? The crew isn’t completely sure
- Matt likes Captain Rainbow
- Now that Nintendo has found a business model that works, why go back to hardcore? They’re not going to the hardcore right now, no reason for them to until casuals stop buying their games
- Disaster: Day of Crisis canned? Future not looking to bright, says Matt
- We’ll see screenshots + video probably towards the end of the year
- Negative criticism won’t make Nintendo change Wii Music
- Soma Bringer localization? Should be coming, showed up on ESRB listings
- Matt is pretty confident Fatal Frame will come to America
- There should be a show for hardcore games in the future, but Matt doesn’t know when + where
- Matt worried about Kid Icarus since Factor 5 said their next game would be casual? It concerns Matt, the original was very hardcore - Matt basically confirms Factor 5 is handling Kid Icarus
- When playing DS, Craig + Daemon use the built-in speakers instead of headphones usually
- Matt + Bozon both like Too Human - comes out this month
- Mushroom Men minimal press on IGN? Daemon says they’ve been giving it a lot of press, Craig says they’re limited as to what they can do - Will have an exclusive hands-on on Wednesday