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Gamefly sales continue to tempt us

Posted Jun 17th 2008 7:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Sales

Gamefly is having a sale on some of its used-but-in-great-condition games again, also offering free shipping to spice up the deal a bit. As always, we're passings these savings along to you, while picking out a few we think are worth highlighting for their respective prices:
Click on the picture or "source" link to see the full list of Wii games, but keep in mind that you might be able to find some of them cheaper elsewhere.
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Amazon sells its Soul (Calibur Legends) for cheap

Posted Mar 13th 2008 11:15AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales



Soul Calibur Legends wasn't seen as a favorable point of the Soul Calibur series -- as is to be expected from a Death by Degrees-esque spinoff of the fighter franchise -- so it's unsurprising that Amazon already has the November-released title marked down to $25.99, 35% less than its regular $39.99. While many of you might prefer to see the game discounted even more before picking it up, that price point is just high enough to push it into Free Super Saver Shipping territory.

We feel guilty suggesting Soul Calibur Legends to anyone who isn't a hardcore fan of the series -- everyone else should probably avoid even loading the product page. In its 2-out-of-10 review, Edge Magazine described the game as being "an unrewarding trudge that doesn't have any ideas beyond the most primitive."

Gallery: Soul Calibur Legends


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Another week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 12/10-12/16

Posted Dec 19th 2007 4:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Another Week in ...


It's that time of the week again when we find out how the Wii and its games sold in Japan. While we really have no need to be worried about the hardware, certain unconfirmed numbers earlier this week did raise concerns about third-party software sales.

So, how did the fair Wii fare in the land of the rising sun this week? Regarding hardware sales, the Wii just barely eked out in front of the PSP to take second place with 168,000 units sold, jumping up over 50,000 units from last week. As for the software, there's some good and bad news. Check after the break to see the numbers.

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Rumor: Wii games face disappointing first day sales in Japan

Posted Dec 16th 2007 3:04PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Rumors

This seems to be becoming a trend, but the handful of Wii games that were released this week in Japan are reported to have had poor first day sales. They were all third-party titles, which is also somewhat worrisome. Here's a look at the numbers:
  • Chocobo's Dungeon (Square Enix) - 30,000 (30% sell through of initial amount shipped)
  • NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Sega) - 7,000 (10% sell through)
  • Soul Calibur Legends (Bandai Namco) - 5,000 (10% sell through)
  • We Love Golf (Capcom) - 4,000 (10% sell through)
  • Shikigami no Shiro III (Arc System Works) - 500
Granted, these are only rumored first day sales, and we'll have to wait until later in the week to get a better grip on the situation, but as of now it doesn't look good.

So, what do we make of these numbers? If they're correct, is it bad news for the Wii and third-party developers, or just more evidence that Japan is shying away from console gaming? While the latter is certainly a factor, third parties certainly can't be happy to see low numbers. However, it's way too early to ring a death knell for any of these games, even if these numbers are correct. We'll just have to wait and see how these games perform in the next few weeks.

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Fresh Soul Calibur Legends footage, screens

Posted Nov 17th 2007 7:15PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video, Screens


Namco Bandai laid down the law, proclaiming that we need post these two new trailers. Not only that, but they're forcing us to post these new screens. We don't want to, because we derive a sick pleasure in depriving you of things that may interest you, but sure enough Namco Bandai emerged from the darkness clad in white armor. So, consider yourself saved ... for now.

For the new screens, hit up the gallery below. For the other trailer, head past the break. Oh, and sorry for the lack of sound in the above trailer, the file we snagged from them was without it. The trailer past the break has sound though, we assure you.

Gallery: Soul Calibur Legends

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Soul Calibur Legends looking better all the time

Posted Nov 6th 2007 4:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Screens


Even if Namco Bandai hadn't recently assured us that Soul Calibur Legends was ready, we could have guessed it from these latest screens. Listen, we'll be straight with you here: for a few of us banging around the Wii Fanboy offices, this blogger included, Soul Calibur is serious business. Watching the less-than-great early screens and the horrified impressions that rolled in near the beginning was tough. There was much weeping and a lot of very cliché gnashing of teeth. But things have settled down. We have hope again. Hope that we may return to the stage of history, clear-eyed and hopeful that the action-take on one of our favorite franchises will work out just fine.

Check out the latest screens and let us know if you feel the same way.

Gallery: Soul Calibur Legends

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Tales of Soul Calibur-ia

Posted Oct 22nd 2007 1:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Screens


GamesRadar has posted a load of new Soul Calibur Legends screens, revealing the (probably) playable Lloyd much more clearly than those scans the other day. He's got a bunch of cool-looking moves, including ... some ... uh, thing with some, like, wings, and ... look, we didn't play Tales of Symphonia, okay? This is one particular bit of Namco cross-pollination that doesn't really affect us that much. As a new character, he looks pretty neat, but being generally clueless about the Tales RPGs, seeing Lloyd doesn't really set off any fanboyism for us. We're just lucky that he's a sword guy, and thus will probably be an interesting character even to non-Tales fans.

Although, now that we think about it, we wouldn't mind the 'wacky' approach-- bring in all the Namco characters you can fit on the disc, guys! We'd love to play through an action game as Mr. Driller, or Pac-Man, or one of the Galaga ships.


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Tales of Symphonia's Lloyd gets around

Posted Oct 17th 2007 7:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News


Now that we can see the Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratatoskr trailer without taking Dramamine first, we can clearly see Tales of Symphonia's protagonist Lloyd in the final shot there. So he'll be making a cameo appearance, at least, in the new game. Siliconera pointed out the cameo, using the skill of maybe having played Tales of Symphonia.

But that's not the only Bandai Namco game Lloyd is wandering into. Via an appearance as what looks like a playable character in Soul Calibur Legends, Lloyd will instantly double the series' foppish dandy quotient (FDQ). But hey, having more Namco series characters in Soul Calibur Legends brings us one step closer to our dream of fighting as the Prince of All Cosmos.
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4 minutes of Soul Calibur Legends gameplay footage

Posted Oct 15th 2007 3:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video


Even though this game might have the potential to be the next Death by Degrees, we're still interested in getting our hands on it. The graphics may look dated at times, but the action looks spot-on. And we still think each of the characters have had their fighting styles and moves transitioned into the new game well.

What do you guys think? Does it have potential or is it just a pointless spin-off?

Gallery: Soul Calibur Legends

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A video of swords and souls, eternally replayed

Posted Oct 9th 2007 9:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Video


We hunger for a real action game on our Wii, and we desperately hope that Soul Calibur Legends is it. We're putting all of our faith in the one positive preview and discounting all the negative ones, just because we really want to believe-- much like Siegfried believed that picking up a gigantic living sword with a freaking eye was somehow a good idea. We can be heartbroken later.

While the graphics in this Famitsu video (which we could not embed) are still jarring compared to the amazing visual quality we're used to from Calibur, we're starting to think that the action is there. The moves look pretty entertaining-- seriously, when Siegfried picks up the guy with his sword, and sort of drags him around, that is awesome-- and the fighting looks appropriately hectic. As long as the controls aren't a mess, we could see ourselves taking some baby steps onto the stage of Wii history.
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New and improved Soul Calibur Legends

Posted Sep 18th 2007 4:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News


1UP recently got a chance to go hands-on with the latest build of Soul Calibur Legends, and things are looking up after the title's E3 showing. Not only do they report improved framerate and textures, but they make the gameplay sound like something worth waiting for as well. The folks at 1UP got to try out one of our favorite characters, Taki, and though apparently her damage output is still being adjusted, her famous speed continues to be a strong asset. It's good to hear that each characters' individual style of play -- one of the things we've always enjoyed about the franchise -- has a real bearing on how you approach challenges, and the "team of two" aspect that allows you to keep two fighters in your party at all times for different situations really sounds like it could be a lot of fun. 1UP has gotten us excited about Soul Calibur again, and we can only hope that Legends lives up to the franchise name.

Gallery: Soul Calibur Legends

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