Trailers: Soul Calibur Legends for the Wii

Soul Calibur Legends is coming out for the Wii on November 13th. It’s mostly a single player or co-op game, with some multiplayer modes added. A third-person action adventure it’s called. So I’m hoping it gives me a taste of the traditional Soul Calibur game model on the Wii, with a well-developed storyline and innovative gameplay that takes advantage of the Wii remote motion-sensing capabilities. I found some new trailers, and I think I might have to pre-order this game from Amazon soon. Check out the videos of the gameplay.

And I will still need to get an Xbox 360 so I can play Soul Calibur 4 when it comes out.

Character Switching Gameplay - Sophitia and Astaroth

Co-op Gameplay - Mitsurugi and Ivy

Sophitia Gameplay

Taki Gameplay

Seigfried Gameplay

Pre-order Soul Calibur Legends on Amazon.com

Daily Links for October 23, 2007

• FORTUNE: Tech Daily Bragging Rights: Xbox finally outsells the Wii «
  The Xbox has overtaken the Wii this month. But I doubt it’s sustainable. It was a Halo 3 pop. But the 360 can easily get a place in people’s homes with the PS3 being so unattractive, and the Wii being hard to come by.
  (tags: games nintendo microsoft wii xbox)

Daily Links for October 20, 2007

• Rumor: Yahoo Exec Joining Nintendo?
  Could Cammie Dunaway, the marketing maven who just jumped ship from Yahoo, be looking to work at Nintendo? That’s what several tipsters tell Kotaku. Yahoo’s chief marketeer may be on her way to Nintendo, where a trio of vacancies are looking to be filled.
  (tags: business games nintendo)
• Nintendo: Gamers Bored Before Wii - News at SPOnG.com
  Analyst Mike Goodman thinks that Nintendo has performed a nifty switch with Sony. “They’re capturing gaming households. … And they’ve done the best job in marketing that they’ve expanded the marketplace.”
  (tags: games nintendo)
• News: THQ signs IP deal with Nintendo - ComputerAndVideoGames.com
  A new SEC filing states that on October 12, “Nintendo of America and THQ entered into a Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console.” It seems to be a standard renewal of an existing agreement. Still good to hear.
  (tags: games nintendo)

Gleemax Goes Live With Alpha

Gleemax has gone live. Gleemax is Wizards of the Coast’s new social gamer website. You can discuss any games and read up on the blogs of Wizards of the Coast developers. WotC is the creator of Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, and a whole slew of other game properties. They have great plans for it, as they told me at this year’s Digital Life when I sat down with them. I was able to speak with their Director of Online Media and they seemed very committed to the social aspect of gaming and embracing user-generated content. I just wanted to let you know the site is live so you can check it out. I will write up more about it once I have a chance to check it out in earnest.