Nintendo Wii Fanboy

And no, we're not even talking about Deca Sports, which features kart racing as one of its ten activities. Rather, Conspiracy Entertainment is making another Wii game in their Cocoto series, called Cocoto Kart Racer (which is already out for the DS, GameCube, PC and PS2). The title should be coming out soon (the press release said Q2 2008), and will probably break the hearts of children everywhere. We're not saying it will necessarily be a bad game (even though the other versions got poor reviews, so let's be realistic), but the point is, it's not Mario Kart.

Imagine a child asking his or her parents for Mario Kart, only to be sorely disappointed when they come home with Cocoto Kart Racer instead because they don't know the difference or want to go with the cheaper option. We can definitely see that happening.

[Via press release]

We know PR people are supposed to write press releases that make video games sound good, but simply writing down that a game is "highly anticipated" doesn't make it so.

Unless we're mistaken, and you're the one person in the world who's been drooling all over yourself while waiting for Cocoto Magic Circus to come out on the Wii. Considering that we've never even heard of the game and it's our job to write about all things Wii, though, we somehow doubt it.

So, what is Cocoto Magic Circus, then? Apparently, it's a compilation of forty minigames. We originally assumed from the title that these minigames would involve acrobatics, riding unicycles, and other things of that sort. The press release, however, only mentions something about freeing a magical fairy, so we really can't be sure.

The game actually shipped to the U.S. last week, but we're sure you already knew that, considering how "highly anticipated" it is.

[Via GoNintendo]

Good news! You can sell that imported European Wii you bought! Conspiracy Entertainment is bringing Data Design's lineup of European budget Wii games to the US, according to the ESRB listings. These are budget Wii ports of Metro3D's budget PS2 games. Let us say it again: budget.

So far, four Conspiracy games have been rated for US release: Billy the Wizard (original name: Barry Hatter), Anubis II, Mythmakers: Super Kart GP, and Counter Force. No word on Ninjabread Man yet, and we don't know when any of these will be released. In any case, we recommend preordering now so you won't be stuck in line at 5AM on release day.

[Via GoNintendo]